Local News
7/19/2009 Local briefs
Keene school board to discuss salaries
Keene school trustees will discuss 2009-10 employee salaries at Monday’s regularly scheduled board meeting beginning at 6 p.m. at the administration building, 3625C Highway 67.
Discussion items include Hodges PR Service & Consulting, school safety choice option, a construction update, an update on a possible property transaction at 505 S. Eastern, DEC local leaves and absences, Johnson County Juvenile AEP memorandum of understanding, and a finance report.
Action items include school safety choice option, AEP MOU, the local leaves and absences and employee salaries.
— Pete Kendall
Cleburne student named to honor roll
WACO — Jonathan Bradford of Cleburne earned a place on the President’s Honor Roll for the spring semester at Texas State Technical College Waco. Bradford is a student in Golf Course & Landscape Management.
The President’s Honor Roll recognizes the scholastic achievement of students with a grade point average of 4.0 for the semester.
— Special to the Times-Review
Victim offended by ‘provocative’ contact
Officers investigated two alleged assaults with bodily injury last week, according to Johnson County Sheriff’s Office reports.
In Burleson on Wednesday, in a dispute between boyfriend and girlfriend, a suspect reportedly made physical contact with the victim, and the victim found the contact to be offensive and provocative.
In Alvarado on Tuesday in a family dispute, the complainant said she was assaulted by someone without her permission or consent.
Officers are also investigating three burglaries.
On Wednesday in Venus, items were reportedly taken from a house.
On Wednesday in Alvarado, an unknown suspect broke into a residence and removed items.
On Tuesday in Burleson, an unknown person entered a building without consent, caused damage and took items.
— Pete Kendall
RVISD trustees
to consider
selection committee
Rio Vista school trustees will discuss a high school principal selection committee and the employee pay scale and consider a transfer tuition waiver at Monday’s regularly scheduled board meeting beginning at 7 p.m. in the administration building.
Interim superintendent Steve Madson will present reports on taxes, finances, use of facilities and grants and donations.
In action items, the board will also consider:
• Johnson County (JJAEP) 2009-2010 contract
• Graduation location for class of 2010
• 2009-2010 employee handbook
• 2009-2010 athletic handbook.
• Personnel
— Pete Kendall
JISD trustees to
consider compensation plan, insurance
Joshua school trustees will consider an employment compensation plan for school year 2009-10 and proposals for student athletic insurance and accident coverage at Monday’s regularly scheduled board meeting beginning at 7 p.m. in the administration building.
A workshop at 5:30 will cover construction projects, superintendent reports and the 2009-10 school budget.
Also on the action items agenda, the board will consider:
• An agreement with the Johnson County Juvenile Board for the 2009-10 school year.
• The 2009-10 school year appraisal calendar.
• PDAS appraisers for 2009-10.
— Pete Kendall
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Powell commends woman’s heroic actions
The actions of a Maypearl woman on Christmas Day may well have saved the life of an 11-year-old Cleburne boy.
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Who are the historical females from Johnson County?
This month is the 30th anniversary of the National Women’s History Project, the portion of National Women’s History Month that recognizes the individual contributions of women.
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Cleburne elections set for May 8
The filing period for the three council positions up for re-election in May’s Cleburne city election concluded Monday with only one race having attracted more than one candidate.
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Outlet probable cause for house fire
Electrical problems probably caused a Tuesday fire, which resulted in major damage to a house on the 200 block of Evans Street, Cleburne Assistant Fire Chief Keith Scarbrough said. Firefighters responded to the scene at about 4 p.m.
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Colorful characters
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SMU report on DFW quakes released
Seismologists from Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas released findings Wednesday on Dallas-Fort Worth earthquakes and their possible association with natural gas exploration in the Barnett Shale.
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Chamber building bid approved
Cleburne City Council members approved BBC Construction Group’s $767,160 bid on Tuesday to construct a new Cleburne Chamber of Commerce building. The new building will house the chamber and the Cleburne Economic Development offices.
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Geren: Fund balance needs to grow; now may not be time
Texas Education Agency monitor Dr. Monte Geren recommended last month that Cleburne ISD raise its fund balance from $6,831,659 million as of Aug. 31 to $12 million and repeated that request in his most recent monitor report delivered to the school board Monday night.
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Residents seek to establish area as municipality
May 8 could become the birth date for Johnson County’s newest municipality.
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Cross hopes to improve quality of life in city
The Rev. Kirklin Cross, who recently filed in the Cleburne mayoral race, said he will focus on quality of life issues if elected.
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