Cedar Hill Chronicle (Cedar Hill, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1979 Page: 2 of 18
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Page 2-CEDAR HILL CHRONICLE, Thurs., Aug. 30, 1979
That's a matter
of fact
By City Manager Bill Cox
My Turn
By Tim Murphy
Office Supply
DUNCANVILLE
This past weekend Adina and I were in Oklahoma
visiting friends we were fortunate enough to make
while living in El Reno for a couple of years. He is
retired fire chief with a lot of medical problems but the
couple are great to be around. We always enjoy such a
visit. It was good to be away from the phone for a
couple of days.
That city is still growing, but things are not as green
there as they are here. Everyone is predicting a bad
winter but such is life.
City managers make few friends outside of the
profession and when we do we try never to lose them so
it's good to be with those you love and it is always good
to be back home.
The city councilmembers are hard at it with the
budget meeting during the noon hours to try to finalize
projected costs and equalize individual thinking.
They know that there will continue to be increased
costs, but they also know that somewhere down the line
these costs will have to be spent according to
community priorities. This is where you come in as a
private citizen and a taxpayer. You set the priorities
and funds will need to be disbursed according to you,
the people.
This is what makes a community like a cafeteria. We
must dish up a little bit for every appetite. We cannot
afford, however, to put too many different dishes on
the rack because we don't have the opportunity to
serve hash tomorrow.
Every city is cutting down on services to prevent tax
increases for unnecessary purposes. The city of Cedar
Hill must do the same thing and this is what the
councilmembers are trying to do at these meetings.
We have almost caught up with the garbage schedule
but we had to let everything else go for the past two
weeks. When we only have three trucks and all three of
them are out of operation it is like trying to pick cotton
without a sack. It takes longer.
I was upset unil I called area cities in an effort to
borrow a truck and learned that theirs were down also.
It seems that the trip to the landfill is destroying all of
us. Garbage trucks are low-speed vehicles and when
you are on a schedule and have to travel 45 miles
roundtrip at least once every day vehicles do take a
beating.
Of course, what we need to do is hire one of you
experts to drive the trucks and our problems would be
solved. But someone as great as you are would not
work for what we have to pay, and that's a matter of
fact.
REPRESENTATIVE
Ray Keller's
CAPITOL REPORT
The Texas Legislature meets for only 140 days every
two years and that makes most people feel that little is
done once the session ends. The benid-the-scenes work
never stops, however.
Each standing committee meets in the interim
months to review and analyze the workings of the state
agencies that fall under their particular expertise.
Each committee has deliberative authority on
budgetary appropriations for one or more areas of
state goverment. For example, the Liquor Regulations
Committee would have the initial funding authority for
the Liquor Control Board.
Between regular sessions, committees meet to
review aspects of each agency's operation:
management practice, 'performance, funds
management, and their responsiveness to ,the
legislature. The results of these investigations are
shared with the full legislature as interim committee
reports.
This continuing investigative activity helps to insure
the proper spending of your tax dollars. The
legislature will be going to great lengths to make sure
that their state agencies are responsive to the public
needs.
With increased demands on tax dollars these days, it
is necessary that elected officials keep a close eye on
the bureaucracy in Austin.
In addition, interim committee work involves the
study of upcoming problems that we feel must be met
head-on in the next legisatiive session. Hearings, re-
search and testimony will culminate in the formula-
tion of legislation prior to the opening of the next
regular session. This head start serves to make the 140
days more productive and promote the sharing of in-
Sometimes news can get pretty boring and routine,
but every once in a while some strange things happen
that would be news no matter when they happen.
Recently in New York an enterprising bank robber
held up a large bank in the morning and returned in the
afternoon to deposit some of the money he had with-
drawn earlier. Needless to say he was recognized and
arrested.
Last week in New Zealand an acting company was
performing in an outdoor theatre when they invited the
audience to openly applaud or boo their performance.
The audience got a little carried away and became a
bit violent when they started grabbing the actors and
beating them with clubs and sticks. Several actors
were taken to the hospital and the group unexpectedly
cancelled a tour throughout New Zealand.
Not to be outdone, Host in, Texas made national news
last week with some of the most grisly murders ever
comitted in that city. On the weekend of Aug. 17-19, 24
Houston residents were murdered. Houston police
couldn't explain the sudden upswing in homicides,
which have reached 388 for the first eight months of
1979, but did optimistically report that on Aug. 20 the
city went 24 hours witout a single murder, the first
time in weeks. .
The story that really made headlines the last two
weeks though, was the oil slick converging on the
Texas coastline from a runaway Mexican oil well.
Texas Gov. Bill Clements, who sold part of the
equipment at the busted well to the Mexican govern-
ment, inspected the beaches and said not to worry as
he wiped the oil off of his shoes.
Texas' Speaker of the House, Bill Clayton flew down
to the soiled beaches and claimed it was an outrage
and that the Mexican government should help pay for
cleanup operations, as he wiped oil from his shoes. The
governor told Clayton it was none of his business.
The oil spill is ironic though because the U.S. had
been extremely cordial to Mexico lately in attempts to
develope and purchase their oil. But in shipping their
oil to the United States the Mexicans left out the
important detail of putting the oil in an oil tanker first.
In the deep'South an unusual news item came to light
last week with the strong comback of the Klu Klux
Klan. These defenders of an armed populace,
Protestant ethics and Christianity decided that white
supremacy had taken a beating from the blacks for too
many years. Klan spokesman claimed that the time
had come for whites to stand up and be counted. Of
course most of these things were siad behind the
convience of white sheets and pillow casees.
One bystander in a large crowd of black people, at a
Mississippi klan rally, when asked his viewpoint of the
KKK replied that he would like to run 'em all through a
laundromat since all they ever wore were white sheets.
Hello, stranger.
Searching for answers to all those who/what/where
questions about your new city?
As WELCOME WAGON Representative, it's my job
to help you overcome the new-in-town feeling.
By bringing you some useful gifts. Community
info. Advice on reliable businesses in your new
neighborhood. And more.
A WELCOME WAGON call should be one of the
very first nice things to happen when you're new
Phyllis Ellison, 296-4317
or
Doreen Hubbard 291-481
formation between all legislators
As a member of three committees, next week I will: The'newsman asking the question made a point of not
discuss the specific areas,of investigation charged to ** laUghipg. It seemed alsmosfc as if the Civil War had
me, and how they affect our district. i oniy ended about six weeks ago, but hen what can you
Proper management of state government is indeed a expect from a place that serves grits with steak,
year-round activity; and interim committee work iy
helps insure a responsive state government that we
can be proud of.
Cedar Hill Chronicle
P.O. BOX 159, 109 MAIN STREET, CEDAR HILL, TX. 75104
COVERING SCENIC CEDAR HILL -•
TOWER CITY OF THE SOUTHWEST
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S S O C I AT I O INI
Royee Brown Publisher
Kathy Fahy Editor
Tim Murphy Staff Writer
JudyHulsey .....Production
Manager
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Cedar Valley
wants to help you...
Lut a new perspective on things.
D-tfrn to sec things with a new insight,
We art1 offering courses in drawing
painting, and photography for the
beginner .irid the more advanced.
G: t some respect
out of your pet.
Does your dm.: have v >u
trained? Make man's Ix'St
friend a betu r companion
by enrolling linn in our
dog training class. We also
offer a cour.-e in pet care.
St"
Rt a new >lant on your life
Men and women, get in shape
with slimnastics and physical
ondiuoning for then. Attain
more grace and have fun by
taking ballet ot gymnastics.
JLake ><>m lite in your
own hands. Kuroll in on< of
i iur cart er or trade cours<-s,
varying from computer
science, MASK 'courst-s.
or tloial dt -ignto real i state
and secretarial courses.
I ><• your i talents and make
/ou w ant it
lut the right foot forward.
Get in shape, improve your
coordination, let off steam. ;urd
have fun while learning to dance.
We offer both adult and teen
ilisco. country-western dancing,
md social d;uicing.
_ e the light
on solar energy. Due to
the energy situation and the
fast growing awareness of the
practicality arid money saving
aspect > of solar energy, we will
teach a course that explores the
availability of the most current
innovations in the solar industry.
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Our community courses are just
that, something for every
interest, every age, and at hours
convenient for J. Our courses
can enlighten you, offer you
insight into a new career, or just
bring you new friends while
pursuing a new interest.
Registration for fail semester
begins August 21.
CEDAR
HVM1EY
COLLEGE
The logical answer.
746-4810
Dallas County Community College District
An equal opportunity college
CRIME PREVENTION
IS OUR BUSINESS
The Crime Prevention Unit of the Cedar Hill
Police Department is in business as Consul-
tants Against Crime.
It's our job to teach each individual in Cedar
Hill - business person and resident - how to
prevent crime. Because of the nature of pre-
vention, it's up to you to do something about
the problem before crime happens. We can
only show you how.
Our services are yours for the asking. And
for your asking, you receive expert advice off
specialists in this police service.
Here ar some off the areas we cover: Shop-
lifting Prevention, Hot Check Prevention,
Commercial Burglary Prevention, Credit Card
Fraud, Armed Robbery Prevention, Safety Tips
for Women.
The concept of crime prevention is much
like that of fire prevention. There are certain
precautions you can take to eliminate the
opportunity for crime.
We offffer services such as ffree security
surveys, and Operation Identification. These
291-7161
are especially designed to prevent crime in
commercial operations.
The members of the unit have completed
many hours in specialized crime prevention
training. We are professionals in a relatively
new approach to the crime problem.
Every officer in the Crime Prevention Unit is
a graduate of the Texas Crime Prevention
Institute's basic 80-hour course.
Besides the training the officers of the
Crime Prevention have received, the rest of
the Cedar Hill Department have been
instructed in crime prevention through
in-service training programs.
We believe in crime prevention. Crime can
be avoided and should be. We'd like to show
you what you can do. All it takes is a little time.
It may be the best investment you've ever*
made.
We are here to serve the Citizens of Cedar
Hill. Our services are free to the public and
available at your request. Please call and
make an appointment for us to visit with you at
your home or office.
Cedar Hill Police
Department
P.O. Box 96
Cedar Hill, Texas 75104
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Fashy, Kathy. Cedar Hill Chronicle (Cedar Hill, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1979, newspaper, August 30, 1979; Cedar Hill, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth403325/m1/2/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Zula B. Wylie Memorial Library.