The Suburbia News (Seagoville, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 19, 2013 Page: 1 of 6
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THIS ISSUE:
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Volume 42, Edition 5
December 19, 2013
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COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Dec. 23
Country Gardeners
Crandall-Combine Commu-
nity Center, 400 West Lewis,
Crandall, 7:00 p.m.
4th Monday of each month
Balch Springs City Council
Meeting 7:00 pm
(briefing at 6 p.m.)
Municipal Building
3117 Hickory Tree Rd.,
Balch Springs
Dec. 25
Christmas
Jan. 1
New Years Day
Jan. 3
SYSA Board Meeting 7pm at
500 May Rd, Seagoville
Jan. 6
Crandall City Council Meeting
7:00 pm Court Chambers,
114 South Main Street,
Crandall
Seagoville City Council
Meeting, Council Chambers,
City Hall, 702 N. Hwy. 175,
7:00 p.m. (work session at
6:30 p.m.)
Jan. 7
Sunset Lions Club Meeting
NEW LOCATION
Calvary East Baptist Church
1700 East Stark Road
Dallas, Texas 75253
6:30 p.m
Jan.13
Combine City Council
Meeting
7:00 p.m. at Combine City
Hall, 123 Davis Road
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Balch Springs Police
investigating homicide
BALCH SPRINGS, TX - De-
cember 16, 2013 at approximately
10:15pm, Balch Springs Police re-
ceived information of a possible
body in a residence in the 14300
blk. of Cimarron Drive. Officers re-
sponded to the location and met with
the resident. After interviewing the
resident, officers were advised there
was a body inside the house. Offi-
cers secured the residence and start-
ed an active investigation.
This death is being investigat-
ing this as a homicide.
The Dallas County Medical Ex-
aminer’s office has taken custody of
the body and will perform an autop-
sy to determine the cause of death.
One (1) individual has been tak-
en into custody.
As of the time of publication
neither the name of the victim or
the arrested individual had been re-
leased. The name of the victim will
be released after family has been
notified.
Arrest made in threat
to Seagoville HS
BALCH SPRINGS, TX - 21
year old Balch Springs resident,
Jeffrey Homes was arrested Friday
after he made threats against Sea-
goville High School on his Face-
book page.
The threat on Homes’ Face-
book page said that he was “homi-
cidal and suicidal” and said that
there “might just be a mass murder
going to take place” and indicated
that it would be “worse than Vir-
ginia Tech.”
Chief Stallings, with Seago-
ville Police Department, received
the tip about the threats and im-
mediately initiated a joint investi-
gation with the Dallas Independent
School District Police Department.
Homes was arrested by the Seago-
ville Police Department and DISD
Police and was initially questioned
by Seagoville Police. DISD Police
took custody of Homes and he was
booked into Dallas County Jail.
His bail was set at $50,000.
Kaufman County Rewarded For
Energy Efficiency
Receives $10,055from Oncor’s Government Facilities Program
KAUFMAN, TX - Kaufman
County was recently awarded
a $10,055 cash incentive from
Oncor’s Government Facilities
Program (GFP) for upgrading
its lighting systems in various
buildings.
The GFP helps local govern-
ments save energy and money
by providing no-cost facility im-
provement recommendations and
financial incentives based on the
total amount of energy the equip-
ment will save. The high efficien-
cy lighting and cooling will save
164,933 kilowatt-hours of energy
annually, equal to eliminating the
greenhouse gas emissions from
13,046 gallons of gasoline, ac-
cording to U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency calculations.
“Oncor’s Government Facil-
ities Program provided vital re-
sources to help us make these en-
ergy efficiency improvements,”
said Judge Bruce Wood. “We’re
proud to make energy efficiency
a priority,” Wood said.
“Now more than ever, it’s
vital that our communities have
the resources they need to imple-
ment energy efficiency projects
in their facilities,” said Oncor
Area Manager Terri Shatter.
“The Government Facilities Pro-
gram is just another way Oncor
is working to help improve our
communities.”
3,000 Now Offered for Most Wanted
Sex Offender
AUSTIN - The Texas Depart-
ment of Public Safety (DPS) has
added Bruno Keith Carmona, 32,
to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex
Offenders list, and a cash reward
up to $3,000 is now being offered
for information leading to his cap-
ture. Carmona is wanted for failure
to comply with sex offender regis-
tration requirements and probation
violation. All tips are guaranteed to
be anonymous.
Carmona has ties to the San
Antonio area, and he has been known to work in the painting indus-
try. His criminal history includes one conviction for indecency with a
child sexual contact, aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury
and burglary of a vehicle, and he was last seen in July 2012.
Carmona is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs approximately 140
pounds. He has tattoos on his left arm and left ankle. For more infor-
mation, please view his wanted poster at: http://www.dps.texas.gov/
TexaslOMostWanted/SexOffenderDetails.aspx?id=223.
Texas Crime Stoppers, which is funded by the Governor’s Crimi-
nal Justice Division, offers cash rewards to any person who provides
information that leads to the arrest of one of the Texas 10 Most Wanted
fugitives or sex offenders.
There are four different ways to provide anonymous tips:
• Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).
• Text the letters DPS - followed by your tip - to 274637
(CRIMES) from your cell phone.
• Submit a web tip through the DPS website by selecting the fugi-
tive you have information about, and then clicking on the link under
their picture.
• Submit a Facebook tip at http://www.facebook.com/texas-
lOmostwanted by clicking the “SUBMIT A TIP” link (under the
“About” section).
All calls, texts, e-mails and Facebook messages are anonymous.
DPS investigators work with local law enforcement agencies to
select fugitives for the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive and Sex Of-
fender lists. You can find the current lists - with photos - on the DPS
website at http://www.dps.texas.gov/texaslOmostwanted/.
Do not attempt to apprehend these fugitives; they are considered
armed and dangerous.
CISD Education
Foundation
CRANDALL, TX - A group of local business and community
leaders has formed a non-profit organization to receive tax-exempt
donations from individuals and firms for use in programs to en-
rich the offerings of the Crandall Independent School District.
“The group has created the Crandall ISD Education Founda-
tion to give the people in our community, a chance to help others
in the same special ways the Crandall ISD may have helped them,”
stated Holly Wise, President of the Foundation Board of Directors.
“We intend to support a variety of educational projects which oth-
erwise, would not exist.”
The Foundation will accept gifts of cash, checks, property and
insurance and will bequests, as well as in-kind products and ser-
vices. All donations to the Foundation are tax-deductible. Dona-
tions can be sent to the Crandall ISD Education Foundation, P. O.
Box 128, Crandall, TX, 75114-0128. Further information can be
obtained by contacting Kristin Reznicek at (972) 427-6000, Ext.
5840.
In addition to Holly Wise, the directors of the Foundation
who serve without pay, include (Jakie Allen, Amy Barber, Craig
Barrack, Christi Carr, Doranda Conner, John DeFillipo, Shelton
Gibbs, Tara Goldsmith, Charlinda Gray, Kristan Hall, Charles
Jones, Valarie Knowles, David Lindsey, Sharon Long, Mekesha
Maupin, May Patel, Kimberly Purifoy, Donna Rakestraw, Lara
Reed, Kristin Reznicek, Katy Ruzicka, Christopher Sawyer, Lar-
ry Settles, Jo Nell Walden Stuart, and Roger Wise. Robyn Foster,
representing the Crandall ISD Board of Trustees and Dr. Robert
Jolly, Superintendent of Schools, are also voting members of the
Board.
“There are any numbers of good programs we have wished for
over the years which could enrich our students, but which we sim-
ply could not afford,” noted Kristin Reznicek, Crandall ISD Public
Relations Spokesperson, and Co-Executive Director of the CISD
Education Foundation. “The Foundation will give us a chance to
fund many of these worthwhile programs and projects.”
Superintendent Jolly said “the idea of the Foundation comes
from other districts throughout the country that have begun a sim-
ilar organization in recent years. It is estimated that over 5000
public school districts have established education foundations.
“Plans to help finance innovative teaching grants to pay inci-
dental costs of teacher initiated classroom projects and the devel-
opment of a new (Project Name) program are the major proposals
already being discussed for Foundation sponsorship,” stated Dr.
Anjanette Murry, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and In-
struction.
Dr. Sharon Long, Assistant Superintendent of HR and Co-
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DC6 to be
Dissolved
BALCH SPRINGS, TX—
The Texas Legislature passed
Senate Bill 1635 in May, 2013
and the City has since been pre-
paring to take over operations
of the water district. On Friday,
June 14, 2013, Governor Rick
Perry signed into law that Sen-
ate Bill stating that the City of
Balch Springs would assume
all assets and liabilities of the
Dallas County Water Control
and Improvement District No.
6 (DC6). The City determined
that it was ready and Council
voted to dissolve the DC6 on
Dec. 9, 2013 and is now oper-
ating the system. All of their
employees are now employees
of the City of Balch Springs and
the two entities are one.
According to Mayor Car-
rie Gordon, “A long time com-
ing but it is done! As we close
one chapter to begin another,
we will continue to work to-
gether to ensure that a seamless
consolidation effort occurs as
we open all municipal opera-
tions under the name of “City
of Balch Springs” on January
1, 2014. This is our season as
a unified city, ‘unity is truly in
our commUNITY!”’
The City will now handle
all water and wastewater ser-
vices once offered by DC6. A
smooth merger is planned as
rates will stay the same, bill
handling will stay the same,
phone numbers will stay the
same, and services will stay the
same.
All residential and com-
mercial customers are asked to
write all payments to the “City
of Balch of Springs” to ensure
proper payment processing. For
more information, visit the city
websites at www.cityofbalch-
springs or www.dc6.org.
DPS Increases
DWI Enforce-
ment During
Holidays
AUSTIN, TX - The Texas
Department of Public Safety
(DPS) will increase DWI pa-
trols for a 21-day period that
includes both the Christmas
and New Year holidays. From
December 13 - January 2, DPS
troopers will focus DWI patrols
in high-risk locations at times
when alcohol-related crashes
are most frequent.
“Historically, the holiday
season brings an increased po-
tential for drinking and driving
incidents, and these enhanced
DPS patrols will help save
lives,” said DPS Director Ste-
ven McCraw. “Impaired driving
can easily turn a holiday cele-
bration into a tragic situation.
By designating a sober driver
or finding alternative transpor-
tation if drinking alcohol is ex-
pected, Texans can do their part
in keeping our roadways safe
and making the holidays memo-
rable for the right reasons.”
The increased patrols that
target impaired driving are
funded through a grant from
the Texas Department of Trans-
portation (TxDOT). During the
Christmas/New Year holiday
enforcement effort last year,
DPS troopers made more than
1,200 DWI arrests, and ap-
proximately 303 were the direct
result of the increased patrols.
DPS enforcement also resulted
in more than 17,600 speeding
citations and more than 2,000
seat belt/child safety seat cita-
tions. DPS patrols also resulted
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