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BEST 7/A1UBLE COPY
Wednesday
July 11,
1990
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Vol. 26
No. 114
12 Pages in I Section
Burlespn, Texas • For The Good Life
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Burleson 3rd in state
beautification contest
HY SALLY ELLERTSON
The City of Burleson was
awarded third place in its population
. category in the Keep Texas Beautiful
1990 Governor's Community
Achievement Awards in El Paso.
Burleson Beautification Council
President Ann Heberle was there to
accept the award.
"We give credit to all the clubs
which participate in this (beautifica-
tion) program. We were highly com-
plimented on our Adopt-A-Highway
program. I feel like so many people
heard about Burleson because
e verytime I got an opportunity to say
something about it I did," Heberle
said.
The five Burleson elementary
Burleson StarfGlEtfH COCHRAN -.
Face Painting
Brance Barker patiently waits for Kelley Marton to paint strange designs
on his face while at the Burleson Independent Soccer Association Carni-
val held last Saturday at Kid's Kampus. Proceeds from the carnival will
be used for improvements within the association.
schools—Nola Dunn, Frazier, Jack
Taylor, Norwood, and Mound—
were also given the A+ award for par-
ticipating in the Keep Texas Beauti-
ful —Waste in Place Education cur-
riculum, coordinated by Barbara
Black, a fifth grade teacher at Frazier
Elementary. The students not only
studied the curriculum but also par-
tic ipated in a poster and essay contest
and collected papers.
The City of Burleson was com-
peting with nine cities in the 15,001 -
25,000 population category. Those
cities included Alice, Brownwood,
Burleson, Denison, Greenville, Lake
Jackson, Plainvicw, Rowlett, and
Waxahachie. Lake Jackson took first
place, Greenville took second, and
Denison took fourth place. Other fi-
nalists were Alice and Plainview.
In the notification letter from
(eep Texas B«uitiftilPre^«ntEd
iris, Davis praised the third place
winners.1
"THIRD PLACE winners
came very close to winning the top
award this year. All third place win-
ners scored 90 or above—quite an
achievement, especially compared to
previous year’s results. In every cate-
gory, every city is a repeat partici-
pant. This represents a tremendous
grassroots, volunteer commitment to
our mutual goals and mission to
make Texas the cleanest, mq^t beau-
tiful state in the nation," Davis said.
The criteria for the awards cer.
tcred on involvement of citizens in
cleanup programs (20 percent), pub-
lic awareness targeted at changing
attitudes and getting the public in-
volved (20 percent), education in the
schools (20 percent), stricter litter
law enforcement (20 percent), im-
plementation of recycling (15 per-
cent), and how the program en-
hanced the overall quality of life (5
percent). ,
The Keep Texas Beautiful pro-
gram provides community leaders
with a 26-page "blueprint for action"
which offers guidance on local litter
prevention organizations.
"Literal I y thousands of civic and
business leaders, community volun-
teers, school, and government offi-
cials worked cooperauvcly at the
local level to instill new waste han-
dling practices and attitudes that are
already resulting in visibly cleaner
cities, and a cleaner Texas for the
long term," Davis said.
"Die Governors Community
Achievement Awards program is the
largest volunteer program of its kind
in the nation.
"THIS GIVES TEXAS yet
another source of pride in our com-
munities and the quality of home-
town' living in Texas," Mary Ellen
Alexander, Keep Texas Beautiful
executive director, said.
A total of 62 cities entered the
Keep Texas Beautiful competition.
According to information from the
Keep Texas Beautiful program, the
62 cities returned tenfold what the
State Department of Highways had
made in a $700,000 in-kind donation
to the competition.
Mrs. Clements, first lady of
Please see ANSWER, Page 2
Council may appoint
person to fill vacancy
Man critical after domestic disturbance
BY SALLY ELLERTSON
A 64-year-old Johnson County
man was listed in stable but critical
condition with a head injury in
trauma/intensive care at Harris Hos-
pital Tuesday morning following a
pre-dawn domestic disturbance. His
23-ycar-old stepson was in the John-
son County Law Enforcement Cen-
ter facing an aggravated assault with
serious bodily injury charge.
Raymond Roy Moore Jr., 64, of
425 Wildwood, was taken by Care-
Flitc to Harris Hospital after the
Johnson County Sheriffs Office,
Burleson Volunteer Eire Depart-
ment, Alert Care Ambulance, and
MedStar Ambulance responded to
the Wildwood residence at 5 a.m.
July 10.
Marvin Eric Julian, 23, is
charged with aggravated assault of
his stepfather.
Two other men—Joseph "Bart"
Barnes, 29, of Kansas, and Raymond
^hawn" Moore, 20, of 425 Wild-
\yood—were transported to Huguley
Hospital by Alert Care where they
were treated for minor head injuries
and lacerations and released.
According to Pam JetscI,
spokesman for the JCSO, the sce-
nario involved a father, two stepsons,
and a son.
Barnes (stepson) and Julian,
(stepson) had been out together and
returned to the Wildwood residence
between 2 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. They
got into an argument that escalated
into a brawl on the floor at approxi-
mately 4 a.m.
Shawn Moore, the youngest of
the three half-brothers, woke up and
allegedly tried to put Julian into a
chokehold but did not succeed. The
fight continued until Ray Moore Jr.,
the father/stepfather, appeared in the
(Jporway.
"The father/stepfather appeared
in the doorway with a baseball bat
telling everyone to break it up but the
fight went on," Jctscl said.
It was at that point that Julian
allegedly got control of the bat and
hit his stepfather and half-brothers.
See WITNESSES, Page 2
Burleson city council member*
may appoint a person to fill the Place
5 spot vacated last month by Charles
Walling. Walling moved outside the
city limits, and is therefore ineligible
to serve the remainder of his term on
the Burleson council.
While the itijm wUjtediscussed
* in-executive sessioA*,ao action will
be taken to appoint a person to the
position until the council reconve-
nes into open session following the
executive session (in accordance with
VTCS Art. 6252-17-2e pertaining to
pending and contemplated litiga-
tion).
The remaining items on Thurs-
day's agenda are:
—Citizen appearance by Ms. R.
Metcaifi to address the council re-
garding the city's ordinances pertain-
ing to junked vehicles, trash, and
junk in a yard area.
—Planning and Zoning Com-
mission recommendation to approve
the final plat of lot 1, Block 1 of the
Sanders Additipq (570 S.E. John
Jones Drive, across from the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints).
The site covers 3.276 acres of land
and the zoning on the site is A, agri
cultural ...........
The applicant wishes to develop
the land by constructing a residence
and keeping horses on the rear of the
property.
—Award the bid for the waste-
water monitoring equipment
—Award the bid for renovation
of the police department.
—Award the bid for the repair
of the Fox Lane bridge.
The council meets tomorrow
(Thursday) at 7 p.m. at city hall, 141
W. Renfro.
He was one-half the rural mail corps
By JAMES MOODY
During the first week on his new
job, the new kid on the block got
chewed but for something he had no
control over. But after that, it's been
all downhill sledding for Ray Wat-
ters, who retired last week after 25
years with the Burleson Post Office.
"I've enjoyed it more than any
other job I've ever had. There's a lot
of good people out there," he said of
his quarter century of experiences as
the Rural Route 2 mail carrier.
When Watters began his first
day on the job, he was exactly one-
half of the rural mail-carrying corps
at the Burleson Post Office. There
were only two rural routes then and
the three city routes were still a nov-
elty. It had only been a year or two
since all routes in Burleson were
rural routes.
MjHiLxT'ig
The Rt. 1 carrier was John Mc-
Dowell and the Rt. 1 substitute car-
rier was an attractive young woman
named Monline. A couple of years
later. Montine said "no" to the post
office and "yes" to Ray.
Actually she continued working
about two-and-a-half months after
she and Ray were married.
He had three children and she
had two and "neither of us was look-
ing for anyone at that time," Watters
said. Monline's husband had been
dead for several years while Ray's
wife had just died a few months be-
fore he began work at the post office.
The couple now have nine
grandchildren and two great-grand-
children.
"You can't trust Ray," Jan Man
ning said at Watters' retirement par-
Plea.se see HE GAVE, Page 4
Competition begins
for Miss Burleson
BY KIM WEST
Preliminary competition in the
Miss Texas Scholarship Pageant
begins tonight (Wednesday) at the
Tarrant County Convention Center.
V Miss Burleson Rebecca Mikolaj, 24,
is competing against 71 contestants
from around the state in the annual
pageant.
Mikolaj, a 5'9" beauty from
Spring, competes in her two best
categories today—interview and tal-
ent.
"Rebecca should do v*~y well in
the interview segment," .d Miss
Miss Burleson Week Proclaimed Burleson Pageant Direc r Carol
Curlee.
Burleson Mayor Vera Calvin (I) presents the official proclamation Not only are Miss Burleson's
naming this week as "Miss Burleson Week" to Mias Burleson Rebeccn academic credentials outstanding—
Mikolaj. Rebecca is representing Burleson at the Mias Texas Pageant. Summa Cum Laude graduate of Sam
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Houston State University, 3.86 grade
point average, class rank of eight out
of 478 students, and a Russian and
East European studies major—she
also projects an inner beauty through
conversation.
This year's Miss Burleson is soft
spoken (but direct), and possesses a
quiet strength that states"! will reach
my goals."
/And lof^goals are they.
' "I hope to some day be a mem-
ber of the N ational Security Council,
advising the President on foreign
policy," she said in an interview be-
fore departing for the competition.
Her pageant earnings have been
put lo use at Sam Houston State
University, and will also help her this
Please tee WARDROBE, PG 6
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Had His Cake and Ate It, Too
Alter 25 years of "the best job I ever had," Rt. 2 mail carrier Ray Watters
retired last w eek. Among the gifts given to him by fellow postal workers
were a rod and reel, fishing hat, and a cake depicting his new avocation,
. ashing. Burleson had only two rural routes when he began here and the
woman he would marry was the substitute on Rural Route 1.
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