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Habitat looking for potential home owners
Trinity Habitat for Humanity of Fort Worth is seeking potential Habitat for Humanity home owners in the Cleburne area.
An orientation session is scheduled at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Cleburne Public Library at 302 W. Henderson.
Those interested in becoming Habitat home owners must meet the following criteria:
zx A need for shelter, income too low to qualify for a traditional mortgage, or problems with current housing, such as paying more than 30 percent of monthly income for housing expenses, living in an overcrowded situation, living in a home with structural, electrical or plumbing problems, etc.
zx An ability to pay for shelter, residency in Tarrant, Johnson or Parker County for at least 12 months and residence at current address for at least 12 months.
zx Been in current job for at least 12 months.
zx Income falls within certain guidelines.
zx You need to have been on your current job for at least 12 months.
zx Your income falls within the financial guidelines that are available from Habitat.
zx Willingness to partner with Habitat. Habitat does not charge interest or down payment for its houses. It builds with the support of volunteer labor. The only payment made by a homeowner prior to closing on the home is the first year’s insurance.
Those selected to partner with Habitat will need to make the following commitments: provide the required documentation and application information and complete 300 hours of sweat equity building with Habitat.
For more information visit www.trinityhabitat.org.
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Educating through the arts
Her résumé is impressive. An educator, therapist, dancer, minister and actor, Bonnie Hawkins-Jordan seems the kind of person who might live in Hollywood. But she doesn’t. She lives in Cleburne, sharing her ministry with those around her any way she can.
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Challenger seeks to oust Precinct 4 incumbent
Johnson County Precinct 4 voters have a choice this year between re-electing incumbent Commissioner Don Beeson, or electing his challenger, Bart Basham.
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Park and ride lot to be discussed
Cleburne City Council members will vote Tuesday on P.E.T. Construction’s $171,704 bid to construct a park-and-ride lot at the Cletran location.
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Pete Kendall: Home phonelessness more blessing than curse
In a 1916 interview in the Chicago Tribune, the self-anointed World’s Greatest Newspaper, Henry Ford said, “History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker’s damn is the history we made today.”
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Medina brings campaign to Cleburne
Several hundred area residents attended a Saturday Burleson Tea Party rally held at Forrest Auto Group in Cleburne.
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2/8 Felony arrests
The following felony arrests are taken from public records at the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. All individuals should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Fire destroys home, occupants OK
A Wednesday morning fire resulted in no injuries, but destroyed a home near Burleson.
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Showers put lake level above spillway
With showers continuing through this morning, Lake Pat Cleburne lake level was reported at 734.1 feet, about six inches over the spillway, said local weather watcher Gayle White.
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Schools collect funds for Haiti
Students at two Cleburne ISD campuses have collected more than $1,400 for agencies involved in assistance for earthquake victims in Haiti.
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Suspect arrested in Alvarado shooting death
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