Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1992 Page: 1 of 18
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February 6, 1992
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Volume 27, Number 33
18 Page* in 2 Section
© 1992 Burleson Publishing, Inc.
Rain delays tree planting
, tiwluon SlarfSALLY EUJh'RTSON
He Was A Cowboy At Burleson
Night At The Rodeo
Seventeen-month-old Kelly Ray Nerios, son of Kerri and Ray Nerios of
Burleson, got dressed up in his cowboy hat and boots, jeans (with a toy
gun attached), and jean jacket on Monday, Jan. 27, to go to Burleson
Night at the annual Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. The Burleson
Star sold, or should it be sold out, tickets for that special evening.
Too wet to plow.
You don't have to be a farmboy
t6 find significance in that old Ex-
pression, considering the record rain-
fall that the Burleson area has been
receiving for months. And, to those
who have been anxiously awaiting
some visual results of the Hwy. 174
beautification efforts, those words
have been given new meaning and
new relevance.
The grant money for purchasing
the trees has been received by the
Burleson Area Chamber of Com-
merce; contracts have been secured
with the businesses and individuals
responsible for maintaining the trees;
and the contract to supply the treks
has been awarded to the low bidder.
In short, everything's ready but
the ground. If it's too wet to plow, it's
also too wet for removing the trees
from the tree nurseries. Likewise, it's
also too wet to plant them alongside
the highway even if they were th-
ready here.
With the city being blessed with
more of the wet stuff early this week,
it could still be awhile before the fuit
tree is planted.
In fact, at the rate the already
saturated soil of Burleson has bedn
drenched for the past few months,
spring may leaf out by the time the
highway does.
The chamber's Hwy. 174/Wil-
shire Blvd. Beautification Commit-
tee received bids from three local
companies last week and awarded
the total package to Tumbleweed
Nursery of Burleson on Monday.
"I'm pleased to say that our local
nurseries gave usextremely good bids
so we could get as much beautifica-
tion per dollar as possibly,” said Com-
mittee Chairman James Moody. ">
Tumbleweed's low bid for 159*
trees—all with three inch diameter
thinks—was $23,451. Add in ap-
proximately $250 for the $3,000
maintenance bond the committee re-
quired and the cost still comes in
below the $24,000 grant check from
the Texas Forestry Service.
The chamber committee took
bids on 11 different species of trees,
all in two, two-and-a-half, and three
inch diameter trunk sizes. Since thq
bid price was for 159 trees, a few of
the trees may have to be scaled back'
to a two-and-a-half inch diameter in
order to purchase the three additional
trees that have been added to the list
since the bid specifications were writ-
ten.
Even if a couple of trees are
scaled down to fit within the $24,000
that's available, all the trees will still
be from nine to 14 feet tall, giving an
immediate softening effect to the
highway, Moody said.
Burleson Parks and Recreation
Director Doug Evans, a member of
the committee, noted that the exact
number of each species will remain
indefinite until the proposed site of
each tree is evaluated for its suitabil-
ity for that particular species.
"For example, Pizza Inn wanted
Afghanistan pines," said Evans, "but
we've determined that the drainage
there is not conducive to that tree so
the company has agreed to use
Yaupon holly trees instead."
Susan Mendenhall of Tumble-
weed Nursery will assist in that site
survey, Evans said.
Businesses along the highway
paid $20 per tree and agreed to main-
tain the trees for a three-year period.
After that time, the trees—all se-
lected for their adaptability to this
climate—are considoed to be self-
supporting.
. Although the grant was a match-
ing one, there will be no actual dis-
bursements of cash by either the
chamber of commerce or the city of
Wallace, precinct superintendent,
tapped as acting commissioner
In a presa conference Feb. 3, County Judge Joe Durham
tapped Tim Wallace, Bendy Briscoe's precinct superintendent, as
acting Pet. 4 county commissioner following the death of Briscoe
Jan. 28.
As acting county commissioner, Wallace will not be able to
vote at the twice-monthly Johnson County commisioners meet-
ings, but he will carry the authority of commissioner. Wallace will
serve until Durham appoints an Interim commissioner. Since
Briscoe was a Democrat, Durham will appoint a Democrat to fill
the position until the elections.
The 60-vear-old Briscoe died at a Fort Worth hospital after a
battle with cancer. He was elected commissioner in 1990.
The deadline for applying for Pet 4 commissioner is 6 p.m. on
Monday, Feb. 10. Interested persons can apply at the Democratic
Party headquarters, 110 Claude Ave., in Cleburne.
Burleson. Most of the matching por-
tion of the grant came from the value
assigned to the three-year mainte-
nance schedule for the trees. The $20
that each business paid per tree has
been placed into a contingency fund
to provide for the maintenance of any
tree orphaned by the closing of a
business.
If unspent, these funds are tenta-
tively targeted toward construction
of a landscaped "Welcome to Burle-
son" sign at one entranceway of the
city.
As it now stands (and if it ever
gets dry enough to plow), the most
common tree that will will be seen
along the highway is the Bradford
pear, a spring flowering tree. Over 50
of those are planned alongside the
highway. Next in popularity is the
Afghanistan pine, an evergreen tree,
with 45 included on the bid specifica-
tions
Oaks are also well represented.
Plans are to plant 19 Shumard oaks
and 14 live oaks, another evergreen.
Two other evergreens, cherry
laurel and Yaupon holly will be rep-
resented with five and four trees,
respectively. Other trees that will be
represented in smaller numnbers
(three to five trees each) are sweet
gums, crab apples, bald cypress, Chi-
nese pistachio, and pecan.
"We wanted trees along the high-
way that would provide beauty dur-
Please see NATIVE, Page 3B
Wish you were here
Working, but having a wonderful time
Two Burleson children require transplants
Bone marrow donor drive set
BY SALLY ELLERTSON
Burleson has the sad distinction
of being the home of at least two chil-
dren—Shy an Harris and Ashley
Barnhart—who require bone marrow
transplants in their fights against
leukemia. Shyan has had two bone
marrow transplants, thanks to her
sister Marisha, and Ashley is sched-
uled to have her first in mid-Febru-
ary, thanks to her father, Dr. Alan
Barnhart. But, it's not always that
easy to find a donor.-
That's why Cook-Fort Worth
Children's Medical Center, Moncrief
Radiation Center of Fort Worth, and
the Tri’Delta Alumnae Association
are sponsoring a Bone Marrow Do-
nor Drive at Ridgmar Mall on Friday,
Feb. 21, and Saturday, Feb. 22. The
times Friday aire from 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
on Saturday from 10a.tri.-6p.m.
The test is free for the first400donors
(thanks to Moncrief and Tri Delta)
and $50 for everyone after that. The,
drive will be set up in one of the many.
booths slated for the annual Health
Fair, sponsored by theTarrantCounty
Medical Society.
Medical personnel will not be
drawing bone marrow from donors
on scene.
"Blood is formed by bone mar-
row so we can draw some blood and
test the white'cell's,” Linda Wood,
donor center coordinator said.
All you have to do is fill out
Please see DONOR'S, Page 9B
Seniors won’t renew
recycling center pact
BY SALLY ELLERTSON
Recycling, tree planting, and
conservation (in all forms) were the
topics of the Feb. 3 Burleson Beauti-
fication Council meeting at thecham-
ber of commerce.
Carolyn Bellah, executive direc-
Hair salon is sponsoring weekend
fundraiser—9Stylin9 for Angel9—
for Burleson accident victim
The Stylin' Hair Salon, located at 201-B NJS. Wilshire In Bur-
leson. is sponsoring a "Stylin' For Angel" fundraiser this weekend
to help a 17-year-old accident victim.
The hair stylists at the salon will be cutting hair, perming, and
sunglitzing, to name a few, from Feb. 7-9 with 2S percent of the
proceeds going to bcln offtet Angel Hamilton's medical expense*.
Hamilton was critically injured Oct. 8 when the vehicle she was
driving was broadsided oo S.W, Wilshire in Burleson. The Burle-
son High School junior was in a coma for a little over two months
but is now staying at the Burleson Nursing Home while she under-
goes out patient rebabilitionat Cdbk-Fort Worth Children's Medica I
Center. .:H"..s-' ’■ ' ■ <
Haircuts start at $7, perms start at $25.50, and sunglitzing
begins at $35.50 at gtylin* Hair Salon. The fundraiser will take
place from 9 B.m.-7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7; 9 a.m.-d p.m. on Sa-
turday, Feb. 8; and noon-4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb, 9. The salon was
formerly Shlek Shears but is now under new management. For
further information, contact Lynette Genson, hairdresser/man-
ager, at 295*247. ■ -
tor of Fort Worth’s Clean City, was
the guest speaker, but before atten-
dees heard from her they got some
bad news about the Burleson recy-
cling program.
The senior citizens, who have
been operating the volunteer center
since it opened in April of last year,
have indicated by letter that they will
not continue to work at the center,
citing that it wasn't progressing as
much as they thought it would. The
seniors were getting proceeds from
the recycling to help purchase a sen-
ior citizens center or vehicle. As of
last December, the seniors had re-
portedly earned $2,660.43. Their con-
tract is good until April of 1992.
Public Works Director Bill Da-
vison admitted that recycling is not
doing well all over. The city is only
getting under 20 cents per pound for
aluminum and the newspaper market
is flooded.
"The recycling program is in a
bleak position now," Davison said.
"The market is not out there for us.
There are buyers if we w<ue in the
position to take it to then 1
Bagley Waste Disi jsal has
helped in that aspect by hauling some
products for the city, but there is still-
Please see RECYCLED, Page 4B
By JAMES MOODY
Did you ever wish you could
send the fire ants in your yard on a
one-way trip to Kansas or some other
exotic place? Well, Ed Farrar has
visited a land where they do ship their
bugs toother countries—and get paid
for doing it
Have you ever been to the zoo
and imagined how it would be if the
animals were outside the cages watch-
ing the people on the inside? Well, Ed
Farrar has also been to a land where
something quite similar to that takes
place.
Or how about this one? Have
you ever fantasized about going to a
place where the politicians were
always true to their word; where car
salesmen gave you the best deal
possible wilhoutany haggling; where
the teenagers listened to good music
at a reasonable volume; and where
the mail was always on time and
never included any bills?
Dream on. Not even Ed Farrar
has been to a place like that.
The chemistry and physical sci-
ence teacher at Joshua High School
has spent throe of his last four vaca-
tions visiting some unique places,
however. As part of an international
program called EarthWatch, Farrar
has done much more than merely
visit Peru, Australia, and New Guinea
as a typical camera-toting tourist. He
has actually been a pan of ongoing
scientific and/or conservationist pro-
grams in each of these countries.
In Papua New Guinea (the is-
land is divided into two parts), Farrar
worked on a farm. Not your basic
here an oink, there an oink, every-
where an oink oink, E-i-E-i-O type of
farm. Are you ready for this? It was
an insect farm.
The natives harvested insects and
sold them to people in other coun-
tries. Of course, that brings to mind
the obvious question; what nation is
so insect-poor that it has to import
bugs? Are there not enough boll wee-
vils for its cotton crops? Not enough
mosquitoes for its wetlands? Too few
fleas for a growing dog population?
, None of the above, They don'i
export common household pests in
New Guinea; they sell exotic insects
and bird-sized butterflies and moths
to collectors the world over.
For example, the female Queen
Alexander Birdwing butterfly has a
wingspan of tram iu to iz invucs. on
the b ack market, a pair can cost as
much as $3,000. All species of bird-
wing butterflies are protected in the
wild, but some can be farmed. Those
that can be fanned are legally har-
vested for sale to collectors. Those
that have to date not been success-
fully fanned—such as the Queen Al-
exander—are rarer, but frequently
harvested anyway when they're dis-
covered in the wild, hence the big
price.
And, as a footnote, even the n tale
is called a Queen Alexander. Since
they're half the size of the female,
they're just glad the female doesn't
have black widow tendencies.
1-arming insects is a little differ-
ent from your normal cash crop. The
way i:'s done is to raise plants that
attract certain insects. For instance, if
you wanted grubworms, you’d plant
a lawn. Since grubworms have no
commercial value, the people in New
Guinea instead produce plants that
attract a variety of beetles or butter-
Please see FLIES, Page 3B
Can Joey Come Out And Play?
Ed Farrar found the kangaroos, as well as the natives, friendly on an
EarthWatch expedition to Australia. Mother kangaroos were so tame, he
said, that you could take their babies—Called Joeys—right out or the
pouch and play With them. The kangaroos were so friendly that picnic
tables were fenced to keep them out. It didn't work for ants, though.
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