Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 31, Ed. 1 Monday, January 26, 1987 Page: 1 of 16
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16 PACKS IN I SECTION
MONDAY
EDITION
Vol. 22 No. 31
January 26, 1987
BURLESONt^TAR
COPYRIGHT1 1987 BURLESON STAR
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Public hearing well attended
Naix .i discouraging word was
heard in the range ol comments
made al the public hearing
Ihursday night, hut the citv's not
necessanh home I tee with its
plans lot a >6 5 million capital
improvements bond election
Some border-line discouraging
words were uttered about the CR
600 ughl-of-wav acquisition and
the marine! in which the pro-
posals might be packaged for
presentation to enters however,
and that could mean potential
trouble All am bond election
needs is even a hint ol con-
troversv It cite council members
don't believe that they might talk
to school board members Voters
shot down school expansion
plans last spring in the wake ol a
controversy that even divided the
boatd on the proposed election
But no direct opposition to anv
Taking 11
Harir — a Nt.r i 4 HI 4 /*»*!O HI
On Wednesday, Jan. 21 Highway Departmenl maintenance em-
ployees clean graffiti from signs at one of two locations on I-35W.
The workers had to brave temperatures in the low 40's and winds of
5-10 mph while they removed the vandals’ messages from the huge
highway signs.
Sign repairs are costly
lcx.is Highvvav Dcpanmcnt
clews had c\ti;i woik last week
altei vandals c oveied six highwav
signs with gralliti
The sets ol signs located on
northbound Hwv 174 at I - 3 S\\
and at I-VsW at Hardgrove Line
wore vandalized sometime het-
ween Saturday. Jan 17 and Mon-
dav Jan 14
According to Wendell Barrett,
assitant foreman lot Highwav
Department maintenance, the
clean-up elton on Wednesday
went bettet than he had expected.
It cleaned up real well Were
not going to have to replace the
signs he said
However, Barred said some in-
ter stale and highwav shields will
need to be replaced at an es-
timated cost ol V600-HHH)
He explained that the huge
signs are coveted with a special
reflective material to help motor-
ists lead the signs at night
Barrett said he teared that the
reflective coating would be minc'd
when Ins view removed the graf-
fiti II so. the signs would have
had to be replaced tor approx-
nnatclv 81 5-20,(KX)
The culprits also pcrlorinod a
dangetous act Batrett said 1
think thev c t aw Ic'd up the side
beams, and had to shimmv ac-
ross the top It was prohabh
done bv juveniles ot someone
with a juvenile-type mind, he
said
The vandalism created hazards
lor the maintenance crew as well
as travelers who strain to read
the words or watch the workmen
tn the clean-up etton s
This incident worked out
without serious rcpurcussions,
but Barrett stressed that might
not have been the case
ol the propositions was ex-
pressed Thursday either by the
'wo dozen or so citizens attend-
ing the public hearing or a mem-
bet of the city council. The
format utilized lor the public
hearing was lor City Manager
Ron Crabtree to first give a hnel
. xplanation of a proposal and
then tor Mayor Jerry Boone to
sk lot public comment Less
man half the proposals elicited
anv comment from the spec-
ial* n s
» TWO OF THE responses were
from persons associated with the
* t'v bite Chief John Crocket ex-
pressed the need for funds to
finance new or enlarged facilities
loi the tire department and l.ib-
t a tv Board chairwoman Rosalind
R.r. spoke on the need lor expan-
ded parking lot facilities at the
I br.irv
John Volkman raised the ques-
tion about the nght-of-wav along
t R MH) where the state will ex-
tend CM 2271 providing that
Burleson and Johnson Counts
ptovidc the nght-ol-wav Volk-
rtian asked Boone if the cite had
allocated a set amount ot monev
Ci the acquisition ot this nght-
<4-way and it the project would
be abandoned il costs exceeded
that amount Boone replied that
the ^ * tv had r ec eived estimates of
what its share of the protect
would be and referred to C rab-
trees explanation ol tust which
pieces of propcm would be
pure based
According to the citv manager
the cits is basicallv dependent
upon propertv ownets donating
the nght-ol-wav lot the-widening
of the Old Alvarado Highwav He
said that some' pieces ,,| propcitv
would he purchased bv the citv,
but this would be limited to small
pieces ol propertv oi otliet pieces
ol property deemed to be impac-
ted negatively In the road
impiovetnents
bile exact amount targeted lot
these' hardship cases was neve:
mentioned, but it is beiievcXJ n< be
in the > 1 00,000-1 'l> (ti n) range
THE EXCHANGE WITH Milk-
man prompted some comments
from Councilman lohn Daniels
during tlie citv council discussion
ol the hearing Darnels said he
tell the1 ( R 600 expans:,.;: should
be given a top priontv because to
do s(i would not oniv save monev
but save lives a- well The cost
savings he1 said would u me
horn die slate assuming the
maintenance on the toad once it
was designated a larm-to-mai ket
road Daniels said he didn't
believe the protect should he
abandoned d land acquisition
costs rin nioie ihan expected
Boone answered that priorities
are not set m a bond election II
tunds ate approved thev will be
expanded tor that purpose, he
said He again iciterated that the
c oopet at ion of .id|acc’r11 landow-
ners would be a must
David Pulhuiii asked about the1
criteria lot c boosing streets to be
reconsimjc ted and was told bv
(tabttee tftal ■eet conditions
were assessed on an annual basis
and a listing compiled of the
slice's inosi in need ol repair He
said that sheets all over the city
both i csident lal and collector
sheets would be included in the
reconstruction process
Some specific sheets were
mentioned as 11 ng m espe'e tally
pool conditior "m: Boone noted
that tire citv needed some tlc'.X-
ibn.'v in thi'ai.a }!• pointed out
that constructor, costs fluctuate
and priorities nnght change over
,i muiti-vear period and said it
would be difficult for the council
to sjv now that a detinue number
ot streets would he improved
WHEN THE DECISION is
made the council will seek
public comment on which streets
to include m the program, he
said
Cunts Andcison brought up a
flooding pi oh 11 m on Mood Street
that Direciot of Public Works Bill
Davison said could onlv he col-
lected hv installing storm drain
inlets and lowering Michael
Street S hie steps have a I read v
PhSPsee WATER. Pg. 2
Cagle’s testimony refutes
former statement by Hagle
in infant death trial
BY CARLA POMMERT
ClTBl RNE — Three attomevs
closs-examined Jimmy Laveme
Cagle 2! ot Homestead Estates
on Thursday afternoon in Judge
E Bvron Crosiers 18th District
Court m Cleburne Testimonx
given Thursday refuted a written
statement entered into evidence
eailiet in the week The wntten
statement of Ann Hagle had at-
tributed much ut the blame tot
the death of 8-month old
Rebecca Barnett (her daughter)
on Cagle
The trial began Tuesday and
was expected to continue through
today (Monday) Two defendants
are being tried together for the
crime of injury to a child
under 14
Cagle and his live-in girlfriend,
Adeline Arm Hagle, 14, were
arrested and both charged with
m|urv to a child altei Magic's 8-
month-old habv girl died last
Oc tohet
Representing the defendants —
who pleaded innocent to the
charge —were Burleson attorney
Steve McClure (Hagle’s court-
appointed attorney), and Boh
Mahanav of Cleburne (Cagles
defense lawyer) District Attorney
Dan Boulware was the prosecut-
ing attorney representing the
state
The baby, Rebecca Ann Bar-
nett was pronounced dead at
Hams hospital on Oct 11, I486,
alter treatment from both Lillian
and Cleburne medical em-
ergency personnel failed to
revive her.
JOHNSON COUNTY Deputy-
John Hale testified that he
received and responded to a
medical call for assistance at the
Hagle residence in the Homes-
teads on Oct. 11 The call was a
child not breathing
Tarrant County Medical Ex-
amine! Dr Charles M Harvey
latet tilled the sause ol death to
Rebecca as a blunt blow to
the head
According to testimony. Cagle
had gone to Mineral Wells on
Oct 1 tc» pick up Hagle and
Rebecca to take them to his
mobile home at 761)8 Melinda m
Homestead Estates
The baby died 10 davs latei
In a wntten statement dated
Oct 17 Cagle told law enforce-
ment officials that Hagle was res-
ponsible tor the iniuncs the child
had sustained that l.-d to het
death
On Wcdncsdav. Cagle's attor-
ney Bob Mahanav ol Cleburne,
told a six-man six-woman |utx
dial Cagle denies responsibility
for the baby's death He said
Cagle admitted slapping the child
m the laee. hut not hard enough
to cause a brain hemmort hage
(which Medical Examine! Di
Hanes testified earlier was the
cause of death)
According to statements admit-
ted as evidence, both Hagle and
Cagle have admitted slapping the
child when she would ctx
In the Oct 17 written state-
ment Hagle said Cagle would
stull a sock in Rebecca’s mouth
when the baby would i rx
CAGLE LATER responded that
the sock was a habv sock and
that the main reason ne put it in
Rebecca's mouth was to help
soothe her gums (from teething).
When our gums used to he
red, our mother would tub a wet
rag on them,” Cagle said.
On Wednesday, the second dav
ol the trial, Mahanav told the
court that Cagle claims that
Rebecca would cry a lot when he
came home from work In addi-
tion, he noted that the baby was
unable to stand up for three or
lour days before her death
because bet legs wouldn't hold
het
Cagle said he noticed a bruise
on Rebeccas leg alter he came
home from work one dav and the
habv would not stand on it So.
fie stood het up against a wall in
the kitchen to steadv het, but she
fe ll on het left side a number ot
times Once, he said, she tell on
het nose causing a red mark.
McClute asked Cagle it his
tfteotx was that it Rebecca veasn I
forced to stand on het btutsed
leg, she would think she wasn't
able to stand on it Hagle respon-
ded. Thais what I've always
been told
Cagle stated lunher that even
though the baby tell repeatedly
on her left side, he did not notice
that she was in any apparent
distress
Dt Harvey testified on Tucsdav
afternoon tfiat the baby had sul-
teied numerous external injuries,
including a large Iresh contusion
to the right side ol the lace, a
datk purple wound that extended
from the hairline to the chin He
testified that it was a blunt loree
type injury, probably caused hv
manual trauma from a hand.
ADDITIONAL INJURJES in-
cluded contusions and abrasions
about the head, torso, and arm.
and a tight atm that had been
broken in two places, both
horizontally and vertically No
doctor had set the break, which
Harvey estimated to have been
live days to a week old
Other injuries included con-
tusions inside the baby's mouth
and contusions and trauma to
two pontons ol the vaginal area,
"consistent with digital trauma
from a finger ”
Hagle had previously claimed
in a wntten stalemenr that in
events preceding the babv’s
Please see CAGLE, p. 4
Chamber banquet will offer varied program
Now’s the time to make reser-
vations lor this year’s Burleson
Area Chamber ol Commerce
Banquet And there’s no excuse
for not remembering the date,
either. Write n on your calendar
and pul a big red heart around it,
because the annual awards ban-
quet will be held on the evening
of Valentine's Dav Feb 14
The evening will begin with a
6A0 p.tn reception at lire
Holiday Inn South, with dinner
to follow at 7 00 Business and
pleasure will be cureiully blen-
ded with ihe varied program
planned for the event.
ln addition to a program ol
sjx'ctal interest centered around
economic and industrial develop-
ment to be presented by Robert
B Seal, an executive of the
Republic Bank Corporation, ban-
quet goers will also enjoy the
addcxl attraction of Miss Burleson
1487, Susan Me Murray, who will
entertain with a medley of
songs
The featured banquet speaker
is senior vice president, cor-
porate relocation/induslnal de-
velopment division ol the Repuh-
lu Hank ( * aporali' >n and ,t native
ol Missouri ioltowing military
duty he completed his education
at Si Liuis University
He then joined the Industrial
Department of the St Louts
Southwestern Railroad in 1452,
serving in several positions until
he was appointed Industrial
Agent lor the Southern Pacific &
Cotton Belt Railroad in Dallas
He joined the RepublicBank Cor-
poration in 1462, and since 1463
has served as head ol then cor-
porate relocation/induslnal de-
velopment division
He is aettyv as an eldet and
trustee lor the Presbvtenan
Chuu It m Dallas and has
numerous professional and busi-
ness alt illations He is active in
the American Economic Develop-
ment Council In May of 1986, at
the 61 st Annual AEDC Con-
ference in Hamilton, Ontario,
Seal was installed as the chair-
man of this nationwide organiza-
tion for the 1986-'87 term
He has served as guest lecturer
on industrial development mat-
ters at several universities He
represents the bank on frequent
speaking assignments and as a
member of the bank’s executive
committee, has been instrumen-
tal in locating many national cor-
porate headquarters to the Eon
Worth/Dallas area
His civic and community al-
liltalions a tv numerous, and his
contributions in telling the story
of the business climate of this
area have been many
Chamber members should be
receiving invitations by mail
soon to the annual banquet But
every citizen of the community,
whether a member of the cham-
ber or not, is encouraged u> at-
tend and participate in the
evening's program
Reservations mav be made by
calling the chamber office. 244-
6121, on or before Eeb 9—the
deadline lot reservations The
cost, including dinner, is $14
pet person
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Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 31, Ed. 1 Monday, January 26, 1987, newspaper, January 26, 1987; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth761392/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.