Cedar Hill Chronicle (Cedar Hill, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1980 Page: 1 of 26
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Vol. 17, No. 1
COVERING SCENIC CEDAR HILL- TOWER CITY OF THE SOUTHWEST
Presenting The News Without Fear or Favor
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Cedar Hill, Texas 75104
_150 EACH
Thursday, September 11,1980
COACHES LARRY ULAND (center) AND JOHN
RICH (left) give some last minute advice to split end
Jimmy Shaw (45) in Friday night’s 7-6 Cedar Hill
victory. Ken Hardin photo
RICKY COOPER (10) puts the hurt on Lion Joe Urso
(82). Cedar Hill pass defense limited Kaufman to 36
yards. Ken Hardin photo
Conservative Caucus to meet
Monday in Duncanville
The Southwest Dallas
County Conservative
Caucus will meet
Monday, Sept. 15 at 7:30
p.m. at the Texas Power
& Light Co. auditorium,
403 S. Main St.,
Duncanville.
Guest speaker will
give1 a report on the
“Mid-Decade for
Women, Forum ‘80’’
meeting which she
attended in Copenhagen,
Denmark in July. Betty
Friden, Bellas Absug
and Sara Wittington
were some of the leaders
at this world conference.
We urge both men and
women to attend to hear
what plans they have
made for disarmament,
population control,
shelters for the elderly
and institutions for chil-
dren, among others.
If you don’t get to hear
it first-hand, you may
never read about it in the
papers or know what
bills are pending in
Congress that will imple-
ment these programs.
The meeting is open to
the public.
Chronicle
football
contest
winners
page 4
59 cents per $100 valuation
Council approves tax increase
By
Tim Murphy
At the Tuesday night public hearing on the proposed
1980-81 city budget, the Cedar Hill City Council voted
4-3 to raise city property taxes to 59 cents per $100
valuation.
The city property tax rate for the 1979-80 fiscal year
was 53 cents per $100.
Voting for the 59 cent rate were councilmen Alton
Daniel, C. D. Bohannan, T. W. Cannady, and Mayor
George Walters. Councilman Jim Hammitt, Frank
Tidwell and Ken Lander were opposed.
Tidwell had earlier proposed a 57 cent rate, stating
that rate would handle expenses for the 1980-81 budget
and Lander agreed.
Hammitt then proposed that the council adopt a 58
cent rate, but the motion died for lack of a second.
Bohannan than made the motion for 59 cents and
Daniel seconded.
“I think the 59 cent rate will be needed to cover
expenses,” Bohannan said, “plus I don’t want to see
the city end the year in the hole again.”
In setting the new rate, the council differed on the
item of police salaries in the new budget. Currently,
the U.S. Department of Labor’s C ETA program pays a
large percentage of the salary of two Cedar Hill
policemen.
Councilmen Tidwell and Lander said that the added
income from the CETA program would allow the city
to go with the 57 cent tax rate, but the other councilmen
were skeptical that the program should be depended
on for funding in the future.
Despite the increase of six cents, or about 13 percent
from the 1979-80 rate, the council was not required by
law to publish two weeks of advertising of their intent
to raise taxes more than three percent.
The city lost over $9 million in property valuations to
agriculture and open-space exemptions and Brenda
Russell, Cedar Hill tax assessor-collector, officially
set a 58 cent city tax rate that would generate the same
amount of revenue as the 53 cents in 1979-80.
The state requirement to publish intent if raising the
rate more than three percent applies then to the 58 cent
rate rather than last year’s 53 cents.
The adopted budged calls for an increase of $100,000
from the 1979-80 budget of $1.16 million or $1.26 million.
The largest single increase in the budget came in the
service center with a jump of $74,800 to $89,365.
The police department budget increased 35 percent
from the previous year, with the largest expenditures
coming in salaries, insurance, and the purchase of two
new police cars.
The fire department saw an increase of $8,344 with
the single largest new expense the hiring of a full time
mechanic, the first paid member of the all-volunteer
Cedar Hill Fire Department.
Administration costs increased $30,000 in 1980-81, a
16 percent increase. The largest increases there were
in salaries and professional fees.
Conversely, the street department and parks and
recreation decreased their new budgets, with streets
decreasing $9,000 and P&R $1,300. The street
department will operate with one less employee this
year but plans to increase street maintenance
expenditures by $11,000.
Capital expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year
include $26,000 for a new fire department ambulance
and four wheel drive pickup; $16,000 for two new police
department vehicles; $8,000 for a new vehicle for the
city manager and a new roof for city hall; $2,500 for
upgrading of kennels at the city animal shelter; $5,000
for a weeder, stripper, used pick up, and roller for the
street department; and $3,000 for tools and accessories
at the service center.
The city also budgeted $48,900 for gasoline alloca-
tions for the upcoming year, $20,000 of that going to the
police department.
Horns tame Lions...barely
Playing against an underated Kaufman team, the
Cedar Hill Longhorns successfully opened their 1980
football season last Friday night with a 7-6 come-from-
behind victory over the Lions.
In what was mainly a defensive battle, the game
remained scoreless until Kaufman pushed across a
third quarter touchdown to take a 6-0 lead. However,
the Longhorns put the pressure on and senior safety
Jimmy Shaw shoved his head in the way to block the
extra point.
The play proved to be one of the most important of
the evening as the fourth quarter rolled around.
Showing a strong kicking game, the Horns had also
ruined an earlier Kaufman field goal attempt, and
received a strong performance from punter Brad
McLemore. Following the Lion touchdown, Terry
Reeves came within one tackier of returning the
ensuring kickoff for six points.
“A good kicking game will make the difference in a
tight ballgame,” head coach Larry Uland said. “We
had some blown assignments, but the kicking aspect
was the difference.”
The Longhorns came back in the fourth quarter to
thwart the Kaufman upset effort as halfback Ronnie
Mitschke went in for a Cedar Hill touchdown behind
the blocks of Jeff Bailey, Ben Robicheaux, and Fred
Spencer.
With the score tied at 6-6 the Longhorns attempted
the PAT with only 10 men on the field, but placekicker
Will Daniel calmly booted through the winning point.
“One of the players on the kicking team lost a shoe
and didn’t go out on the field, but Mike Dean made an
excellent snap and Ricky Pendley got the ball down in
time for Daniel to make the kick,” Uland said.
Desite only scoring seven points Uland was
impressed with the showing of the offensive line and
their domination of the line of scrimmage.
“Robicheaux and John Taylor had outstanding
games and Robicheaux was devastating,” Uland said.
“Ken Inman, Dean, and Bailey also did very fine jobs
as our offensive line was our strongest part of the
offense.”
On defense, tackle Randy Johnson was the leading
tackier for the Horns and added two quarterback
sacks and a fumble recovery. Uland also praised the
defensive line work of Spencer, Robicheaux, Inman,
and 140 pound fireplug Jay Gardner.
Linebackers Dan Uland and Bailey along with the
defensive backfield of Albert Lacy, Todd Boortz, Scott
Williams and McLemore held Kaufman to two
completions in eight attempts for a paltry 36 yards.
“We had good secondary play and the two passes
that were completed were right on target,” Uland said.
Kaufman quarterback Mark Klepper had completed
passes for over 700 yards in 1979.
With the win the Longhorns now stand 1-0 and
cleared a very tough hurdle in beating the Lions.
“Kaufman came out ready to play and they were
definitely motivated to win because of our preseason
buildup,” Uland said. “But it was important that our
kids really rose to the occassion and withstood the on-
slaught.”
Western store burglars apprehended
Cedar Hill police
arranged for a teletype
message to be sent to
area police stations
about the burglary of the
Cedar Hill Western Store
over the Labor Day
holiday and “bingo!”
The burglars are now in
jail in Cleburne.
Cleburne police were on
top of two black males
after they entered a
western store in their
city and caught them
inside. An update on the
amount of merchandise
taken in the Cedar Hill
burglary was set at
$15,000. None of the
merchandise has been
recovered, but
Investigator Phil
Hambrick has
information about it
being fenced in Fort
Worth. Fingerprints
taken at the Cedar Hill
location matched the
fingerprints of the two
arrested in Cleburne.
Hambrick said. No
charges have been filed
at press time but their
ages are 23 and 27 and
another suspect, age 23,
is still being sought, said
Hambrick. The Cedar
Hill Western Store has
been burglarized nine
times and this is the first
time that burglars have
been caught, Chief Steve
Campbell added.
Three window peepers
have been charged with
disorderly conduct
which the Texas penal
code spells out as: a
person commits an
offense if he
intentionally or
knowingly enters on the
property of another and
tor a lewd or unlawful
purpose looks into a
dwelling on the property
though any window o
other opening in the
dwelling. One of the
three, a 29-year old was
issued a warrant for
evading arrest,
disorderly conduct and
indecent exposure. This
person was labeled a
flasher in his recent walk
along Belt Line Road.
Andrew Robinson’s
home at 309 Gemini was
hit by burglars Tuesday,
Sept. 2 and $4,800 in TV,
guns, and stereos were
taken. Phil Hambrick of
the Cedar Hill police
department is seeking
information from
anyone in that neighbor-
hood who may have seen
anything suspicious that
day. Call him at 291-7161.
The Cedar Hill police
department is
anticipating openings
for three reserveofficers
in early October.
Applicants must be 21
years of age or over, of
good moral character,
no criminal record and a
history of safe driving
practices. Contact
Jimmie Jones by calling
291-7161 if you are
interested.
Police Chief Steve
Campbell . has been
excepted to attend the
FBI school in
Washington, D.C.
commencing Jan. 3. The
school last for three
months.
Sergeant Bill
Bushman of the
Duncanville police
department said that a
Cedar Hill resident,
David Michael Leaser,
19, of 1239 Saturn was
killed in a major one car
accident last Thursday
morning at 2:01 a.m. He
said that the 1974
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
was travelling south
bound on Highway 67
entering a construction
area, failed to make a
curve and struck barrels
(3) and skidded
sideways 507 feet before
rolling over for 67 feet.
There were no
witnesses. Bushman
said, and the driver was
alone.
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