Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 54, Ed. 1 Monday, April 17, 1995 Page: 3 of 10
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Burleson Star. Monday. April 17. 1990-3
-TNRCC institutes centralized
;esting program for four areas
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it least three years.
Texas Natural Resource Con-
servation Commission (TNRCC),
4s required by the Environmen-
tial Protection Agency, instituted
4 centralized testing program for
dour Texas areas—Dallas,
Tarrant, Denton and Collin coun-
ties; Harris, Galveston, Brazoria,
Fort Bend, and' Montgomery
counties; Orange and Jefferson
counties; and El Paso County—
last year only to put it on a 90 day
moratorium by the state legisla-
ture.
• Since then, on both the state
4nd federal level, officials have
tried to come up with a method
that would let these area come
ihto compliance with EPA air
quality standards.
; Mansfield said the target
dpte is now May 2 with a system
i a place that would begin testing
fleet vehicles (companies and
taxing entities such as police de-
partments and school districts
With 10 vehicles or more); and
possibly a June 1 target date for
testing in the general popula-
tion.
< “Our group is stressing flexi-
bility, "Mansfield said. “But flex-
ibility in relation to EPA doesn’t
mean that the amount of pollu-
tion that is allowed would be
lowered, only the method in
which that reduction is ob-
tained.”
—Participants
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Seventh grade participants were:
Eric Burleson, Megan Chilek,
Coral DeSalme, Haley Dunson,
Katie Kalnins, Cheryl Lowery,
Scott Manning, Sarah Marler,
Kristin McIntosh, Eric Mote,
Misti Patten, Josh Rose, Ben
Rowe, Margaret Ruff, Brianne
Snider, Brandy Stanton, Caleb
Tandy, and Elena Wallis.
Eighth grade participants
were: Michael Allen, Derek
Barham, Valerie Blackwell, Jus-
tin Bond, Chris Browning, Adam
Claunch, Nickie Collins, Laura
Dickey, Abby Dunham, Amy
Flynn, Sarah Gressett, Amber
Grubb, Brooke Hodge, Kurt
Homan, Jay Hutchison,
Cjassandra Kidder, Brandon
bjisor, Dustin Jacobs, Lindsey
Ljee, Ricky Leon, Crystal Lewis,
Christa Long, Cody Milner,
Jeaneane Pogue, Michael Self,
Nick Snider, Oren Speece, Sarah
Touchon, Justin Tyler, Lindsey
Walker, and Stacy Williams.
Old paint put
to good use in
Fort Worth
Cleaning out the garage or
workshop can be a drag, but more
Texans are making up for it by
painting the town afterward.
They’re gathering old cans
of unused paint to share with
their communities, instead of
throwing them in the trash.
"Paint is the largest compo-
nent of household hazardous
waste collected in communities
across Texas," said Ingrid
Dierlam, Office of Pollution Pre-
vention and Recycling at the
Texas Natural Resource Conser-
vation Commission ITNRCC].
Paint that is not recycled by
manufacturers can be passed
along to community groups to
wipe out graffiti, or reused by
low-income housing rehabilita-
tion projects like Habitat for
Humanity, Dierlam added.
The city of Fort Worth, and
Kelly-Moore paint company are
partnering to put old paint to
good use, close the recycling loop,
save tax dollars, and hide ugly
graffiti.
After holding a household
hazardous waste collection event
with seven other Tarrant County
communities, Fort Worth poured
the collected latex paint into 55-
gallon drums, and packed them
off to Kelly-Moore’s processing
facility in Hurst.
"We mixed and filtered the
paint, and turned it into a prod-
uct," said Luis Garcia, Kelly-
Moore’s chief chemist for qual-
ity control.
Kelly-Moore, which also has
worked with thecity of Greenville
ona similar project, sold the paint
back to Fort Worth for $3.25 a
gallon.
The recycled paint now is
being distributed, at no charge,
throughout the community, to
Please see PAINT, Pg. 10
In Austin, Mansfield said the
legislators are pretty well divided
into two camps—centralized test-
ing and decentralized testing
proponents, with several bills
being considered.
House bill 3036, sponsored
by Rep. Warren Chisum, offers
one compromise. Mansfield said
it calls for centralizing the origi-
nal test, but if repairs are needed,
the vehicle could be done at a
certified repair shop and retested
there.
On the other hand, a senate
bill sponsored by Sen. John
Whitmire calls for totally decen-
tralizing the system and adding
enhanced, more sophisticated
testing measures over a period of
time.
“What people need to realize
is that whatever we do, we’ve got
to get something back on line,”
Mansfield said, “or instead of
being in a moderately non-at-
tainment area, we’ll find our-
selves in a severe non-attainment
area that would pull in other
areas such as Johnson and Parker
counties. We don’t want that to
happen.”
Mansfield said the concept
behind the remote sensory sys-
tem being tested in California is
good, “however the technology is
just not there yet,” to make it a
workable solution for Texas.
His organization, Texas
Automotive Services Association,
favors appointing a board—made
up of half government officials
and half local business and auto
repair specialists—to develop and
oversee a program.
The program needs the input of
auto repair professionals, he said,
because the problem really has
two parts.
—Encourages
creativity
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Washington, D.C. to see it dis-
played.
"This event affords the op-
portunity for high school stu-
dents toshare their creative abili-
ties with the community," Geren
said. 'More importantly, this con-
test encourages young people to
develop their own creativity
through art."
Artwork must be two dimen-
sional, and no larger than 32x32
inches. Paintings may be oil, wa-
tercolor, or acrylic.
Prints may be lithographs,
silk screens, monotypes, wood-
cuts, and intaglio methods. Draw-
ings and collages also are accept-
able.
Entries must be original con-
cepts. They will be shown in the
Joshua High School Library April
25 through 27.
For more information, call
Terri Brigman at 800-894-3736.
Please
Recycle.
We do at the
Burleson Star.
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Professional
Directory
CHIROPRACTIC
Steven Huneycutt, D.C.
712 S.W. Wilshire
Office 295-6176
Richard Glenn Ivy, D.C.
124 N.W. Newton
Office 295-4210
Ivy Chiropractic Clinic
124 N.W. Newton
Office 295-4210
HYPNOTHERAPY
C. Cash Rawlins, C.Ht.
Stop Smoking.
295-8766
OPTOMETRIST
Dennis M. Dean, O.D.
209 Market Street
295-0186
ORTHODONTIST
Sheila T. Birth, D.D.S., M.S.
3501 Sycamore School Rd.
Fort Worth ‘(817) 370-0268
“One is to identify the prob-
lem, and the other is to fix or
repair the problem vehicles. You
can identify problems all day long
but unless you can get it fixed, it
won’t go away,” Mansfield said.
The Automotive Services As-
sociation is a volunteer group
that works as a team with gov-
ernment to set industry stan-
dards. Mansfield said his group
is also lobbying to defeat another
bill that could be coming before
the house, H.B. 1868 which would
do away with the “flat rate
manual.”
This is the document that
allows auto service shops to
charge a flat time rate, such as 2
1/2 hours to change out a par-
ticular part, rather than the ac-
tual time it took to do the work.
Although it sounds like a good
idea up front, Mansfield calls the
bill the “Bubba Bill,” and said
the measure could actually end
up costing customers more.
The times established by the
flat rate manual are established
in a lab where the procedures are
done over and over to give an
average time. “A mechanic has
got to be really good to meet or
break the times in the manual,”
Mansfield said. "’Amechanic that
is not top notch will end up tak-
ing longer, and if the shop bills
for actual ti me, the customer will
pay more."
Mansfield, and his wife,
Sandy have lived in Crowley for
the past 12 years. They have two
children, Autumn and Sabrina.
He worked for a number of years
at Crowley Texaco and the police
department before owning his
own business. Sandy Mansfield
is the animal control officer for
the city of Crowley.
Firefighter honored with state award
By SALLY ELLERTSON
^^Bu^fesonFireGghterMarshall Whitlock was honored by the state and the city for assisting with
an arson investigation that resulted in the arrest of four suspects.
Burleson Fire Marshal Stacy Singleton nominated Whitlock for the Johnny Rauch Scholarship
Award, which will pay for his registration to attend the Texas A&M Firefighters Training School.
The plaque that was presented to Whitlock praised the firefighter for his outstanding effort to
achieve a higher standard of education in the field of fire safety and fire investigation.
According to Singleton, Whitlock helped search, photograph, and examine a 1985 Chrysler New
Yorker that had been abandoned on the side of the road and then torched.
"We got four convictions. At th© time th© nomination i©tt©r was sent, three of them had already
plead guilty and the other one was holding out. Since then, he has plead guilty, got probation, then
broke it, so he’s in jail," Singleton said.
Whitlock, 25, joined the Burleson Fire Department in October 1990. He’s a graduate of Burleson
High School ar disemployed by the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office.
"I think the dedication of Mr. Whitlock to go the extra mile to assist the fire marshal s office
shows a great concern for his community," Singleton said in his nomination letter. I believe Mr.
Whitlock is very deserving of this award."
The fire marshal expressed his appreciation for the help of all the volunteer firefighters.
"I am a one man department and I need their help. They help me at fire scenes, make inspections,
and community education. I wish I could nominate all of them," Singleton said.
The award came from the Arson Texas Advisory Council. Singleton accepted it for Whitlock at
a state conference in March. The firefighter was recognized by the city at the April 13 council
meeting.
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ACCEPTING PLAQUE: Burleson Fire Marshal Stacy Singleton (right) presented a state award
to Burleson Firefighter Marshall Whitlock (left) at the April 13 city council meeting. Whitlock was
recognized for his involvement in an arson investigation that resulted in the arrest and conviction
of four arsonists.
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