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Welcome to FlowerMound! A communitybuilt by families forfamilies, our town of-fers an abundance ofrecreational, shopping,and dining opportuni-ties for newcomers andcurrent residentsalike. On behalf of the

Flower Mound Town Council and the localbusiness community, I am honored to be thefirst to invite you to explore and experienceall Flower Mound has to offer.

With great schools, beautiful open spaces,abundant recreational opportunities andeasy access to Lake Grapevine andLewisville Lake, you couldn’t ask for a bet-ter place to raise a family. We have over 30miles of hike, bike, and equestrian trailsand more than 600 acres of park land offer-

ing playgrounds, tennis and basketballcourts, and ball fields. Our newest addi-tions include Heritage Park, FlowerMound’s signature green space, and TwinCoves, a beautiful park located on theshores of Lake Grapevine.

Centrally located between both lakes,Flower Mound also provides convenient ac-cess to miles of beautiful shore lines,beaches, and bike trails for outdoor activi-ties. Community events are a tradition inFlower Mound, with a calendar highlightedby our Independence Fest, Veteran’s DayCeremony, Dorothy’s Dash and the Christ-mas Parade. Our town is also convenientlylocated in close proximity to D/FW Interna-tional Airport, Dallas and Fort Worth andhas one of the lowest tax rates and crimerates in the area.

Flower Mound also offers exceptional fine

dining and shopping opportunities thatrange from locally-owned boutique shops tonational retailers. It’s this great sense ofbeing an all-inclusive community that ledMoney Magazine to rate Flower Mound asone of the “Best Places to Live” in the na-tion, Forbes to note Flower Mound as beingone of the “Best Places to Move,” NorthTexas Child to name the Town the “Best forFamilies,” and D Magazine to continuallyrank Flower Mound in the top 10 “BestSuburbs.”

With so much to offer, Flower Mound in-vites you to play, dine, and shop to yourheart’s content. Whether you are new to ourcommunity or have lived here your entirelife, you are greeted as a neighbor, friend,and part of the Flower Mound family. Wel-come to our town, and enjoy your time ex-periencing Flower Mound.

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Flower Mound park officials admit thatmany people in town have been unaware ofTwin Coves Park and the lakeside amenitiesit can offer.

But with a little upkeep, the park is slowlybecome more popular.

Twin Coves, located off Grapevine Lakenear Wichita Trail, opened Oct. 3, 2011.Twin Coves is a 234-acre park that the townhas entered into a 25-year lease agreementwith the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tooperate.

When the town purchased the lease, a 25-year contract, the vacated property hadbeen Corp. of Engineers property and sub-

leased to Marinas International.

Since then, the town has spent $500,000 toimprove it.

“It’s a beautiful park,” said Norma Krueger,chairperson for the Parks, Arts and LibraryServices (PALS) Board. “It just neededsome helping hands to improve it.”

Amenities include a restored fishing pierand boat ramp, picnic areas and eventuallyRV spots for camping access. Krueger saidthe hope is residents will be able to rent ca-noes and kayaks at the park, too.

There is no charge to enter the park cur-rently, though town officials expect there to

be a usage fee as the park continues to getrenovated. Cost is expected to be $5 per ve-hicle with an option for an annual pass.

The park is open from 7 a.m. to sunset.

“A lot of people are going there already,”Krueger said. “But now that it’s more acces-sible, it’s becoming more attractive for run-ners and bikers.”

The town has cleared a significant amountof debris and overgrown brush from thepark and has removed four septic tanks thatdid not meet state health requirements.

The town has resurfaced the one-mile entryroad and has added a sewer line and will

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resurface the rest of the road and add a newrestroom facility this summer.

“Once we get the restrooms in there, thispark will be very user friendly,” Krugersaid.

Also, the town has hired a consultant towork with the town on a feasibility studythat will provide a guide on how to makethe park a regional draw.

“People think it’s beautiful,” said ChuckJennings, parks and recreation supervisor.“It’s great now that we have lake access sothat people can enjoy the park on the lake.It’s starting to pick up, but it’s still a hiddengem.”

Krueger said another key component to thepark is the renovated boat ramp, which shesaid is deep enough to keep it from closingunless there are severe drought conditions.

The park also contains a heavily-usedmountain bike trail that runs from FM 407in Roanoke to Rockledge Park. There isalso an equestrian trail, and the newly-con-structed equestrian trailhead is nearby.Gary Sims, director of community services,said the two trails may get renovated.

The town is awaiting word on whether it willreceive a boating access grant from theTexas Parks and Wildlife Department(TPWD). If the town is awarded the grant,TPWD would match 75 percent of the costsassociated with a boat replacement project,which totals $614,710. Flower Mound’s por-tion would be $153,680.

The grant would provide money to furtherimprove the ramp, as well as the courtesydock and construct truck and trailer park-ing.

The town’s requirements for the grant in-clude providing area for boat access, pro-viding access to the boat ramp, supplying25 percent of the development costs and ac-cepting the maintenance and operation ofthe project for at least 25 years.

Sims said the town will re-apply for thegrant next year if it doesn’t get it this year.

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To the average person, a glance out the win-dow driving down Spinks Road between Ger-ault and Bakersfield parks has for yearsrevealed nothing more than a large area ofundeveloped land.

But to several of the town’s parks enthusiasts,the 94-acre land was a vision for endless pos-sibilities.

And as the dirt continues to turn at the site,those possibilities are turning into a reality.

Phase I of Heritage Park of Flower Mound isexpected to be complete this month. However,the opening won’t take place until the skatepark and community-built playground, whichare part of Phase I, are complete in September.

The park, which for years had been known asthe Wilson/Carmel tract until the town coun-cil voted on its name late last year, is ex-pected to be the crown jewel of FlowerMound.

“This will be a central park for the residentsto come to,” said Chuck Jennings, parks andrecreation supervisor for the town. “Therewill be a lot of things for every age group. Sowe’re excited to bring a park like this toFlower Mound. It’s long overdue.”

Among its features is a community-built play-ground, the first of its kind in Flower Mound.It will be called Fort Wildflower.

Part of the process for the playground hasbeen collecting ideas from students at localelementary schools.

Design company Leathers Associates will

take that input, as well as input from the restof the community, and begin the design.

The playground committee members havealso sought volunteers to help construct thefacility, which should take place in Septem-ber. The construction is expected to takeabout six days to complete with several hun-dred volunteers needed to work in four-hourshifts.

“This is going to be a big undertaking andwill take a considerable amount of time,” saidGary Sims, director of community relations.“But it will be fun.”

Sims said Leathers Associates would overseethe project, and the town staff members wouldpreset the main support posts.

Volunteers are also needed to raise money forthe playground. The town has $300,000 bud-geted for the playground, though moneyraised through volunteers will go toward rub-ber surfaces, shade structures, etc.

The components of the playground are ex-pected to be made out of recycled plastic withwood fibers. Sims said that will keep thestructures in good shape with little mainte-nance required.

For information on Leathers Associates’ pre-vious playground projects, go to www.leather-sassociates.com.

To volunteer for the project, contact the Parksand Recreation Department at 972-874-6342or racheal.hudson@flower-mound.com. Go towww.fortwildflower.com for information on theplayground.

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Bakersfield Park 1201 Duncan Ln.

Bella Lago Park 2350 Bella Lago Dr.

Bluebonnet Park 1801 Park View Dr.

Chinn Chapel 3950 Justin Rd.Soccer Complex

Colony Park 1015 Colony St.

Cortadera Park 2000 Cortadera St.

Culwell Park 1813 Southwicke Dr.

Dixon Park 6001 Windridge Ln.

Forest Park 3029 Birch Leaf Pl.

Gaston Park 2651 College Pkwy.

Gerault Park 1200 Gerault Rd.

Glenwick Park 4100 Weldon Dr.

Grand Park 6201 Madeline Ln.

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Post Oak Park 3000 Skillern Rd.

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But the playground is just one component ofthe park.

Phase I will also include trail connections.There will be 7,500 linear feet of 8-foot-wideconcrete multi-use trails and 1,250 linear feetof 6-foot wide concrete multi-use trails.

There will be a 50-foot wide round concreteamphitheater stage for small events. It is ex-pected to seat 1,500 people.

The first phase will also include an 8-foot-by-55-foot pedestrian bridge over a small creek,as well as a picnic pavilion.

Phase I will also include several infrastruc-ture necessities for the park, such as parkinglots, lighting, restrooms and an irrigation sys-tem.

Later phases will include botanical gardens, adog park, a disc golf park, a duck pond, addi-tional pedestrian trails and more.

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On behalf of the Board of Directors of the FlowerMound Chamber of Commerce, we would like tothank you for your support. This is a very excitingyear for the FM Chamber because 2012 marks its30th Anniversary. Our chamber has worked hardover the past three decades. Flower Mound hasbecome home to hundreds of businesses fromsmall stores to corporations of nearly every size.

We are extremely proud of thebusinesses in this community.The chamber serves as theeyes, ears and voice of ourbusiness community. Wehave been working hard toprotect the business's inter-ests and keep the communitystrong and vibrant.

If you already live or work in ourvibrant community, I hope youhave discovered the shopping

and nightlife in Flower Mound. The chamber ishere to help you discover the businesses in ourcommunity and enrich your opportunity to be apart of the every-expanding business community.

If you are new to Flower Mound or are consideringre-locating to our community, please be sure tovisit our shops and variety of restaurants duringyour time with us. And don't forget to check outone of our area lakes - Lake Grapevine and LakeLewisville - and our great local golf courses - Tour18 and Bridlewood - both in Flower Mound.

Are you moving to Flower Mound? We can assistyou with that process. If your business is relocat-ing, we are here to help you with the transition toyour new community. We hope you find openingyour business in Flower Mound to be effortlessand rewarding.

Find all that Flower Mound has to offer, from itsoutstanding schools, family-friendly atmosphere,fabulous restaurants, great shopping, world classmedical facilities and magnificent neighborhoods.

The Flower Mound Chamber of Commerce is thewelcoming arm of our community. The staff is thebest at helping you find your way into our warmand friendly environment. Please stop by our of-fices and say hello . . . find out firsthand aboutTexas hospitality.

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On the heels of the May election that gavethe town a new mayor in Tom Hayden, plustwo new council members, the chamber andthe new town council appear eager to re-es-tablish a working relationship that some sayhas been missing for some time.

Recently members of both entities met todiscuss ways to work together on projects tobring in new businesses and provide a boostfor existing ones in Flower Mound, thushelping both the town and the chamber.

This comes at a time that the chamber re-ceived national accreditation from the U.S.Chamber of Commerce.

“The Flower Mound Chamber of Commerceis thrilled with all the exciting things on thehorizon with the new mayor and the newtown council,” said Kathy Beahm, directorof membership for the chamber. And withthe chamber recently being accredited bythe U.S. Chamber of Commerce, we arestriving for excellence.”

Among the ideas going forward is an iPhoneapplication that would feature both townand chamber information jointly. Beahmand chamber director of operations CindiHoward said the application ideally wouldfeature links to the town and the chamber,key contact information for both entities

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and a directory of businesses, with chambermembers perhaps being highlighted.

Other ideas include having joint luncheonsas a way to attract new employers.

Beahm suggested the town and chamberwork together to underwrite a major semi-nar for businesses.

“It would help expose small businesses toleadership skills and teach them ways tohave success,” Beahm said. “That way,businesses don’t have to go to Dallas forthat. We need to look for ways to help them.They may know their product, but theymight not know how to market it.”

Other ideas are for town officials and cham-ber representatives to attend monthly cham-ber meetings from other communities aswell as to have a small business roundtableto understand their needs.

“This would allow us to see if we can helpclear up some of the roadblocks that someof these businesses face,” said Mayor ProTem Kendra Stephenson.

These ideas are expected to go hand-in-hand with the existing programs and eventsthe chamber hosts to help the businesscommunity in Flower Mound and the sur-rounding area.

Among those are monthly luncheons, theChamber After 5 Mixer, the LeadershipFlower Mound program, Bowling for Busi-ness and Leads Networking, an event thatallows new business owners to provide abrief explanation of their business whilemeeting other business owners.

Another program is the Senior ResourceConnection, which brings together busi-nesses that serve the senior community.

The chamber also boasts Fiesta FlowerMound, its largest fundraiser of the year.This year’s event takes place Oct. 27 at Em-bassy Suites Outdoor World in Grapevine.

For information, go to www.flowermound-chamber.com.

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In August of 2011, members of FlowerMound’s Seniors in Motion (SIM) commu-nity celebrated the opening of the ShirleyVoirin Social Senior Center, a 4,500-square-foot facility located near the inter-section of Cross Timbers Road and MorrissRoad.

Before the opening, SIM had seen a steadyincrease in participation over the years witha variety of activities, such as card games,trips, weekly lunches and monthly dances.

Since the center opened, the number of ac-tivities SIM offers has increased. As has thenumber of residents to enjoy them.

SIM’s membership for 2012 is just morethan 700.

“For one thing, we’re more centrally lo-cated,” said Jeff White, SIM director. “Sowhen we’re giving someone directions howto get here, it’s easy to say that we’re rightnext to town hall. So that has helped out.”

White said SIM having its own building has

also helped spur the growth. And the addi-tional space – the program had 2,100square feet in the CAC – has increasedSIM’s activities.

The larger facility has allowed for moretheme parties, the bridge group goes frommeeting once a week to twice a week, andthe yoga class also increases to twice aweek.

“We’ve had a substantial increase becausewe have more room,” said Doug Brown, SIMmember. “We have our meals twice a weeknow, and that’s a big help. Plus we havemore room to do things to have a divider inthe main room. That way, there’s less inter-ference when one group is playing bridge,and the other group is playing dominoes.”

White said seniors can enjoy an expandedcomputer class in the new center.

“We’ve been offering an Introduction toFacebook class and have taught them howto post pictures to the Internet,” Whitesaid. “So there are a lot of things they can

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With access to a commercial kitchen, theweekly lunches have expanded with morefood available.

In all, there are various activities Mondaysthrough Fridays. Those include card games,pickleball, jewelry making, yoga, cardstamping, arts and crafts classes, Wii bowl-ing, field trips and more.

The seniors' new home is actually a build-ing with a long history. It has served asFlower Mound's town hall, and it has alsoacted as a fire department, a police stationand the FMTV studio.

In 2009, the building was struck by a tor-nado, rendering it useless for a short time.Ideas from town officials and SIM membershelped turn the building into a room of pos-sibilities for the local seniors community.

White said SIM is always accepting newmembers. For information, go towww.flower-mound.com/seniors.

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Residents in Flower Mound and the sur-rounding area will once again get theirchance to celebrate the country’s independ-ence in style this summer.

Flower Mound will host Independence Feston July 4 at Bakersfield Park, and organiz-ers are hoping for a turnout that surpasseslast year’s mark of more than 10,000 peo-ple.

The day will begin with an IndependenceDay Parade at the Lewisville ISD Adminis-tration Building, 1800 Timber Creek Road.

One of the attractions organizers expect tobe a big draw is the headlining band SmashMouth. The pop rock band has sold morethan 10 million albums worldwide and isknown for No. 1 hits “All Star” and“Walkin’ on the Sun,” as well as other hits“Then the Morning Comes,” “Can’t GetEnough of You Baby” and a cover of TheMonkees classic “I’m a Believer.”

“With the success we had last year with

Grand Funk Railroad, we wanted to con-tinue that with and event that would bringin people from all over the community,”said Chuck Jennings, parks and recreationsupervisor. “We wanted a band that wouldbe attractive to all ages and all families,and Smash Mouth has that type of follow-ing. [Event coordinating company] PromoterLine has used them in other events in thepast, and they said Smash Mouth was reallyentertaining.”

Jennings said the town came up with a listof bands that would fit in well with FlowerMound’s festival and made suggestionsbased on the festival’s budget.

“We hear a lot of good things about them,”Jennings said.

The event will also include opening bandsMound of Sound at 5 p.m. and Good Ques-tion at 6:15 p.m.

The event will feature a variety of boothsand exhibits like last year’s event did, such

as food vendors, a Kids Zone with inflatableactivities, an art show, a classic car showand company booths.

A fireworks show will conclude the event atsundown.

There will be shuttle parking on GeraultRoad and at McKamy Middle School. Also,the Lewisville High School Harmon cam-pus, located at 1250 W. Round Grove Roadin Lewisville, will be open for residents topark and walk.

Last year was the first time the town hadcombined the previous Wild About FlowerMound Festival with its Independence Dayfireworks show.

“Last year showed what kind of great eventwe can have,” Jennings said. “So this yearwe’re hoping to expand it.”

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EVENTSJUNE 29Seniors in Motion Independence Day picnic

JULY 4Independence Fest and Children’s Parade

JULY 4CAC Outdoor Waterpark Splashtacular

JULY 13Family Night at the CAC Outdoor Waterpark

JULY 20Seniors in Motion Hawaiian Luau

AUG. 17Family Night at the CAC Outdoor Waterpark

AUG. 31Seniors in Motion Labor Day Picnic

SEPT. 3CAC Outdoor Waterpark Splashtacular

SEPT. 8NFL Punt, Pass and Kick competition

OCT. 20Pumpkin Dive

NOV. 3Seniors in Motion Craft Fair

NOV. 10Dorothy’s Dash 5K Run/Walk and Kids 5K

NOV. 11Veterans Day Ceremony

DEC. 1Breakfast with Santa

DEC. 2Seniors in Motion Holiday Dance and Dinner

DEC. 8Christmas Parade

DEC. 14Grinch Scramble

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D I S C O V E R YC A M PSchools out for summer! Now what? Comejoin the CAC and staff for these week longsessions of Discovery Camp! Each sessionis highlighted by a field trip in the Metro-plex Area. Campers will have the chance todiscover the summer in a whole new way byparticipating in arts and crafts, playinggames, and swimming while at the CAC.

Camp may be tax deductible and/or flexiblespending may be used.AGES: 5-7 yearsMAX: 50LOCATION: CAC Elm RoomCOST: $150/$165 ($120/$132 for week 4due to Independence Day break)ADDITIONAL SIBLING COST: $120/$132($96/$106 for week 4 due to IndependenceDay break)

E X P L O R E R C A M PReady to explore the summer with the CAC?Come join the CAC and staff for these week longsessions of Explorer Camp! Each session ishighlighted by a field trip in the MetroplexArea. Campers will have the chance to explorethe summer in a whole new way by participatingin arts and crafts, playing games, and swimmingwhile at the CAC. Camp may be tax deductibleand/or flexible spending may be used.

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AGES: 8-10 yearsMAX: 50LOCATION: CAC Post Oak RoomCOST: $150/$165 ($120/$132 for week 4 dueto Independence Day break)ADDITIONAL SIBLING COST: $120/$132($96/$106 for week 4 due to Independence Daybreak)

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Aug. 31 Plano West 7:30 Clark StadiumSept. 7 Arlington High 7:30 UTA StadiumSept. 14 Denton Guyer 7:00 Marauder StadiumSept. 21 *Plano East 7:00 Marauder StadiumSept. 28 OpenOct. 4 Plano 7:00 Marauder StadiumOct. 12 Denton Ryan 7:30 CH Collins StadiumOct. 19 Lewisville 7:30 Marauder StadiumOct. 26 Coppell 7:30 Coppell StadiumNov. 2 ** Flower Mound 7:30 Marauder StadiumNov. 9 Hebron 7:30 Hawk Stadium

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Those traveling through Flower Mound andLewisville this month will likely notice an inor-dinate amount of youngsters taking over thelocal Cici’s or Chucky Cheese Pizza Parlors.

That’s because the fifth annual AAYBA WorldSeries — the largest single-city baseball tourna-ment in the nation — is taking place in FlowerMound. It begins June 30 and runs through July15.

More than 220 teams from Texas, as well as Cal-ifornia, Nebraska, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mis-souri and others, have descended upon FlowerMound for the 7-and-Under, 9U, 11U and 13Ubrackets.

On Friday, the 8U, 10U, 12U and 14U tourna-ments began, running the total to more than 400teams competing over the two-week period,which takes place throughout Flower Mound aswell as portions of Lewisville and Highland Vil-lage and is hosted by the Flower Mound YouthSports Association.

The tournament is open to all teams.

“If you think you’re good enough to play, youcan come on out,” said Scott White, AAYBAtournament director. “A lot of times those quali-fiers can be expensive and then you still have totravel to the big tournaments. Here, you canqualify and know you are going to be able toplay for a week. It’s great for baseball and a lotof work is put in to ensure teams are happy. It’sa great package of baseball and is a family-runatmosphere. Very seldom teams come with justthe kids. It’s typically families using the tourna-ment as a vacation. We want to provide not onlya great tournament but provide an opportunityfor the whole family.”

From there, teams began pool play with threegames in two days before advancing ontobracket play, where they typically play onegame per day. In addition to Bakersfield, thetournament is played at Gerault Park, LakePark, Railroad Park, LHS, Highland Village andmore.

The tournament, in its fifth season in FlowerMound, has a contract to continue through atleast 2013.

“Flower Mound is a great area and venue for thetournament,” White said. “We’ve looked overthe years for various places and we thought wecould have a good partnership with FlowerMound and we jumped on it. The FMYSA doesa great job of helping. They provide a bunch ofvolunteers and it has really gone hand in hand. Ican’t believe it won’t be here in the future after2013. The quality of the fields here, the qualityof the people helping out, the umpiring crews,everything is top notch.”

While the FMYSA has helped with the tourna-ment, White and company still have their workcut out to make things run smoothly.

The challenges begin with the scheduling.

“That’s by far the hardest thing,” White said.“But we have a scheduler that nobody in the na-tion has. Every team is guaranteed at least sevengames. After pool play, we have crossover gamesthat lead teams into different brackets. It’s adrop-down format and after the pool play andcrossover games, the teams are seeded. The bestpart is that teams have chances to play teams ofdifferent caliber and everyone has a chance towin a tournament, regardless of how you fin-ished in your pool play. You can lose all three ofyour pool games, lose your crossover game and

still have a chance to walk away as a winner ofyour bracket.”

Some teams, such as the 11U Romeoville Rat-tlers (Ill.), have come to Texas to play despite anAAYBA World Series down the road in Missouri(in which the team competed last year).

“We had a great tournament last year in St.Louis, but we wanted to come down to Texaswhere we could play some teams we don’t usu-ally see,” said John Swearingen, Rattlers coach.“It’s an amazing production. We all caravanneddown for the 16-hour drive.”

The Rattlers are a full travel team, competing inaround eight to 10 tournaments per summer foran estimated 60 games. The team has a corps ofseven or eights players who have been playingsince they were eight.

Next season, the team will also compete in a12U tourney in Cooperstown and a 13U tourneyin South Carolina the following summer.

“This is the best tournament,” Swearingen said.“You can’t beat it. They have the nicest fields,great crews, great people and it’s in a greatarea.”

Swearingen said the Rattlers have spent theirdowntime in the pool and enjoying some Texasbarbecue.

While the Rattlers have been playing as a squadfor years, others — such as the 7U FlowerMound Red All-Stars — have only recentlybeen formed.

“This team is put together based on rec playersin Flower Mound,” said coach Don Manning,Red All-Stars coach. “This is our fourth or fifth

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tournament. It’s nice because the tournament islocal and the team is able to get in a bunch ofgames. We’ve played in two other all-star tour-naments and actually won both of them andhave been playing well here, even though welost a game.”

Another aspect of the AAYBA is the cama-raderie that develops between teams in the tour-nament. The Rattlers, who were staying at ahotel in Carrollton, spent Thursday afternoonwatching another team from Louisiana that wasstaying in their same hotel.

“We’ve gotten familiar with each other and wewant to see them play when we can and they tryto watch us when they can,” Swearingen said.

While many teams descend upon Flower Moundto see unfamiliar opponents, sometimes a show-down against another local squad is unavoid-able.

For the Texas Rattlers, two of their own teamsfaced off. The 10U Rattlers (who were playingup an age group in 11U and will return nextweek to compete in the 10U tourney) had to playthe 11U Rattlers.

“We love this tournament because of the way itis run and the amount and quality of games youget to play,” said Jim Mittan, 10U coach. “We’recoming back for the next one in a week, too.”

Rattlers 11U coach Rick Kenyon echoed thosethoughts.

“You have the chance to prove yourself against alot of teams of a lot of different calibers andhave four chances to be a champion,” he said.“This is our third year here and every year itgets better. We have no complaints. (Director oftournaments and concessions) Tracy [Black] andScott and the FMYSA do a great job of putting ittogether.”

The Rattlers, coached by Bill Francis, also fea-tured the tournament’s No. 1 seed in the 11Ubracket. The team has won all four of its gamesthus far and have their eyes on the title.

“We’re hoping to keep it rolling,” Francis said.“It’s great to be able to sleep in our own bedsand only have to drive five or 10 minutes toplay.”

While White and the rest of the AAYBA staffhave put together the tournament, it wouldn’t bepossible without the help of local residents.

More than 120 umpires are needed, while 400-plus volunteers are used to rake, chalk andwater fields, clean up the parks and run thegates to make the tournament a success.

“Everyone has done an unbelievable job,”White said. “We regularly have the best um-pires. Sometimes, we have to be a ‘fireman.’ Butto be honest, we don’t have to do it out here toooften. There are very few game issues. Our vol-unteers do a great job and it is really a thanklessjob. I’ve been involved in baseball since I was 4years old and have been involved in runningtournaments for many years. This is 100 percent

the best tournament I have been a part of.”

With more than 400 teams, many of which arenot nearby, the tournament also provides a boostfor the local economy.

White said when the tourney began in 2008 itgenerated an estimated $5.5 million for the localeconomies.

For information on the tournament, go to:aayba.com.

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