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MONDAY
EDITION
Vol. 22 No. 11
November 17,1986
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Residents protest
club on CR 600
Bundled Up
For Winter?
BurirvuiSiar CARLA rOMMERT
Even though winter doesn’t officially begin until Dec. 21, sisters
Amanda, 4, (left) and Jennifer Ferrell, 21 months, wore warm cloth-
ing to protect them against the unseasonably cold weather on
Thursday. The girls accompanied their mother on her errands
around town. They are pictured here in front of the post
office.
BY DOTTIE WILSON
A recently published legal
notice in the Burleson Star-
generated enough doncem to in-
itiate a petition of protest and
secure 241 names and addresses.
Those signing the petition are
area residents who don’t want
liquor to be served in a res-
taurant on CR 600.
Residents of numerous sub-
divisions east of Burleson off the
county road (also referred to as
the Old Alvarado Highway) regis-
tered their objection to the Back
Road Restaurants application
for private club status, recently
made to the Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Commission. The peti-
tion was not circulated door to
door, but simply [ laced on the
counter at Karyn’s Grocery, ac-
cording to Rev. Mike Lowery,
pastor of Cana Baptist Church
Lowery is spearheading the
protest for members ol the com-
munity who have shown strong
interest in trying to block the
granting of the private club per-
mit. The restaurant is located
beside Karyn's Grocery on CR
600, less than three tenths of a
mile from Cana Baptist Church
to the east.
"AS A CHURCH congregation,
we do feel that the restaura
serving as a club in the e<
munity would hinder the ma
ing of the youth ot the area," .
Lowery.
The'petition is not comprised
of church members, however. "It
the petition had not shown so
much support from people in the
‘JfuntEhwnity, we (as fa church)
‘might not have pursued the mat-
ter," said Lowery. Since so many
names accumulated on the peti-
tion in such a shot! period ot
tune (one week), steps to seek
denial ot the license have
been undertaken.
Application for the permit was
made by Mark Watts and Dons
Gray Lowery emphasized the ef-
forts were not neing made in
order to degrade any person but
simply to safeguard the com-
munity. “We’re in the business of
helping people," he said of the
church fellowship, "not creating
problems with people." Those
signing the petition believe the
sale of alcoholic beverages at the
restaurant would be a detriment
to the community and a definite
safety hazard for the people who
travel CR 600 regularly.
“Over a period of years there
have been five accidents just in
front of our church,” said
Lowery. Increasing the driving
risk factor by the sale of
alcoholic beverages to those who
will be traveling over an already
dangerous roadway is a major
area of concern for those in-
volved in the protest, he ex-
plained,
“THE ROAD IS VERY dark
and it’s not marked well. County
commissioners have been mak-
ing efforts toward improvement
of the road, and we appreciate
that. But as a community, we feel
the highway is presently unsafe,"
he added.
Though Lowery has only been
pastor of the church for two
months, he seemed amply aware
of the history of concern for the
safety of the roadway. Recent
years of increased residential
development in the area have in-
creased the pressure for the road
to be designated as a Farm to
Market Road, which would en-
Please see Community, Pg. 2
Asher to seek recount
in Pet. 4 JP election
CLEBURNE-There will be
another recount in Johnson
County in the aftermath of the
Nov 4 general election.
Rtt. 4 Justice of the Peace Ver-
'sher, a Democrat, decided
sday that the 66 vote
which put his opponent
■tiles, a Republican, in the
r's seat was too close to
-.icede without going for the
recount.
Asher received 2,013 and Stiles
tallied 2,079 votes in the elect-
ion. .....
County Judge Wayne Bridewell
said that since there was less
than a 10 percent difference in
the votes, Asher is automatically
qualified for a recount. Such is
not the case in Commissioner
David Russell's situation. The
Pet. 2 commissioner lost to
Burleson resident Ron Harmon
by a wider margin of votes, one
which requires permission from
the secretary ot state's office tor
a recount.
Asher filed a petition for the
recount Wednesday with Bride-
well and paid $250 to cover the
cost of counting votes in the 10
boxes—including the absentee
box—in Pet. 4.
Bridewell said it is not
necessary for Asher to request a
recount from the secretary of
state’s office because of the
closeness of the vote.
According to Bridewell, the
recount will be Nov. 21, begin-
ning at 9 a.in. in the auxiliary
courtroom in the basement of
the Johnson County Courthouse.
"County Clerk Robby Good-
night will be recount chairman,
assisted by a committee of nine.
They will be divided up into
teams of three to expedite the
counting procedure." Bridewell
explained.-DORIS E. WILSON
City, like schools, eyeing possible bond issue
I he next meeting of the >. its
couik 11 lould well have someth-
ing m common with the next
meeting of the school "boaid
Bolfi bo.mls arc likelx to be dis-
cussing c a pital improvement pi o-
leits and the need foi a bond
election to finance those pro-
posals
Dial's alieadv an announced
agenda item at the next meeting
ol BISI) Trustees and Thursdav
Niglu at the (. < >uiu if Meeting
almost sounded like Mondav
Night School Boatd ( nv Mana-
ge! Ron liabtice told council
inembeis itv.it the stall should
have a list of pioposcd capital im-
provement protects ready some-
time this week He pj,ans to
discuss those projects m-
divicluallv with council members
pi lot to the next rcgulaily
scheduled council meeting Intel
tins month
So much lot the next meeting
At Thursday night's meeting, the
council passed lust leadings of
Oldlliatlces to icgulatc dooi to
doot salesmen, tot a planned
development zoning classifica-
tion, and lot deleting the lace cat
exemption limn the |unk cat
law s flu c nunc il also es-
tablished some guidelines loi
taking pioposuls on tax collee-
I n 11 r sc l V lc es
I he lax c ollc'c non item is also a
thiovvback of soils to the school
boatcierrrtkmng this month tut -
icmU\ 11ie% Ml4I> tax office
collg.TkU.ixes Im’fhc c nv but now
faces competition for that job
from the Johnson County Ap-
praisal District (JAD) The JAD
offered a lower price, but did not
exactlv bid the same services. A
committee comprised of school
board members and city council
members will set up a list of
specifications so that both the
JAD and the BISD tax office can
give a price quotation based on
the same services
SOME DIFFERENCES will
prohablv have to be resolved Tot
instance, maintaining a yeai
round office, complete with
records, in Burleson seemed to
be a high priority to most school
board members On the other
hand, it hardly seemed to make
the low priority list ot council
members at then meeting. Mayoi
Jerry Boone, a former member ot
the JAD Board, suggested that
quotations be taken for operating
a tax collection office in Burleson
for a four month period and a six
month period.
All records would be main-
tained in Cleburne under either
arrangement
The percentage of taxes collec-
ted should also figure into the
selection process. The B1SL) Tax
office had a bcttci than 44 per-
cent collection rate this year. The
figure foi the JAD will likely be
requested on the specifications
put together within the next few
weeks by the city council school
board committee.
The salesman ordinance limits
the hours in which door to door
selling is permissable (8 a.m.
until sundowm except by invita-
tion) and requires that the seller
have a limited sales tax permit
from the state. The licensing pro-
cedure will also identify both the
seller and the company tor which
he is selling
The amendment to the junk car
ordinance will remove a loophole
that has been a sore spot for
some time to a few local
residents. It is against a city or-
dinance to have cars that do not
run littering the street, but in res-
ponse to neighbor’s complaints,
some people have maintained
that they use these cars for racing
purposes and thus they fall out-
side the ordinance. The amend-
ment, when passed on final
reading, will delete the exemption
for race cars from the ordinance.
THE PLANNED development
zoning classification, in the
words of the ordinance, “is inten-
ded to provide tor greater flex-
ibility and discretion in the
application ol certain residential
and commercial zoning districts"
and, not exactly in the words ol
the ordinance, to provide a
greater range of compatibility
between the planned develop-
ment and adjacent property.
Included within the planned
development classification would
be activities permitted in 10 dif-
ferent zoning classifications (as
well as any other specific use
See CONCERNS, Pg. 4
Reassignment
of band director
made by BISD
BY JOLENE RUTLEDGE
Effective this past Monday,
Nov 10, Chris Brouillette, head
band director fpr the Burleson
High School Band, was reassigned
to administrative special pro-
jects He had been director since
the beginning of this school
year.
Named as interim head direc-
tor for the remainder of the
school year is Sam Woodward
Woodward said he will also con-
tinue his role as a director at
Hughes Junior High. Directors
Craig Hurst and Page Bartz will
also be assisting Woodyvard with
his new duties
At October's band booster
meeting, a question and answer
session was held to discuss the
policies of the band program and
problems that had occurred.
According to Gordon Coc-
kerham, superintendent ol the
BISD. the personnel change was
made in the best interest of the
band. "Things have not gone all
that well with the band program
this year and Mr. Brouillette was
receptive to the idea of accepting
aiv alternate assignment." Coc-
kerham said.
Brouillette (said, "1 will be
working with Upward Yeary and
Nick Kerr on special assignments. 1
am looking1 loiward to the new
challenge and to serve the dis-
trict in any way."
Rainy Ribbon Cutting At Alsbury Blvd.
avrteson jiur.'i akla ruMMLKl
Burleson Area Chamber of Commerce members joined developers,
landowners, BISD officials, and representatives from the City of
Burleson for a ribbon cutting officially opening Alsbury Blvd., a
major new entrance Into the city from 1-35. The official ceremonies
were held Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 11 a.m. Speeches were given by
Mayor Jeriy Boone, Harvey & Associates representative Verne Gar-
rison, Greycliffe Development Corporate* representative Steve
Shuler, BISD Board of Trustees P*eltete;iMpte»d Erickson, and
BACC President Harold Putnam.
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