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The Wylie News
Devoted To The Best interest Of Wylie Since 194 7
Wylie9 Collin County9 Texas
Volume 39, Ihhih* 45
Wednesday, April 22, 1987
Two Sections - 20 Paget*
25' Copy
Wylie Ministerial Alliance
Christian Care Center
To Serve Wylie Needy
Area ministers worked together to make the
Christian Care Center a reality for Wylie, shar-
ing ideas, volunteers and resources. From 1 to r
row 1: Rev. Jim Laudell, Assembly of God; Fr.
Anthony Pondant, St. Anthony's Catholic
Church, Fr. Tom Hayes, Episcopal Church of
the Holy Spirit; row 2 1 to r: Rev. Bill Sword,
Shiloh Baptist; Rev. A.L. Draper, First Baptist
Church; Dan Small, Christ Community Church;
Rev. Robert L. Blakey, Jesus Name Pentecostal
Church; and Glen Binion, Wylie Church of God.
Not pictured is Rev. Mike Brandish of the First
Christian Church and Rev. Glynn Rives of the
Wylie United Methodist Church.
The Wylie Ministerial
Alliance, members of the
various congregations, and
the Wylie business communi-
ty have cooperated and open-
ed a much needed community
service in Wylie.
The Christian Care Center,
located on First Street adja-
cent to the Wylie First Bap-
tist Church parking lot, is a
home acquired by the
Alliance that has been
established as a distribution
center for food, clothing,
household supplies and other
familv and individual needs
necessary for ones well being.
Volunteers have renovated
the home, building shelves,
installing clothing racks and
cupboards and painting and
repairing the general condi-
tion of the building. Through
donations, clothing from in-
fants to mens and womens
clothing, shoes, coats, infant
carseats, a few toys, sheets,
and towels are available to
families and individuals in a
crisis situation.
Food staples, cleaning pro:
ducts, personal hygiene
items, infant formula and
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Donovan Elected
Mayor Pro Tem
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Mrs. Rebecca Douthitt's donation to the Community Christian
Care Center was graciously received by Center Volunteers Betty
King, Jamie Collum and Center Co-ordinator Shirley Willyard.
The Care Center appreciates donations of staple foods, laundry
detergent and personal hygine items.
by Patty Griffiths
Wylie City Council met in
regular session, Tuesday
evening, April 14, 1987 and
quickly proceeded through
the agenda, first approving
the minutes from previous
meetings and then with a 5-1
vote, appointed Coun-
cilwoman Sandra Donovan to
serve as Mayor Pro Tem,
Councilman Cal Westerhof
was absent.
In one motion council ap-
proved to consider ad-
justments to the tax rolls, ac-
cepted a utility easement
from Mildred Eaves, and ac-
cepted a gift of one acre for a
utility easement from Centen-
nial Homes, Inc., then moved
on to the Public Hearing por-
tion of the agenda.
New School Trustees
#Sworn In At Meeting
The oath of office was ad-
ministered to returning board
member Pat Minihan and
new members Connie Wallace
and Ray Mullins at the
regular monthly meeting of
the WISD Board of Trustees
on April 13. Minihan is filling
the unexpired term of Vicki
Martin, who retired with one
year remaining, while
Wallace and Mullins are
beginning three-year terms.
Retiring board member Pete
Tallant, who chose not to
seek re-election, was
presented a plaque in recogni-
tion and appreciation for his
six years of service to the
district.
During re-organization of
the board, Alan Leverett was
elected president, Bryant
Barry vice-president, and
Steve Anderhub secretary.
After approval of the
minutes from the previous
meeting, the board approved
the regular financial reports.
The board heard a report
from Kevin Knight, area
manager of Servicemaster,
and Lee Reynolds, local
maintenance and custodial
supervisor of Servicemaster,
regarding staff development
and training, quality control,
major accomplishments,
financial comparisons, and
goals for the school district's
maintenance and custodial
departments.
The board approved the pro-
posed summer school pro-
grams for each campus. At
Wylie High School classes
will be offered in English,
Physical Science; Biology I,
American History, World
History, and Math. Classes
will begin June 10 and con-
dlude July 15.
Classes in math and
language arts will be offered
at Wylie Middle School from
June 8 through July 8.
If there is sufficient interest,
the elementary schools will
offer classes in reading,
creative communications,
mathematics, conversational,
Spanish, basic computer pro-
gramming science, arts and
crafts, kindercamp, and
Rhythm and songs. Classes
would run from June 10
through July 10.
The board heard a report
which stated that current
enrollment stood at 2198, and
that the projected peak
enrollment for 1988 is 2404.
In consideration of this, the
board approved the addition
of 9 Vi classroom teachers for
next year. Three of the
teachers will be placed at Bir-
mingham, two at Hartman,
two and one-half at the mid-
dle school, and two at the
high school. Each elementary
school still receive one full-
time resource teacher and one
half-time speech therapist.
Paraprofessional positions
will be increased by one and
one-half at Birmingham, two
at Hartman, and one at the
high school. The custodial,
maintenance, transportation,
and food service departments
will be increased by a total of
nine persons.
The board accepted a bid
from Hoover Bros, in the
amount of $12,246.90 for the
purchase and installation of
library furniture for Hartman
Elementary.
In other action, the board
authorized school officials to
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The Moussa property, in-
cluding 456 acres of land
bordering the shores of Lake
Lavon, east of Seis Lagos,
came before council for the
last time. Both Stanley
Moussa and Katherine
Moussa were present to
answer questions posed by
council members.
A motion was made to ap-
prove the involuntary annex-
ation of the property but the
action was stymied with a
hung vote, 3-3.
Recently St. Paul and Lucas
have asserted their powers of
annexation, with St. Paul an-
nexing the portion of land
within their ETJ and Lucas
expressing an interest in
claiming their ETJ share. The
portion of property left to
Wylie's ETJ are three
"coves" along the shoreline
accessible to Wylie only by
boat or by crossing through
the city limits of St. Paul and
Seis Lagos.
According to acting City
Manager James Johnson, the
time limit has ran out for
council to take any further ac-
tion on this matter without
beginning the involuntary an-
nexation process over again.
Citizens came forward to ex-
press their disapproval of two
other involuntary annexa-
tions. Bill Downs came for-
ward to protest the involun-
tary annexation of 74.943
acres. He had appeared
before the Planning and Zon-
ing Board and asked why he
was being annexed. Accor-
ding to Downs he was told it
was to protect him against
the improper use of his land.
Downs made it clear to coun-
cil members that he did not
need that protection. He con-
tinued saying that one must
assume and trust that the ci-
ty would execute sound judg-
Conimodities To
Be Given Out
Commodities will be given
out, Wednesday April 29,
from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. at
the Church of Christ Annex,
located at 901 S. Ballard.
Please bring proof of income
in order to qualify.
ment should it annex the pro-
perty and that he didn't see
any evidence that the city
was anymore capable of that,
kind of "good judgement"
than he is as the property
owner. Downs continued to
point out that the city has
targeted his property for
commercial development and
that that decision is his not
theirs. He expressly stated
that as part of the county he
could build whatever type of
house he chose, out of
whatever type of building
material he wanted. He pro-
tested Wylie's ordinance
mandating that homes be
brick veneer, then gave
several examples of gorgeous
homes built in the Dallas area
that are not brick homes. In
conclusion he stated that the
city had all it could say grace
over now and that there was
• no compeling reason for the
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baby supplies line the shelves
and cupboards in the front
room.
Due to the limited space fur-
niture donations are posted in
a notebook and must be
stored by the donor until
needed. Beds, tables and
chairs and sofas have been
donated and placed with a
needy family. These items
can not be stored at the
center but are requested at
times and appreciated by the
recipient.
The purpose of the center is
to help people with food,
clothing, and other needs on
an emergency and short term
basis. Volunteers encourage
patrons to seek permanent
solutions to their difficulties.
A resource guide to Collin
County social services is used
to refer patrons to profes-
sional sources that may be
able to provide counseling,
job training, shelter, child
care, or other support ser-
vices to help guide the in-
dividual to making goals and
attaining those goals.
While a weeks worth of
groceries helps relieve the im-
mediate need the ministry at
the Christian Care Center is
to encourage the individual.
In the midst of a crisis it is
easy for a productive in-
dividual to become depressed
and burdened by the situa-
tion, to the point of giving up.
At the Care Center
volunteers share budgeting
hints to help the individual
learn to live within their
means. Shopping tips and
meat stretching recipes are
offered. Just having someone
their to talk to and care is a
spirit lifting experience.
Since the Care Center open-
ed 36 family units and 143 in-
dividuals were helped.
Sometimes gasoline, utility
bills, medicine prescriptions,
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Kindergarten
Registration
The WISD has announc-
ed that Tuesday, May 5,
will be the date of
kindergarten registration
for the 1987-88 school
year.
In order to be eligible to
attend kindergarten dur-
ing the next school year, a
child must be five years of
age on or before September
1. 1987.
Parents are requested to
bring their children to the
kindergarten classroom at
T.F. Birmingham or R.F.
Hartman Elementary
School between the hours
of 4:00-6:00 p.m. on that
day. During that time the
children will have the op-
portunity to explore a
kindergarten classroom
and visit with Birmingham
principal Ron Ferguson
and Hartman principal Dr.
Cheri Cox.
An official birth docu-
ment and current im-
munization record must be
presented upon registra-
tion.
Parents are requested to
register their child in the
school attendance zone in.
which they reside.
Kindergarten students
residing south of Highway
78 within a two-mile limit
from Hartman Elementary
will attend that campus.
These students will be non-
bus students.
Kindergarten students
attending Birmingham
Elementary will include
those residing north of
Highway 78. Students
residing beyond the two-
mile limit will be provided
bus transportation. Birm-
ingham students also in-
clude those residing south
of Highway 78 and who
live two or more miles from
Hartman Bus transporta-
tion will be provided for
those students.
Kindergarten students in
the WISD currently attend
half-day sessions during
the school year.
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