Cedar Hill Chronicle (Cedar Hill, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1981 Page: 1 of 16
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Vol. 17, No. 16 ;
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Cedar Hill, Texas 75104
Thursday, January 1, 1981
Cedar Hill natters will ‘love’ new
tennis courts, builder says
Council rejects contract bids
Rejection was the key
word at the Dec. 23
Cedar Hill City Council
meeting as the council
decided to nix two bids
presented to the city.
In the first bid for a
new city manager’s car,
Red Bird Ford placed a
bid of 88,169 for a 1981
LTD and Mid-City
Chrysler bid $7,907 for a
1981 Newport Sedan.
Councilman Jim
Ham mitt made a motion
to reject both bids with
councilman Alton Daniel
seconding the motion.
Daniel, Ham mitt, and
Ken Lander voted to
reject the bids, with
Mayor George Walters
and councilman T. W.
Cannady voting against
rejection.
The rejection motion
failed to carry for a lack
of a quoram because of
the absence of council
members Frank Tidwell
and C.' D. Bohannan.
After further
discussion, with the
council deadlock,
Cannady made a motion
to reject the bids and the
council unanimously
approved.
The council also
considered bids on a ne w
roof for the city hall
building. The 1980-81
budget calls for a $4,000
appropriation for a new
roof.
The J & L Roofing Co.
presented five bids
ranging in cost from
$28,350 to $32,932,
including $3,000 for
removing the old roof.
O. K. Roofing made bids
of $12,170 and $14,298
with white marble and
Plunkett Roofers
presented a bid of
$21,000.
Lander then made a
motion to reject the bids
and the council
unanimously agreed.
Lander’s motion also
included attempting to
find the necessary funds
for the new roof in next
year’s budget with the
council approving.
In other action city
attorney Lewis Sifford
recommended approval
of an agreement
between the city and
Clark Road landowner
Mary Spicer for an
aerial sewer interceptor
crossing easement due
to the widening of Clark
Road.
The council
unanimously approved
the agreement.
Lander also made a
motion to retain Buck
Hayes Wrecking Service
for 90 days to handle the
city’s towing business
before taking bids on a
new contract. Cannady
seconded and the council
agreed.
Woman iescapes rape suspect
Local tennis players who take their game seriously
and even those who do not, will soon have one of the
finest courts in the area available to them here in
Cedar Hill.
Construction is currently nearing completion on the
two courts being built at Crawford Park on Straus
Road by the Dallas based Weber Co., Inc.
The courts, built at a cost of $44,000 will feature a
Wimbeldon-Truflex all weather surface, presently the
top of the line in tennis court surfaces.
“The surface is one that is used on several tourn-
ment courts world-wide,” Arnold J. Weber of Weber
Co. said. “It’s a product of a very old established
company in Boston (Terrain Paint Co.) and is con-
sidered the Rolls Royce of court surfaces.”
Weber said the all weather acrylic surface is placed
on a concrete or asphalt base and should provide many
years of service to the community. He said the surface
is very durable and usually lasts five to seven years
before being resurfaced.
“The track record for the Wi mbeldon-Truflex has
been very good in the past,” Weber said, “and I think it
is the best court for the community.”
Weber, who has exclusive distributorship of the
Wi mbeldon-Truflex surfaces in Texas, has been con-
structing tennis courts since 1946. He has built both
private and public courts, including several for the
construction company owned by Dallas Mayor Robert
Folsom.
“The interest in the metroplex in tennis is
phenomenal,” Weber said, “even in apartment
complexes it’s becoming as common as the swimming
pool.”
In addition to the quality surface, the courts will also
feature quartz Tenni-Lite lighting and will have
surface colors painted in green and red or tan. Weber
said that the netting and posts will also be top quality
equipment.
Weber added that his company went beyond the
specifications set in the contract with Cedar Hill at an
additional cost to the Weber Co. and not to the city.
“We actually improved on the specs,” he said. “We
believe in the old saying, ‘if you have to go back to
repair there goes your profits.”’
With the majority of the work completed, once the
surface is placed on the concrete base the courts will be
open for play. However, before it can be applied there
must be a least five consecutive days of
temperatures above 50 degrees with low humidity.
“The right weather conditions help insure success in
proper application of the surface,” Weber said. “If the
humidity is too high there is the danger that the
surface will disbond from the base and we have to
come back and repair it.”
Weber said that cooperation from the city and city
manager Frank Procter during the project has been
very helpful and added that he thinks Cedar Hill is
getting quality tennis courts it will be proud of for
many years.
The third rape incident
in as many weeks
occurred in Cedar Hill
:.<rly Christmas Eve
morning, but this time
the victim managed to
escape her pursuer and
notify police.
According to police
reports a 31 year-old
Dallas man offered to
drive a 23 year-old
female to a residence
near Gaston Avenue in
Dallas.
Instead, the suspect
told the women he was
looking for an bootlegger
to purchase some
alcohol and drove the
woman to Mt. Lebanon
Road in Cedar Hill,
police said.
The suspect then
attempted to assault the
woman, who then
attempted to jump out of
the moving automobile,
police said. The suspect
then physically attacked
the woman, but she
managed to escape and
run to a nearby house
and notify police.
Investigator Phil
Hambrick said that
charges would be filed on
the suspect Tuesday, but
that the Dallas man was
still at large as of
Tuesday afternoon.
Police also reported a
theft Sunday night of a
van from the city pound
at the service center on
S. Clark Road. Police
later arrested the owner
of the van at his
residence, who police
said cut through the wire
gate at the pound and
drove away in his van.
The suspect was
placed in Dallas County
Jail under $2,000 bond.
Police also arrested a
Cedar Hill juvenile for
filing a false theft report.
The juvenile reported his
pickup truck stolen
which was later found
wrecked in front of
Plummer Elementary
School on Clark Road.
He later admitted
wrecking the vehicle and
filing the false report.
Guns were reported
stolen from residences in
the 100 block of
Ca mbridge and on Crest-
view, as the sharp
increase in firearm
thefts continued.
Hambrick said that the
gun thefts are an inviting
Longhorns skin Wampus Cats for title
Extending their season record to 10-1, the Cedar Hill
Longhorns won the Itasca Wampus Cat Basketball
Tournament Dec. 18-20, making it their second tourney
championship of the season.
The Longhorns earlier won the Alvarado
Tournament and placed second in the Cedar Hill
Invitational Tournament.
In the opening game of the tourney Cedar Hill went
up against Hillsboro and promptly walked away with
an easy 63-37 victory as Todd Boortz and Billy Car-
mack pumped in 18 and 15 points respectively.
“Hillsboro had some pretty good sized people,”
coach John Rich said, “but they only shot 21 percent in
field goals the first half and we looked good.”
Rounding out the scoring in the first contest for the
Horns were Albert Lacy and David Richardson with
eight points apiece and Andy Colquitt and Doug John-
son with three.
Despite the lopsided score, Cedar Hill did experience
some adversity in the game with some questionable
officiating and rough play. Sophomore Jimmy
Thompson caught an elbow in the face on a rebound
attempt that required eight stitches to close, but
fortunately did not miss any games in the tournament.
■ Advancing to the second round, the Longhorns
squared off against surprisingly tough Maypearl.
Earlier in the season Maypearl defeated Alvarado and
upset Joshua by five points in the Itasca tourney.
The Horns jumped out to a 32-18 halftime lead,
connecting on 50 percent of their field goal trys to
Maypearls’ 32 percent. However, in the second half
Maypearl came out smoking.
“ We had a pretty good lead in the first half, but just
couldn’t seem to stand the propserity,” Rich said.
“Maypearl played excellent in the second half.”
After the dismal 32 percent in the first half,
Maypearl could not miss in the second half as they hit
on 15 of 20 shots for 75 percent and outscored Cedar Hill
38-27.
But with a last minute stall and some timely free
shots by Boortz and Carmack at the end of the game
the Longhorns managed to hold on for a 59-56 victory.
Carmack led the scoring with 28 points, but Boortz
provided the real spark with 14 points, 10 assists, and
two steals.
“The assists are as important as the scoring,” Rich
said, “and the amount of assists Boortz is getting to
Carmack inside really show the togetherness between
those two kids.”
In addition Richardson put in eight points and Lacy
had five points and led the team in rebounds.
After winning the first two encounters. Cedar Hill
ca me up against the host team Itasca Wampus Cats for
all of the marbles in the tournament.
“In that final game the crowd really came to life,”
Rich said. “Most of them were pulling for Itasca and
really came down hard on us."
Despite not much popularity with the fans.
Longhorns quickly silenced the crowd by taking a
commanding 26-10 first quarter lead. The lead
increased to 41-23 at the half and things looked to be in
control for Cedar Hill.
However, in the third quarter both Richardson and
Johnson fouled out. creating a height shortage on the
lean 10 man roster. But the Longhorn bench performed
well when called on.
“I was extremely proud of our bench people,” Rich
said. “Jimmy Thompson came in and played very well
(eight points) and Scott Williams did a fine job
defensively.
We can’t sacrifice our height on foul outs but
Williams was very effective in shutting down his man.
If a player gets hot I’ll put Williams on him to cool him
off.”
Carmack again led the scoring with 22 points,
followed by Lacy's 17. Boortz added 16 points with nine
assists and three steals. Thompson had eight and
senior Terry Reeves chipped in four, as the Horns held
on to win 69-53.
Both Carmack and Boortz were selected to the
all-tournament team.
After a successful pre-district record Cedar Hill
opens defense of their 1979-80 district championship
against Alvarado Jan. 6.
Rich feels that Midlothian with play maker Glen
Hartson, Joshua, and Kennedale, who defeated Glen
Rose 95-22, will be the teams to beat in district.
“I'm not sure we got tested by that tough of
competition in preseason." he said, “but we will
definitely be tested in district and we could have some
problems."
The Alvarado game is scheduled for 8 p. m. in Cedar
Hill.
target for thieves be-
cause they are an easily
pawned item.
Police reported a
death of a three
month-old infant at a
residence on W.
Pleasant Run Road
early Tuesday morning.
The dead infant was
identified as Jamie
Lois Dorrough,
daughter of James and
Brenda Dorrough.
The autopsy report
from the medical
examiner’s office was
still pending Tuesday
afternoon.
Due to Christmas and
the influx of bike riders
in the city, police urged
riders to take extra
caution and that bicycles
are subject to the same
traffic laws and viola-
tions as automobiles.
Injunction issued on
envelope stuffing
U.S. District Judge
Barefoot Sanders has
issued a preliminary
injunction allowing'the
U.S. Postal Service to
detain incoming mail
addressed to American
Service Directory,
American Service, and
American Commercial
Publications, at four
separate Dallas
addresses.
The injunction is
effective pending the
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Billy Carmack goes up for block as Todd Boortz (20)
and David Richardson (42) look on.
Scott Stallings photo
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