Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1987 Page: 1 of 32
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THURSDAY
EDITION
Vol. 22 No. 24
January 1, 1987
BURLESO
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COPYRIGHT0 19SS BURLESON STAR
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TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
TEXAS PRESS
HassociationH
For Mail Delivery
295-0486
Bailey's work ensures show's success
TVvu people died in a collision
between a car and a motorcycle
in the 10000 block of Crowley
Road in south Fort Worth at
about 6 pm. on Christmas
£ve.
The driver of the motorcade,
was charged with involuntary
manslaughter in connection with
the accident. A blood test was
taken to determine her blood
alcohol content, but the test
« results ate not available yet.
StimciT was taken by Carcfjitc
condition status had been changed
to good.
According to Fort Worth Police
Investigator Pad Zoldak, Stantil
was driving iMnbbund
Irving “Wbytne'' Sandridgc. 2f. of ■ kfHams Hospital in Fort Worth
Dallas, and his half-siater, Marsha shyctly after the accident oc-
M. Biackbum, IS. of Crowley curred
were dead on the scene
The driver of the car, 38-year
old Shirley Started of Fort Worth.
curred She was admitted with
facial lacerations and a head in-
jury and was listed in serious
condition. As of Monday, her
some un
pdlled into the northbou
of traffic and ran head-on
the motorcycle. Both
and Blackburn were
the motorcycle.
Sandridgc was a 1982
of Cracky High School
ved in the U.S. Marine Corps
from 1982 until earlier jhis year.
More recently, Sandridgc was
/ employed as a tret? trimmer with
^ASplundh Experts Co. in Dallas.
was born in Brown wood on
--••uarjt U 1962. ;v •
^ Blackburn was a sophomore at
Crowley High School. She was a
member of the Hallmark Baptist
Church in Fort Worth. She was
Sign Changes After 13 Years
In fact, Delbert’s firm and the
Fat Stock Show are so inter-
woven that his offices are housed
in the Fat Stock Show complex
adjacent to the Will Rogers
Coliseum. It’s part of the show's
contract with Delbert that he be
headquartered there year-around
to handle telephone calls and
correspondence relating to the
show.
Delbert's work in behalf of the
Fat Stock Show is, in fact, a 12-
monthiob Besides the 16 hours
or so arday he works during the
three weeks of the show, there’s
a mountain of work ‘to be done
before and after.
For openers, there’s a 160-page
booklet, called a premium list, to
be published and distributed. The
booklet contains .rules governing
livestock shows, health regulations,
class designations, prize monies,
etc. Breed associations for hor-
ses, mules, donkeys, cattle, goats,
sheep, swine, pigeons, rabbits
and poultry are represented
ADS HAVE TO BE solicited for
the booklet—from breed associa-
tions, prominent livestock breeders,
manufacturers of livestock trailers,
western boot manufacturers,
etc —as well as ads for the yearly
show program. The program
itself —a slick, magazine-size
publication of about 100 pages—
has to be written and put
together
Ads to promote the show itself
must be conceived and put
together: print ads, radio spots
billboard ads, and posters.
News releases and photos
must be generated and sent to
dozens of newspapers.
Media packets must be pul
together tor distribution to jour-
nalists during the show.
And finally, Delbert must serve
on several committees, including
an all-important fund-raising
committee that solicits donations
from businesses to underwrite
livestock sales following 4-H and
FFA shows.
For most ot the year Delbert
supervises a staff of about six
workers, but starting in Decem-
ber he adds part-time and tem-
porary workers to bring the total
number of employees to over 30.
The extra help is kept on board
through February.
The Bailey organization is
currently in the midst of its an-
nual pre-show "crisis” in pre-
paration for the Jan. 28 start of
the 91st edition of the Fat Stock
Show Phones nng continually,
letters are sent and received,
assorted minor problems are
solved.
’There’s always a new challenge
with every show,’’ Delbert said
between phone conversations.
Delbert has worked hard over
the years to make life pleasant
for the 300-plus media represen-
tatives expected to be on hand
for the ’87 show. 1 try' to treat
the media the way I would want
to be treated," he remarked.
Delbert's sympathy with the
reporters stems iioin his own
days of covering the show. Dur-
ing the latter years of his 1 5-year
stint with the Fort Worth Star-
Telegram, Delbert was assigned
to cover the Fat Stock. Show
three times.
HE STTLL HAS vivid memories
of those shows —not only the fun
and excitement, but also the long
hours, the deadline pressures,
the du-st and the bam odors
' It's a drudgery for them,’ said
Delbert, "and I try to do whatever
I can to make the plight of the
news people better during the
show I try to be a friend on
the inside ”
Besides trying to be a genial
and cooperative host, Delbert has
made some practical changes
that help the media people.
There’s a spacious and comfort-
able media room, equipped with
work tables and chairs, typew-
riters, telephones, etc. Reporters
can retire to their special room
to escape, the noise and the
crowds to write and call in
their stories
Before he got into public
relations in 1977, Delbert was
one of a dving breed of "old
school’’ reporters—one who start-
ed with the newspaper as a copy
Please see BAILEY, p. 6
Awarding of runway
bids expected soon
Bids for the 6,000 feet runway
*»f the South Fort Worth Airport
?are still under consideration by
the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion (FAA), but a decision is ex-
pected soon by Fort Worth city
officials.
All contracts for construction
work must be approved by the
FAA. since airport funding of the
facility to be located in Burleson's
"front yard” is on a 90 percent
(FAA) and 10 percent (city of Fort
Worth) basis.
According to Joe Levine, ad-
ministrative assistant for the
Transportation and Public Works
Department of Fort Worth, there
were 12 prime contractors who
submitted bids for the drainage
and excavation work tor the run-
way Six bids were submitted for
the lighting and six lor water,
he said.
As Burleson residents have
probably noted. Hardgrove Lane
just north of the city on the east
^side of 1-35 is now closed, and its
relocation is currently underway.
Closely following the schedule
and the plan to relocate the
roadway—which would have
crossed the location for the air-
port runway in its former
location—construction is under-
way for the/"new” Hardgrove
along the pdjimeter of the air-
port property line to the south-
east
David Ivory, the senior assis-
tant city manager for Fort Worth,
said the next work which will be
visible to travelers along 1-35 will
be the relocation of a large
power line, which currently runs
from the southwest comer
diagonally across the airport pro-
perty to the northeast. All pro-
perty for the airport has been
purchased, for approximately
$15 million.
The runway was originally
planned to be 4,000 feet, and the
decision to extend it to 6,000 feet
increased the first phase cost es-
timates to about $30 million.
Ivory said last Monday that he
didn't anticipate any problems
with the FAA approval of bids for
the runway and that “folks will
probably be seeing equipment
out there about mid-January." As
to projected time for completion
of the airport, the city of Fort
Worth is estimating about 270
working days. "We re hoping it
will be operational about a year
from now," said Ivory.
It would seem the east side of
1-35 just north of Burleson is
going to be an extremely busv
location, construction wise, dur-
ing the next year. Approximately
the same target date (a year from
now) has been given for comple-
tion of construction of the four-
story Heritage Retirement Resi-
dence and Huguley Nursing Cen-
ter, both to be located just south
of Huguley Hospital.
Christmas at Keene center
provided by caring ‘Santas'
BY BYRON TRAVIS
The Christmas story at Odyssey
Harbor, a privately owned treat-
ment center/home tor retarded
ot severely disturbed children, is
one to rival the classic tales
penned bv Charles Dickens and
O Henry
As of-Dec 19, the 35 Odyssey
Harbor kids, ranging in age from
7 to 18. had ztleh to look forward
for Christinas. A toy drive had
been conducted to solicit donations
of toys, c! -thins,, and money-
hut not one donation had
been received
Then, thanks to a well-wisher
who wrote to Channel 4 Televi-
sion about Odyssey Harbor,
things suddenly changed On the
evening of Dec. 19 a TV news
crew showed up at Odyssey Har-
ber to interview the director and
shoot some video footage.
When the news program aired
the next evening, people from,
throughout the Metroplex and
from as tai away as Waco and
Denton began to respond. By the
timw Christmas arrived a tew
days later,, thousands o! dollars’
worth ot toys and clothing had
poured in —plus thousands more
in cheeks and money.
We haven’t had time lo count
it all yet." said Jim Sartin, assis-
tani director at Odyssey. "The
response has been overwhelm-
ing"
Sartin stud that every youngster
at Odyssey Harbor received a
bieye le foi Christmas Many
received "jam boxes’’ —portable
tape plavcr-radio combinations.
Girls received cosmetics and
clothing items. Younger kids got
Teddy Ruxpin talking bears,
Tonka trucks, etc.
"It was such a blessing," Sartin
remarked. "One of the boys
came up to me and hugged me
He said this was the best
Christmas he’d ever had."
Sartin said the donations were
su generous, toys were even left
over to provide birthday presents
for all 35 youngsters during the
coming 12 months. Also, he said,
enough money was left over to
buy a VCR. build a sandbox for
the younger kids,^ and install
lights around the outdoor basket-
ball court—all things that Odyssey
Harbor hadn t been able to af-
ford before.
"It really worked out swell,"
said Sartin. But now he’s’hoping
for another miracle.
“We’vv been asking for donations
of hay to feed the norses in our
horse program,” he said. "So far
the donations have fallen short
of what we need. Maybe when
people read your article.."
People who would like to
donate hav or oats to the Odyssey
Harbor program may contact
Sartin by writing to Odyssey Har-
bor, P.O. Box 409, Keene,
Texas 76059.
Or telephone 817/641-4093.
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tence, acquired national—and
even international — recognition,
the show still requires a lot of
promoting and public relations.
That task falls on the capable
shoulders ol Delbert Bailey, the
show's publicity and advertising
director.
Delbert, owner and director of
Bailey Advertising and Public
Relations in Fort Worth, is
technically hired by the Fat Stock
Show as an outside contractor.
Realistically, his major year-
around job is promoting the
show.
“ITS OUR PRIME account,"
he said in a recent interview.
"Nothing else is allowed to con-
flict with it. All of our other ac-
counts are scheduled around
it"
Delbert Bailey, publicity and aa. JT.slng director for the annual Fat
Stock Show In Fort Worth, displays a poster from last year’s show.
The original artwork for the poster, also used for the program
cover, Is done each year by Aldington artist Roy Ward.
BY BYRON TRAVIS
When the 1987 edition of the
Southwestern Exposition and Fat
Stock Show gets underway in
Fort Worth the latter part of
January, a Burleson resident will
once again play a major behind-
the-scenes role in ensuring ii will
be- a smashing success.
Although the Fat Stock Show
has, over the 90 years of its exis-
m- w-*r*»s nu*»
Two die in Christmas Eve accident
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