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MONDAY
EDITION
Vol. 18 No. 49
April 4. 1983
BURLESON^TAR
For Mail Delivery
295-0486
Daniels, Roper, Johnson elected
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JOHN DAMKUS
RICK ROPER
BOB JOHNSON
B.H.S. 2nd at U.I.L.
Burleson High School placed second
overall in the recent University In-
terscholastic League District Literary
Competition, finishing in the top three
for the fifth straight year
The meet consisted of UIL District
7-5A schools from Arlington, Birdsville,
Hurst-Euless-Bedford and Burleson
and featured competition in jour
nalism, drama, math-science, English,
Business, and speech-debate events.
The top three places in each event
will represent the district at the UIL
Regional competition at Texas Tech
University on April 16 Regional win-
ners will advance to UIL State competi-
tion in Austin.
In the English event of ready writing,
Alan Moore placed third BHS jour-
nalism students also displayed writing
skills with Frank Smith receiving first
place in newswriting, second place in
headline writing, and fourth in editorial
writing. Melissa Newman placed sixth
in feature writing.
IN SPEECH EVENTS. Will Helixon
won first place in informative speaking
while Robert Thompson took fifth place
in the same event. Brett Sharp was first
in persuasive speaking and Britt Ander
son placed second in prose reading
Earlier, the BHS debate teams had
taken the top three slots in district com-
petition to also capture all three
regional qualifying spots
In other events, Lisa Bartee placed
second in typing while Pam Richardson
won fourth in shorthand Chuck Royal
placed fourth in the number sense event
in math and is the alternate to
regionals
The points earned from the different
events produced the following overall
district results: I,amar, 145 points;
Burleson, 120 points; Sam Houston, 104
points; Arlington, 80 points, Bowie, 43
points; Richland, 40 points; Trinity, 30
points; Haltom, 15 points; L.D. Bell, 10
points; Martin, 5 points
UIL COORDINATOR FOR BHS,
Blair Lybbert, said, "This is an ex-
tremely fine showing for us and says a
lot about the high quality of our
academic programs at BHS It gives us
a rough idea of where we stand com-
pared to the other schools in our
district The competition was tougher
this year with the addition of two new
schools L.D Bell and Trinity."
BHS Principal Terry Ford said, "I
am extremely proud of our high school
students and teachers who have worked
hard in preparation for this literary
meet The district we are in is very
competitive. The fact that we were able
to compete and rank so well in the area
of academics should make us all proud
of our school "
Who will—and won’t—be
giving chamber program
Barbara Gieser, executive vice-
president of the Burleson Area
Chamber of Commerce, would pro-
bably like to issue the following state-
ment pertaining to the Thursday
membership luncheon:
"Now is the time for all area
businesses and individuals to rally
around the chamber, to show their sup-
port in our time of need; to encourage
us in our darkest hour Realizing our
mistake at the last chamber lun-
cheon—and repenting of that
mistake-our pledge to you is this
Forgive us for the program last month
and we promise you—we assure you—
that the program Thursday will net be
given by James Moody and his Retail
Development Committee.”
Barbara didn't really issue that state-
ment And it’s not 100 percent true
anyway The Retail Development Com-
mittee, known affectionately as the
Hole in the Head Gang, after last
month's program,will be giving a short
presentation on the current status of
their number one project—Burleson
Awareness Week
But Gieser and other chamber of-
ficials are quick to point out that the
main program will be presented by the
Industrial Development Committee,
chaired by Sue Miller
With a theme "Texas Brave, Bold,
and Building," the week of April 1-7 has
been designated Texas Business and In
dustry Week by the State of Texas in
cooperation with the Texas Chamber of
Commerce. Not to be outdone by folks
at the state level, the City of Burleson,
in cooperation with the Burleson
Chamber of Commerce has proclaimed
this week Burleson Business and In-
dustry Week
Committee Chairman Miller points
out that Burleson is much more ap-
propriate for the theme anyway since it
begins with a “b" just the same as
"brave, bold, and building." And the
bill to change the name of the state to
Bexas is not expected to get out of sub
committee, she asserted, which clearly
means that the more alliterate "B; B,
B, and B” Week will always stand for
Burleson: Brave, Bold, and Building
Other points just as penetrating and
perceptive as the above will also be ex-
plained at length by Mrs. Miller and her
crew
A few points about the week that no
one on the committee will probably
ever think of, however, are as follows:
—More than half of Texas’ 27 1
population growth over the past decade
was the result of people moving here
due to the increasing availability of
jobs
—Personal income in Texas grew at a
rate 31 percent higher than less for
tunate states (and all other states fit in-
Turn lane delayed ’til May
A three-month delay in going for bids
on improvements to Highway 174, has
been announced by the State Depart
ment of Highways and Public
Transportation, City Manager Mark
Sowa told the Burleson City Council last
week
Some modifications in the original
plans for the improvements have also
been made, he said.
The modifications are of the good
news, bad news variety.
First, the bad news to get it over with.
Since signal light improvements will
have to be made on the traffic signal at
Ellison Street, the funds budgeted for
the project will not be sufficient to
cover the entire distance from Sum-
mercrest to Renfro as originally plann-
ed Instead, the continuous turn lane
will end at Ellison
The good news, though, is that the im-
proved section of highway will carry an
extra lane of traffic in each direction.
No additional shoulder is required, the
highway department indicated, to pro-
Voting close at Joshua
JOSHUA—One incumbent lost his
seat on the Joshua School Board by five
\ votes Saturday in an at-large election
for three places on the board.
Incumbents Marvin Bransom and
Chris A Schmoker both won election to
another turn in Saturday’s vote but
W V Bonds missed out on the third spot
on the board when he received 92 votes
to 97 for Bob Moore
Moore will join Bransom, who had 136
votes, and Schmoker, who had 127, on
the board.
Other candidates in the election and
the number of votes each received are;
John Edwards, 57; William F. Jenn-
ings, 60; Paul W. Lawrence, 96; Tom
Tucker, 27; M.J. Clements, 58; and
Heavy voter turnout
A heavy voter turnout in the Burleson
City Council elections swept in-
cumbents Rick Roper and Bob Johnson
and political newcomer John Daniels
into office Saturday
Daniels, who has never run for
political office before, picked up over 69
percent of the vote in a three-man race
for Place 1 on the council He defeated
incumbent Jerry Gelinas, who had 180
votes, and Edwin D. l^ehnert, who had
55
Although a new face on the council,
Daniels will be no stranger to council
meetings He’s a director on the
Burleson Area Chamber of Commerce
and last month chaired a sub
committee which worked with the coun
cil on a portable sign ordinance.
Other incumbents had an easier time
of it in Saturday's election Rick Roper
received the most votes of any can-
didate in the city race to easily defeat
Don Carroll for Place 3 and Bob
Johnson won 54.5 percent of the vote in
a three man Place 5 race to avoid a
runoff for that spot
Roper had 568 votes to 205 for Carroll.
Johnson led the ticket for Place 5 with
425 votes followed by 243 for T J Bran-
som and 111 for former police chief
Homer Barns
THE HEAVY TURNOUT and the vie
tories by these three candidates may
have indicated a softening of the elec-
torate's position on the South Tarrant
County Airport issue, a controversy
which has divided the city for several
years, often bitterly
Both Roper and Johnson opposed the
airport lawsuit which has been filed
against the City of Fort Worth and
Daniels is also known to be against that
suit. In last year's elections, the airport
sentiment was probably helpful to Scott
Butler in defeating Loy Norris in the
Mayor's race. And as promised in the
campaign, Butler brought the issue to a
referendum, which went heavily in op-
position to the airport
All three of the winning candidates
also received support from some of the
city’s youth groups, who have been con-
cerned about concession rights and
user fees for the city park facilities.
A LARGE TURNOUT was expected
to be to the advantage of all three win-
ners and the 784 ballots cast in the elec-
tion was considered a very good 1 jrnout
for a city election in an off year, with no
state or national elections to boost the
interest Absentee voting accounted for
37 ballots with 747 going to the polls
Saturday
The council will meet in special ses-
sion Tuesday evening to canvass the
results of the election and swear-in the
winning candidates. That is scheduled
for 8 p.m. First item on the 7:00 agenda
is an executive session for the annual
review of the city manager
Incumbents
unopposed
BR1AR0AKS—Fifty-five persons
cast ballots Saturday in the city council
election here, sending all three in-
cumbents back for another term in of-
fice.
None of the three was unopposed in
his bid for re-election
Mayor Alan Myers had 52 votes;
Councilmal Jerry Mabry had 53 votes;
and Councilman Travis Hash had 51
votes.
Incumbents elected
CROWLEY—All three incumbents
won re-election Saturday to the
Crowley School Board
Dallas Park was unopposed in Place 7
and received 309 votes and J A
Hargrave was also running unopposed
in Place 6 and had 317 votes.
Incumbent Eldon Bean led the ticket
in Place 5 and won another term in of-
fice although he could not manage a
majority of the vote Bean received 187
votes to 133 for Jesse D. Johnson and 77
for Kenneth Koehl. A majority vote was
not necessary for Bean to win another
term since school board members here
are elected by plurality, with no runoffs
required
Seventeen candidates received write-
in votes, none having more than five.
A total of 397 persons voted in the
election, including the 17 absentee
votes
Huguley to expand
to that category).
—Manufacturing employment in
Texas grew two and a half time the na
tional rate between mid-1980 and
mid-1981
—Gross sales in Texas grew 16 9 per
cent during 1980-81
—No other state in the union can
boast of having a city named Burleson
which straddles a county line
Growth and diversification of new
and expanded business and industry in
communities all over the state are fur
ther strengthening the state’s economy,
according to the Texas Chamber of
Commerce
Governor Mark White, who apparent-
ly never noticed the inconsistency of a
“T” word starting off the "B, B, and B"
slogan, said the theme is "particularly
suited to the attitudes and efforts of our
Texas business community, which con-
tinues to place our state in the forefront
of the nation’s economy ”
After being forewarned in advance,
anyone still "brave and bold" enough to
want to attend this luncheon at the First
United Methodist Church should call
the chamber office, 295-6121, to make
reservations.
Most people, however, probably have
"reservations" now that they know the
all star cast on the program
—JAMES MOODY
vide three lanes of traffic in each direc-
tion as well as the continuous left turn
lane
And the next logical step, whenever
funds are available, would be to com
plete Phase II of the project which
would be to continue the improvements
all the way to Hillery Street, highway
department officials indicated.
Bids were scheduled to be opened last
month, but a new bid opening date is
now set for May, Sowa said.
David P. McDermott, 47.
It wasn't much of a contest in the
Joshua City Council race where in-
cumbents Louise Evans and C.W.
Carter were both unopposed Evans
was returned to her Place 4 spot on the
council with 74 votes and Carter returns
to his Place 2 seat with 67 votes.
By STEWART APPLIN
With a view to prevent disease before
having to cure it, Huguley Hospital
Thursday unveiled plans for a $3 mil-
lion Health Education Complex that
will enable the hospital to expand its
already burgeoning health education
programs
Construction on the 25,000-square-foot
building will begin later this year,
perhaps as early as late summer, with
completion scheduled for the summer
of 1984 The complex will house a
200-seat amphitheater, a 9,000-square
foot multipurpose room with stage, a
large number of classrooms, a weight
room, and a running track.
Sheree Parris Nudd, director of de
velopment at Huguley, outlined the
plans for the new facility at a news
conference at the hospital Thursday
morning "Huguley Hospital has always
been committed to the complete health
care concept,” she said. Nudd pointed
out that preventive medicine is much
cheaper than curative medicine.
The complex will allow Huguley to
more than double the number of people
served in the Burleson area in the
health education programs, Nudd stat-
ed
The hospital presently has 3,000 peo-
ple a year in these programs, Harry
Werst, vice chairman of the Civic
Advisory Committee, said. But he ex-
plained that the number of people
Involved in the various seminars had
reached a plateau during the last two
years because of limited space and the
fact that the programs had to be held at
night.
THE NEW Health Education Com-
plex is part of an $11 5 million, five-year
expansion plan begun two years ago.
Included in the plan begun two years
ago. Included in the plan have been a
CT Scanner installed last July, a doc-
tor's building completed this spring, a
plant service-laundry building, and the
acquisition of 200 acres of adjacent land
for further expansion
John D Koobs, president of the
hospital, said that Huguley plans to
increase its bed capacity by nearly 50
percent as part of the plan The comple-
tion of the two floors with 35 beds each
would raise the capacity of the hospital
from 150 beds to 220 in two to three
years The additional beds would occu-
py the fifth and sixth floors of the
existing building. The framework for
these floors was built when the original
construction of the hospital was done.
Interior work will be completed one
floor at a time.
Hospital officials said that money to
help pay for the complex has been
sought through voluntary contributions
of corporations, foundations, hospital
trustees, physicians, employees, and
other sources. $2 million of the $3
million required has already been
raised.
SEMINARS OFFERED at Huguley
Include stress management, nutrition,
cardiopulmonary rescusitation, weight
management, grief recovery, breast-
self-examination, stop smoking clinics,
and ljimaze childbirth. The 3,000 peo-
ple per year in these programs come
from all over the Fort Worth area,
Mid cities, and even as far away as
Dallas. The Health Education Complex
is expected to serve over 6,000 people a
year.
"The number of participants in our
health education programs leaped
more than 300 percent after our first
year," Annette Florence, director of
health education at Huguley, said.
“Right now we're filled to capacity.
The new facility will enable us to more
than double both the number of semi-
nars we offer and the number of people
we serve.”
Among some of the new programs
that may be offered will be first aid,
safety education, motivational train-
ing, consumer health, cancer detection
and prevention, family life, executive
burn out, physical fitness, and numer
ous outpatient rehabilitation programs
“We also plan to work with schools
and businesses on corporate and school
health programs, and with voluntary
agencies such as the Red Cross, Ameri
can Cancer Society, and American
Heart Association,” Florence said.
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Huguley Hospital Thursday announced plana to build a $3 million Health Educa-
tion Complex to house Its many health education programs. Harry Worst,' vice
chairman of the Civic Advisory Committee, points to the chart showing how par-
ticipating In the hospital’s many health seminars has leveled off because of limited
space and time available. Sheree Parris Nudd, director of development. Is at right.
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