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Nominees' smiles will brighten
up the field all by themselves
Homecoming
Queen Hopefuls
From among these three BHS seniors, selection will be made of the
BHS Homecoming Queen for this year. Pictured left to right are
nominees Christina Myatt, Sheri Minor, and Amy Hull. Charles
Boardman will announce the winner’s name at the Friday night
football game at Elk Stadium.
They won’t need electric lights
to brighten up the BHS football
field during halftime activities
Friday night. The Homecoming
Queen nominees and princesses,
will be doing that with their daz-
zling smiles alone.
Announcement will be made
that evening (by Charles Board-
man) of the Homecoming Queen
for the 1988-’89 school year at
BHS; the winner’s name is
always a closely guarded secret
urftil halftime Friday night.
Selection will be difficult; the
three nominees (all seniors)
Christina Myatt, Sheri Minor,
and Amy Hull, shine like royalty
already. Each candidate exhibits
an outstanding personality, leader-
ship ability, and involvement
with her school; each nominee is
exemplary of BHS’s finest.
As the selected Homecoming
Queen, one girl will receive the
bouquet of roses and the crown.
She will be attended bv crown
bearer Corey Anderson, son yf
Phil and Teresa Anderson, and
flower girl Ashlee Howard, the
daughter of Marion and Aleesa
Howard.
Queen nominees and prin-
cesses, Katrina Gibbs, junior;
and Deanna Alvarado, sopho-
more; will be riding in the
Homecoming Parade (tonight)
Thursday, beginning at \6:30
p.m.
Scott Kasick will be escorting
Queen Nominee Christina Myatt
Friday night for the festivities.
She is the daughter of Gary and
Paula Myatt of 208 Live Oak
Lane. Christina has been a mem-
ber of the French Club for two
years and an Elk Strutter for
three years. Currently she serves
as captain of the drill team.
It won’t be her first time to be
in the spotlight at halftime
Homecoming activities, either.
Christina was honored as a
Junior Princess last year.
With an interest in keeping in
good physical shape, the young
lady runs regularly and also en-
joys dancing. Plans for the future
include majoring in child behav-
ior and becoming a kindergarten
teacher.
Nominee Sheri Minor is also
athletically inclined, having par-
ticipated in basketball, volleyball,
and cheerleading at BHS. She's
the daughter of Jim and Edith
Minor, 716 Barbara Lane. Her
Friday night escort will be Rod-
ney Cash. w
Sheri has been a cheerleader
for four years, the past two on
the Varsity squad. She’s also
Please see TWO YEARS, Pg. 2
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THURSDAY
EDITION
Vol. 23 No. 104
October 6,1988
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(tOPYRIGHTc 1988 BURLESON STAR
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
Bust nets ^.Burlescin Goes Western
5 arrests
in Joshua
BY SALLY ELLERTSON
Five people were arrested in
Joshua last Thursday afternoon
for aggravated possession (over
400 grams) of a controlled
substance.
■"David Brown, 30, of Lot 1U
Highland Estates, Joshua; Laura
Brown, 26, of Lot 11, Highland
Estates; Danny Ray Smith, 33, of
Arlington; William Burkhart, 27,
of Arlington; and William McKin-
ley, 29, of Kennedale were arres-
ted at approximately 4 p.m. on
Thursday, Sept. 29 by Johnson
County deputies and the Agriplex
Roadrunners Task Force, accord-
ing to Sgt. Dale Durham of
the JCSO.
Durham said that a deputy in
the area earlier in the day detec-
ted an unusual odor. The task
force was called in and con-
firmed JCSO’s findings.
“Johnson County and the
Agriplex made contact with the
owner with permission to search
obtained,” Durham said.
Amphetamines with a street
value of $278,000 were recovered
along with $1,400 in cash; drug
paraphernalia; and a small
amount of marijuana.
According to Durham the five
had the drugs in the powder
stage and were packaging it up
when the search was conducted.
As of Friday afternoon all five
were in Johnson County Jail. The
bonds were set for $50,000 for
Burkhart and for McKinley;
$25,000 for David Brown and for
Smith; and $10,000 for Laura
Brown.
Jr. High
library
open Mon.
In an effort to give every stu-
dent an opportunity to fully util-
ize the library facilities at Hughes
Junior High School, librarian
Sharon Davis has organized a
one-nigh t-per-week open door
policy at the school library.
"With se\en classes per day
and only 35 minutes -for lunch,
many of the students just aren’t
able to find time to do research
in the library for special projects
or homework assignments. We
wanted them to have that oppor-
tunity. so we’ve initiated this
Monday night opening for the
month of October.” said Davis.
Beginning last Monday (when
participation was good and en-
thusiasm of the students was
great) the junior high school lib-
rary is being kept open from 5-8
p.m. each Monday night. "During
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done on a trial basis to see what
kind of participation we have,”
she explained. “We had a good
number of students here Monday
night; one boy even volunteered
to help with checking out books.
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■fll/jTy BY DOTTIE WILSON in Burleson for Texas sized drinks will
Western days is in full swing in
Burleson, in conjunction with
this weekend’s Texas Heritage
Trail Ride. Check out retail stores
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bargains during the week Burle-
son celebrates its heritage relat-
ing to the historic Chisholm Trail
cattle drives.
Friday morning’s Pancake
Breakfast at the Golden Corral
(7-9 a.m.) will further mark our
western celebration here in
Burleson, and tomorrow night—
Be there, partner!—at the Burle-
son Inn for an old time social
and Chamber of Commerce
Business After Hours. Free ref-
reshments will flow between 6
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Wit all
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It’S all building up to the se-
cond Burleson-based trail ride,
again this year at the Little Hoss
Ranch near Godley. There are
5,500 acres of ranch out there,
pretty as a picture in the autumn,
especially enjoyable considering
the beautiful crisp weather we’re
having these days.
Riders (with horses) will head
out Saturday, Oct. 8 to enjoy a
day’s ride, lunch at Fossil Falls,
and finish out the day of western
pleasure with a real Texas Barbe-
que. Non riders are invited to
come out and enjoy the dinner,
scheduled for 5:30 p.m. sharp for
only $7 per person.
Trail Boss Ron Harmon ad-
vises that check in and registra-
tion will be from 6:30-8:30 a.m.
Saturday and riders will depart m
9 a.m. Rest and water stops are
scheduled about every hour; soft
provided, but if
you want water along the trail,
bring your own.
The trail ride will consist of
animal drawn vehicles and single
mounted horses only. No riding
double will be allowed and no
stallions can be ridden on the
trail. A few other don’ts include:
smoking, alcoholic beverages, lit-
tering, unaccompanied minors,
inappropriate dress, joining the
ride once it has started. No alter-
nate rain date has been set; the
ride is this Saturday, period. But
then we’re tough around Burle-
son, right? A little rain won’t
dampen our spirits.
Provided for trail riders will be
a sick horse trailer and a
veterinarian, a registered nurse
(for people), horseshoer (for hor-
ses), and a delicious hot lunch
for only $3 (the lunch is for peo-
ple, but I bet there’ll be someth-
ing munchy for the horses, (oo).
The trails end barbeque Saturday
evening is included in the $15
trail ride fee. Registration for the
trail ride can be done in person
at the chamber office through
tomorrow (Friday). Mail in regis-
tration deadline was yesterday
(Wednesday).
But if you forgot to register
early, bring your horse and come
on out to the Little Hoss Ranch
Saturday. Registration on trail
ride day is from 7-8:30 a.m.
Don’t forget all the in-town
related activities this weekend!
It’s your opportunity to express
your pride in Texas and par-
ticularly our part of the state
right around Burleson. Keep
your eyes open; western dress
contests are going on at Mitchell’s
and in Olde Towne, and lots of
bargains are yours for the
taking.
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TWC grants water permit
BY DOTTIE WILSON
It was probably the longest
term water permit hearing -ever
conducted by the Texas Water
Commission—the one initiated
by local developer Dee Stalcup
for the Mandalay subdivision.
“These things are usually one or
two days,” said Stalcup. ‘This
one’s been in the works for
two years.”
There has been opposition to
the subdivision proposed by
Stalcup more than two years ago
since its inception—opposition
from the Johnson County Con-
cerned Citizens group, now
several hundred strong in active
membership. Stalcup said recen-
tly after finally receiving his per-
mit on Sept. 26 in Austin that he
will be moving ahead with Man-
dalay Subdivision, planned for
development of mobile home
sites south of Burleson.
“It never was a sewage treat-
ment plant issue; it’s a mobile
home issue,” said Stalcup. Some
months ago, Stalcup had received
plat approval from Johnson
County Commissioners, pending
granting of the water permit
from the TWC for establishment
of a sevJ&ge treatment plant on
the property. “The water permit
is good; it's been issued, and we
nave ihc (jivtii iig!.v io gu Li
ward with it."
NUMEROUS preliminary hear-
ings were held in Fort Worth at
the Rolling Hills Treatment Plant
before the final one before the
Texas Water Commission in Sep-
tember in Austin. Testimony
from both factions was given at
those hearings, where the JCCC
was represented by William
Cary Quillin. *
As an unrelated incident, that
attorney recently resigned his
law license to the Supreme Court
of Texas in lieu of disciplinary
proceedings regarding charges of
misappropriation of funds. The
Grievance Committee for State
Bar District No 7A accepted
Quillin’s resignation, stating in
the finding of facts that a com-
plaint was filed against him on
Nov. 11 alleging acts of pro-
fessional misconduct. The Texas
Supreme Court further stated iiv
the finding of facts that, "William
Cary Quillin misappropriated
client funds; expended said
funds without client authority;
received personal benefit from
the unauthorized and improper
use of said funds, and failed to
truthfully account for the use of
the funds to his clients and their
counsel. Quillin made partial res-
titution in the amount of
$300,000."
Quillin’s law firm partner,
Lany M. Thompson, is handling
preparation for filing for a re-
hearing for the group of citizens.
JCCC President Wava McCullough
said Monday that there was a
ucddliiic of i 3 days rronr tne uay
the order was signed (Sept. 26) to
file, for a re-hearing. "The Water ,
Commission can either grant or
deny our request for a rehearing
in Austin. If they should deny it,
we would go to district court
there.”
AS TO THE late September
judgment by the commission,
McCullough stated, "Naturally
we were disappointed in the deci-
sion of the Texas Water Commis-
sion. And we were surprised by
Cary Quillin’s legal problems;
but those are his problems and
not ours. They’re not connected
with our case, and we feel overall
that we had good representation
by our attorney.” In the interest
of time (the short deadline for fil-
ing for a rehearing) and ef-
ficiency in getting the job done
(Thompson’s familiarity with the
case) the JCCC hired Quillin’s
law partner Thompson to handle
the next phase. “There were 26
hours of tape from the hearings
which have been held; there just
wasn’t time to familiarize a new
law firm with the history of this
case,” she said.
A rehearing will be based on
specific issues, she said—issues
to be determined by the attorney
(Thompson). "That will be his
decision, but if you want to know
what I think the issues will be, I
can tell you that," said McCull-
ough. The JCCC president noted
the issue of conflict of interest by
the Stalcup’s attorney Lany
Soward, recently retired from the
Tessa:'- Water CanrrrrissKni itself"'
ataKup said in an interview wim
The Star that fact “was an acci-
dent. . We didn’t know that
Soward had served on the Texas
Water Commission when we
hired him.” ~
McCULLOUGH also noted the
location of the holding pond for
the treatment plant (at the
northeast comer of the property
10 feet from the McCullough’s
property line and the same dis-
tance from the Tarver line.) "That
location could be easily changed;
we feel it’s being located there so
near our property for intimida-
tion purposes. We consider the
holding pond as part of the treat-
ment plant and not part of the
disposal system. That’s where the
difference of opinion is. If it’s
considered part of the treatment
plant, there must be a 150 foot
buffer zone between it and other
people’s properly.” said McCull-
ough.
The holding pond for the
sewage treatment plant for the
Mandalay subdivision, according
to developer Stalcup, will be a six
million gallon pond, about an
acre in size and 13-14 feet deep.
"We’ll use it to irrigate a 13!4
acre alfalfa field," said Stalcup.
Hep said there would be a
chlorination process of the water
in the holding pond after solids
are pumped out and disposed of
by a separate company; then
there would be a second
chlorination process before the
irrigation. "The state has that all
figured out; they know whether a
.gflHiy~mrejs,-ibefr
regulations and that it will all
work. Everything is mechanical;
we’ll be pumping more than
26,300 gallons per day,” said
Stalcup.
THE DEVELOPER commen-
ted that this sewage treatment
system would probably be the
most watched system in the state
of Texas because of the long bat-
tle over the permit and the
publicity. “Reports have to go to
Austin every 30 days and a visual
inspection made every 90 days,”
said Stalcup.
Stalcup and his wife Ann also
commented that they were sur-
prised at the Austin hearing on
the 26th that the proceedings
went so quickly. “Ron Perkins
(former president of the JCCC)
was on the agenda, but he waived
his right to speak. Everything
went really fast and there were
no written objections filed,” said
Dee Stalcup.
Me CulloUgh commented that
it wasn't necessary to file excep-
tions on the day of the hearing,
and that JCCC representatives
were concerned because of the
limited criteria considered by the
Water Commission. "Reputation
of the developer is not allowed to
be considered at the hearings.
They are only interested in the
history of those formerly having
a treatment plant and in the
design of the plant—whether it
looks good on paper,” she
said.
She commented that members
of the JCCC were very concerned
abv.ui a precedent being es-
tablished in Johnson County-
developers putting in water/sewer
systems themselves rather than
individual septic tanks on the
lots, to get around having to
comply with county rules and
regulation regarding lot size in
Please see 117 LOTS, Pg. 2
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