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Litter, junk topics of ordinances
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Dublin City Council is adopting a
“get tough” attitude in dealing with
litter, junk, handbills, and tall weeds
and grass within the city limits.
Ordinances, calling for fines as
high as $500 a day per violation, are in
the final stages of development and
are expected to be passed at the next
city council meeting.
Once the ordinances are passed, it
will be unlawful to throw or deposit
litter in public places or on private
property; distribute handbills on
public or vacant property; or sweep
refuse into gutters and streets.
Property owners will be required to
keep their property free from rub-
bish, brush, large appliances,
household and yard refuse, tires,
automotive parts and unoperable
machinery. They will also be re-
quired to keep grass and weeds to a
height no greater than 12 inches.
Mayor Jim Leatherwood said the
ordinances were developed by a com-
mittee of the city council and a group
of concerned citizens.
According to the ordinances, pro-
perty owners in violation will be
notified in writing and will have 10
days to bring their premises into
compliance with the ordinances.
The ordinances have provisions for
the City’ of Dublin to clean up proper-
ty and bill the property owner for the
actual costs incurred by the city. If
this bill is not paid with 30 days, the
city will have a privileged lien
against the property in the amount of
the actual costs incurred by the city
together with the interest.
According to the ordinance dealing
with private property requirements,
“the owner of any lot, lots, ground or
premises within the City shall keep
said premises free from rubbish,
brush and other unsanitary matter of
whatever nature.”
Metal Haul-Off is Saturday
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Flags Fly For President’s Day—For most of Dublin Monday was another
work day, however both banks, Sunbelt Savings and the post office were
closed to commemorate the President’s Day holiday. Dublin Rotary Club
had flags flying throughout Dublin in honor of the holiday.
(Progress Staff Photo)
A free city-wide Metal Haul-Off, co-
sponsored by the City of Dublin and
the Dublin Chamber of Commerce,
will be conducted this Saturday from
8 a.m.-2 p.m.
The Metal Haul-Off will provide
local residents an opportunity to get
rid of large metal objects they need
help getting hauled off, such as
refrigerators, stoves, water heaters,
automobiles and scrap metal, said
Chamber Manager Collene Briggs.
“This would also help local
residents in their efforts to beautify
their yards for the coming spring,”
said Briggs. “This will not only help
beautify Dublin, but it will help
remove potential fire hazards and
health hazards, such as mosquitoes
and rodents.”
Briggs said the city and chamber
are working together to provide man-
power, trailers and trucks to haul off
the metal. City councilman Rodney
Armstrong has volunteered to store
the metal items until they can be
disposed of after being crushed.
Local residents needing help get-
ting their metal items hauled off
should call Dublin City HaU, 445-3331,
by 4:30 p.m. Friday to make
arrangements.
Individuals who have metal to
dispose of, but who are able to take
Leprechaun's Gold Hunt starts Monday
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Marie Helm
Progress Managing Editor
The Leprechaun is back! The
search for gold begins!
Once again pots of gold are being
hidden in Dublin by a leprechaun as
area residents prepare for the annual
St. Patrick’s Celebration. This year
the Leprechaun’s treasure is Gold
Eagle Coins, with a total value of
more than $500. Coins will be donated
by First National Bank of Dublin,
Dublin National Bank and Sunbelt
Savings.
Beginning Monday, clues to aid in
the search can be heard on KSTV
each weekday and found hidden in
The Dublin Progress each Wednes-
day. No clues will be given by
telephone.
Clues will be designated: Pot of
Gold No. 1; Clue 1, etc. Clues may be
given for different Pots of Gold and
more than one pot may be hidden at
one time. Some clues may lead to
another clue.
Everyone is eligible to join in the
search for the Leprechaun’s gold.
The Pots of Gold will be hidden only
on public or government owned pro-
perty in the Dublin area. No gold will
be hidden on private property.
“Hidden clues or the Pots of Gold
may be found and recovered without
damage to any property,” said the
Leprechaun.
Clues will be given until the Pot of
Gold is found, or until the St.
Patrick’s Celebration, whichever
comes first.
When a Pot of Gold is found, call
KSTV 968-2141.
“Your Gold Eagle Coin will be
presented buried in a special collec-
tor can of LepreKORN from Sikes
Movieland," the leprechaun said.
Clues will begin appearing in The
Dublin Progress Feb. 24.
care of the hauling themselves, can
bring their items to the vacant lot at
West Liveoak and North Park bet-
ween 8 a.m.-2 p.m Saturday while an
attendant is on duty.
“In order to have your metal haul-
ed off, you must call to make ar-
rangements. We are unable to
guarantee a particular time, but your
metal items will be hauled off Satur-
day if arrangements are made by
4:30 p.m. Friday,” said Briggs
Dublin Mayor Jim Leatherwood
urged all residents to take advantage
of the free metal haul off.
“There should be no excuse for peo-
ple not pitching in—at least getting in
on the list ot get things picked up,”
said Leatherwood. “If someone can
clean up their own property they need
to do so. Volunteers will be real busy
on what has to be done.”
The Dublin City Council is in the
process of developing city ordinances
which will make it unlawful to have
metal items piled on property within
the city limits. (See related : .rticle.)
Plans call for the new ordinances to
go into effect at the next city council
meeting.
Brush is defined as large tree or
shrub limbs, branches or trimming
which cannot be handled in standard
city garbage trucks.
Rubbish is defined as all waste
material resulting from domestic or
commercial operations and ac-
tivities, including but not limited to
discarded large appliances,
household refuse and yard refuse,
tires, automotive parts and
unoperable machinery.
The weeds and grass code states “a
person commits an offense if he is an
owner, occupant or person in control
of occupied or unoccupied premises
within the City limits and permits
weeds or grass located on the
premises to grow to a height greater
than 12 inches.
“It is an exception to the provi-
sions...that the property is being used
for the planting, cultivating,
harvesting or storage of grains, hay,
or plants commonly grown in the
vicinity, and the property in question
in one or more acres in area. In this
case the 12 feet of property adjoining
streets or other property will be cut to
ordinance specifications.”
Each ordinance has provision for
property owners to appeal a notice of
violation.
Prior to enacting the new or-
dinances, the City of Dublin, in
cooperation with the Dublin Chamber
of Commerce, is sponsoring a free
Metal Haul-Off Day Saturday. (See
related story.)
Leatherwood said the clean-up day
would give all Dublin residents an op-
portunity to get their property clean-
ed up before the new ordinances go
into effect.
The cleanup is being done by
volunteers,” said Leatherwood.
“There should be no excuse for peo-
ple not pitching in—at least getting in
on the list to get things picked up.”
The city will conduct the annual
Brush Pickup during March.
Dublin post office hours change
Dublin Postmaster Jim Lee an-
nounced last week that beginning last
Sunday there will be no collections
made from the collection boxes on
Sundays and effective today
(Wednesday) there will be no retail
service on Wednesdays until 1 p.m.
The service adjustments come as a
result of the Omnibus Budget Recon-
ciliation Act of 1987, he said.
The legislation requires various
payments to the federal government
over the next 21 rhonths, amounting
to a total of $1^4 billion dollars. It fur-
ther specifies reducing the operating
budget by $160 million in fiscal year
1988 and $270 million in fiscal year
1989 and limiting capital com-
mitments by $815 million.
“The postal service is forbidden to
borrow or raise rates to fund its
federal payment," said Lee, “but as
any businessman knows, such large
payments cannot be funded out of
thin air; and the 1988 budget we
established last August doesn’t have
slack ip it.
“In developing a compliance plan
for fiscal 1988, our first priority was
to avoid any uncontrollable deteriora-
tion in our system and to preserve
service gains,” he said.
“Very relunctantly we have con-
cluded that we must also make some
service adjustments,” said Lee.
Effective today, for an indefinate
period, there will be no retail window
service on Wednesdays until 1 p.m.
Area post offices affected in addi-
tion to Dublin include Stephenville,
Comanche, DeLeon, Cisco, Eastland
and Glen Rose. Other offices in the
area will maintain their regular win-
dow operations.
"On Wednesday mornings we will
have a ‘dutch door’ operation for left
notice articles, package pickup, cer-
tified and registered mail pickup,”
said Lee, “but no retail transactions
are to be done through the dutch
door."
Effective last Sunday, there will be
no collections made from the collec-
tion boxes on Sundays. Anything
mailed on Sunday will have a Monday
postmark.
“None of these decisions has been
taken easily, or by choice,” said Lee,
“but we had no choice. And these par-
ticular adjustments should least af-
fect our customers or impair
service.”
Lee emphasized that the postal ser-
vice does not draw its revenues from
the federal government, but rather
^fom its customers.
“We owe you efficient, reliable,
consistent service, which we can pro-
vide only if we are not subjected to
unplanned and last minute financial
shocks to the orderly running of the
business,” he said.
“That has been the ultimate pro-
blem with these cuts,” he said. “They
have hindered our ability to allocate
the postal service resources for the
benefit of our mailing public.
“We cannot, fully one-quarter into
our operating year, be required to
make major budget revisions and
still be able to perform to your expec-
tations. We are certainly making
every effort to do just that this time
but we cannot do it every two years.
“This is the core of the issue,” he
said, “whether the postal service is to
retain full management authority to
provide basic, fundamental service
on a fair and equitable basis, as Con-
gresss stipulated in the Postal
Reorganization Act.
“We believe our customers have a
right to such service,” he said, “and
for this reason, are making the issue
a major priority in Jj)88. Reliable,
timely, cost-efficient mail service is
the goal we all share.”
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Monday Fire Damages Home—The home of Betty Jaggars, 512 W. Harris, was damaged by fire Monday after-
noon. Dublin Volunteer Firemen responded to the fire at 3:20 p.m. Dublin Fire Chief James Fritts said the home
received moderate damage with most of the fire damage limited to a storeroom and the back porch area. Fritts said
the inside of the home received some smoke and water damage.
(Progress Staff Photo)
Council to take bids on new
police car, sewer rod machine
Lions Club names teams
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Tickets are now on sale for the
Donkey Basketball Games slated to
begin at 7:30 p.m. March 8 in Dublin
High School Gym.
Dublin Rotary and Dublin Lions
Clubs will met in one game.
This year the Lions are playing
under the alias “Your Local Leapin
Lions Club.” Starting players are
Blake “The Snake” Reeder, Mike
“Air” Jumey, Monte “Kareem”
Thiebaud, David “Crash" Cleveland.
Substitutes on the team are Wayne
“Bruiser” Black, Steve “Hang
Time” Hightower, Everett “The
Hoss” Hightower, Steve “Pistol”
Palmore, Mike “Jammin” Jones, Ike
“Slick” Wade, Benny “Spud” Payne,
Richard “Tiny” Thiebaud, Kelly
“Dunkin” Doggett, and Don “Stick”
Stewart.
Two student teams will compete in
a second match. Winners of both mat-
ches will meet for a championship
game.
Last year the event played to a
standing room only crowd and people
were turned away at the door.
Sponsored by the Dublin Athletic
Boosters Club, proceeds from the
games will be used to purchase wall
mats, which will stretch from door-to-
door, at, both ends of the gym.
Advance tickets are on sale now at
Dublin National Bank, First National
Bank of Dublin, Johnson’s Gift Shiop,
and the high school and grade school
principal’s offices.
In advance, tickets for adults and
students junior high and older are +3
each. Grade school tickets are $2
each in advance.
At are $2 fsrgsads
school and $4 for adults.
Dublin City Council approved
specifications for a police car and a,
sewer rod machine and voted
unanimously to advertise for bids at
their meeting Feb. 9.
The council unanimously voted for
the Parks Committee to meet with
TP&L and decide what kind of
lighting will be put in at City Park. Ci-
ty Manager David Johnson told the
council TP&L had proposed re-doing
the lighting at the park for no extra
charge to the city.
“They can put in mercury lights or
high pressure sodium lights,” said
Johnson. “They will do what the city
wants.” '
Johnson said TP&L wanted to have
the work completed by the annual St.
Patrick’s Celebration March 18-20.
Mayor Jim Leatherwood asked the
Streets and Alley Committee to meet
Trith Johnson and Ken Jumey to
decide what streets need to , be
repaired and to bring a proposal on a
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meeting.
Leatherwood asked the Garbage
Committee to make a recommenda-
tion at the next council meeting about
reconditioning the present garbage
truck and whether to purchase
another truck.
The Finance Committee was asked
to study a proposal from Texas
Municipal Retirement.
“The retirement system is a little
better and the benefits are improved,
but there is extra cost,” said Johnson.
The Water and Sewer Committee
was asked to study policy and rates
and come up with an equitable plan.
“The partment people are ready to
start building,” said Leatherwood.
“We need to come up with policy and
rates for multiple water taps for
apartments.”
Copies of the proposed Clean Up Or-
dinances were presented to each
council member. (See related story.)
Leatherwood said the ordinances will
be voted on at the next council
meeting.
Husband charged in murder
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John Bryant, 33, of Watauga, has
been charged in the death of his wife,
Kathleen Lucille Tunnell Bryant,
daughter of a Dublin couple.
According ,to Watauga Deputy-
Director of Public Safety Roy
Layman, Bryant has been charged
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Tarrant County Jail, where he is still
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Layman said Bryant was arrested
Feb. 7 and charged the morning of
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