Cedar Hill Chronicle (Cedar Hill, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1980 Page: 2 of 24
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Reddy-Heaters
2- 100,000 BTU Reg. $279.78
1- 60,000 BTU Reg. $251.75
Special $224.00
Special $199.00
Electric Mitre Box
Reg. Special
$229.50 - $199.00
Page 2— CEDAR HILL CHRONICLE, Thurs., Feb. 28, 1980
That’s a matter
of fact
By City Manager Bill Cox
I have a surprise for you! Mount Lebanon Bridge is
fast becoming a reality. (Some of you call this Rattle
Snake Bridge).
Bids were opened this past week, total cost is
approximately $228 thousand. Dallas County will pay
$100 thousand of that amount.
The bridge cost is about $222,200 and the other $5,000
plus will be needed to relocate some utility lines.
This amount is less than the engineeringestimate, so
we feel good about this.
The City of Cedar Hill voters approved this project in
the 1978 general bond election, and the money is in the
bank to pay our part.
So, all ends well with the bridge project or so it seems
at this point.
However, it’s like daddy said, “Boy, you can’t fry
your eggs until you break them in the skillet,” so, we
will wait until the first bulldozer starts to push some
dirt, then we will rejoice with you.
Another bond project that is marked complete is the
Wildflower Sewer System. The controls now work and
the system is in operation without a hitch, sp all ends
well with this issue.
Next will come the Wildflower street impair project.
Just after we make all the water connections to the
vacant lots. The county is curre-rrfly bringing in base
and topping materials, this project will also become a
good one when completed. It take a lot of time and we
know the concernjthe people have and we appreciate
them and their patience. The residents of the
subdivision are well above average citizens, and have
been outstanding to work with, we appreciate this fact.
Another bond project that is marked 99 percent
completed is the 1.5 million gallon water tank on
Highway 67. The tank people have completed their
work, the tank is in operation, but the telephone
company has not completed the control system to this
point in time.
If we made our customers wait as long as they make
people wait, city hall would be bombed out of
existence.
We are looking forward to having this project
marked complete within two weeks.
We will do the site cleanup ourselves and thereby
save your funds for additional projects. We will also
install the fence within a few Weeks to get this entire
project behind us.
This will complete all present contracts with the
exception of the service center. Our present contract,
on the erection of the building is completed and we will
move on with the interior as soon as we get the ok from
the city council, Tuesday, February 26. So, things
continue to move in Cedar Hill.
With the water tower marked complete-all bond
projects started will be behind us.
All street projects are yet to really start. The park
project of the tennis courts will be started in the near
future, so we can now check our remainng funds with
our priorities and see what comes next.
We have been attending the Regional Transporta-
tion Authority meetings in Dallas, and this is an
interesting situation. Cedar Hill is involved, along with
all the area cities, but we don’ know to what extent.
Even after attending the meetings, we are still
confused.
We have requested the Information Committee to
bring a program to city hall, March 11, at the council
meeting, and hope that the chambers are full of
taxpayers looking for data, because an election will be
called by the authroity in the near future and you will
be asked to vote.
Come to the meeting and get the answers to your
questions we are not smart enough to advise you, and
that’s a matter of fact.
REPRESENTATIVE
Ray Keller’s
CAPITOL REPORT
Despite what you hear from the non-producing
states and the federal bureaucracy, Texas and the
other oil-producing states probably will not reap out-
rageously high “windfall” profits from deregulation.
Several attempts have been made to amend the
so-caled ‘“windfall profits tax” to grab even more of
the royalties derived from oil produced on state lands.
Sen. Danforth of Missouri came forth with the
amendment quoting the U.S. Treasury Department
that Texas would reap 33 billion dollars as a result of
deregulation.
Even though the amendment failed, the question
raised has been investigated by Comptroller Bob
Bullock. His research shows, at most, $1.3 billion per
year for the next decade. But this is also while our
resources are being depleted! XeFs nblTorget that
during a presidential election year this problem will be
and should remain in the public eye and debated
among the candidates. And if we Texans are
unprepared for this fight, we’ll lose substantially in the
future despite our touted power as one of t'he “hfghly
effective oil cartel” producing states.
The brass-tacks issue of theory vs. money is not
altogether black and white either. For instance, when
oil and gas prices increase, consumption decreases
and so do tax revenues from those reduced sales. So
the so-called windfall will be offset by the lag in other
taxes. The theory behind this severance tax on oil and
gas is the need to recover funds for the depletion of a
natural resource that belongs to all Texans. And the
non-producing states need to remind themselves of
their sparce resources such as coal and forests that
they too might feel justified for protecting by
maintaining substantial profits in the future. The
round of finger-pointing and confiscatory tax threats
now abound in Washington and can only do harm to the
whole nation. Good sense, political or otherwise, will
tell us that tax warfare between states is a travesty
and a tragedy.
Bullock announces increased funds
State Comptroller Bob
Bullock said 1979 state
ad valorem taxes have
produced nearly $10
million for Texas college
and university building
funds.
Bullock said he is
sending 17 schools
allocation checks as
their portion of the taxes.
The revenue comes
from taxes collected
under the state’s 10
cent per $100 levy on
property since Sept. 1,
1979.
Under the state’s new
property tax code, ad
valorem taxes are now
assessed at .0001 percent
of appraised vaue.
Schools receiving
funds include:
Sangel State, $398,557;
East Texas State .
University, $199,278;
Sam Houston State
University, $821,572;
Midwestern State,
$138,589; Pan American,
$892,226; Stephen F.
Austin, $866,863;
Southwest Texas State,
$1.2 million; and Lamar
University, $493,668.
Also, Sul Ross Univer-
sity, $31,703; Texas A&I,
$114,132; Texas
Southern University;,
$906,719; Texas Tech,
$345,114; Texas Womens
University, $186,597; UT
at Arlington, $1.1
million; University of
Houstin, $632,257; West
Texas State, $111,415;
and North Texas State,
$537,147.
Kilgore opens
new tax office
Howard Kilgore
announces the opening of
the HRK income tax
service office at 409 W.
Belt Line in Cedar Hill,
in the old Haswell Real
Estate Building.
Kilgore graduated
from Droughon’s
Business College in 1953,
majored in math and
accounting at Howard
Payne College, is a
graduate of the HR
Block basic income tax
course having taken a
refresher course this
year and have in
addition to other tax
work been employed bv
H.R. Block in Grand
Prairie.
Kilgore invites you to
come by Friday, Feb. 29,
or Saturday, March 1 for
free coffee and dough-
nuts to the open house.
To encourage you not to
wait any longer he is
offering until March 8. a
20 percent discount on
already low prices.
Office hours are from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, and 8
a.m. to 11 a.m.
Saturdays, with
appointments for
evenings or weekends.
Cedar Hill Chronicle
P.O. BOX 159, 109 MAIN STREET, CEDAR HILL, TX. 75104
COVERING SCENIC CEDAR HILL-
TOWER CITY OF THE SOUTHWEST
MEMBER 1980
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TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Roy ce Brown.....................................Publisher
Ken Hardin.............................................Editor
Tim Murphy...................................Staff Writer
Judy Hulsey.....................................Production
Manager
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CEDAR HILL HIGH SCHOOL was the scene of a mock extravaganza which saw Ronald Reagan emerge as
Rebulican convention on Monday, Feb. 25. Govern- the party nominee. State Sen. Walter Mangum of
menU students with their teacher, Keith Noble, Harris County was the keynote speaker,
involved the entire student body in an election year
Fish named district judge
Dallas attorney Joe Fish, will be sworn in
Friday as judge of the 95th District Court in rites
at the Dallas County Courthouse. Chief Justice
Clarence A. Guittard of the Dallas Court of Civil
Appeals will administer the oath of office.
Judge Fish is Gov. Bill Clement’s first appointee
to the civil district bench. Gov. Clements
previously appointed Theo Bedard and John
Whittington to district courts dealing with family
law matters. All three are up for election this year.
Judge Fish is unopposed for the Republican
nomination.
Fish had been active in the general civil practice
of law in Dallas for 11 years. He is a Phi Beta
Kappa and magna cum laude graduate of Yale
College, arid a 1968 gradute of Yale Law School.
Fish resides with his wife, Betty, and daughter
in the Lakewood area of Dallas.
Grand opening slated
joe r isn
The Kingswood Drive-
Inn at the corner of KCK
Way and Hwy. 67 will
have a March 4 ribbon
cutting at 10 a.m.
Lynn Daniel, owner
and a Cedar Hill council-
man, opened the store in
late 1979 to serve the
city's expansion to the
south.
Daniel also owns the
Hill Top Grocery at Plea-
sant Run and Hwy. 67.
The event is being
sponsored by the Cedar
Hill Chamber of
Commerce. The public is
invited.
Greenhills to stage contest
Greenhills Center is
seeking young artists
interested in the Wild-
flower Drawings
Contest. The contest will
be divided into two age
catagories, 13 to 16 and
17 to 21.
Drawings should be
done in pencil, pen and
ink, or charcoal. They
should be 5 ¥2” by 3 ¥2” in
size and must be original
drawings of Texas wild-
flowers. Six winners will
be selected and their
drawings printed on
notecards to be available
at the Wildflower Work-
shop, May 3. Winners
will receive a Greenhills
T-shirt, a complemen-
tary set of notecards,
and a small cash prize.
Youngsters under 13
are encouraged to do
wildflower posters.
These will be used to de-
corate the center during
the workshop. Posters
may be done in any me-
dium and should be as
colorful as possible.
Drawings should be
sent to Greenhills
Center, Rt. 1, Box 861,
Cedar Hill, Tx. 75104.
Drawings should be
clearly marked with
name, address, phone
number, age and a brief
description of the
drawing.
Drawings must be re-
ceived no later than
Mach 28. Posters will be
accepted any time
before April 30.
All drawings and
posters become the
property of Greenhills
Center and cannot be
returned.
For further informa-
tion7”call Nadine Simon
or Susan Burrows at
296-1955 or write to
Greenhills Center.
Phillips Bargain Barn
assorted lengths of 12 inch particle
board shelving 22 <0 a runnin9 f°ot
trash tree
Reg. o9.99
Close out 23.00
Shop our bargain barn every week for unadvertised specials
110 Broad
Cedar Hill
Phillips Lumber Co.
291-7121
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Hardin, Ken. Cedar Hill Chronicle (Cedar Hill, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1980, newspaper, February 28, 1980; Cedar Hill, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth714546/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Zula B. Wylie Memorial Library.