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Digest Today
Juneteenth
Celebration
planned
- Cedar Hill Nazarene
Church will hold a City-
wide Juneteenth Celebra-
tion June 21 from 9 a.m.-7
P-m.
The celebration will
have dunking booths with j
local dignitaries, radio sta-
tion remotes, choirs and
food eating contests. There
will also be a health fair
with checks for diabetes
aitd sickle-cell anemia as
well as prostate checks and i
.njamniograms.
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able. For-more information I
coufett AJicia Slang at 469- |
774*7764. The church is
located at 308 E. Belt Line
Road.
Autism group
to meet in area |
Parents of children with
autism spectrum disorders |
(Asperger’s Syndrome,
PDD, Autism) interested in i
forming a local support
group should call 972-709-
5165.
A support group is in the
process of organizing.
Design Center
offers classes
Cedar Hill Design
Center will celebrate its
20th anniversary with a
series of seminars Friday-
Saturday, May 30-31.
Classes run from 10
*4n.-3 p.m. each day, with
special sale going on all
day. Call 972-291-2070 for |
more information or stop in
at the center, located at
§001 S. Hwy. 67.
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Cedar Hill Today
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Vol. 38 No. 9
Cedar Hill s oldest newspaper - serving residents since 1965!
Thursday, May 29, 2003
Entering a new age
Committee
looks at
bond issues
Today photo by CHRIS HUDSON'
More than 400 students strolled into the next phase of their life when Cedar Hill
High School held its 2003 commencement ceremony at the Dallas Convention
Center, May 26. Above, a graduate shakes the hand of CHHS Principal Alfred Ray.
Library to kick off summer
reading program in June
By KIRK DICKEY
News Editor
An expanded library build-
ing will likely be one of the
items in the upcoming bond
election.
Its scope and other compo-
nents of the bond proposal to
he put to voters in September
will be determined in the com-
ing weeks. A committee orga-
nized by the city council to
oiler suggestions on the bond
election met May 22.
At that meeting, committee
members heard a proposal for
an expansion of the library
from 10.730 square feet to
30.460 square feet T he expan-
sion is projected to cost
S3,660,000. so long as the
library can acquire land to
build on.
Fhat the estunate In
BMA Architects, who worked
on the original building built
in 1987. Don McGee, who
made the presentation to the
committee along with Head
Librarian Pat Bonds, said that
budding onto the current facil-
ity was a consideration from
the start
“When we built that build-
ing it was planned for expan-
sion. but we never thought it
would be 15 years." he said
A conceptual site plan for
the building puts more parking
on the north side of the street,
next to Belt Line Road and will
add onto the rear of the build-
ing to begin expansion The
mam entrance to the building
would be moved to the north
side, where a sidewalk would
tie into the streetscape bgjngi
created along Belt Line. A fur-
ther expansion would continue
to the west and would comprise
about 6.910 square feet More
parking could be added to the
west as well
See BOND, Page 3
By BRIAN ALLEN
Today Staff
Mission Possible: Spy a
Book is the theme for the 2003
Summer Reading Club at the
Zula B. Wylie Library
The festivities will kickoff
with registration for the reading
club on June 7 from 2-5 p.m.
with Rob’s Magic Show as the
featured entertainment.
Thursday childrens pro-
grams will begin 6 p.m June 12
and continue through July 31,
offering a variety of activities
for childen of all ages.
Some of the featured pro-
grams will be the Mexico
Folklorico Dance Group on
June 12 and the Creature
Teacher and Her Creatures on
June 19.
Thursdays at 2 p.m. will be
movie days featuring education-
al videos such as Tall Tales.
Eyewitness and Quantum Leap
Wednesdays will be craft
Library summer schedule
June 12 - Mexico
Folklorico Dance Group
June 19 - Creature
Teacher
June 26 -Cindy Nelson
July 3 - Sandy Shrout
July 10 - Tara Ayers
days for preschoolers and
school age childen. There will
be a $l fee per craft to offset
expenses. The crafts will be on
a first come, first serve basis
and there are limits to the num-
ber of children that can partici-
pate.
Children's librarian Trina
Taylor said more than 600 chil-
dren entered the program last
year, and around 200 finished
it. The Summer Reading Club
concludes on Aug. 6 w ith a cel-
ebration party from 6-7 p.m. for
children that have completed 30
hours. They will be given cer-
tificates as yvell as a free book.
High Pointe hit
by car burglaries
By KIRK DICKEY
News Editor
The High Pointe area has
been hit with about 20 motor
vehicles in the past tyvo
weeks.
The burglars are hitting
mostly cars on the street and
appear to be taking mostly
stereos. Other loose property
has been taken as well.
“We have had a mixure of
MOs,” Sgt. Steve Lafferty
said. “But l think most of
them are related.”
He said some of the bur-
glaries are of unlocked cars
and are through broken win-
dows on the side of the vehi-
cle facing the street.
because you can see cars com-
ing and going,” Lafferty said.
The thefts on the street
mean that the burglars are not
exposing themselves to the
house. The car owners do not
usually hear the windows
breaking, so the police believe
the burglars are using a center
punch or some other quiet
type of entry.
The burglaries have been
across the High Pointe area.
There have been sporadic bur-
glaries throughout the city
including others in the
Highland area, but Lafferty
said that it is not clear if any of
the buiglaries are linked.
“It’s unknown if they are
related or not. It could be a
whole other group of guvs”
ting on the street for is
July 17 - Dorayrtc
Breedlove, Wazzup with
Aesop
July 24 - Magician and
jugglers
July 31 - Bonkers the
Clown
Tax lor said studies show
children receive numerous ben-
efits from reading books during
summer vacation
“According to research, if a
child reads six books during the
summer, they retain what they
learned the previous school
year," she said “Reading eight
books can advance them as
much as one grade level. If they
read between 10-20 books they
become a much more confident
reader."
And with the numerous
activities available at the library
this summer, children may have
a little fun while reading also.
Final touches
Fishing events to
take over park
By KIRK DICKEY
News Editor
Area children v\ J1 have the
chance to east for fish plas-
tic and real in the next few
weeks, with two angling events
planned at Cedar Hill State
Park
The first event will he Take
A Kid 1 lslung Day sponsored
by Wal-Mart The event w ill be
June 7 from 9 a m -noon at the
state park's south boat ramp
and will not feature any live
fishing. However, there will be
several stations for children to
practice fishing skills The var-
ious stations will have stamps
for the children's “fishing
licenses" once the child has
finished an activity.
Some of the activities will
include easting for distance and
for accuracy, a reeling contest
and demonstrations of how to
tie hooks. The event will end
with a “weigh-in" in which the
participants get a certif icate for
participating
The store w ill also be giv mg
away courtesy fishing tackle
boxes and other things to some
of the participants
Admission into the state
park will be free for children
See FISHING, Page 2
Today photo by CHRIS HUDSON
A welder applies the final touches to a 1930s era bridge reassembled on the North-
wood University campus. The historic bridge Is part of a $4 million expansion pro-
ject undertaken by the university.
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