Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 51, Ed. 1 Monday, April 11, 1983 Page: 1 of 14
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14 PAGES IN 2 SECTIONS
MONDAY
EDITION
Vol. 18 No. 51
April 11. 1983
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Construction roars in March
Home Construction
Is Major Industry
The biggest Industry in Burleson during I M3 has been the construction Industry.
Already this year has surpassed 1982 in total valuation of building permits issued
and new housing starts now number 149 after just three months. March broke vir-
tually every one month record in construction as over $4 million in permits were
issued.
Industry need great
BV DORIS K. WILSON
Some of the do's and don'ts in attrac-
ting new industry to Burleson were
detailed in a Burleson: Brave, Bold &
Building" talk given by Sue Miller
Thursday at the Burleson Area
Chamber of Commerce luncheon
meeting. It was in observance of Texas
Business and Industry Week, April 1-7.
Special recognition was given to
some of Burleson's present industrial
residents: Hcdman Mobile Homes,
Nobility Mobile Homes, Kaufman and
Broad Mobile Homes, Komfort Travel
Trailers, and Bay Plastics
Miller, chairman of the chamber’s In-
dustrial Development Committee,
shared with luncheon guests some of
the areas covered during a week's
Basic Industrial Development Course
at Texas A&M she attended in late
February
She pointed out economic (industrial)
development is one thing the average
person doesn't know he needs. "Yet, it
is a matter of "grow or die," she said.
"Geography is the single most impor-
tant factor in economic development.
And Burleson has geography,” she
said “We're in the Dallas-Fort Worth
market that is the fifth fastest growing
area in the nation The annual growth
rate is 11 6 percent And Burleson is
right in the middle
"VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP, the
one who sets the pace, is the key to suc-
cess," she stated
We need a !0-year goal A selective
development program, as opposed to a
"shotgun" approach, that asks three
basic questions: 1) where are we now’’
2) where should we be going' , and 3)
How do we get there?" "We need to
broaden the tax base, for one thing
Smaller industries are fine, but they
have little effect on tax rates I^arge in
dustries can have significant effect on
tax rates
"We have problems peculiar to us,
but so does everyone else," Miller said
"We have good churches and schools—
who doesn't"’ It is not what we like and
see about Burleson, but what others
see.
"How we treat the business and in-
dustries we already have is equally im
portant We need to support and en
courage the industries we now have
Very often, clients will talk to
managers of existing industry to get the
real low-down on prospective area."
Miller said her committee, composed
of Bill Stribling, I,es Todd, Dennis
Dean, Mark Sowa, and Cheri Richard-
son, are in the process of updating city
brochures; working on zoning maps
that show sewer, water and utility
lines; preparing site plats for commer-
cial and industrial locations; all of
which will be available in the chamber
office
Miller stressed the need for confiden
tiality in discussing plans with prospec-
tive clients.
"CORPORATE STRUCTURE is a
fragile thing. They cannot afford to
make a mistake in choosing a site We
need to listen to prospects They are not
all alike They all have individual needs
and preferences."
In closing remarks, Miller said,
“Don’t bad mouth the town over coffee
cups You don’t know who might be
listening. We cannot compete with
Dallas or Fort Worth, but surely we can
compete with Cleburne and Hillsboro
Think about it.”
Using a chart analogy, Miller said
every community has a "jawbone "
who says “why don't y’all?”. Who is
y’all7. . who is they 'they said'?”
"It also has a knucklebone; someone
always knocking what is being done A
wishbone: “I wish the chamber
would. .”
"And then there is the backbone: The
doers. . God bless you all "
.lames Moody, chairman of the Retail
See Industry Page 4A
School trustees plan bond
sale today of $600,000
Burleson School Trustees will open
bids for the sale of $600,000 in bonds
when they meet tonight at 7:30 in the
Board Room of the BISD Administra
tion Building
Bonds were approved by school
district voters in a $8 million bond elec-
tion in December, 1979 Bill York, fiscal
agent for the school district, will be pre;
sent at tonight's meeting to assist in the
awarding of bids
Also at this evening's meeting,
trustees will consider bids on five items
to be financed by the sale of the bonds
Included are a freezer room addition,
floor tile, suspended ceilings at A E.
Frazier Elementary, approximately
7,700 yards of carpet at various cam-
puses, and heating and air conditioning
equipment.
Bids on those items are being taken at
this time because Deputy Superinten-
dent A A "Nick" Kerr, who is in
charge of maintenance, believes that
these five projects can be completed
this summer School district personnel
will be involved in the labor on all the
projects.
COSTS OF THESE projects is ex-
pected to be less than half the $600,000
in funds which will be made available
by the bond sale. A number of other pro-
jects at various campuses will be con-
sidered for the remainder of the money.
This will be only the second bond sale
froth the $8 rSilllon election. A small
$250,000 sale has previously been held.
The subject of leaves of absences,
tabled at the last meeting at the request
of the Communictions Committee, will
also be considered tonight
Two basic changes constitute the pro-
posed policy. It specified what con-
stitutes being eligible for a leave of
absence for continuing education and
does not guarantee that an employee
will receive his exact same job back
upon return from an leave of absence,
said Gordon Cockerham, superinten-
dent of schools
He said the district was reverting to
state law on the issue, which stated an
employee would be returned to active
duty at the same campus where the
employee formerly taught, subject to
availability of an appropriate teaching
position.
OTHER ITEMS ON the board agenda
include:
—A history program presented by the
staff of Patdine G Hughes Middle
School.
—Awarding of service pins to school
district employees.
—Certifying of the election results
from the trustee election and swearing
in of the two winning candidates
—Election of board officers.
—Statement from the tax office and
the financial office.
—Budget amendments
-CONSIDERATION OF the proposal
from the Johnson County Central Ap-
praisal District for the collection of
taxes. The cost is expected to be slight-
ly more than it presently takes for the
*school district to do the job, but which
route the City of Burleson takes could
have a bearing on the BISD decision.
The school district collects taxes for the
city at this time.
-Consideration of student transfers.
One out of district student falls under
the "grandfather claus" and is still
allowed to remain in Burleson schools
All others being considered for transfer
are a part of the special education coop
with several neighboring cities
—Approval of contract with the
Region XI Education Service Center for
media materials.
—Casting of local ballots in the election
of a director for the Region XI Educa
tion Service Center
— Report from the Supplemental 1983
textbook adoption list. This list contains
only a Civil Government text for grade
8.
—REVISIONS IN THE Burleson
High School Information Guide One of
the proposed revisions deals with wor-
ding related to possession or involve-
ment with alcohol or drugs. All the re-
maining revisions are clarifications of
courses and course descriptions.
—Contract from staff development
services with the Region XI Education
Service Center. Until last year, this ser-
vice was funded directly by the federal
government to the service center. This
year the money is sent directly to the in-
dividual school district which, in turn,
budgets the money for the service
—Contract for supplemental student
insurance coverage.
—Consideration of position papers on
education issues before the state
legislature.
—Personnel matters, including a
slight revision to the extra duty com-
pensation table for teachers.
—Approval of administrative hear-
ings on student discipline
Building in Burleson
already tops last year
A funny thing happened on the way to
the gradual but steady improvements
forecast this year for the construction
industry in Burleson
They got bypassed completely in the
wake of what, without a doubt, will be
by far the biggest year ever for building
in Burleson.
How can we be so sure of that after
only the first quarter of the year? A
good question The answer is that
because the first quarter of 1983 was the
most prolific quarter in the city's
history In fact, no other six-month
period has come close to what has been
accomplished in only three months of
1983, supposedly a recovery year in con-
struction
And the superlatives continue.
Already 1983 is ranked fourth among
years for total construction valuation.
Already 1983 is a million and a quarter
dollars ahead of 1982 Not that much
ahead of 1982 at the corresponding
period of time That much ahead of all
of 1982 -all 12 months.
MARCH BUILDING permits issued
by the permits office at city hall
amounted to $4,140,580, shattering the
all-time single month record by almost
$1 million The previous record, set in
May of 1978 when the $2.5 million
Burleson Plaza permit was issued, was
$3.2 million
No one large permit boosted the
record breaking March total The new
mark was set with the help of 89 per-
mits, which is also a record largest
permit of the month, in fact, was for
$400,000 and went for a new mobile
home plant on the west service road in
Tarrant County.
John Skidmore, formerly of
Skidmore-Carter (now Kaufman-
Broad) is developing the new plant.
As has been the story all year long,
residential units accounted for the bulk
of the permit valuation And, as might
be expected since last month holds
most of the city’s building records, the
38 new single family home permits was
a one-month high for Burleson as were
the 26 permits issued for duplexes. And
the 90 new housing starts that they
represent7 You guessed it. Another one
month record.
FOR THOSE WHO like to keep score
on things like this, here's a list of the
new marks in scorecard form:
-The $9,373,106 total for the first
three months of the year more than
doubles any other quarter in the city’s
history
—The $4.1 million in permits issued in
March is a one-month record.
—The 38 single family starts are a
one-month record.
—The 26 duplexes are a one month
record In fact, they top any entire
year
—The 90 housing starts are a one
month record
—The 65 new home permits top any
other quarter
—The 149 total housing units is tops
for any quarter
—The 89 total permits sets a record
—It should go without saying that
valuations in the residential and duplex
categories are one-month records.
Combined valuation of the 38 single
family dwellings was $1,420,650 while
the 26 duplexes amounted to
$2,238,400. Twenty-five of the 26
duplexes are two story units to be built
in the Cedar Ridge Addition at the end
of Alsbury Road.
MOST OF THE NEW home permits
are in the Timber Ridge and Forrest
Ridge sub divisions. Timber Ridge is
near the east end of Alsbury, just off
Renfro, and Forrest Ridge is on the east
side of the interstate.
Besides the large permit for the
mobile home plant, one other commer-
cial permit for $18,000 was issued for an
office at 396 Commerce.
Other permits issued during the
whirlwind month of March included
three residential remodeling permits
for $26,000; two commercial remodel-
ing permits for $33,000; one garage or
other building for $200; seven fences for
$4,330; five signs for $12,400; two swim-
ming pools for $25,000, a carport for
$500; and a patio cover for $500
Carving her niche in wax
BY TERRY M. EVANS
"1 don't think about the money when I
am doing a sculpture, I do it because I
feel like I have to I’m a person God put
on this Earth with a chore This is what
I was given to do."
Sharron Connelly is a Burleson
woman involved in an art form of both
great expense and potential for great
profit The sculptures she carves,
chips, and caresses out of wax become
bronze legacies to be admired and ap-
preciated—both aesthetically and
financially—for generations.
Connelly began learning oil painting
at 11, studied anatomy and sculpture at
the University of Texas at Austin, did
graduate work at Texas Woman's
University, and now teaches art to mid-
dle school children at Meadowbrook in
Fort Worth Her experience fills an en-
tire page on her resume with only the
highlights of her life in art.
SHE INCLUDES A statement at the
bottom of her list of accomplishments
in which she reveals that bronze
sculpture is her first love and that her
ultimate goal is to encompass
anatomical correctness, historical ac-
curacy, and stop action into the perfect
grace of rhythm and sculptural
form—one form flowing into another
Her first success in the medium is
now on display at the Farmers and
Merchant State Bank on West Ellison.
Called "Tne Deer Hunter,” it depicts a
Souix Indian arriving into camp and
making an ostentatious display of his
kill by making his horse rear up. The
ten point deer is tied to the back of the
carved wooden saddle.
Connelly’s insistence on anatomical
accuracy is evident in every square
inch of the deer hunter
"I think this is the most creative form
of art because it’s in three dimension,”
she said "With a painting, the artist
doesn't really have to know what he’s
doing, he can throw up a little dirt and
hide the fact that a leg isn’t accurate.
With a bronze that isn’t possible; it has
to be done right all the way around, on
top, up under, everywhere. A sculptor
can’t fake anything.”
Connelly uses every avenue she can
think of to make her art accurate She
photographs potential subjects and
even buys photos from other
photographers for study. She watches
animals and those she can she touches
and feels in order to bring another
sense into the interpretation of the
muscular movement. Among her col-
lections of models are skulls from real
animals. Her children cannot escape
their mother’s penchant for accuracy
and have felt her exploring fingers on
their own bodies.
“I STUDY THE BONE8 and muscles
of all kinds of animals from the book
"An Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Ar-
tists,” she said. "I recommend this
book to anyone who is going to under-
take sculpture."
She said that a sculpture is like
something frozen in time, it must show
action and the effect of the action must
be represented in the muscles, flesh,
and clothing of the subject.
“I have to know which muscles pooch
out and which sink in with the turns and
twists," she said. "But, the most impor-
tant thing to me is the proportions of the
body and their accuracy as well as the
proportion of one subject’s body to
another object or body."
Connelly also tries to bring out
minute details like the stitching in
clothing and individual strands of hair.
For such accuracy she uses dental in-
struments and exacto knives as well as
a soldering iron with different shaped
tips. She uses naptha as a solvent to
smooth the surface where necessary.
One of the other requirements Con
nelly puts on herself is flow of form.
"I try to make the forms flow into one
another," she said. “This is difficult
and not many artists are able to do it ”
A FLOW OF FORMS also gives a
piece balance and her first success in
bronze exhibits this quality in a shock
ing manner When she went to see the
See Carving, Page 2A
Hot Touch-up Tool
A soldering Iron and different shaped Up* allow 8harron Connelly to put smooth
lines In her latest project "New Winter Cap?" The question mark In the title of the
piece Is Intended to reflect the question In the trapper's mind as to whether he
wants hls little friend to become hls head warmer.
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