The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 68, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 23, 1989 Page: 1 of 73
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7 candidates seeking
district court judgeship
Armey fields
local questions
on U.S. issues
AISD board adopts
$20 million budget
Policy changes, raises part of package
INSIDE:
Community
Local band looks
for record deal
By LORI FAIRCHILD
Contributing Writer
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FORECAST: Wednesday —
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of thunderstorms. High in
the mid-90s. South wind 10 to 15
mph. Thursday through Saturday
— Partly cloudy and humid with
seasonal temperatures. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the
mid-90s.
Eagles play
1st scrimmage
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Matt Gaston, a pastor at First United
Methodist Church of Allen, doesn’t seem
to be too worried about being in jail
during Health and Fitness Awareness
Day on Saturday in Allen, even though it
was his wife, Cammy, who tossed him
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into the hoosegow. Fair attendants “bail-
ed” him and other celebrity prisoners
out by donating $680 to Allen Communi-
ty Outreach and to the Allen Substance
Abuse Prevention Program. Also, 31
people donated blood at the event.
One day Allenites may have the
privilege of saying, “I knew the
DeShans back in the ‘80s when they
were waiting to hit the big time,” or
“I went to church in Allen, Texas,
with members of that band.” And
with any luck, they might even be
able to boast in the present tense,
because J. Brent DeShan, his wife,
Tammy, and their pop band, Out of
the Blue, believe they can make it
from right here in the Metroplex.
And they do seem to be on their
way.
The DeShans, both 28, met in a
high school choir n Florida,
Tammy’s home state. J. Brent, a
native Texan who also attended
Plano Senior High, was in Florida for
only a few months, but later
returned to study music at the
University of South Florida, when he
looked up the only local girl he
remembered from his previous
short stay. They, along with a drum-
mer they met, Jon Lane, pooled
their talents and became Ivory
" Over 100 people braved the heat
of an unair-conditioned conference
room at the Allen Public Library
Monday night to hear U.S. Rep.
Dick Armey speak about current
legislation and answer their
questions.
Armey, whose 26th Congression-
al District includes Allen and part of
Collin County, was introduced by
. County Judge Bill Roberts, who
• lauded him for monitoring of the size
of the federal government and the
cost of its programs and for his vigi-
lance against legislation that dimi-
nishes personal freedom.
In recapping the recent legislative
session, Armey said he voted
against the proposed pay raise for
Congress. “You all wrote about that,
and made it clear what you thought
about that,” he said.
| Of the federal deficit, he said, “We
are not grappling with this deficit.
The most creative legislation since
the Gramm-Rudman Act is designed
to circumvent the problem.”
Armey said he expects a package
to come forward regulating the
. ethics of legislators, but doesn’t
know what it will contain, or whether
he will vote for it. “If you read
Armey voted against the ethics bill,
| it doesn’t mean I’m not in favor of
ethics. It means I read the fine
print,” he said. He said the retire-
ment of Jim Wright “put people on
notice they will have to toe the line in
the future.”
Asked the chances for the repeal
of the catastrophic health care tax on
the elderly, Armey said, “I think you
can be optimistic you will have that
repeal by the end of this Congress,
but only if you keep up the pres-
) sure.” He said he was among 60 who
voted against the bill a year ago. To
the senior citizens, he said, “You
have done a magnificent job of
getting people’s attention.”
One man who spoke described
himself as 68 years old, legally blind,
and supplementing his Social Securi-
ty payments with income from
consulting. He complained that
because of taxes and lost revenue to
) Social Security, he takes home only
5 cents of each dollar he earns.
Armey said he was aware of the tax
on income for those between 65 and
The Allen Independent School
District board of trustees on
Monday adopted a $20.04 million
budget that raises salaries of teach-
ers and other employees, decreases
teacher career ladder supplements,
and requires personnel to begin
paying part of their health insurance
premiums.
After a public hearing attended by
16 residents, trustees voted unani-
mously to adopt the administration’s
budget proposal, about $2 million, or
11.2 percent, higher than last year’s
$18.02 million budget.
When presenting the budget
proposal, Superintendent Gene
KICKOFF RALLY: Allen High
School will hold its annual Kickoff
Rally at7 p.m. Friday in the AHS
gymnasium. The rally will feature
the 1989-90 Allen Eagle football
team, cheerleaders and Escadril-
le. The public is invited to attend
the event.
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Davenport said balancing the
district’s needs and residents’ wants
with what the community can afford
in taxes isn’t easy.
“It’s often easy for citizens to
stand up and say, ‘You should do
that’ or ‘You should hold the tax rate
to this,’ without understanding all
the dynamics in development of the
budget,” Davenport said.
Recently, the school board and
the administration have been strug-
gling with ways to meet the needs of
the rapidly growing district during
tough economic times. This year,
the district will open its fifth elemen-
tary school and bring a local special
education program on line, while
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Lawyers from McKinney, The 366th District Court was
Richardson and Plano are among the among the 15 created by the Legisla-
candidates vying for the judgeship of ture in its last session. Because of a
the newly created 366th District clerical error, the Collin County
Court in Collin County. court will be created Sept. 1, instead
Gov. Bill Clements is expected to of the same day next year.
select the judge this week. County commissioners had
The four Plano residents in requested the delay in order to give
contention for the post are David the county time to find or build a
Haynes, Jack Pepper, Charles courtroom. A county court-at-law
Sandoval and Nathan White. Also chamber will be used for the new
seeking the judgeship are Bill N eil of district court.
Richardson and Bill Vitz of McKin- District court judges are paid by
ney. A seventh undisclosed candi- the state and receive a stipend from
date also was reported to have the county.
applied for the seat. All of the candidates possess law
James Huffines, appointment degrees and many have practiced
secretary for Gov. Clements, said both criminal and civil law.
he was impressed by the slate of Vitz, 48, graduated from the
well-qualified candidates. South Texas College of Law and
“Collin County is quite fortunate moved to McKinney in 1969 to set
to have as strong a list of candi- up shop as a general law practition-
dates,” Huffines said. “It makes our er. He currently practices with his
decision quite difficult.” son, Tony Vitz.
The appointment office has Vitz believes he is a strong candi-
narrowed the field down to a short date, but believes White’s party
list of three or four candidates, but service and credentials make him
Huffines refused to say who they the candidate with the inside track,
were. , “Really, I think all the candidates
“We’re looking for individuals with are good candidates and think they
long legal backgrounds, who are all will make good judges,” he said,
respected in the community and can Six children occupied most of
be fair and impartial in their judicial
decisions,” he said.
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the bass guitar and sings during a session in the DeShan’s
mm studio. J. Brent DeShan makes an adjustment on the sound
board in the studio control room. The recording studio is
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Warnken, Mark. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 68, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 23, 1989, newspaper, August 23, 1989; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1536476/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Allen Public Library.