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Tough loss for the Longhorns
Today photo by CHRIS HUDSON
Cedar Hill Athletic Director Gina Farmer (right) consoles head football coach Joey
McGuire after the Longhorns fell to Allen, 21-7, in the Class 5A state playoffs Nov. 10
at Texas Stadium. For complete coverage, see Pages 10-12.
School board mulls
adding meetings
Some trustees want to meet twice a month
By JUSTIN JONES
Today Staff
Although no action was
taken place during a Nov. 14
board meeting, the Cedar Hill
School District discussed the
possibility of changing its cur-
rent once-a-month meeting
schedule to a twice-a-month
system.
With a unanimous vote, the
board thought it would be best
to table the action item for fur-
ther discussion.
“We talked about this last
year, and we didn’t get very far
on it. 1 just feel that the district
has grown. We are no longer a
3 or 2A district, we are a 5A
district now, and we have more
business to take care of,” said
Trustee James Charles, who
brought the idea to the board.
“The business at hand is we
have grown big enough, and 1
think that it’s time to have two
meetings a month.”
To accomplish this, Charles
said that one meeting could be
used as a briefing period, where
staiT tells the board what it’s
asking for or what its concerns
are.
Meanwhile, Charles believ-
es by doing that the board can
have ample amount of time to
dissect all of the information
that was given to it and can ask
whatever questions are desired.
And during the next meeting
all the board has to do is vote
on the items that were previ-
ously discussed.
“We have asked our ques-
tions, we know what’s going
on, and we know what they are
asking for,” Charles said. “We
can then just vote on those
issues. That’s the way I see it,
and I’m hoping we can do this
because we are having things
that are passing us by the way-
side.”
Board member Valerie
Banks echoed what Charles
said.
“1 just think it makes good
business sense, and we would-
n’t be here until midnight and 1
o’clock in the morning,” she
said. “I think we can handle our
business in a much more expe-
ditious way, and we could prob-
ably cover more material if we
met twice a month. I think this
is something we should look
into, even if it’s on a trial basis.”
Last year the board met 27
times, and by meeting twice a
month some board members
are a little shaky on the idea.
“I’ve seen this agenda grow
into a presentation show,”
board member Pam F rost said.
“And 1 can see this thing turn-
ing into two nights of presenta-
tions going on until midnight.”
There were also concerns
that by meeting twice a month
more pressure would be put on
the stall’to present more mater-
ial
“Majority of our time is
being taken up in the -bscus-
sion aspect of it, and I think
See BOARD, Page 12
Council lauds several residents
Country Day volunteers, retirement center director among them
By LOYD BRUMFIELD
News Editor
The Cedar Hill City Council recognized
several citizens for their community
activism during a series of presentations at
a regular meeting Nov. 8.
“We’re all in this together,” said Jimmie
Ruth White, who along with several volun-
teers was recognized for her efforts in orga-
nizing Country Day on the Hill. “The sup-
port we get is wonderful. Nobody says no,
and that’s what makes it special for me.”
In addition, David Ewing of Crescent
Point Retirement Center was honored for
his work, and Nov. 11 was declared
“Veterans and Senior Adult Community
Day,” by the council.
The council also applauded Crescent
Point’s fifth-year anniversary.
“It’s been a terrific five years, and now
we’re building Crescent Place,” said
Ewing, executive director of Crescent
Point. “I just want to thank you, (City
Manager) Alan (Sims), and the council. ...
We look forward to many more years to
come.”
Mayor Rob Eranke was honored by the
Masonic Lodge, which gave him its
Community Builder Award, and two stu-
dents, Lillian Leigh Ralph and Brian
Washington, were named STAR Students
of the Month for November.
Lillian, a second-grader at Bray
Elementary, was termed a “go-getter from
the beginning,” by her teachers and has a
pair of nicknames, “Water lily,” for her love
of swimming, and “The Hammer,” for her
skills at kicking a soccer ball.
Brian, a second-grader at Lake Ridge
Elementary, was described as an excellent
student and is on the Principal’s Honor
Roll. He also enjoys sports, is a natural
leader and wants to be a math teacher, his
teachers said.
Eranke praised White's non-stop activi-
ties in trying to get Country Day organized.
See COUNCIL, Page 2
Crescent Point celebrates its fifth birthday
By LOYD BRUMFIELD
News Editor
David Ewing, like a lot of
others, took his time finding
out what he wanted to be when
he grew up.
“A job test pointed to the
library. Others thought I should
be a lawyer or a preacher. In
fact, I used to practice baptiz-
ing, but then I eventually decid-
ed God wanted me to be the
best I could be,” said Ewing,
the director of Crescent Point
Retirement Center. “Then I got
this terrific opportunity to work
at a place called Crescent
Point.”
Ewing, along with hundreds
of others, celebrated Crescent
Point’s five-year anniversary
over the weekend with a lun-
cheon and salute to Veterans
Day on Nov. 11, an elegant gala
later that night and a brunch
Nov 13.
‘Today is going to be a spe-
cial day, and it’s going to be an
emotional day,” Ewing said.
‘Today is our five-year anniver-
sary,’ and iTs also Vfeterans Day
On Veterans Day five years
ago, we opened our doors. I lit-
erally wore holes in my shoe
leather trying to get the place
Today photo by RANDY COZBY
Lucille Ball (left) and Elizabeth Taylor get cozy with Crescent Point Retirement Center
resident David Gottlieb at the center’s fifth-anniversary gala held Nov. 11.
Five years lateT, the vast
majority of Ewing's staff is still
there serving the needs of
senior citizens.
“You remind me how to
pray, how to have faith and hold
on to it,” Ewing told the center's
residents. “You remind me of
what it means to love. You have
always allowed me to be there
when you cry and when you are
hurt.”
Mike Simmons, pastor of
nearby" Hillcrest Baptist
Church, said the center’s resi-
dents keep his church on its
toes.-_
“You’re the ones who chal-
lenge us to be people of excel-
lence," he said **Tf at anytime
our church or our ministry can
do anything for you, you just
ask.”
See CRESCENT, Page 3
Today photo by CHRIS HUDSON
Comic Brandon Enriquez fires up the crowd with some
off-kilter comedy Nov. 12 at Cedar Hill City Hall.
Funny Business
Comedians armed with punchlines
By LOYD BRUMFIELD
News Editor
Brandon Enriquez, in addi-
tion to being a comedian, has
also had other jobs.
“I used to be a snake
charmer,” said the recent win-
ner of the West End Comedy
Theater’s stand-up competi-
tion. “So now I never have to
use Viagra for the rest of my
life.”
Think about it
Enriquez was on hand along
with fellow comedian Brian
Alien to take part in a free
night of comedy Nov. 12, spon-
sored by the Cedar _Hill
Association for the Cultural
Arts.
Enriquez and Allen riffed on
hurricane victims, politics,
spoiled athletes, reality televi-
sion and breast-feeding yes.
breast-feeding at Cedar
Hill’s C ity Hall
Allen, also a reporter for
Today Newspapers, was forced
in to extra duty when sched-
uled headliner Lady Mozan. a
Dallas-based comedian, was a
no-show.
“We’re going to try a little
experiment here,” Allen said
“We’re going to try about i 5 or
20 minutes of completely ran-
dom material"
Both comedians drew' plen-
ty of laughs from an affection-
ate. fairly large crowds
“I just flew in from India,”
Enriquez said. “And boy, are
my arm!? tired from stealing
American jobs.”
Enriquez told the crowd he
recently received a parking
See COMEDY, Page 2
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