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TODAY
YMCA Indian
signups begin
The YMCA of the Southwest
will hold a tribal recruiting meeting
at the High Point Elementary
School Cafeteria from 4-6 p.m.,
Sunday Sept. 24.
Fathers and their sons or daugh-
ters share a variety of experiences
in this program. The idea is that
fathers discover more about their
children and there is a building of
trust and understanding for both
Spokespersons said the YMCA,
Indian programs are ideal for
fathers who are concerned with
amount of time they get to spend
with their children.
Tribes of fathers and daughters
or sons meet once or twice a month
in the home of other tribe members
and plan their own agendas and
activities. The highlight of the pro-
gram are the fall and spring camp-
outs.
The YMCA also organizes other
activities like Derby Days and
Pumpkin Carving.
The program costs $45 for the
first year and $30 for the second.
Additional children cost $ 15 each.
Campouts vary in cost from $50-
$75 a weekend per couple. Other
events have nominal fees.
For more information call
Michelle Avaritt at 214-939-6554
or Mike Lemmon at 972-291-4063.
Booster Club
to hold meeting
The Cedar Hill High School
Athletic Booster Club will hold its
monthly meeting Monday, Sept. 25
at 7 p.m. in the CHHS football
classroom.
The group will discuss home-
coming and other current topics.
For more information call Jerri
Loke at 972-291-8102.
Local to perform
on national TV
program
Cedar Hill resident Stacey Kaid
has landed a spot on Your Big
Break, a weekly musical talent
show produced by Dick Clark, and
will perform on the episode airing
on Monday night, Sept. 25, on
KXAS-TV at 12.20 a.m.
Chosen from more than 5,000
entries, Kaid is one of only 108
people selected to compete with
other singers from across the coun-
try this season. She will be perform-
ing Monica’s hit song, “Angel of
Mine.”
Each episode features six ama-
teurs and one winner is decided via
an audience vote. The winner from
each episode goes on to the semifi-
nals, and eventually the finals,
where the grand prize winner will
be awarded $25,000.
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Cedar Hill Today
Just nuts about Brazil
City receives Rec
Center survey
Land acquisition next step in process
By KIRK DICKEY
News Editor
Today photos by DAVID WILFONG
Waterford Oaks Elementary
held its first multicultural day
of the year on Sept. 15. The
day, which is meant to
increase understanding of
other cultures through pro-
jects and exposure to tradi-
tion, was devoted to the her-
itage of Brazil. Above, Cicely
Rufus and Garrett Willard
make trees for the rainforests.
At left, native dancers like
Rafeal Morales (doing a hand-
stand) gave students a taste
of Brazilian culture.
The city will move forward with
land acquisition for the new recre-
ation center after a survey unveiled at
a Sept. 12 meeting showed solid
interest in the facility.
“I thought it was a very produc-
tive meeting,” Steve Meadors, the
Director of Parks and Recreation
said. “I thought it went pretty well.”
The firm hired to do a telephone
survey of the city, Raymond Turco
and Associates, presented an
overview of resident’s desires and
concerns for the new facility.
Previous observations, that the
residents would like an aquatic ele-
ment to the facility and that senior
citizens activities would be a strong
concern for many people, held true.
Three out of five respondents (61
percent) said they had visited recre-
ation centers in other cities, while 37
percent said they had not.
Forty-seven percent of respon-
dents said they would like basketball
courts and 44 percent said they
would like swimming in the new
recreation center. Other activities
mentioned by 10 percent or more
included lifting weights/cardiovascu-
lar (29 percent) fitness/aerobics (24
percent), racquetball (17 percent),
and jogging/walking around an
indoor track (16 percent).
“I think what clearly came out of
the presentation is there is a demand,
a high interest, on the part of our citi-
zens in having a recreation center,”
City Manager Alan Sims said. “The
demand is there, the interest is there.”
Mayor Rob Franke agreed, say-
ing, “I really think the plan and the
vision of having a first class commu-
nity center has been around for a long
See REC CENTER, Page 2
CH second in state in
economic development
By KIRK DICKEY
News Editor
The city’s economic development
has been noticed by the big boys in
the state.
The Texas Economic
Development Council will honor the
city with a runner-up award for eco-
nomic development in cities with
populations from 15,001 to 40,000.
“You certainly hate to come in
second any time, but in this case, it is
quite an accomplishment, especially
when you consider the competition,”
City Manager Alan Sims said.
Texas Utilities, a partner with
TEDC in this program, sent out a
notice for communities to submit
information for this contest earlier in
the year and Economic Development
Director Clancy Nolan decided to
take advantage of the opportunity.
The council looks at several fac-
tors in determining a winner of the
award including innovativeness and
community involvement.
That is one of Cedar Hill’s strong
points, according to Nolan.
See DEVELOPMENT, Page 2
Five students honored as National Merit Semi-finalists
By KIRK DICKEY
News Editor
Five students have set themselves
apart at Cedar Hill High S^ool. This
year had more National MenhSemi-
finalists than any recent years. I
“We’re not doing too b^iG,” Dr.
Alfred Ray said.
Using scores from the Preliminary
SATs, the students were selected
from students across the country.
Gordon T. Bishop, Nycia Deal,
Michael Mohler and Peter
Samuelson are among 16,000 stu-
dents chosen for the honor and could
go on to compete for 7,900 in Merit
Scholarship awards this Spring.
Bishop graduated early last year
and was the valedictorian of the
class. He is now at Brigham Young
University.
But the other students are still at
the high school and are some of the
top students in the school. Three of
the four students are already on the
academic wall of fame erected last
spring to honor student achievement.
“Of course, they will be up there
one more time,” Ray said. “They are
great kids.”
But those students are not the only
ones being honored by the National
Merit Scholarship Corporation. The
high school also has a National
Achievement Semifinalist in its
midst.
Zachary Wrightsil, also a senior,
has been recognized as an
Achievement scholar, which like the
National Merit competition, recog-
nizes excellence in PSAT testing, but
is set up for African American stu-
dents.
Cedar Hill had a National
Achievement finalist in 1998-99 and
a National Merit Finalist last year,
but this is the first year in recent
memory when CHHS has had more
than a couple of National Merit
Semifinalists, according to Donna
Correa, a counselor at the school,
said.
“This is a big number of them,”
Correa said. “There are usually only
a couple of National Merit (semi-
finalists from Cedar Hill), so this is a
pretty big deal for us.”
From left, Michael Mohler, Peter Samuelson and Nycia Deal.
Celebrating independence
Teachers hired to keep up with demand
By AMY SMITH
Today Staff
Today photo by CHARLES FOX
Trinity Christian School held Fiesta Hispafta September 16 to
celebrate the National Independence Day of Mexico and Central
America. The event was a success drawing people from around
the Best Southwest with its all-day concert of local Hispanic
bands, Marlachl bands, Spanish folklore dance groups and reli-
gious bands. Above, one of those bands performs at the festi-
val.
Student enrollment is not the only
figure that has escalated this year at
the Cedar Hill Independent School
District.
This summer, 113 teachers were
hired to keep up with new
students.They will also replace retir-
ing teachers, but no more than usual,
notes Holly Teague, director of per-
sonnel and student services for the
district.
The district also wants to have the
ability to expand programs.
Currently, the district offers numer-
ous AP classes and other various
courses, which has helped prepare
many students for college life and
careers.
Teachers were hired from all over
the country, as far away as Seattle,
Wash. Albert Herrera, from Eagle
Pass, likes the experience so far.
“Julie Latshaw, the principal, has
been great. I looked around at other
schools in the Metroplex, but decid-
ed on Cedar Hill because the people
here are so friendly,” he said.
Herrera found out about the posi-
tion on the Internet.
“I was surfing the web, and they
were having a job fair, but I couldn’t
come, so I basically came in the next
day off the street and they hired me.
But I had credentials,” he said.
Others heard about the positions
by word of mouth.
“1 have a friend that attends a
Southwest Baptist Theology
Seminary and told me a little about
it, and since I’m taking a class at
Dallas Baptist University, High Point
is only about five minutes away,
Claire Threat, a second grade
teacher, said.
Threat is from Meridia, Miss.
“The drive down 1382 got me to
come here,” she said.
Threat taught in Mississippi for
two years and was extremely
impressed with the hospitality she
received and the districts technology.
All of the classroom teaching
positions have been filled, but spe-
cial education positions are still
needed. The salaries for first year
teachers are $31,000 for teachers
with a bachelors degree, with $ 1,000
additional for those with their mas-
ters.
Of the 113 new teachers hired, 40
are first year. Herrera taught two
years prior to Cedar Hill, but prefers
Cedar Hill.
“The people here are great to
work with,” he said.
Teachers must have a Texas
teaching certificate or an out of state
teaching certificate to be hired.
Cedar Hill is working hard to
keep up with its goals of providing
the best possible education to its stu-
dents. The addition of these teachers
will provide the extra support to
allow this learning to occur at all lev-
els.
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