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In Sports
Cedar Hil golfer
makes the grade in
school and local
tournaments
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Girls Softball
holds meeting
The Cedar Hill Girls
Softball Association will
hold a general meeting at
7:30 p.m. Monday, July 23
at the Cedar Hill Library.
The purpose of this meet-
ing will be to elect a Board
of Directors for the 2002
girl’s softball season.
Anyone interested in serving
on the board should attend
this meeting.
For more information call
Willie Davidson at 972-299-
5719.
CHYBA to
hold meeting
Cedar Kill Youth
Basketball Association will
hold its 2000-02 Kick-off
meeting, July 30.
—The public is encouraged
to attend CHYBA’s first
meeting for the upcoming
year Monday July 30 from |
7-8:30 p.m. at the Cedar Hill
Library. Agenda items will
include election of officers,
determining player fees and
setting dates for the start of
practice and the first games
of the season.
For further information,
call Mike Bechdol at 972-
291-8375.
Boosters set
July meeting
The Cedar Hill Athletn
next monthly meeting on
Monday, July 23, at 7 p.m.
in the CHHS football class-
room.
Anyone who has an inter-
est in die CHISD junior and
senior high athletic pro-
grams is invited to attend.
Plummer PTA
to sell supplies
|; The Plummer Elemen-
tary PTA will be selling
school supplies for the
-2002 school year on
Aug. 6 and
--jursday Aug.9 from 5-7
PM and Tuesday Aug. 7 and
Wednesday Aug. 8 during
new student registration
from 8-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.
Prices are as follows:
PMC - $ 18; Kindergarten -
$18; First grade- $18;
Second grade - $27; Third
grade - $24 (Price does not
include required binder);
Fourth grade - $23.
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tree to
break ground
Thom t ree Baptist Church
will have a groundbreaking
service Sunday, July 22,
after the morning service.
They are building a new
13,000 square-foot educa-
tional building that will
house a new nursery, class-
rooms, kitchen and offices.
In the future there will be
a day-care center and a par-
is invited to
special service,
church is located at
^uterville Road,
is 972-
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In People
Cedar Hill State
Park hosts Dallas leg
of the Hi-tec
Adventure Race
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In Autoworld
Escalade has
combination of full-
size SUV and
Cadillac luxury.
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TODAY
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Religion..............................6
Sports................................8
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Vol. 36 No 18
Ccd.it Hill s oldest ncivspnper - serving residents since 1965!
Thursday. July 19. 2001
Woman dies
in Joe Pool
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Police believe woman drowned
while waiting to ride jet ski
Today photo by CHRIS HUDSON
Children who attended the first ever Downtown Saturday Night had a chance to do a
lot of activities, including this horse drawn cart driven by Duncanville resident
Marvin Killingbeck and pulled by his horse, Dr. Pepper. See page 2 for more photos.
Crowd braves heat, attends
new festival in downtown
By AMY SMITH
Today Staff
Many families braved the
heat July 14 to celebrate the
first annual Small Town
Saturday Night in what proved
to be a tremendous success.
“We were very happy with
our turnout especially for the
first time,” Main Street
Committee Chairman Rusty
Brewer said. “We had a lot of
families participate, which was
one of our goals.”
Organizers for the event
estimated a turnout of 800-
1,000 participants, equal to the
amount the committee wanted
to reach.
The event had items for all
ages, including children, who
were able to enjoy the cliff
hanger, a 28-foot high climbing
wall, an inflatable water maze,
smiley bounce, bouncy boxing
with oversized boxing gloves,
face painting, a clown with bal-
loons, skill games, a football
toss, a cake walk and other
rides and games.
Chas Peyton, of Midlothian,
appeared to enjoy the event as
his two sons, 10-year-old
Spencer and 4-year-old Pierce,
climbed the inflatable wall.
“More communities need to
do this,” he said. “Something
like this gets people from all of
the neighborhoods in the com-
munity.” *
Another highlight of the
evening was the car show, fea-
turing 64 cars from a variety of
areas in the state vying for a
number of prizes. Though some
of the cars’ owners were on
hand earnestly trying to win
awards, most were simply
enjoying the evening and
checking out many of the other
vehicles entered in the compe-
tition.
Though many entrants in the
competition had never placed
their cars in an event, others
compete in a number of events
each year.
“I’ve always liked cars and
enjoyed working on them,”
Cedar Hill resident Tom Dietz
said of his 1931 Ford Coupe.
“I’ve been to several competi-
tions including some in North
Richland Hills, but I’m just
here for the fun of it.”
Bruce Graf, of Grand
Prairie, whose 1921 Model T
Depot Hack was making its
debut into the world of car
shows, hoped to do well but
was enjoying the evening no
matter the outcome.
“You never can tell what the
outcome will be,” he said. “I’m
just herejor the experience.”
Even"a few eclectic models
were on hand for the event,
including Richard Pittmon’s
1964 Chevrolet Bel Air police
car. Pittmon is a Cedar Hill res-
ident employed by the DeSoto
Police Department.
“Any chance I get to come
out and show off the car, I take
it,” he said.
The Cedar Hill resident
appeared to be enjoying the
event as well, despite the heat.
“It gets people out to meet
one another, rather than just sit-
ting in their houses,” he said.
Organizers plan to hpld the
event again in the future,
though it may be moved to ear-
lier in the year to avoid the
heat, Brewer said.
The Main Street Committee
will receive all funds collected
at the event, besides those sold
by vendors. In addition, the
Cedar Hill Food Pantry was
able to return with at least three
grocery baskets full of food
items, according to Brewer.
By KIRK DICKEY
News Editor
An Arlington woman
drowned in Joe Pool Lake July
14, after companions saw her
disappear while swimming.
Thu-Van Huynh, 28, was
pronounced dead on arrival to
Methodist Hospital of Dallas at
6:45 p.m. that day.
According to Grand Prairie
Lake Patrol Sgt. Chris Chopin,
Huynh had been swimming
about one mile north of the
south bridge on Lakeridge
Pkwy. when one of her fellow
swimmers noticed she was
missing.
Huynh had been waiting to
ride one of the [et skis the
group had used to get to that
part of the lake. Chopin said
the spot was not accessible to
land vehicles and the closest
boat ramp was about a mile
away
Witnesses said Huynh was
swimming about 25 to 30 feet
from the shoreline and
appeared to be having trouble.
One witness said he had seen
her go under and not resurface.
Officers from the Grand
Prairie Police and paramedics
from Cedar Hill responded to
the call about 5:18 p.m.
Officers searched the water
where Huynh was last seen and
located her about 6:01 p.m.
Cedar Hill paramedics worked
to stabilize her and prepared
her for transport to Methodist
Hospital by CareFlite.
Huynh was pronounced
dead at the hospital.
Police said there was no
sign of drug or alcohol involve-
ment in the accident.
“We are just looking at this
as a case of an inexperienced
swimmer,” Chopin said.
Wal-Mart site
plan approved
Teachers do their BESTT safety first
By JENNIFER ANN HUTT
Today Staff
After much negotiation,
Wal-Mart received site plan
approval from the Cedar Hill
City Council and will now
continue moving toward con-
struction.
“This is a big deal for
Cedar Hill,” Councilman John
Arbogast said, “and the citi-
zens are going to benefit.”
Representatives were on
hand at the July 10 council
meeting to answer questions
about the proposed site plan
and express their willingness
to work cooperatively with the
city of Cedar Hill.
“We have a great deal in
mind for the area and we are
glad to be a part of it,”
Dunaway Associates represen-
tative Tom Galbreath said.
The proposed Wal-Mart is a
Super Center similar to the
new one on Interstate 20 near
Great Southwest Parkway in
Grand Prairie and will include
a grocery area, a garden center
and tire lube express in addi-
tion to general merchandise.
The Wal-Mart architects
and designers have been held
to a high standard throughout
the platting and site plan
process.
As part of the Uptown
District and Main Street over-
lay, the store has been subject
to extra masonry and land-
scaping standards set by the
Planning and Zoning Com-
See WAL-MART, Page 3
By AMY SMITH
Today Staff
This year, Cedar Hill High School
will offer students a chance not only to
receive an education, but to learn if
education is a field they may want to
pursue.
Known as BESTT (Bridging the
Educational Scene for Teachers of
Tomorrow), the class allows students
interested in becoming teachers to
decide whether or not to pursue a col-
lege degree in education. So far, the
class has attracted 59 juniors and
seniors enrolled as of June 1.
“Typically a lot of first year courses
don’t even make and we ended up
adding a second class,” said instructor
Carol Brown, who will be teaching the
class, along with Karen Martin.
However, by “advertising” for the
class through posters and brochures,
the teachers enrolled a wide variety of
students, Brown said.
The idea for BESTT came from
Cedar Hill High School Principal Dr.
Alfred Ray and Director of Personnel
Holly Teague following two Region 1
Service Center conferences in south
Texas where the class was offered.
“Both of them were really impressed
with the class and we definitely liked
it,” Brown said. “It sounded like a great
way to get them interested in education
and become teachers for tomorrow.”
During the first semester of the
class, students will study past histories
of education as well as various teaching
styles. However, both teachers hope to
visit local elementary and intermediate
schools in the spring semester to give
students a chance to observe teachers at
work and volunteer to tutor younger
students.
Students will be graded on a number
of factors, including class participa-
tion, reading and analyzing various
articles concerning education and
research and reports on various col-
leges’ teacher education programs.
The idea for BESTT initially came
from concern over the decrease in
teachers throughout the state of Texas.
“There has been a concern over
money in the past, but most districts are
doing something about that,” Brown
See BISTT, Page 3
Today photo by CHRIS HUDSON
Flret United Methodist Church offered a chance for children and par-
anta to learn about aafaty at Ita Safety Day. Above, Officer Jack Wallace
fingerprints Anthony Haas, 4, from Midlothian, as part of the child Iden-
tification program.
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