Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 89, Ed. 1 Monday, August 27, 1979 Page: 2 of 16
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cover local ly like the Homemaker of the Week.’
myself on the back because we’ll
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editor, after this appears in print,
telling us how many things we do
wrong.
The real reason in asking this
question was two fold. First, we want-
ed to sort of check ourselves out to see
if you think we are fair and objective in
our news coverage. . . if you think we
give both sides of an issue as well as
could be expected.
The second reason for asking was to
see if there were any areas you thought
needed more coverage-or if there were
any areas we weren’t covering at all
that you wanted to see in the paper.
However, the only response that was
anything close to being negative was I
from a man (who didn’t give his name)
(which kinda hurts our feelings).
But of those who did answer, the
responses were almost totally positive.
BY FRANK C. BADDER
Staff Writer
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issues that they’re both real good now.
And I’ve heard a lot of people say that.”
Fern Harris: “I like it. I read most of
it. I skim through it—I don’t read it as
as I would like to because I
Tony Willis: “All the stories, I think,
are good. I read everything. I especial-
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" Retta Coleman: “I think they’ve done
a real good job. I live in Joshua but I
that it can only be answered by people enjoy reading the Star and the local
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ing the different school things and\all g don’t have time. I think you do a good
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informative. I usually just start at the v David Blessing: “I think it’s excel-
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fact that-of the people questioned- Samuel Hill: “I don’t really read the
many didn’t even read our newspaper paper that often but I’d say you do (a
u:_j„ r—gQQjj job). There’s plenty in the paper
for as small a town as it is. I like sports.
It seems like you cover sports pretty
I’ll try not to break my arm patting good.”
"1 Crosby Key: “It’s growing just like
probably get a raft of letters to the the rest of the town as far as 1 can see.”
Ray Baskett: “We’ve taken the Star
for many years. Of course, my wife
reads it more than I do. I think you do a
real good job. It’s a good newspaper
and I like it all.”
Vance Riedel: “Yeah, they’ve done a
pretty good job in the past. I guess
they seem to cover them (issues) fairly
and from a pretty objective viewpoint.
I would say yes, you cover it pretty
thoroughly.”
Patsy Dumas: “I like the front page
and society. I think it’s a good deal.
When they first started getting two
papers (per week) I didn’t think it was
as good as the one paper. I thought
they did a better job on the one paper
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who said we should have more local they put enough news stuff in both
sports coverage.
This is how everyone else respond-
ed:
(Fort Worth Star) Telegram I’d go to
the sports first, but the (Burleson) Star
We really weren’t looking for a pat I just start with the front page and go
on the back in this week’s question, but from there.”
that’s the way it turned out when we
asked some area residents what they
thought about the way we <
issues.
The problem with that question is
who read the Star. What you won’t see J news of Burleson. I like the front page
among the responses listed below is the best.”
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Do You Think The Star
Question 0|f The Week:
Does A Good Job Of Reporting On Local Issues?
Burleson Won’t Get
Gasoline Ordinance
that other stations-mostly self-
service outfits--are not even at-
tempting to comply with the
regulations and that their busin-
esses are suffereing a loss of
customers due to this.
But council members apparen-
tly felt the enforcement ordin-
ance would be futile at this stage
because of at least two reasons:
-Lines at the gas pumps have
disappeared, and;
-There is some indication that
Gov. Clements may move to end
the rationing plan before the
scheduled termination date at
the end of September.
The council members, how-
ever, did not advocate violation
of the pan by consumers-they
simply declined to take a vote on
A proposed ordinance to put
teeth into the odd-even gasoline
rationing plan here was all but
killed at Thursday's City Council
meeting when council members
declined to take any action.
- The ordinance proposal gained
a slot on the council agenda after
complaints were heard from
some station owners that they
could not-or that others would
not-attempt to enforce the plan
at their level.
Without a city ordinance for
enforcement, there are no legal
sanctions that can be brought
against consumers who choose to
violate the rationing plan.
Station attendants can refuse
to sell gas to motorists with the
wrong license plate numbers, but ucvumcu
"some” station bwners complain ' the measure.
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Editorials/Opinions
Budding Audience
Legislative Concern
across the 50 states with something
like epidemic proportions. Nor does
passing large chunks of the financing to
the federal government do anything
for the taxpayer, except add another
layer of administrative costs.
Small wonder that legislators are
concerned about the effect inflation is
having on tax schedules. Such concerns
are part of the legislative job, but
eventually the voter will have his say.
State legislators may not be expert
in the field of economics when they
first assume office, but it isn’t long
before they are speaking the language
with some fluency. Budgets, appropria-
tions and taxes have become the prime
order of business, almost it seems to
the exclusion of much else.
The cost crunch which has hit state
and local governing bodies particularly
hard is not localized. It has spread
however, to let children through their
portals at reduced rates. A child who
attends sports events for a minimum
fee grows into an adult who pays
several dollars for the same privilege.
Perhaps $10 or $20 by the time he
grows up.
There is no mutual agreement to this
problem, of course. What it boils down
to is, it all depends on whose children
one is talking about.
If some adults had their way,
children wouldn’t be admitted to
theaters and other places of entertain-
ment at reduced rates. If some adults
had their way, children wouldn’t be
admitted to any theater, except on
special children’s days, their reason
for such cranky thinking being that
children are noisy.
Many theater managers and sports
promoters think it good business,
Our own...and others’♦
JOHN b. ROCKEFELLER
HENRV FORD
★ City Council
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Dates To
Wayne Hutson...Editor & Publisher
James Moody...Managing Editor
Chuck Hutson.Advertising Manager
account in changing and adapting the program to best
benefit both student and school district, according to Boren.
Showing through on most student comments is the
OVERNIGHT SOLUTION
Now that the White House
has completed its game of
musical chairs, all the nation’s
energy and economic problems
are about to be solved, right?
Sure.
GREAT MINDS
The adage that great minds run in
BURLESON STAR
Second Class Postage Paid at
Burleson, Texas
P.O. Pub. No. 079780
Subscription Price $7.95 Per Year in
Johnson and Tarrant Counties.
Other areas of Texas $10.95
Outside Texas $11.95
★ Trustees
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★ Program To Benefit Students
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bid from American Desk Co. But an
architect for the new addition said the
chairs offered by Central were of a
substantially higher quality and the
Council voted to award the bid to
Central.
Council members first determined,
however, that the higher bid would still
be below the amount budgeted for the
furniture.
dential rates by about 10 percent to
$3.30 per month, and would raise
commercial rates by more than 100
percent-from $6.50 per month for two
collections per week to $15 per month
eind from $12.25 per month for four
collections per week to $30 per month.
The council said it would look into
possible inequities among commercial
users before giving approval to the
rate increases.
MAJOR
PHILANTHROPISTS
Remember
The Star will resume publication of
, the Community Calendar with the first
issue in September.
Persons who have items about club
or other organization meetings are
asked to call the Star office early this
week.
Also, anyone who would like to
1 become a sponsor is urged to call.
minary indications are, however, that
taxes will increase more than three
percent, possibly 10 cents per $100.
The school board had already pre-
viously voted to use a 100% valuation
table in 1979-80 with the idea of
reducing the tax rate to generate
approximately the same income as in
the current budget year which ends
Sept. 1.
Several discussions have been held
recently, including a joint meeting with
the Burleson City Council and a session
with other taxing bodies at Cleburne,
on the subject of the new central tax
appraisal district.
General feeling has been to list all
property in Johnson County rather
than Tarrant County. The question the monitor, the equivilent of one teacher (six teachers one
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the county line and has a choice of
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN on a
proposal which would raise the rates
for garbage collection. Councilmen said
they wanted to “take another look” at
possible inequities in the proposals for
commercial rate hikes.
The proposal would increase resi-
Under the plan, each county has one
central appraising office and tax equa-
lization board for all taxing bodies.
Such an arrangement is designed to
have all property appraisals uniformly
set. Each taxing agency then establish-
es its own tax rate based on its income
requirements.
(The City of Burleson still has not
made a decision on the question of
theory that no two persons think alike
when a bride’s wedding presents are on
display.
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increase more than three percent.
The tax rate for 1979 has not been
established as work is continuing onl . ________ ________t__ _
the 1979-80 school year budget. Preli- acknowledgement that the program primarily is for their
benefit. Over and over again, phrases come up like “The
teachers really care about us;” and “individual help.”
And if the program seems confining to the adult mind, it’s
often exactly what is needed at this age, according to no less
authority than the students themselves. While some of them
complained about the regimentation of ABC life, others
obviously believed that the strict discipline was good for
them and were glad that they were being “forced” to behave
in a responsible manner.
Students are under supervision during the entire school
day. A condition for admission to the program is that the
student be brought to class each day by a parent or other
I adult. He is then under the supervision of a class monitor
and/or teacher for the remainder of the day.
THE MONITOR REMAINS with the class for most of the
day while teachers will come in an hour at a time to teach
particular subjects. Cost of the program is thus the salary of
up because the district straddles hour apiece) and a room or area to house the class,
me vvunLj luie auu has a Jiuive ui For best results, the ABC class should be kept apart from
which^ appraising district to^ enter. the rest of the school, believes Boren, and for that reason the
„ „ program will be operated from a portion of a portable
building already on the BHS campus.
Some of the cost of the program will be repaid in increased
GERTRUDE VANDERBILT
WHITNEY
OVER CITY ATTORNEY J.L. Phin-
ney’s objections, the Council voted to
approve the original wording of a
resolution to establish a Housing
Finance Commission which will offer
housing to low-to-moderate-income
families at low interest rates.
Phinney objected to wording which
he said could leave the city open to
liability, but the council disagreed and
approved the resoltuion as originally
worded. Council members Mike Arnold
and W.R. Stowe abstained from voting
on the measure.
The Burleson Star is an indepen-
dent newspaper published twice
weekly on Monday and Thursday in
the interest of Burleson and adja-
cent areas by Burleson Publishing
Co., 319 N. Burleson Blvd., Burleson
Texas 76028. Any erroneous reflect-
tion on any individual or firm will be
corrected if brought to the attention
of the editor. Address all cor-
respondence to the Editor, Burleson1
Star. P.O. Box 383, Burleson, Texas
76028. Phone 295-5278._______•_
state funds based on average daily attendance, noted Boren,,
since attendance generally increases sharply.
In fact, both attendance and grades rose dramatically in
Austin, Boren told the board.
Board members endorsed the program enthusiastically
with a unanimous vote to try it out in the high school.
What success it will have here is something that won’t be
immediately known since the program is basically to give a
student one last chance after he would normally be
suspended from school. Both student and parents have to
agree to the program as an alternative to suspension and, as
Boren put it, “We won’t be putting 15 kids in there on the
first day of school.”
FIRST LINE OF defense in the “war on discipline” will be
the reinstatement of a Detention Hall after school. Students
will have a day or two to prepare their schedule for staying
late, but the board decided that no special provisions would
be made for vocational students or bus students.
“I think the board is in general agreement that we want a
general tightening up of discipline from kindergarten
through high school,” said Board President Maurice
Shepherd.
New Board Member Anne English agreed, noting that “It
sounds to me like (the ABC program) is showing students
that you really care about them.”
Attendance and grade reports on all students entering the
program will be kept and presented to the board for
evaluation after the program has been in affect for awhile.
I Central entered a bid of $4,670 for
spectator and councilmember seating
in the new addition-$902 higher than a
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In other action the Council:
-Approved the final reading of an
ordinance to establish procedures for
cable television in the city.
-Voted to put “no parking” signs on
both sides of a section of Hard grove
Lane adjacent to the new McDonald’s;
Restaurant.
-Authorized the signing of a contract
to obtain grant money from the state
for the proposed Chisenhall Park in the
city.
-Took no action on a proposal to
retain an inspector for the Alsbury
Waterline, Phase II project.
-Approved departmental transfers
of funds.
-Approved purchase requisitions.
-Took no action following an execu-
tive session on possible land acquisi-
tion.
which county it will pick. See separate
story.) from the Planning Commission to table
Also on Monday’s 8 p.m. agenda: plat proposals which have minor
-Revision of bus routes. Assistant errors.
Supt. A.A. Kerr will have recommend-: The individuals presenting the plats
ations. would then correct the errors and
-A decision to purchase a bus for bring the plat back to the Planning
handicapped students through the Commission before it is presented to
Special Education Co-Op of which the the City Council for review.
district is a member. Funds will come THE COUNCIL tabled discussion of
from the co-op budget. awarding bids on improvements to
-Discussion of purchasing a pickup jj.W. Renfro St. until Sept. 27. In the
for the transportation department. mean time, participating property
-A proposal to remodel the old owners will be requested to pay in
administration building to accomodate advance their portion of the improve-
Special Education offices, the home- ment cost, the Council said.
bound program and a samll workshop Clinton Wright, a developer with
for handicapped students. houses which front on the area to be
The building will need a new roof, a improved, still has some $16,000 to pay
new heating and cooling system and for his part of the improvements. An
other repairs, but is structurally sound, escrow account of $21,000 has been
said Supt. Bill Stribling. filed with the city, but if Wright is
-Recommendations for employe- unable to pay the remainder, the city
ment of several new teachers. may have to pick up the tab, causing
budget overruns on the proposed
improvements.
On the recommendation of archit-
ects, the Council voted to award a
contract on office furniture to Central
Distributing Co. for seating in the City
similar channels outweighs by far the Hall addition.
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Hutson, Wayne & Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 89, Ed. 1 Monday, August 27, 1979, newspaper, August 27, 1979; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1262875/m1/2/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.