Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1975 Page: 1 of 22
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OCTOBER 23, 1975
Burleson Will Go
Bicentennial Luncheon
To 4A Next Year
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and recognition of Burleson as’a Bicentennial Community.
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TESCO Increase
Hearing Tonight
Sam Houston with 2,500 and
Local Kids Featured
On Rural Electric Costs
In TV Youth Series
may rise to $63.39 in Jan-
“We’ve no complaint with
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Two Amendments Explained
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probably looking forward to
this weekend is so that they
of the membership of the
Concerned Citizens Utilities
Association (CCUA).
An increase in the fuel
adjustment charge on rural
electric bills has prompted
Since Article I, the Bill of Rights, is
retained as it appears in the current
stayed away. JerrTjo is holding an African Bald Python
snake. The large glass container holds a tarantula spider
and a scorpion the size of a man’s hand is in the small
glass block.
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whether it will grant a rate
increase as i
Texas Electric Service Co.
Texas resulted in a $26
million judgement against a
With 115,00 customers in
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said. That case is currently
under appeal by the com-
another meeting to be called pany, she added.
“If we can win a lawsuit,
then there will be no fuel
Texans will go to the polls Tuesday, Nov.
4, to decide whether the state will have its
Everyone looks forward to first complete revision of the state
weekends, but officers of the Constitution in 100 years.
Burleson Police Department
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ward to this weekend more
so than most.
That’s when they hope to
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ONE THING is for sure
and’ that’s they’ll have a
longer weekend then most to
get the moving done. Time ative and congressional districts - This
see fol ks page 4A approach has been established by recent
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Sometimes a football team
Guest speaker for the event will be Gene Brownrigg, is prone to look ahead to a
executive director of the American Revolution Bicentennial future opponent instead of
* the one at hand but, as
Burleson nears the midway
point in their final year of
3A-5 competition, they may
not want to think at all about
games next year with other
4A-8 teams.
The Elks have drawn a
tough district that includes
the four Arlington high
schools, Haltom, Richland
and Cleburne' As BHS Head
Coach and Athletic Director
Steve Reid put it though:
“The compeition doesn’t
normally get any easier as
you move up.”
Cutoff number for 4A
schools in the latest district
assignments by the Univer-
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increased to $14 this month;
and was expected to increase
to $21.13 by January. Ad-
kilowatt hours was $25.13 in
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fuel adjustment charge that
CCUA leaders are hoping
to be able to raise enough
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a lawsuit. Estimates by
attorneys are that they may
need as much as $40,000
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requested by erally will be less for users of ton High and Arlington
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A public meeting will be j'
conducted in th^mattejfcjfa
before the council
an ordinance approving the tdifferent ordinances
request. The council mee£s ’ whi< ’
at 7 p.m. at city hall.
Other business on the
agenda is routine, including:
-Consideration of renew-
ing a contract with the
BURLESON F.F.A. SWEETHEART-Jeanene Young,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Young of Rt. 4, Cleburne,
was selected as the Sweetheart of the Burleson Chapter
of the Future Farmers of America in an election Tuesday
night. She is a sophomore and a junior varsity
cheerleader. New members of the FFA were also
' initiated as Gi eeuHands atnJie meeting. With Jesij[exx>rfi-------
Burleson High FFA President Barry Kirkpatrick.
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redistricting legislation, and therefore, this I
provision endorses what is already fact.
Annual general sessions of the Legisla*
ture - Voters have turned down this
proposal several times in the past two I
decades.
Proponents argue that: the complexities I
oi a modern society and the large amount of L
expenditures that must be overseen require
that the Legislature convene annually to p‘
give full consideration to the problems of h
state government; budgeting of expendi-
tures and estimation of expected revenues
would be more accurate and more economi-
cal; that the complexities of our society and
economy require a more responsive Legis- ‘
lature that would be available to meet the
peoples’ needs as they arise.
Opponents argue that: budgeting for two
years (as under our present system)
requires the perspective of long-range
planning and provides a more sound
approach to the utilization of public monies;
the. annual ^requests by state agencies to I
expand their budgets would result in the
expenditure of more funds and would not
give state officials a trail period in which to ’
correct errors of earlier plans; the
Legislature would be meeting too frequent-
ly and considering too many problems that
should be solved by the people; to requir^
the Legislature to meet every year would
increase unnecessary governmental ref-
lation.
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would authorize the
increase. One would approve
the request as presented.
The other Would approval
pending approval by the City
of Fort Worth which cur-
Burleson Independent rently studying the matter.
School District for tax ap- If approved the rates
praisal services. L. ~
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two lots on North Scott
Street. invxoaoc i uco LCU
—Monthly reports from will vary from a low of 5.8
various departments.
-Changing regular meet-
ings times the next two
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Elinor Baker serving as chairman of Heritage ’76; Barbara
Gieser, Festival, U.S.A., and Loy Norris, Horizons ’76.
Within the next few weeks, the committees are expected
to firm up plans for projects to commemorate the j , -
bicentennial, and an overall vie\y will be drafted to submit to ;Sjnat enrollment this ye;
the national and state organization to obtain formal sanction
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Eight separate propositions are on the
probably looking for- ballot, each of which will be approved or
defeated by a majority vote without
affecting the others.
Following article deals with the first two
start moving into their ex- propositions. It was prepared by the Texas
paned quarters which are Manufacturers Association in Houston
having the finishing touches which has taken no position other than to
put on them now. The analysize the issue from a “pro” and “con”
addition onto their present viewpoint. Next week information on the
facilities will just about remaining six propositions will be given,
triple the size of the police
department and provide
more restroom facilities, a
locker room, interrogation Constitution, it is not listed.
room, records room, dark- PROPOSITION NO. 1 is the amendment
room and larger quarters for revising “Article II, Separation of Powers”;
the dispatcher and chief of “Article III, The Legislature”; and “Article
police. IV, The Executive”; all of which will pass or
Another reason they’re fail together.
Article II restates the Separation of
Powers among the three branches of
will have all the work of government: Legislative, Executive and
moving behind them instead Judicial. No change.
of ahead of them. Article HI, The Legislature, While the
structure of the Legislature remains the
same, new provisions established in this
article include:
Single-member senatorial, represent-
at Elk Stadium.
From a travel standpoint,
Burleson officials are elated
The increase as requested over the district assignment.
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percent to a high of 11.1 ation that BHS would be in a
percent in winter, depending southern district with Kil-
on volume used, and from 8.2 leen and the Waco schools or
months because of Christ- to 16.1 percent in summer, in a northern district with
mas and Thanksgiving. according to charts supplied the Wichita Falls schools.
rp, rrTpcjm 4. by TESCO to the city. see school pg. 9
The TESCO request was
presented to the council
about a month ago by local
manager Les Todd. He said
the company needed the
increased revenues in order
to remain in good financial
position to borrow funds
needed for new generating
plants.
Rates under the TESCO
proposal will very according
to use, said Todd.
“A typical residential cus-
tomer whose electric bill for
the year averages $20 a
month will have an annual :
adjustment costs,” Mrs. period of several years. They
Davis said. In a letter sent could get started with pro-
this week to co-op members, ceedings for as little as
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BY JAMES MOODY
an anti-climax to Elton
Not that getting a moose
xet?d,nog„.that.he hadn-t
SOAYSToI^Me^.^wZ
Patrol on Sept 29. were 8tr>nded for eight dayg to the wilderneM
thin/as staoL "0 ,0<M1 a“d then 9h"‘ * 2>M° |,0Und Hk 20 mfaute8
1,^'7 Of after » re8“e White of 122 Cindy, is
his Burleson hJJJw expecting the five foot horns to be delivered any day
He was flvinp in a liX nlTn^ a£ter they were misrouted from Alaska to Fort
with Jerry Mercer formerly Worth/DaUas Regional Airport. Mercer is a former Fort
of Fort Worth and Whited W°rth re8iden‘ "ow “""g Ala‘ka-
ex-boss, when they decided enjoy for awhile. peller, bending the tail sec-
to land the plane in a A strong wind was blow- tion and breaking out the
clearing by Big River and ing by the time they woke up windshield.
brew a hot cup of coffee. Monday morning. Mercer “We really weren’t too
After coffee, the two men started the plane’s engine as worried,” White said. “In
explored the area for a short soon as it was day light and fact we really had an enjoy-
time and then decided to then got back out of the able time for the first three
spend the night right there, cockpit to help White round days.” He added, though,
“you couldn’t ask for a up the last of their gear. that they had expected to be
prettier Sunday,” White ABOUT THAT TIME a rescued in about three days,
said. strong gust of wind picked Rescue operations had in-
This was the last warm, up the plane and flipped it on deed begun, but were being
calm day that they were to its back, damaging the pro- conducted far from the site
the two men and the.
MilliSgg
I rection of where they said
1 they would be. They had
4- J 1”°“^two largtmoose
J from the air in another river
g location, but there was no
1 -5 Ianfd^he Plane °n
---y-r-W that side of the river. To
. solve this problem, they had
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i I’ 1 chorage to ship an inflatable
? ; raft to them at their head*
-Air. Ti mil toiwtmrariquarters near McGrath.
WIND DAMAGE-Mnm»nta Wfor* nl.nnin« They mi&ht have made il
totake back to McGrath a few days
Eli™i f stranded sooner had they had the raft
^2^5? * Mercer, formerly of wjth them on this trip. On
^X^two^t^nTeJht days to^fo^Vby d™n
Citizens Meeting Slated
justment charge on 3,000
kilowatt hours was $25.13 in
adjustment charge to Brazos July; $42 this month; and
The meeting is slated for 6 customers for three to five may rise to $63.39 in Jan-
years,” she said, adding that uary the letter stated.
refunds of past fuel adjust- “We’ve no complaint with
ment charges would prob- the rate we’re paying,” Mrs.
ably be made as well. Davis said. “It’s one of the
An investigation by CCUA lowest in the state. It’s the
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that the CCUA has the irregularities in Brazos Vai- is hurting.”
grounds to file a lawsuit on ley or the Johnson County
behalf of customers of the Electric Co-op, she said, but
Brazos Valley Gas Company, added that there was evi- money to carry through with
She said that CCUA lawy- dence of short sightedness in
ers have indicated that fuel planning.
Southwestern Gas and Pipe- “This latest increase is
line, the supplier for Brazos just the beginning of our fuel should the case drag on for a
Valley, has defaulted on a • - - - —
contract that was to have
extended through 1983. o_
A similar case in South figures are shown indicating $5-6,000, they believe,
that the fuel adjustment '
charges for 1,000 kilowatt
Four Burleson youths Special,” is produced by Bill
from Hughes Middle School Kelley of Channel 5.
are participating in & new Initial showing of the
television series on KXAS- one-hour feature was Tues-
TV, Channel 5. day (Oct. 21) in the 3-4 p.m.
Featured in the series of time period. The second
seven programs scheduled showing is scheduled at the
are Jeri Jo Ottmann, Kelly same time on Nov. 11,
Reid, Kyle McKee and Kent followed by another on Dec.
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p.m. Saturday in the Old
Settiers Reunion Hall in
Alvarado.
Mrs. Clarence Davis, se-
cretary of the group, told the v
Star yeasterday afternoon attorneys has turned up
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ley or the Johnson County
Brazos Valley Gas Company, added that there
Sellout Crowd Expected
Reservations had been madL early this week by about 90
citizens for the kickoff luncheon of the Burleson Bicentennial
observance. The meeting will be held at noon at First United
Methodist Church.
speaker for the event will be Gene Brownrigg,
Commission of Texas with offices in Arlington.
Mrs. Brownrigg and men<bers of her staff travel
extensively over the state explaining the Bicentennial to
citizens and encouraging involvement of communities in
celebrating the nation’s 200th anniversary.
The luncheon will serve to officially launch Burleson
efforts in the Bicenntennial although a steering committee
has been at work for more than a month and three
committees have been established to coordinate activities in
three thematic areas.
The luncheon will feature a stew and cornbread menu
prepared by ladies at First United Methodist Church.
Following the luncheon and address by Mrs. Brownrigg
will be a question and answer session and announcements by
committee chairmen.
Persons desiring information on the Bicentennial
observance locally may contact Wayne Hutson, chairman, or
any of the steering committee members or the theme
chairmen.
The observance will be divided into three categories with sity Interscholastic League
Athletic Office was 1220
students. This is an average
attendance over the past two
years. Cleburne just barely
- - )ar
with 1235 students, a decline
in number compared with
last year. Burleson, on the
other hand, was well above
the minimum fingure with
1436 studetns currently re-
gistered.
Except for Burleson, Cle-
burne and Arlington Bowie
(with 1350 students), all the
other schools in the district
have at least 2,000 students.
Richland is the largest in
terms of enrollment with
City Council probably will increase of 7.4 percent,” he 2,700 followed by Arlington
decide tonight (Thursday) said. That figures $1.48.
“The percent increase gen- Haltom with 2,200. Arling-
low amounts of electricity Lamar each have about
nwi +i—„„ even 2,000.
THE ELKS PICK up one
provided Fort Worth 4A sihool )on
their non-district slate, keep
an old 3A rival and play one
school from 3A-5. They play
Fort Worth Western Hills at
home in the season opener;
on Sept. 3; then travel to
Weatherford for a game with
the Kangaroos before ending
their non-district schedule
would go up in December against Everman on Sept. 17
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re-zoning on portions of readings on or after Jan. 1,
„ Lis on North Scott 1976.
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Hutson, Wayne & Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1975, newspaper, October 23, 1975; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1283363/m1/1/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.