Crowley Star (Crowley, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 7, 2013 Page: 1 of 10
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MAJOR ROUT:
Eagles crush
University, 64-43;
host winless Owls
CROWLEY POLICE:
Weekly rundown
of area calls
for service
HOOPS:
Panthers
have bevy of
young talent
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2013
VOL. 27 NO. 26^75 CENTS
ELECTION RESULTS
Crowley's Charter Amendment
Election was held Tuesday with
the following unofficial results:
Prop. 1 - Extension of the
city's 4B sales tax extension for
economic development.
Passed: YES: 279; NO: 131
Prop. 1 - Shall the Crowley
Home Rule Charter be amended
to allow the City Council to fill a
vacancy on the City Council by
either special election or appoint-
ment if the unexpired term to be
filled is 12 months or less, if per-
mitted by the Texas Constitution,
by amending Section. 3.06(a)
(2)?
Passed: YES: 317; NO: 90
Prop. 2 - Shall the Crowley
Home Rule Charter be amended
to revise provisions in conflict
with state law, by amending Sec-
tions 4.01 (a), 4.05 and 9.03?
Passed: YES: 302; NO: 89
Prop. 3 - Shall the Crowley
Home Rule Charter be amended
to require the city manager to
become a resident of the city of
Crowley within six months after
appointment or to reside with-
in 30 miles of the city limit, by
amending Section 5.01 ?
Passed: YES: 340; NO: 70
Prop. 4 - Shall the Crowley
Home Rule Charter be amended
to remove a duplicated sentence
in Section 5.05?
Passed: YES: 339; NO: 51
Prop. 5 - Shall the Crowley
Home Rule Charter be amended
to require that the city manager
submit a balanced budget to the
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the City's receipt of the certified
appraisal roll from the Tarrant
and Johnson County Appraisal
District, by amending Section
6.02(a)?
Passed: YES: 381; NO: 28
A total of 412 votes were cast
of 7,357 eligible voters (5.60
percent).
The election results will become
official when the Crowley City
Council canvasses the vote in a
special meeting Nov. 14.
CROWLEY LIONS
The Crowley Lions Club will
be holding its next monthly meet-
ing at 12 p.m., Wednesday
at the BBVA Compass Bank in
Crowley.
Charles Bethards, president
of District 2E2 Lion's Organ & Eye
Bank, will be the guest speaker.
Also, the Lions Club will be
holding an open house from 12-
1 p.m. Dec. 1 1 at the BBVA Com-
pass Bank.
BASIC GRADUATES
Air Force Airman Kevin A.
Taylor graduated from basic mil-
itary training at Joint Base San
Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio.
The airman completed an
intensive, eight-week program
that included training n military
discipline and studies, Air Force
core values, physical fitness, and
basic warfare principles and
skills.
Airmen who complete basic
training earn four credits toward
an associate in applied science
degree through the Community
College of the Air Force.
Taylor is the son of Phyllis
Ferrier of Fort Worth and neph-
ew of Stanley Taylor of New
Orleans.
He is a 2010 graduate of
North Crowley High School.
■ Michael A. Burns, son of
Elayne Burns, recently gradu-
ated as an E-3 from Navy boot
camp.
Burns was promoted twice
during boot camp and now has
the designation of Airman Burns.
He graduated from Crowley
High School in 2007.
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LAW ENFORCEMENT
Wallace retires; laChance promoted
Wallace
BY JAY HINTON
crowleystar@thestargroup. com
Crowley Police Det. Rod-
ney Wallace, an n-year vet-
eran of the Crowley Police
Department, retired Tues-
day, Crowley Police Chief
Luis Soler said.
“All I have to say is good
things about him. Rodney al-
ways did his job well and was
very courteous with people.
I never had any complaints
about his work or his per-
sonal demeanor,” Soler said.
“We wish him well in his en-
deavors.”
Wallace spent a total of 21
years in law enforcement.
Community Liaison Offi-
cer Chris LaChance has been
promoted to detective, the
position Wallace held at the
time of his retirement.
LaChance’s promotion
took effect last Saturday.
“I have been doing the
community stuff for quite
some time, which I have en-
joyed and still do, but it takes
away from the law enforce-
ment side of law enforce-
ment,” LaChance said. “This
will get me back into the law
enforcement side of it.”
Those experiences, Soler
said, will help LaChance in
his new position.
“He knows the community
very well. He has a good gen-
eral overview of the commu-
nity and of the sectors of the
community and I think he’ll
be a good addition,” Soler
said.
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LaChance
INVESTIGATION
CYAtohold
sanctions
heating
BY JAY HINTON
crowleystar@thestargroup.net
Possible sanctions against
a Crowley Youth Association
football coach, who shoved
a referee, and a Crowley
mother and her 14-year-old
son, who are believed to be
the main instigators in a fight
that broke out at a 7-year-old
Pee Wee football game Oct.
28 in Crowley, will be deter-
mined tonight in a meeting
with CYA officials.
According to Richard Mat-
tinson, president of the CYA,
the penalty could range from
nothing at all to a life-time
ban from all CYA activities or
something in between.
Per CYA by-laws, the coach
and the family involved in the
fight were notified within 72
hours of the incident that a
grievance committee would
be convened to discuss the
incident.
“It’s totally embarrassing,”
Mattinson said. “It makes the
whole youth association look
bad.”
In the first incident, Mat-
tinson said, Crowley was
trailing Weatherford, 14-0, in
the third quarter of the game,
when the Crowley coach be-
came upset over the lack of
calls for his team.
Mattinson said the coach’s
frustration escalated to the
point where he encouraged
poor sportsmanship by his
players and the eventual
shoving of the referee.
Crowley fans, Mattin-
son said, were also suspi-
cious that an abnormally tall
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JAY HINTON/CROWLEYSTAR
JAY HINTON/CROWLEYSTAR
Riding
fora
cause
Warriors On Wheels Cycling
Club pedaled through Crow-
ley Wednesday morning as
part of its 108-mile ride to
Waco to help raise money
for wounded war heroes. The
ride through Crowley is Day
2 of the seven-day event that
began Tuesday with a ride
from Wichita Falls to Fort
Worth. The Ride Texas Tour
will conclude Monday with a
ride from Beeville to Corpus
Christi. In all, the group will
cover six days and 600 miles.
JAY HINTON/CROWLEYSTAR
Dollar Tree and Nail Studio were burglarized last week. Police are searching for the suspects.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Crowley PD searching
for burglary suspects
BY JAY HINTON
crowleystar@thestargroup. com
The Crowley Police De-
partment is looking for sus-
pects in a burglary that oc-
curred late Tuesday night or
early Wednesday morning at
three business in Crowley.
According to Crowley Po-
lice Detective Cory McCur-
tain, an unknown number of
individuals broke into Dollar
Tree, Nail Studio, and a va-
cant building next to the sa-
lon located in the 1200 block
of E. FM 1187 sometime be-
tween 9 p.m. - 7 a.m. and
walked away with a number
of undisclosed items.
The burglars made entry
into the safe of one of the
businesses, McCurtain said.
“At this point we don’t
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