Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1976 Page: 2 of 18
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’F.G. Wyatt
Don R. Powell
2A-Burleson Star, Thursday, September 23, 1976
NUMERO UNO EN
LA BOLETA
(S.J.R. 49)
Revocando Secciones 49-d
and 49-d-l del Articulo
III de la Constitution de
Tejas, S.J.R. 49 enmienda
Section 49-c del Articulo
III de la Constitution de
Tejas para disponer y
autorizar $400 millones
adicionales de bonos para
el desarrollo de agua en
Tejas que se puede emitir
a la aprobacidn de dos
terceras partes de los
miembros de cada camara
de la Legislatura para
tales fines de desarrollo
del agua que la Legisla-
tura pueda prescribir.
La enmienda contiene
prohibition especifica con-
tra el uso de fondos del
estado para el desarrollo
de recursos acuAticos del
Rio Mississippi y tambiAn
requiere que antes de que
pueda encargarse de cual-
quier proyecto particular
para el desarrollo de agua
que requiere un gasto de
mas de $35 millones de
producto de los bonos,
debe de ser aprobado por
resolution de la Legisla-
tura.
La enmienda remueva
el requerimiento constitu-
tional que ciertas rentas
deben de ser usadas para
retirar bonos para el des-
arrollo de agua y el en-
carecimiento de la calidad
de agua y remueva el
limite constitutional de la
tasa de interns en tales
bonos.
La fraseologia de la
enmienda propuesta tai
como aparecera en la
boleta es lo siguiente:
“La enmienda constitu-
tional autorizando un in-
cremento de $400 millones
de la cantidad de Bonos
del Desarrollo de Agua en
Tejas que podran emitirse
al ser aprobada por dos
terceras partes de la legis-
latura; enmendando y
consolidando disposiciones
de Secciones 49-c, 49-d, y
49-d-l del Articulo III de
la Constitution de Tejas;
y revocando Secciones
49-d y 49-d-l del Articulo
III de la Constitution de
Tejas.”
NUMERO DOS EN
LA BOLETA
(H.J.R. 99)
H.J.R. 99 propone una
enmienda a la Constitu-
ciOn de Tejas para aumen-
tar de $100 millones hasta
$200 millones la cantidad
principal agregada de
bonos para el desarrollo
de agua en Tejas que se
puede emitir y que estdn
en circulation por el
Texas Water Develop-
ment Board para proveer
donaciones y prOstamos
para la mejoria de la cali-
dad de agua como esta-
blecido por la Legislatura.
La fraseologia de la en-
mienda propuesta como
aparecerA en la boleta es
lo siguiente: “Una en-
mienda constitutional para
incrementar desde $100
millOnes hasta $200 mi-
HOnes la cantidad de
Bonos de Desarrollo de
Agua en Tejas que podrAn
ser emitidos con el propO-
sito de mejorar la calidad
del agua.”
Boys Club
Honors Martin
A longtime friend of youth
in Burleson was presented
two awards this week for his
efforts over the past few
years.
Jerry Martin, 517 N.W.
Mound, was presented the
Golden Man and Boy Award
by the Panther Boys Club
and an appreciation plaque
from the Burleson Boys
Club.
The PBC award is a
special award that is pre-
sented only when someone is
deemed to be especially
deserving of it. That presen-
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CON 'T FROM PAGE 1
zation made judgments in
-good faith and fairly apprais-
ed all property.
As far as a business
associate being on the board,
Carroll said that the school
board did not submit any
names, but approved a list
he proposed for their consid-
eration.
Carroll owns a rent house
jointly with Equalization
Board member John Duke
< Smith. His name was submit-
ted because of his familiarity
with real estate and not
because of his friendship
with the tax assessor, Car-
roll said.
SOME INEQUITIES in
evaluation may exist be-
cause the tax department is
running about three months
behind schedule on revalua-
tions, Carroll said. This re-
sulted when Assist. Tax
Assessor John Crow was out
for three months with a
broken neck. Crow does
most of the field work for the
tax office, Carroll noted.
The taxpayer group, in
their letter to the newspap-
er, also expressed criticism
of the public hearing before
acceptance of the budget by
the school budget. This was
also brought up at the Aug.
23 board meeting when
several persons in the audi-
ence asked if it would not be
possible for the public to
have a copy of the proposed
budget to review before the
public hearing.
Stribling said that the
budget was a matter of
pyblic rpcord and^wa« avggw
v iUlU 'tor public inspection at
the school administration
office, but expressed misgiv-
ings about giving the budget
out before it was accepted by
trustees.
After discussing this
point, the board seemed to
agree that copies of the
budget plainly stamped
“Proposed” might be given
to interested persons in the
future who were willing to
pay the cost of reproduction.
tation was made by Wes
Stripling, president of PBC.
Martin was one of the
founders of the BBC and has
coached in that organization
every year it has been in
existence. His teams have
included boxing, basketball
and softball. He has coached
both boys and girls teams for
the boys club and, if fact,
was instrumental in getting
girls activities added to the
boys club program here.
President of the BBC for
two terms, he also co-chair-
man of the first Burleson
Fourth of July Celebration
at Bartlett Park. In the early
days of the club he also
reserved Saturday morn-
ings for showing movies to
Burleson youngsters at Nola
Dunn gym.
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CON »T FROM PAGE 1
which officially began yest-
erday, hopefully means con-
tinued cooler weather.
Fall also means resuming
meetings for many organiza-
tions. At a PTA meeting and
open house at Frazier Ele-
mentary on Sept. 28, a new.
math program will be ex-
plained to parents.
Teachers will explain the
program to parents of stu-
dents in grades 3-4-5-6 at the
time they visit their child’s
room that evening. Teachers
in grades K-2 will also be in
their rooms to talk with
parents.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
becomes a reality for many
at this time of year and
bazaars provide a good place
to make unique gift selec-
tions.
Everman United Metho-
dist Church will have its
Lord’s Acre Harvest Sale
Saturday, Oct. 2, at the
church, 520 Townley.
The bazaar will open at
9:30 a.m. Other features will
be a bar-b-que lunch and an
auction sale plus a free
nursery.
THREE GRADUATING
classes of Polytechnic High
School will hold a class
reunion on Oct,.
graauating in 1951, 5^R?nd
53 will reunite at the
Ramada Inn in Arlington.
Carol Stallcup Willson
may be reached at 451-0688
for additional information.
MR. AND MRS. AL
SHELLEY, Allen and Sonya
of Burleson recently return-
ed from a three-week tour of
16 states including Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. John Galvin of
Cleburne, Mrs. Shelley’s pa-
rents, accompanied them.
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Dear Editor:
We would like to thank
you for the fair and objective
manner in which you report-
ed in your paper Mr. Wyatt’s
petition for tax equality
made at a recent school
board meeting. Many of us
who feel that we, too, are
being unduly over taxed an-
xiously awaited answers to
pertinent questions which
were raised. Why must
owners of recently acquired
homes pay taxes based on
higher evaluation than for
comparable established resi-
dences? Why do larger land
owners pay taxes on only a
fraction of the value of their
holdings while smaller land-
owners pay taxes on the full
market value of their hold-
ings or greater? Why are
certain persons given prefe-
rential treatment when their
property is being evaluated
for taxes?
Not only were none of
these questions answered,
but the remaining proceed-
ings and the apparent lack of
concern for the inequity
cited raises still more ques-
tions. How could prudent
elected officials sit and listen
to the claims of inequity of
this nature without demand-
ing verification? Were the
cases of inequity cited cor-
rectly? Were these isolated
cases or typical? Without
answers, one can only specu-
late. Was the School Board
already acting in accordance
with the instructions and
guidelines established by the
School Board, or is the policy
of inequity his own design?
One must also wonder how
the school board members
could so readily accept the
Equalization Board’s State-
ment of Equalization after
ed to make their own respon-
sible choices. They have not
learned a process for select-
ing the best and rejecting
the worst elements contain-
ed in the various value
systems which others have
been urging them to follow”.
The handbook’s statement
is untrue, said the Burleson
woman. “There is a book, a
bestseller, that has been
around a long time that has a
lot to say about selecting the
best and rejecting the worst.
It also contains a passage
that warns ‘Beware lest
any man spoil you through
philosophy’.”
Mrs. Gillaspie predicted
the drug and crime' educa-
tion program would be a
failure because parents
would reject it.
STATE FARM
I
TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
2 cups milk
1 lb. cod fillets.
1 tsp. dried dill weed
1 cup chopped unpared seeded
cucumber
2 tblsp. lemon juice
% tsp. paprika
1 hard-cooked egg, sliced
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CHARLES
MASSEY
104 NW RENFRO
295-2211
Second Class Postage Paid "t
Burleson, Texas
Subscription Price $6.00 Per Year in
Johnson and Tarrant Counties.
Other areas of Texas $8.00
Outside Texas, $9.00
[Add 5°/o Sales Tax]
3 cups water
2 cups chopped pared potatoes
1 cup chopped celery
V/2 tsp. salt
% tsp. pepper
% tsp. ground allspice
% cup butter or margarine
% cup all-purpose flour
It seems like just yesterday that folks were stopping
by the pharmacy and telling us about their plans for
coming vacation trips. They were getting favorite
.products, being sure they had enough of regularly
i taken medicines to last until they returned home and
restocking first-aid kits.
How the days get away from us during those
pleasant summer months. But, now its time to prepare
for getting kids back to school and getting into the
regular routine. And, it’s a good time to schedule a
physical exam to be sure your body’s in shape for the
fegoming months.
expenditure. This is not
insignificant increase. At
this rate, the per student
expenditure would double in
only 12 years; long before
many of us will pay off the
mortgage on our homes. Can
we stand to have our taxes
doubled again?
We have apparently ex
hausted all avenues of appeal
for equity short of a Court of V
Law. It is disappointing that I
no one will step forward to I
attempt to correct a grave 1
injustice. We ar# forced to 1
take our appeal to the i
Courts. You would think that
the school board members
would be willing to work out
an acceptable solution and
avoid a costly court battle to
which there may be
clear-cut winner. We
organizing and e
aid of others who
they have been
unjust tax
will take
court in a
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a) Heat first 6 ingredients in saucepan to boiling; cover. Boil until
vegetables are tender, 10-12 minutes. Drain vegetables, reserving
2 cups broth.
b) Melt butter in Dutch oven; stir in flour. Cook over low heat, stirring
constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly. Remove from heat.
Stir in milk and reserved broth. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
Cut cod into J4-inch pieces, stir into mixture. Add dill. Heat to boiling;
reduce heat. Simmer uncovered until fish flakes easily with fork,
about 8 minutes.
c) Stir cucumber, lemon juice, paprika and vegetables into chowder.
Heat until hot. Garnish with egg slices. (Makes eight %-cup servings).
hearing claims of inequity
and exposing facts that
should have at least raised
some question of conflict of
interest with respect to the
members of the Board of
Equalization.
Is the public hearing and
review of the School Budget
a complete farce? One might
expect a bit more delibera-
tion before accepting an
expenditure of 5.6 Million
Dollars. When questioned
from the floor about the
percentage increase over
last year’s budget, the answ-
er was not readily available.
After some hasty delibe-
ration and mental arithme-
tic, it was concluded that the
budget increase was some-
thing in excess of 10%...
(11.8% was later reported in
the Burleson Star) Mr. Strib-
ling quoted a 10% enroll-
ment increase as the reason
and stated that the per
student expenditure was
basically the same as last
year. The Burleson Star
reported only a 5.8% in-
crease in opening day enroll-
ment which would result in a
6.0% increase in per student
Wayne Hutson.........................Editor and Publisher
Janies Moody........................................News Editor
Mary Cowley..........«...........................Society Editor
Chuck Hutson...........................Advertising Manager
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published weekly in the interest of Burleson and
adjacent areas by Burleson Publishing Co., 319 N.
Burleson Blvd., Burleson, Texas, 76028. Any erron-
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Address all correspondence to the Editor, Burleson
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295-5278.
crossed the tracks here at a speed greater
than five miles per hour. The street on
either side of the crossing was also
repaired by city crews.
TAKING OUT '—“ ----- --
railroad crews widened and improved
the crossing on Field St. this week, much
to the relief of any motorist who has ever
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CHOWDER
2 tblsp. butter or margarine
'/t cup finely chopped onion
y2 cup finely chopped celery
y2 cup chopped pared carrots
% cup snipped parsley
y2 tsp. crushed dried rosemary
1 can (16-oz.) whole tomatoes,
drained (reserve liquid)
2 cups dry white wine
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1 bottle (8-oz.) clam juice
1 tsp. salt
3 tblsp. flour
3 tblsp. softened butter or
margarine
8 ozs. flounder or ocean perch
8 ozs. pike or rainbow trout
8 ozs. haddock or halibut
8 ozs. minced clams (opt.)
% cup light cream
a) Heat the first 6 ingredients in Dutch oven until bubbly; reduce heat
and cover. Simmer 15 minutes.
b) Chop tomatoes. Stir tomatoes, reserved liquid, wine, clam juice and
salt into vegetables in Dutch oven. Heat to boiling; reduce heat and
cover. Simmer 10 minutes.
c) Mix flour and 3 tblsp. butter until smooth; stir into chowder. Cook
and stir until slightly thickened.
d) Cut fish into 1-inch pieces, and add to chowder. Heat to boiling;
reduce heat. Simmer uncovered until fish flakes easily with fork, 8-10
minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in cream.
e) Ladle chowder over sliced, toasted French bread. Garnish with
^snipped parsley. (Makes six 1)4-cup servings).
While much data has been
collected, she said, more still
is being obtained and a form
is being drafted at the
request of the instructional
resource committee to be
used by school superinten-
dents in evaluating their
programs.
The form probably will be
submitted to the committee
for approval in October, she
said.
The Texas .Education
Agency provides guidelines
for the drug education pro-
gram and school district
have available to them var-
ious resource materials.
There are no textbooks, Dr.
Vance said, but TEA provid-
es material for ift-service
training of teachers.
The Values Clarification
handbook for teachers is a
“methodology process” for
helping youngsters make
choices, she added, and “in
no way” imposes values on
students.
“We’re trying to avoid
placing any values on a child.
That comes from
she said, “the
youngster identify
values.”
The handbook
purchased at many
stores, she said.
Mrs. Gillaspie to
state committee th
values handbook ur
dents to q
al” values
One section quote
the book' she tol
committee, says:
people brought up by i
lizing adults are not pr
“See me for all your fa
insurance needs.”
teachers.
“If it is so good, let it stand
the test of state adoption,”
she said.
The committee instructed
Texas Education Agency of-
ficials to get more informa-
tion on the program from
superintendents in the state.
Burleson School Superin-
tendent Bill Stribling said of
the local program that a
written evaluation was plan-
ned since it was already
“built-in” to the law by the
legislature.
Stribling said the local
program is in operation here
this year after planning and
research done last year.
In connection with the
“Values Clarification” hand-
book, he said that the book is
used by teachers as re-
source material and is not a
textbook for students.
“As with any other book,
the material can be misused
and abused...but I am not
overly concerned that this.
thing is going to be abuSfed in
Burleson,” he said.
Teaching of values and the
decision making process
came about as a result of
evaluating previous drug
education programs, he add-
ed. \ ! I,
“Sevjpral ye^ys W£-
lEtil scare tacticl", Stribling
said, to tell students of
problems in the use of
narcotics. The method did
not work, he said, and the
problem of abuse of drugs as
well as alcohol still exists.
In the new program, the
district hopes to "make the
kids feel they are ‘somebody’
...and that there are people
who care about them”.
He added, however, that if
the community is not willing
to accept the new program it
will not be used. “There are
other approaches”, he said.
Mrs. Gillaspie told the
state board that one of the
“most important violations”
(of religious freedom) in
values education approach
was “the effort to replace the
role of the parent, the
God-given right to ‘train up
the child in the way he
should go’.”
Dr. Louise Vance is direc-
tor of Crime Prevention and
Drug Abuse Education for
the Texas Education Agency
in Austin.
She said this week that
the anti-drug and anti-crime
program is a result of
several years of pilot pro-
grams and research which
included “grassroots” input
from teachers, parents, ad-
ministrators and students.
AVISO PUBLICO
RESUMEN DE
LAS ENMIENDAS PROPUESTAS A LA CONSTITUCION
ELECCION GENERAL DEL
2 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1976
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