Keene Star (Keene, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2011 Page: 1 of 12
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Thursday
Seventy-five Cents
E-mail the Keene Star at:
keenestar@thestargroup.com
City Council
meets tonight
The Keene City Council
will meet at 7 p.m. today in
the council chambers at City
Hall, 100 N. Mockingbird at
Hillcrest. The agenda:
■ Remarks by Mayor John
Ackermannand publicforum.
■ Approve previous minutes.
■ Resolution designating the
Keene Star as one of two of-
ficial newspapers of the city.
■ Executive sessions to seek
legal advice from city at-
torney and diliberate about
personnel matters.
■ Reconvene and adjourn.
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Angel Tree
applications
The Salvation Army will
take applications for its An-
gel Tree program next week.
Applications will be ac-
cepted from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Oct. 3-14 and 5-8 p.m. Oct.
17-28 at the Salvation Army
office, 111 South Anglin St.
in Cleburne.
Applications must be
filled out in person.
★
Kenna West
in concert
Dove Award nominee
and songwriter of the year
Kenna Turner West will pres-
ent a free concert at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 15, at the
Cleburne Adventist Church,
111 Meadowview Dr. in Cle-
burne.
West is the daughter-in-
law of country music legend
Dottie West and the daugher
of former Blackwood Broth-
ers member Ken Turner.
For over two decades,
Kenna has been blending
music, humor, and devo-
tional teaching into a minis-
try that
A love offering will be tak-
en to assist with expenses.
★
City clean up
is Oct. 17-19
The fall city-wide cleanup
will be Monday, Oct. 17,
through Wednesday, Oct. 19.
Place articles to be picked up
at the curb on your regularly
scheduled sanitation service
day.
Items that will not be
picked up include tires, oil,
refrigerators and air condi-
tioners that have not been
red tagged (no freon), and
paint that is not dry. If the lid
is off the paint can and the
paint is dry, the can will be
picked up. But leave the lid
off the can. Branches should
be tied in a small bundle.
★
MOW needs
volunteers
Meals-on-Wheels of John-
son County needs volunteers
to help deliver noontime
mealsto homebound elderly
and disabled residents.
If you can volunteer, or if
you know of someone who
could benefit from MOW
services, call Amy Jackson at
817-558-2840.
Glaciers going
Only eight years left
to see the glaciers n
Glacier National Park
Page 6
Colorful France
Chrissie Weis and
her mother, Alice
Cummings, take Keene
Star to Europe
Page 12
PAUL GNADT/KEENE STAR
By a show of hands, the City Council last Thursday unanimously approved keeping the ad valorem tax rate the same as last year. From left at the council table are
Mayor John Ackermann and council members Jere Slough, Dale Janes, Chad Aden, Cheryl Schram and Roger Ackermann. Councilman Jorge Velez was absent.
In front are city secretary Keesha Lay and interim city administrator Bill Guinn. The council will meet at 7 p.m. today in the council chambers at City Hall.
Tax rate stays the
Rate is 80 cents per $100 valuation
PAUL GNADT The City Council needed only three
keenestar@thestargroup.com minutes Thursday night to approve
It took only 180 seconds to set the the budget and tax rate for fiscal year
budget and tax rate for 365 days. 2011-2012, which begins Oct. 1.
same as last year
“The budget keeps the same tax The budget is based on revenue in
rate,” interim city administrator Bill the general fund at $4,634,478 and
Guinn said. revenue in the water and sewer fund
The tax rate will remain at its cur- at $3,471,692, for a total revenue of
rent level —79.7861, or 80 cents — $8,106,170, according to spreadsheet
per $ 100 valuation, Mayor John Ack- documents presented by Guinn,
ermann said. Turn to TAX RATE, PG. 2
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
PAUL GNADT/KEENE STAR
Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford displays his birthday
cake at a surprise party for him Tuesday at the Clifton Taylor
Law Enforcement Center in Cleburne. See more on Page 6.
Murder suspects captured
PAUL GNADT
stargroup@thestargroup. com
Two men wanted by the
Johnson County Sheriffs Of-
fice for questioning about a
Sept. 21 murder near Rio Vis-
ta have been apprehended,
one in Ellis County and the
other in Euless, Sheriff Bob
Alford said.
Nico Allen-Antonio Cog-
dill, 21, was arrested at 3:15
p.m. Sept. 29 by the Ellis
County Sheriffs Office at a
relative’s home there, Alford
said.
Cogdill was booked into
the Johnson County Correc-
tions Center on the charge of
capital murder. Bond was set
at $250,000.
On Saturday, Richard Wil-
liam Ringley, 41, of Euless,
was arrested by members of
the Euless PD and JCSO per-
sonnel, Alford said.
Ringley has been charged
with hindering apprehen-
sion. Ringley was involved
in assisting Cogdill in flee-
ing the county immediately
after the commission of the
offense, the
sheriff said.
During the
capture of
Ringley, he
was found in
possession
of a quan-
tity of drugs,
the sheriff
said. As of this time Ringley
has not been transported to
the Johnson County. Ring-
ley’s bond has been set at
$120,000.
Turn to ARREST, PG. 8
Cogdill
S ^AU student art show to benefit
the Presbyterian Night Shelter
A free student art show at Southwestern
Adventist University will benefit the Presby-
terian Night Shelter in Fort Worth.
The exhibit will open with a gallery open-
ing from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, in the
Meadows Gallery at the Chan Shun Centen-
nial Library.
The exhibit will continue to show until Oct.
16 in the Meadows Gallery at the library.
The exhibit will feature work by South-
western students enrolled in art classes under
the tutelage of art instructor Marcela Wall.
“Our hope for this exhibit is to both high-
light student artwork and to benefit the Pres-
byterian Night Shelter of Fort Worth,” Wall
said. “The students are also learning how to
use their art to positively impact others.”
Arepresentative of the Shelter will be pres-
ent at the opening event on Wednesday to ac-
cept donations. The Shelter is in need of twin
bed sheets and bath towels.
As the students hope to draw attention to
the plight of homelessness, each piece ex-
hibited highlights a different story - a wrin-
kled old man with piercing eyes, a dirty and
smudged baby’s face haloed in a torn blanket,
and worn feet bound in rags.
“I hope our art helps to demonstrate that
need,” sophomore Catherine Wiist said. “I
hope we get a lot of towels donated.”
Keene businessman Justin Hew lett runs for Congress
PAUL GNADT
keenestar@thestargroup. com
Keene businessman and
Cleburne Mayor Justin
Hewlett announced Thurs-
day that he will run for Unit-
ed States Congress, District
25. Due to redistricting, CD
25 will not have an incum-
bent in next year’s election.
Hewlett is owner of
Hewlett Office Systems on
south Old Betsy Road.
“As a 4th generation Tex-
an, I’ve lived my entire life
in the district, raised on the
conservative principles and
values of Central Texas,”
Hewlett said in a release an-
nouncing his candidacy. “So
when I say I’ll work for every-
day Americans, that means
I’ll be sticking up for the
friends and neighbors that
our family has built our life
around.”
The new district runs from
Tarrant County through Aus-
tin to Hays County and in-
cludes Johnson County.
Other candidates are for-
mer Texas Railroad Com-
missioner Michael Williams
of Arlington; Grand Prairie
businessman Bill Burch,
leader of the Grass Roots In-
stitute of Texas, and Central
Texas Tea Party founder Wes
Riddle of Belton.
Also in the race are Dianne
Costa, a former Highland
Village mayor; Dave Gar-
rison, a former Halliburton
and USAA executive; busi-
nessman Brian Matthews of
Austin; businessman Ralph
Pruyn of Cedar Park; and
Chad Wilbanks, former ex-
ecutive director of the Texas
Republican Party.
“I will bring the low-
tax, pro-growth policies we
need to boost our economy,”
Hewlett said in the release.
Turn to HEWLETT, PG. 5
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Gnadt, Paul. Keene Star (Keene, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2011, newspaper, October 6, 2011; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803976/m1/1/?q=music: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Burleson Public Library.