Gatesville Messenger And Star Forum (Newspaper) - November 25, 2000, Gatesville, Texas 50 Cents Volume 100 Number 25 One Section 12 Pages PD to crack down on outstanding warrants Gatesville residents who have forgotten to pay that old traffic ticket might want to consider paying up real Beginning the first week of Janu Gatesville police will begin ar resting persons with outstanding mis demeanor Police Chief Burch Until that Burch is advising anyone with an outstanding city traf fic ticket or Class C misdemeanor warrant to take care of their The warrants are mainly from city traffic but also includes other Class C misdemeanors such as simple minors in possession or disorderly The current list of wanted persons could total as many as and in cludes almost in outstand ing Arrest teams from the Gatesville Police Department will be going to the wanted persons homes or busi nesses to take the individuals into Burch By announcing their intentions well in Burch is hopeful that most will pay their fines before it be comes necessary to take further ac Most people know if they have a Burch If they can call the police Its a real simple process to come in and take care of Please see 12 Cosper notice of appeal filed Banners coming The welcome banners hung recently as a Main Street project were being re moved this but only City workers will soon begin install ing decorations for the Christmas After the the welcome banners will be returned to the utility Written notice of appeal has been filed on behalf of Douglas Shane who was convicted last week of capital That action did not take Coryell County District Attorney Riley Simpson by Its almost always to be expected in a case like Simpson Defense attorney Sandy Gately filed the which will be heard by the 10th Court of al though Cosper will be represented by a different Gately and Dwight Goains had been appointed by 52nd Judicial Dis Judge Phillip Zeigler to represent Cosper during the initial but he indicated after the trial that he would appoint other counsel for any Gately confirmed Tuesday that an appellate attorney would take over the We do appreciate the obvious hard work and consideration the jury gave the Gately Cosper was sentenced to life in prison for the March 24 shooting deaths of his estranged Lisa Meyer and Jeffery Doyle Miller at home in Hamilton Jury selection on the case began 10 and it took almost four weeks Please see 12 November Since Coryell Countys Favorite Home Newspaper TV ISSN 08944954 Copyright The Gatesville Messenger All Rights Reserved MEMBER 2000 TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION students do better than most on TAAS report shows Gatesville school students do bet ter than the state average on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills TAAS according to the Aca demic Excellence Indicator System AEIS report from the Texas Educa tion Trustees for the Gatesville Inde pendent School District heard a re port on the AEIS results Monday night during their regular monthly The report showed Gatesville had better passing rates than the state av in the TAAS writing and math tests on all grade overall attendance rate was also higher than the state aver And while the district did well on the SAT it lagged behind the state average on the percentage of high school seniors taking the Only 53 percent of GHS seniors took the SAT last and board members discussed ways to improve that num However district lags behind in percentage of seniors who take test Board president Grady Dodd sug gested the district pick up the cost for all seniors wanting to take either the SAT or and also to provide the tests No action was taken on the Superintendent James Baize and GHS Principal Mike Barr also dis cussed efforts to help prepare border line students for as well as changes coming in the test in the next few spends about per pupil and has revenues of about per according to the AEIS The state average shows expenditures of over per pu while revenue is less than per The report also shows Gatesville is among the poorer districts in the state in tax base per The state wide average is more than per student while the has a tax base of about per Out of some districts state Decorating can get underway at park this weekend Participating organizations can begin this weekend to decorate their spaces for the annual Christmas In the Security for the displays in Faunt Le Roy Park begins the same day Christmas In the Park opens to the The sponsored by the City of will continue through Although the park will be open during the most visitors in the past have toured the park between 6 and 10 when the displays are There is no admission but donations will be The park is full and we just hope everybody comes out to see all the said Susan son for the Last more than ve visited the park from 1 through 26 and city officials are looking for even more this Displays must be in place no later than and Ballow said the or should check their dis plays daily to ensure everything is in working The Gatesville Chamber of Com merce is providing security through out the Christmas In the and will receive half of the donations for their The remaining donations will be split among the participating groups to improve on their displays for next Participating groups are the Gates ville High School Student Anderson Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Bethel Heights National Bank of Boy Scout Troop Gatesville Exchange First Bap tist Senior Hughes and the Gates ville Choir Booster Please see 12 Construction underway at CMH Entries still needed for chambers annual Christmas parade 2 A million building project for a nursing home is well underway at Coryell Memorial While the frame work is up on part of the foundation and plumbing work is underway on other portions of the CMH is adding a 90bed nursing home to the hospital complex that already includes the Welcome Program and The Downtown historic map in works Entries are still needed for the an Gatesville Chamber of Com merce Christmas This years theme is Cowboy Wednesday is the deadline to en ter the which will be held at 3 If the Gates ville Hornets are in a playoff game that the parade will be held the following A fee is being charged for floats this year to help offset the cost of the Chairpersons for this years pa rade are Bonnie Danny Baize and Brandon For more or for an entry go by the chamber office or call A historic map of downtown Gatesville is being produced by the Citizens for Progress Revitalization CPR to give visitors an insight on the past and Letters have been distributed to downtown inviting them to submit pictures and historical in formation about their building or Scott CPR said the map will help promote He noted that many people stop to view the courthouse and to walk through the downtown espe on the The map will provide sightseers with information on the old such as what businesses formerly oc the The maps will be distributed from the Coryell Mu seum and Historical Johnson CPR plans to meet Thursday to discuss the and building his tories and pictures are needed no later than The organization plans to have the maps ready in Downtown business owners who did not receive a or who need more can contact Johnson at the Edward Jones 701 or call only about 200 are poorer than we Baize told the Despite those the report showed that almost 30 percent of the districts budget is in fund balance compared to less than 15 percent The board also adopted the 2000 2001 district During dis cussion on the board member Stephen Norris proposed the pos of providing day care for stu dents who have kids of their Although acknowledging that it was not the districts Norris said onsite day care may be one way to get students to finish high school who might otherwise drop Baize said the district has several students each year who have No action was but Baize will investigate the John Manning of Brown and Hill presented the audit for the 19992000 school He reported Please see 12 Building pace f ai in October Building permits took a big drop in Gatesville during the month of Oc according to a report from city Permits totaled in Octo the second lowest month this Permits totaled only in The five permits issued in Octo ber raises the total to Most of that figure in cludes a million building project at Coryell Memorial Estimated construction costs for 2000 exceed each of the previous three Building permits issued in Octo ber include 3415 stor age Mexico Power 707 vehicle 113 State School 102 Alta resi Kieltyka 209 10th storage
