Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1990 Page: 1 of 10
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Stoke of the pen premiers
Columnist entertains delusions of grandeur concerning the
life of a writer. Page 4.
Dessert to delight
Joan Jorgenson shares her apple pie recipe with our
readers. Page 7.
Drawing by Tracy Almaguer, age 6, daughter of Albert & Beatrice Almaguer
of Dublin
Dublin Proart,
Thursday, June 21,
Council discusses
possible lawsuit
By MICHAEL BARNES
The Dublin Progress
During the Dublin City Council’s regular meeting
held on June 12, the council is making efforts to un-
cover evidence that will hold up in court against Har-
• ris Methodist Hospital Systems.
In a previous meeting the council decided that
when conclusive evidence is found, a suit will be
filed.
The council turned down Harris Methodist when
they quoted a price lag of $1.7 million for the entire
hospital facility. It was reported that officials with
Harris Methodist Hospital Systems said the price may
be slightly lowered one year following the closing of
Harris Methodist Hospital Dublin; however, the
hospital’s license will expire at that time which will
require that owners will be forced to refurnish it ac-
cording to the new hospital codes. This could still
leave Dublin without a hospital due to the cost and
lime of updating the hospital’s codes.
The council sent out a plea for citizens that
remember when Harris Methodist Hospital Systems
took over the Dublin Hospital between 1979 and 1980
to attempt to recall the circumstances resulting in the
change of power. *
Other issues discussed at the meeting were:
•Approval of minutes of the previous meeting.
•Approval of payment of bills for the previous
month.
•A decision by the council for the support of a peti-
tion to promote a study of free telephone calls bet-
ween Dublin and Stcphenville.
•Approval of the decision to move the Dublin Tax
Office from its present location to the City Hall.
•A presentation by Ken Jumey for the paving of
streets in Dublin for the year. These are Harrell Street,
Grade Street, Park Street, Hawk Street, Sheridan
Street, Edward Street, Travis Street, Post Oak Street,
Pecan Street. Only parts of these streets will be paved.
•The swearing in of new council member, Mrs.
Atherton.
Trunk
system
pushed
By AMELIA SANCHEZ
Contributing Writer
A delegation of area leaders are
heading for Austin to ensure that
Highway 67/377 from Fort Worth
to Brownwood remains on the
proposed Texas Highway Depart-
ment Trunk System.
Sen. Bob Glasgow and Rep.
Bruce Gibson will also be travell-
ing to Austin to speak on behalf of
getting the highways on the trunk
system.
Although he is not entirely sup-
portive of the trunk system, Glas-
gow said he will lobby lo get
Highway 281 on the map. ,
“I’m not specifically for that
whole program,” Glasgow said.
“But if you’re going to have a
trunk system, you might as well be
on it.”
Continued on page 3
Fireman of
the week
Loyalty basis
of strength
This is the eighth in a series of
feature columns devoted to the
recognition of Dublin's Volunteer
Firemen. The volunteers have freely
committed themselves to serving
their community in a professional
manner in an effort to save lives
and property regardless of the time
of day.
Joe Riley has been a member of
the Dublin Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment for six months.
He has received specialized train-
ing which includes Air Pac Drills at
St'henville and Specialized
Vehicle Extrication, Patient Han-
dling and the LPG Firefighting
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daughter, Casey enjoy a cool dip in the Dublin City Pool to
combat the triple digit temperatures. Photo by Gaye Gib-
Sweltering heat continues
to plague Erath County
By GREG MEFFORD
Contributing Writer
Dublin: approximately 73 miles from Fort
Worth and one block away from the sun
at least that’s how it feels.
Buddy McIntyre, meteorologist with the
National Weather Service in Fort Worth, said
that the North Texas area, including Dublin
and Erath County, has been placed under an
excessive heat advisory.
No kidding.
“We issue one of those whenever the
daily heat index gets up to... well, it be-
comes greater or equal to 105,” McIntyre
said. “And the low will stay above 80.”
The index, a combination of temperature
and humidity conditions, is used to measure
the effects of heat on the human body and
the environment, he said.
“A person’s body cools down by perspir-
ing,” McIntyre said. “When it’s real humid,
the body doesn’t lose as much heat. So it’s
easy to get overheated.
“Right now, it looks
like we’ll be in this situa-
tion for the rest of the
week. We don’t see any
relief from it.”
Buddy McIntyre
_Meteorologist
“We stress that people who have to work
outside take it easy. Drink plenty of fluids,”
McIntyre said.
Current indications are that the advisory,
which was issued late last week, may con-
tinue for several days to come, he said.
“We put it out last Friday. Right now, it
looks like we’ll be in this situation for the
rest of the week,” McIntyre said. “We don’t
see any relief from it”
As of 2 p.m. Monday, he said the range of
temperatures throughout the North Texas
region extended from 97 degrees in
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Water board OK's grant package
The Texas Water Development Board announced
the approval of a $55,000 grant for a study of future
wastewater treatment at Lake Proctor.
The board approved $319,305 in regional planning
grants on May 30 for state areas identified as having
critical water supplies, wastewater or flood control
problems,
As part of the grant package, the Upper Leon River
Municipal Water District in Erath, Comanche,
Eastland and Hamilton Counties was allocated a
$55,000 regional wastewater planning grant.
Jim Fries, TWDB chief Qf regional planning and
policy, said the district, which is responsible for the
“We’re trying to act as a
catalyst to communities to come
together and find viable
solutions.” Jim Fries
TWDB chief of regional planning and policy
administration of Lake Proctor, requested the board’s
aid in conducting a wastewater study.
‘T guess we actually started working with the dis-
trict about six months ago’,’ Fries said.
Originally, the district’s requested study was es-
timated at a cost of $15,000. Fries said additional
resources were located with the board’s assistance,
bringing the cost down to $110,000.
With the allocation of the grant to the district, he
said the board will provide financial support for 50
percent of the project. The additional 50 percent will
be provided by the district, he said.
“We’re trying to act as a catalyst to communities to
come together and find viable solutions, Fries said.
“The purpose of the planning study is to assure that
we aren’t — by our future actions — degrading that
water supply*,’ fries said. “It’s designed to identify
potential growth patterns in the four-county area’.’
Continued on page 7
Rodeo influences business
By GAYE GIBSON
The Dublin Progress
This is the second in a series of
features dealing with the
simplicity of obtaining rodeo
equipment in the Dublin area.
Through their love of rodeo,
Calvin Allen and his wife,
Wendy, established their hand-
made saddle business, located just
outside of Dublin on Hwy 377.
Originating in Stcphenville,
Calvin Allen Saddlery has been
manufacturing hand-made saddles
in Dublin for the past 10 years.
Allen said he started his trade
after one and one-half years of
hands-on training with Ryons in
Fort Worth. He said he had al-
ways enjoyed working with his
hands and the rodeo.
“I was a roper before 1 started
this business, through my experi-
ence with saddles, 1 decided sad-
dle making was what I wanted to
do with my life,” Allen said.
“After riding well-fitting and
poor-fitting saddles, you know
what you want in a saddle.”
Saddles from Calvin Allen
Saddlery are completely hand-
made. Allen employees ap-
proximately 15 people including
him and his wife. Each employee
starts at ground level and recieves
hands-on instruction.
“I was a roper before I started this busi-
ness. Through my experience with saddles, I
decided saddle making was what I wanted to
do with my life.”
Calvin Allen
Saddle business owner
“You get to a point where you
can eyeball the work and know
what it will take to complete it,”
he said.
Allen said one person basically
starts and finishes the biggest por-
tion of each^ saddle and all the
tooling of the^lesign is done by
hand.
Allen said the saddles are sold
in the saddle shop, through
catalogues and at major shows
and events coast to coast, which
he travels to during the year.
Each completed saddle con-
tains an average 30 hours work,
he said.
To make each saddle, workers
begin with a tree, made of
rawhide and covered with pieces
of leather to form the seat and
saddle-horn.
Each leather piece used to form
the saddlery is hand crafted at the
saddlery and most leather items
sold at Calvin Allen Saddlery are
hand cut and tooled by its em-
ployees.
“The saddles are sold in the
United States and overseas includ-
ing Texas, California and
Colorado and in Australia, Ger-
many, Italy, South America and
Canada,” Allen said.
The business deals mainly with
cutting horse saddles, he said, but
they also make saddles for other
uses. The shop handles a small
amount of other leather works
such as billfolds, halters, collars
and head stalls. They cairy some
metal items like bits and spurs,
also.
Calvin Allen Saddlery donates
a saddle each year to the West
Central Texas Cutting Horse As-
sociation competition for the non-
professional division and has
made other trophy saddles to be
given away by organizations like
the New Mexico Futurity.
“Alot of nice saddles are left in
the tack room if they don’t work
well for the rider,’’Alien said.
CALVIN ALLEN
Allen and his team strive to
make good workable saddles their
customers will like and use, he
said.
Allen said he is a collector, of
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Dairy industry recognized with celebration
The number one industry in
Erath County will be recognized
Friday, June 22 with a celebration
hosted by KSTV Radio, Wild
West Sports, the Erath County Ex-
tension Agents and 4-H Clubs at
the 1990 KSTV Dairy Fair. The
festivities will be held at Wild
West Sports on the comer of Gra-
ham and the South Loop, next to
the City Park in Stephenvi lie be-
ginning at 9 a.m.
Dairy Fair, 1990 will provide
the Cross Timbers area with con-
tests, games and friendly competi-
tion over a bowl of ice cream.
The first annual Dairy Hand of
the year is predicted to be an excit-
ing addition to this year’s fes-
tivities, with a guaranteed first
prize of $1,000 going to the win-
ning dairy hand. Six events, all
designed with the cooperation of
Erath County Extension Agents,
Joe Pope and Shannon DcFonest,
should test both the skills and met-
tle of jthe dairy hands. Events in-
clude the Beyer’s Center Com-
modities Trailer Backing; Animal
Pickup Service Cow Chip Toss;
Case Power and Equipment Milk
Cug-A-Lug; DeLeon Irrigation
Hay Stacking; Town and County
Bank/Granbury Kawasaki 4-wheel
ATV Slalom Course; and the
Wright Irrigation Fence Post Driv-
ing competition.
John Rocha, owner of Wild
West Sports, said they wanted to
do something to recognize the
tremendous contributions the
Dairy Industry makes to the
county’s economy.
“Many of the dairy-related ex-
hibits and demonstrations from
past Dairy Days will be with us
under a large curcus-stylc tent, he
said.
“All the old favorite contests
are included, such as the blind-
tractor drive, cow chip toss, ice
cream eating and team milking,
with some new twists added like a
team hay hauling contcst.”Dave
Shepherd, general manager of
KSTV radio, said Erath County 4-
H members will be serving as
officials and will be in charge of
the majority of the events.
“In return, we’ll donate part of
the revenue generated by the day
to the local 4-H program,” he said.
the community is invited to at-
tend an informative, fun day of
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