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Thursday, August 22,1991
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Volume 1, No.50
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VOTERS GO TO POLLS OCT. 5
Trustees set $2,865 million
bond issue for high school
By KAREN WRIGHT
Citizen Editor
D1SD trustees have given tenta-
tive approval to plans for a new
high school facility and called a
$2,865 million bond election on
Oct. 5 to finance it.
Voter approval would mean an
estimated 17 cent tax hike,
according to preliminary esti-
mates, with an average family
expecting to pay increased taxes
of $59 per year.
The board’s unanimous vote
came during regular session
Tuesday night following presen-
tations by architect Tommie
Huckabee of Huckabee & Don-
ham and auditor Larry J. Skiles.
While the preliminary plans are
subject to revision, only two
major issues remain to be deter-
mined: site selection and size of
the gymnasium.
been abandoned in favor of the
more expensive high school faci-
lity.
Board president Travis Barnes
explained that the ‘Very prelimin-
ary estimates" for a middle
school were $2.3 million and that
it might be only a short term
solution.
“It was a dream to have a new
high school and we saw where we
could do it.” Barnes said.
Hampton added that “we’ve got
to look down the road.”
“We’re looking at having 300
students in high school in the
next few years. Since we have the
capability to combine the junior
high and high school facilities
into a middle school, the high
school is a more appropriate
choice,” Hampton said.
Trustee Dannis Lozano added
that his discussions in the com-
The proposed site, owned by munity have also lead him to
Dublin businessman James Fritts, believe a high school would haVe
is located just south of Dublin at better public support,
a V formed by US 377 and St. Trustees discussed at length
George Road. Asking price is rather to erect fixed or removable
$5,000 an acre. Huckabee is seating in the gym which is desig-
recommending a minimum pur- ned to seat 1,000 people but
chase of 21 acres and suggested delayed a decision since the pro-
that the board might consider posed bond would cover either
purchasing an additional eight option,
acres behind that site. Barnes said he feels the tem-
Tlie Highway 377 site was one porary seating is unsafe. “I’m
of six offered when trustees uncomfortable with children on
advertised for site bids. Huckabee bleacher seats they can fall
referred to it “as a pretty good through.”
site” due to accessibility, visibi- Huckabee said an added advan-
lity, and access to city utilities. tage of the fixed stadium seating
Trustee J.D. Hampton balked is that it would open the gymna-
at the asking price, however, sium for more public functions,
saying “That’s a doggone high “If you can afford it, there would
price per acre.” be lots more uses for this facility
“I don’t know the value of that with the fixed seating.”
land out there but if I were a He also predicted that folding
voter and I saw a $100,000 price bleachers would have to be repla-
tag on the land, I’d give some ced about every 10 years while
very serious thought to whether
I’d vote for it,” he said. “My
understanding is that we have the
right to reject all the bids.”
No action was taken on site
selection after trustees discussed
the possibility of paying for the
land with general funds rather
than bond money.
Appearing in the open forum,
Jerry Stephens questioned board
members about why the original
plans for a junior high school had
Dublin man
held in fatal
stabbing
A 33-year-old local man
remains in Erath County jail on
murder charges following a fatal
subbing in Dublin early Saturday
morning.
Carlos Hernandez of Rt 3,
Dublin is charged with murder in
the death of Guadalupe Collazo,
32, also of Dublin.
Collazo was pronounced dead
at Harris Hospiul Erath County
at 5:09 a.m. Saturday following an
incident Which occurred about
two hours earlier at the residence
of Beatrice Aimaguer, 415 Hem-
phill in Dublin. Witnesses told
authorities that the stabbing
occurred during an argument
which followed a dance.
Dublin police were notified
about 4:45 a.m. by the Sheriff’s
Office that the victim had been
brought to the hospiul by
friends. Hernandez was arrested
early Saturday by Dublin Police
Officer Randy Shafer.
the individual seats made of hi]
quality hard plastic would “o;
wear the building.”
The high school plans are ii
tended to be preliminary, accor<
ing to Huckabee who urged tl
board to get input from teache
on what revisions should I
made. We need to involve the
in the process rather than to ii
them cold with the final plans, 1
said.
"The only thing we are lookii
for tonight is conceptual appr<
val," Huckabee said.
In other business, the boai
reviewed the preliminary 1991-‘
budget in preparation for budg
hearings next Tuesday at 1\\
p.m. in the high school library.
Supt. Roy Neff, in reviewir
the preliminary numbers, sa
payroll costs have gone from (
percent of the total budget la
year to 71 percent this year di
to standard pay increases, tl
hiring of three new teachers ar
an administrative assistant and t
increase in insurance costs.
Workers comp will go from la
year’s $50,000 to this year
$64,000, he said.
He also pointed out increase
in utilities from last year
$149,000 to this year’s estimate
num I,
The effective tax rate cannot be
determined until the County
Education District meets in Sep-
tember, according to Barnes who
represents Dublin in the 37-
school district group.
After a closed door meeting at
the first of the 3 1/2 hour session,
trustees voted to sustain the
action of Supt. Neff in dismissal
of former employee Orvel Gibbs
who was presented by Stephen-
ville attorney G.A. Swindle.
Erath County Sheriff David Coffee stands eye to eye
with several marijuana plants which were seized
during a Saturday night raid near a residence in the
southeastern part of the county. The plants, ranging
in height from 18 inches to five feet, have an
estimated street value of $2,500'to $3,000. Sheriff's
deputies Tim Marak, Kevin Fincher and Gary Bills
acted on an anonymous tip. No arrests have been
made.
Junior High Principal John Grimland and High School Principal Mike Rhodes
got a taste of life behind bars Tuesday and decided it was too hot and too
smelly. Eventually they were bailed out but not until they had begged and
pleaded. It was all part of the DARE jail-a-thon which raised money for the
new drug education program. See more of DARE on page 9.
EXCEEDS STEPHENVILLE'S TOTAL
Jailed citizens raise $2,210
for DARE drug program
By KAREN WRIGHT
Citizen Editor
The corner of Blackjack and
Patrick was the busiest place in
town Tuesday as more than 50
local residents were arrested, jai-
led and bailed out to raise money
for DARE (Drug and Alcohol
Resistance Education).
When the cash, checks and
pledges were totaled, Dublin resi-
dents had donated $2,210 for the
new drug education program
which will be taught to local fifth
graders this year. With the excep-
tion of a $200 donation from the
Texas Association of Dairymen,
all donations came from indivi-
duals.
The Dublin total passed the
$1,744 raised in Stephenville in a
DARE jail-a-thon earlier this
month.
The DARE jail (Cecil Estep’s
cattle trailer) had few of the
comforts provided to most com-
mon criminals these days but only
those poor victims (such as
Tommy Dittmar) who couldn’t
persuade someone to bail them
out seemed to mind very much. If
you were “just passing through”,
the heat, lack of ventilation and
aroma of semi-dried animal waste
were tolerable. But friends with
bail money were a much sought-
after commodity.
Officials of DARE and
ERADA (Erath Residents
Against Drug Abuse) commen-
ded the Dublin Chamber of Com-
merce for organizing the event
which raised funds to provide
collateral materials for the
DARE curriculum which will be
taught in the county’s rural
schools by Stephenville Police
Officer Randy Dolloff.
More than 50 people were
processed through the jail bet-
ween 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Local
accountant Ike Wade was charged
with tax evasion; Justice of the
Peace Bill Zachary was cited for
dealing out blind justice; Citizen
staffers Karen Wright and Russell
Huffman were jailed for flashing
people; Supt. Roy Neff and First
Baptist Music Minister Marvin
Saunders were cited for singing
too loud at a gospel singing
concert and Ed Stafford and Jim
Sikes were cited for just being
too cotton-pickin’ ornery.
Banker Monte Thiebaud was
fined for being rude to his wife’s
only friend on the telephone;
Steve Hightower was cited for not
doing chores such as weed-eating;
John Hollinger was fined for
smiling too much; Andy Kinser
was fined because his hair was
too pretty, Mark Reynolds and
Cleve Cole were fined for being
slave drivers; Dlinda Pendleton
and Annabell Salinas were
accused of solicitation without a
permit; Geleta Stephens was
fined for loud and abusive beha-
vior; Pat Leatherwood was fined
for abandoning his family to go
to Colorado; Wayne Bear was
jailed for writing rubber checks;
Effie Leatherwood was fined for
being a smart allic (sic), an abu-
ser of women, children and
anyone around (complaint filed
by person who identified himself
as a concerned and abused citi-
zen); Karen Kuhlwein was cited
for stealing Die-Hard batteries;
John Vines was finetMfli^ being
the newest banker in town; Bill
Tidmore was fined for walking
too slow and Diane Kloster was
arrested for just simply being too
good.
Other violators were Everett
Hightower (pretending to be a
golfer); Pat Leatherwood (imper-
sonating a jogger); Earl Jacks
(impersonating a rural route car-
rier); Mike McCormick (for im-
personating a banker and being
just flat no good); Randy Shipp
(impersonating a teacher); John-
nie Huffman (impersonating a
post master); John Grimland and
Mike Rhodes (impersonating a
principal); Tommy Dittmar (im-
personating an athletic director
and David Cleveland (imper-
sonating a person - a charge
brought by his scout troop).
Wayne Hammit of the Dublin
Chamber of Commerce which co-
ordinated the jail-a-thon locally
expressed appreciation to the fol-
lowing businesses and individuals:
Dr Pepper Bottling Co., Mrs.
Baird’s Bread, Willard Mann and
7-11 Grocery, “Judge” Larry
Walker, Judge Eddie Welch, Gol-
den Age Manor Nursing Home,
“Judge” David Coffee, Bill Zim-
merman, Piggly Wiggly, the
Dublin Fire Department, City
Hall employees especially Jo Ann
Glenn, Doris Hammit, B & H
Custom Crafts, Ron Spruill, Jack
Pratt, Donna Hightower, Leslie
DeJong, Cedi Estep, the Dublin
Rotary Club, Dublin Insurance
Agency, KSTV Radio, the Erath
County Law Enforcement Asso-
ciation and the Texas Association
of Dairymen for their $200 dona-
tion which “got the ball rolling.”
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Wright, Karen. The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1991, newspaper, August 22, 1991; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth761769/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.