Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 122, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 1991 Page: 3 of 14
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Ventilating
Apartment
Burleson Firefighter Greg Mason helps knock out the glass on the
bedroom window of the apartment at 441-C S.W. Thomas in order to
ventilate the smoke. The fire department was called to a structure fire at
3:39 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 30. No one was injured. Firefighters and
MedStar personnel revived a cat that was found in the apartment.
7ust because' are just about the
sweetest words a girl could hear
Jik—
BY LORI ELMORE
Our managing editor for the
Burleson Star received flowers the
other day. From her boyfriend of
course. What gives, I queried, is it
your birthday, an anniversary, did
you have a fight or did someone die?
She smiled and informed me he sent
them justbecause.Justbecause. Two
of the sweetest words in the English
language. In fact, I would have to say
that to a single girl, next to those three
little words we all like to hear from
our darlings, (starting with I and
ending with you...) those have to be
the next favorite combination of
words we love to hear. Unless of
course they're followed by, Why
would you want to watch that foot-
ball game when you could be taking
me dancing? And of course the three
favorite words of a married woman
seem to be "Let's eat out.''
Yes, he bought her flowers just
because. Here in the newsroom, we
ladies found it pertinent to point this
out to the publisher and the sports-
writer as neither one of these "gentle-
men" have been so bold as to send
flowers to their bethrothed. Our
publisher informed us that it isn't
necessary to send flowers to your
wife unless an argument of astro-
nomical proportions had occured the
night before and you're in need of a
place to sleep and; if you're lucky,
something to eat that doesn't start out
in a can. Then there's a need to send
flowers.
The sportswriter then confided
to me that the whole floral industry is
propaganda and that if we would
merely abstain those urges to pur-
chase flowers, the balance of the world
as far as the horticultural concerns
would thrive and actually be a more
beautiful planet. Flowers should be
allowed to grow in their natural habi-
' tat and uprooting them merely sends
these blossoms into shock. Nobody
wants a passel of posies if they're in
territorial trauma. Maybe he should
go back to his sports page.
What seems to be the problem is
a failure to communicate. The major-
ity of men don't seem to understand
that sending flowers without ulterior
motives is perfectly acceptable. Just
because. All the ladies in the
newsroom just gave a little sigh and
then glared over at our own flow-
erless desks.
A few days later, our managing
editor then went out to a rather fancy
resturaunt (by our standards, Taco
Bell is fine cuisine). So we ques-
tioned, what was the occasion, and of
course we were again told those two
little words, you guessed it, just be-
cause. I’m not completely sure, but I
don't think her feet were touching the
floor. -
pressure on your pocketbook. Why?
Just because.
My sweetheart better be reading
this and heeding the wisdom of my
words or else I'll be pounding him
into the pavement. Why would I want
to do that? Just because.
Letter to the Editor
—Acquiring
funds from
voters hard
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
in any one budget year. This was one
of the possibilities looked at by the
capital improvements committee
which met earlier this year to develop
priorities for a future bond election.
Councilman Don Carroll, how-
ever, said that he saw the possibility
of acquiring the funds from voters as
being remote.
"The lack of land donations and
the unwillingness of the people who
live in that area to participate (in this
project) has long been a bone of
contention to many people in Burle-
son," he said. "I don't think we’d
better count on the citizens to pass a
bond election for this."
City officials had hoped that
property owners along the route—
many of whom had clamored for the
road improvements for years—would
be willing to make donations, or at
least partial donations, of land for the
needed right-of-way.
One way or the other, the prop-
erty needs to be purchased by spring
of 1993, Griffin said, if the city is to
adhere to the state's schedule of
improvements.
He said that it would take be-
tween four and seven months to pur-
chase the right-of-way, assuming that
the city would have to go into con-
demiuion proceedings with some
landowners.
The state bears the cost of im-
provements to farm-to-market roads
and other state highways, but cities
and counties are responsible for ac
quiring the rights-of-way. About half
the right-of-way for the proposed
improvements lies within the city
limits of Burleson. The other half is
the responsibility of Johnson County.
In addition to purchasing raw
land, the city will also have to pur-
chase several houses. A business
alongside the highway could also be
damaged by the right-of-way acqui-
sition.
Does someone have
to get hurt before the
city takes any action?
When you’re married, there's not
the need to do something, just be-
cause. This is according to our per-
turbed publisher as he bordered on
belligerent behavior in regards to the
entire situation. Marriage alleviates
the spontaneous natures of romance
eventually.
I guess it's like when you walk
into a gas station, and you pay for the
gas, and go out to the car to fill the
tank, and the pump is slowly ticking
off your purchase, in fact so slow,
that it probably would have been
better if you'd have processed the
petro yourself with a deceased dino-
saurcarcass, but you're stuck. You've
already paid for it, and now you're
gonna have to ride it out You're stuck
with the cards you yourself dealt. If
you wouldhave been allowed to pump
the gas first, (not a chance) it would
have whizzed in a whirlwindof speed.
You're probably having a difficult
time following my line of logic, (and
who wouldn't) but basically once
you're married, you've paid f ' the
gas, and you're stuck with the slow,
snail-like pace of the romance. But,
on the other hand, if you're in a rela-
tionship where the involvement of a
gold band on your left ring finger (I
did say, on the other hand)is null and
void, the gas is unpurchased and there
is that element of uncertainty in just
how much petro could be consumed
by-the car. Just because. You could
receive an unlimited amount of mate-
rialistic affections. Understand? I
didn't think so.
So the moral of today's little
column is do something for your
sweetheart, just because. Follow that
golden rule, "do unto others as you
would have them do unto you." Just
because. Pick a bouquet of wildflow-
ers, and present them to your sweetie
on one knee, placing the other hand
on your heart in a gesture of sincerity.
Jewelry's not a bad idea, either. And
do it with a song in your heart, a s mile
on your lips, and a uncomfortable
Some time ago, there was agreat-
deal made over the placing of a "Chil-
dren at Play" sign on Wood Street. If
memory serves, the city said that it
was afraid that erecting signs just
because they were wanted would
result in having too many signs. It
also said that if too many signs were
placed, nobody would pay attention
to them.
Wood S trcct had two fatal ities in
a relatively short period of time and
felt that the signs were warranted. It
was only after the fight that the city
consented to the ercc tion of the needed
sign.
When Renfro Street was ex-
tended, the people of the area re-
quested and got a school crossing
sign at Timber Ridge-Cliffside and
Renfro streets. Not only did they get
a sign, they also got a 20 mile per
hour speed zone, complete with flash
ing lights.
Has anyone done a survey re-
cently on the number of kids who use
that crossing? My wife and I walk
past that area nearly every morning
during the going-to-school hour and
have yet to sec one single kid use it.
There is not a school within a mile in
either direction from that crossing,
and I hardly think that it deserves
school zone status.
We also note that there are a
number of kids who enter Alsbury at
Timberview Ct. on the way to Taylor
Elementary School. There is abso-
lutely no provision made for their
safety other than a crossing guard at
the corner of Douglas at Alsbury.
They do not have even a solid line as
a guide. When we called the city
about that, we were told that in order
to put a solid line in, they would have
to ban parking along the curb, and
that there were driveways that opened
on to Alsbury. The person at city hall
said that sidewalks were voted down
in the last bond election.
Is it going to be necessary for
someone to get hurl before the city
takes action? I would hope not.
—CHARLES E. MARSH
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Ellertson, Sally. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 122, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 1991, newspaper, October 3, 1991; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth762090/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.