Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 112, Ed. 1 Monday, October 2, 1989 Page: 1 of 18
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18 PAGES IN 2 SECTIONS
MONDAY
EDITION
Vol. 24 No. 112
October 2, 1989
BURLESON^TAR
COPYRIGHT* 1989 BURLESON STAR
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The seasons, they are 'a changing
You don't need to feel the cool wind blowing from the
north or hear the sounds from Elk Stadium on Friday night
to know fall has arrived and winter is not too far away.
Many area merchant are already advertising for fall and
winter holiday specials. Can cold weather be very far
behind.
Stamposaurus promotes stamp collecting
Museums have their dinosaur
bones; Glen Rose has its dinosaur
tracks; Fred Flintstone even has one
of the little fellows for a pet.
But Burleson goes them all one
step further this week with the latest
in dinosaurs, the Stamposaurus.
What's a Stamposaftrus?
We're glad you asked. Or at least
Burleson Postmaster Bill Johnson is
glad you asked.
He has persuaded the exotic new
dinosaur species to make a rare pub-
lic appearance right here in Burleson.
On Ctet. 5, the Burleson Post Office
will have the last remaining Meso-
zoic monster of the Stamposaurus
order in its lobbv.
' So what do dinosaurs do once
they've squeezed into a post office
lobby? Lick the stamps for you? Give
their stamp of approval to post office
operations? Help stamp out junk
mail? Stamp the floor?
Close, but not quite. The reclu-
sive reptile will be promoting stamp
collecting. He (or she; only another
Stamposaurus knows for sure) will
also be handing out balloons (but not
necessarily promoting balloon col-
lecting).
October has been designated
National Stamp Collecting Month by
Postmaster General Anthony Frank.
He said the month-long celebration
will focus on the Prehistoric Animals
block of four US postage stamps
which will be issued.
"Stamp collecting is fun and
continues to be a hobby enjoyed
worldwide,” said Johnson. "We rec-
ognize the almost 19 million organ-
ized stamp collectors who already
appreciate this hobby. And we en-
courage people of all ages to join the
celebration by taking a close look at
these miniature time machines that
transport the collector to different
places and times.
"Stamp collecting is your oppor-
tunity to 'Begin an Adventure of
Giant Proportions!"
Participating as co-sponsors of
National Stamp Collecting Month
with die postal service arc the Ben-
jamin Franklin Stamp Clubs, Coun-
cil of Philatelic Organizations, Na-
tional Assoc, of Elementary School
Principals, American Library As-
soc., Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and the
National Assoc, of Chiefs of Police.
Many local post offices, stamp
clubs, and civic organizations all
across Texas and the nation will be
participating in exciting, interesting,
and fun-filled activities that empha-
size the enjoyment of collecting
stamps.
But they all won't have a real,
live, honest-to-goodness Stampo-
saunis to help them promote stamp
collecting.
Citizen's call results in arrest in
residential burglary in progress
Johnson County Sheriffs depu-
ties arrested a burglary suspect
Sept 22, just hours after a
concerned citizen called the JCSO
about a burglary in progress.
Michael Dean Barnes, 19, of
Godley was arrested at a friend's
house in Keene at 6:25 p.m. He
was charged with burglary of a habi-
tation and bond was set at $25,000.
A second suspect Sam Blocker, 19,
was arrested at the PIN Center in
Cleburne shortly after 7:30 p.m.
and charged with burglary of a habi-
tation.
A concerned citizen called the
JCSO with a license plate and a de-
scription of two men who may be
involved in a burglary in progress
at CR 1124 and FM 4.
After the license plate was run,
Deputy Darrell McCreavy and
Deputy Tony Yoakam followed a
lead and arrested Barnes. Yoakam
reported that 18 prior burglaries and
thefts were cleared after Barnes was
interrogated.
Cleburne Police Officers, Cpl.
Ron Miller and Officer Chris
Moody picked up Blocker a short
time later. Both men were being
held in die Johnson County Law
Enforcement Center.
New airport director named
Fort Worth City Manager
Douglas Hannan announced the re-
cent selection of Robert I. Burke to
the new post of airport systems direc-
tor.
B uike will be responsible for the
management and development of
Fort Worth's three municipal air-
ports: Spinks Oust north of Burle-
son), Meacham, and Alliance.
Alliance, under construction, is
_ ._______ .... -------- scheduled to open in December.
, Lions put Up JlOgS Additional support facilities such as
Lira* dub members put up a flag at Dr. Abies Animal Him- a fuel system, terminal and rental
pital on S.W. Wilshire as part of the dub's flag project hangars, will be built by a private
Lion's President Doug Evans said that they put up ap- firm.
pradmately 36 flags at businesses hi town for a yearly fee. Brake currently is die airport
The fee goes toward purchasing eyeglasses for needy chit services manager in Columbus,
dren. Lions present fbr the flag raising included (left to Ohio. He will assume the Fort Worth
right) Mie Seals, Chuck Hutson, Evans, Ted Whitley, post on Oct. 2 at an annual salary of
Mwt SWSAIXY ELLERT90N $62,000.
The airport systems director
position was created during the
1988-89 budget because of the
growing development of the city's
municipal airport system. Meacham
is the rity's oldest airport, opened in
1925. It features a 7,500 foot main
runway with a 4,050 foot crosswind
runway and a 4,000 foot parallel
runway with an ILS tower and all
standard airport services.
Spinks is located in South Fort
Worth; it opened in 1988 with a6,000
foot runway with VFR landing only.
It serves general and corporate avia-
tion.
Alliance Airport, located in far
north Fort Worth, will open in De-
cember as the first industrial airport
in the United States. Its 9,600 foot
See CONTRACT, pg. 11
Yearly total of
rebate checks
still looks good
We may reach first $1 million
The city of Burleson continues
to draw a bead on $1 million in sales
tax rebates. If that happens this
year—and, barring instant global
depression it seems likely that it
will—it will mark the first time the
city sales tax has generated $1 mil-
lion in a calendar year.
With a September check of
$78,362, the total collected for the
year now stands at $830,962. The
September check was 13.5 percent
more than last September's $69,053.
The year-to-date figure is 19.6 per-
cent ahead of the $694,724 which
had been collected through nine
months of 1988.
Since November is one of the
months in which quarterly tax pay-
ments are included in the city totals,
Burleson should easily go over the
top that month.
Last year, which holds the rec-
ord for sales tax receipts, had sales
tax checks which amounted to just
under $940,000.
. September's total was the larg-
est ever for a month which did not in-
clude the quarterly tax payments and
is about equal to the amounts re-
ceived in those months only five
years ago.
Oddly enough, Burleson's per-
centage gain over last year was about
a half percent less that the Jphfison
County total#, That's because Cle-
burne, which had not been having a
particularly good year until recently,
had a 19 percent increase.
Without the gains of Burleson
and Cleburne, the remainder of the
county—taken together—would
have shown a slight decline com-
pared to 1988. Including its two larg-
est cities, however, Johnson County
was up 14.1 percent for September
and 10.1 percent for the year.
Neither Briaroaks nor Godley
received any September check since
cheks of under $500 are only issued
in months ending a quarter (Febru-
J
ary, May, August, and November for
sales tax purposes).
Joshua was down 15.3 percent
with a September check of $6,796.
Last year it received* $8,008. The
total so far this year is $82,659, or 7.8
percent ahead of last year.
Alvarado just about broke even
this September with a check for
$6,690. For the year, that city is up
almost 19 percent, though, with a
nine-month total of $87,671.
Tarrant County showed a gain of
10 percent last month and is 8.6 per-
cent ahead of last year's pace.
Crowley, which has taken its lumps
this year, had a gain for a change,
registering a 6.3 percent increase
with a September check of $10,016.
For the year, that city is still running
8 percent behind last year, though,
with $129,143.
State Comptroller Bob Bullock
said that sales tax allocation pay-
ments to 888 cities statewide totaled
$72.5 million for the month, an in-
crease of 6.8 percent over payments
sent during September, 1988.
"This has been a banner year for
a lot of local governments that count
on sales tax rebates for revenue,"
Bullock said.
Bullockd noted that year-to-date
allocations to cities have also contin-
ued to grow and are 9.4 percent
higher * than last year's payments
though September.
Cities can have a local tax rate of
either one or one and one-half per-
cent All cities in Johnson and Tarrant
counties tax sales at the one-percent
rate.
The state's six metropolitan tran-
sit authorities and one city transit
department received $36 million, an
increase of 18 percent. _
. The Fort Worth MTA received
$1.2 million, an increase of 103.5
percent over last September. The
$11.3 million it has received so far
this year is a gain of 79.1 percent.
NATIONAL STAMP
OCT 1 '89 WASH DC 202601
COLLECTING MONTH
Begin an Adventure of
Giant Proportions
Collect Stamps!
Begin an Adventure of
Giant Proportions
Collect Stamps!
STAMPOSAURUS™
OCT 1 '89 WASH DC 20260
NATIONAL STAMP COLLECTING MONTH
OCT 1 89 WASH DC 20260
NATIONAL STAMP COLLECTING MONTH
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