PRESS RELEASES - January 2008

January 10, 2008

City Launches Sixth Annual Arlington Reads Program

Look who’s reading. It’s Brickman, the bomb-sniffing dog. Along with Deputy Fire Marshal Darin L. Niederhaus, Brickman is on the first of 12 “Read a Mystery” posters for 2008 as part of Arlington Reads, a collaborative project of the Arlington Public Library, UT Arlington and the Arlington Independent School District.

Essay competitions, book group discussions, a forensic education boot camp, interactive murder mystery night and free movies are just a few of the communitywide programs set to begin in February. Click here for the 2008 Schedule of Arlington Reads events (pdf)

As part of the program, “Read a Mystery” posters will be displayed at all public libraries, recreation centers and AISD schools. Posters are changed out each month and spotlight 12 local celebrities and their favorite mystery books.

The posters are sponsored by the City of Arlington, the Arlington Public Library System and the Friends of the Arlington Public Library.

Watch for a new poster each month in 2008.

January
Darin L. Niederhaus, Deputy Fire Marshal and Explosive Detection with K9 "Brickman," Arlington Fire Department

February
Author Sandra Brown

March
Mayor Pro Tempore Ron Wright, Arlington City Council

April
Deputy Mayor Pro Tempore Sheri Capehart, Arlington City Council

May
Professor Alex del Carmen, Chair of the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, UT-Arlington

June
Information Sleuths (aka librarians): Evelyn Barker (UTA), Pat Aragon (Carter
Junior High), and Chrissie Destefano (Northeast Branch Library)

July
Attorney Marc Stach, Library Advisory Board Chairman

August
Judge Stewart Milner, Arlington Municipal Court

September
Staff Writer Dave Lieber, The Star-Telegram Watchdog columnist

October
Crime Lab Director Ronald Singer, Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office

November
Homicide Detective Tom Le Noir, Arlington Police Department

December
Arson Investigator Morkita Anthony, Arlington Fire Department