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Pre-teen pool
party planned
Children 7 to 12 are invited
to attend the Colony Aquatic
Park’s Pre-teen Party from 5:30
to 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the
Aquatic Park, 5580 N. Colony
Blvd.
Activities include games,
music and swimming.
Admission is $2 per patron.
Residents of The Colony who
have a Parks and Recreation ID
card will get a 50 cent dis-
count.
A variety of games and
relays are planned for the
evening including water volley-
ball, wet T-shirt relay, water
polo and others.
Other activities at the
Aquatic Center include Adult
Lunch Lap from 12:30 to 1:30
p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
Admission is $1.50 per walk-in.
Adult swim is at 3 and 5 p.m.
The MCATS and Blue Wave
swim teams meet for workouts
from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday
through Friday.
For information, call 972-
624-2225.
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NHRA to host
pool party
The Northpointe Homeown-
ers and Residents Association
will host a pool party for
Northpointe residents from
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at
The Colony Aquatic Park, 5580
N. Colony Blvd.
Snacks and beverages will be
provided. NHRA elections will
take place during the event and
members may pay their annual
dues at this time. Membership
is not required for attendance at
the party, but, those who plan to
attend are urged to RSVP to
Mark at 972-624-8475.
Newspaper offers space
to nonprofit organizations
DFW Community News-
papers has announced a free
advertising policy for nonprofit
social and arts organizations in
the community.
“On a daily basis, we end up
with small unused spaces
between advertising and editor-
ial content,” said Bruce Raben,
president and publisher of
DFW Community Newspapers.
“We’d like to offer that space
as free advertising to nonprofit
social and arts organizations. ”
Nonprofit organizations must
send their ads in camera ready
in one-column, two-column and
three-column formats. Ads
should not be larger than four
inches in depth. Ad pages may
be e-mailed to
Newslead@aol.com.
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City tables liquor store decision
By KRISTINA SHELTON nience store and gas station mbination said he received Centennial’s informa-
Staff writer at the corner of Standridge Drive and tion this week, it came in too late for the
More than 20 residents appeared State Highway 121. The proposed devel- commissioners to have it in their packet
before the Planning and Zoning opment is in the business park zoning to review, or even for city staff to review.
• Commission Tuesday to voice their district. “It was not reasonable to ask the corn-
opposition to two Special Use Permit Universal Metro Holdings also has mission to approve something for which
requests by liquor stores. applied for a permit to open a beverage they don’t have the information,’ he said.
The commission tabled the requests store, convenience store, restaurant, gas During the public hearing Tuesday,
after Harry Persaud, the city’s director station and car wash at the corner of City Attorney John Hill told the commis-
of planning and development, said the Morning Star and SH 121. This property sion that the City Council was sued in
petitioners did not submit all of the infor- is zoned for business park uses. 1997 by two developers, one of which
mation required for the commission to Persaud said Centennial is lacking its was Centennial, for not issuing a SUP.
make a decision. . preliminary and final plats, along with Both lawsuits resulted in summary
Centennial Liquors has applied for a the site plan. Universal Holdings, he judgments against the city in 1998, one
SUP to open a beverage store, conve- said, lacks the final plat. Although he Turn to Liquor, Page 10A
Special Section — A newcomer’s guide to The Colony area . . . Inside today
Harry Peterson
is one of many
residents of
The Colony
protesting
more liquor
stores on the
State Highway
121 corridor.
Matt Roppolo
Staff photo
The Colony Courier-Leader
Vol. 18 No. 2
Cup craze
Thursday, June 10, 1999
5121-9509/one st---------------
10/8 ANOT0O N ISIS
Abvban Orend AN0103 34
50 cents
Well repairs
hit city’s
pocketbook
Jeremy Chesnutt/Contributing photographer
After waiting up to two hours at times, Stars fans and hockey fans in general enjoyed a view X the National Hockey League s top prize —
the 106-year-old Lord Stanley’s Cup. With the Dallas Stars in the NHL Finals, the league brought all of its trophies for a three-day display
at the Dallas Museum of Art this week. See fan reaction story on Page 7A.
Blackwood to represent
county on tollway authority
By CHRIS COIL County residents.
Staff writer “I am looking to make the
DENTON — Developer best decision for the overall
Don Blackwood accepted the area,” Blackwood said. “But I
county’s top position in the think I know the philosophy
North Texas Tollway of the court and the individ-
Authority Tuesday, stepping uals in Denton County
into the middle of an ongoing cities.
debate about the future of “We need to work togeth-
State Highway 121. er to meet all of our needs.
Blackwood, who will There is certainly an oppor-
replace County Judge Kirk tunity for us all to benefit
Wilson as director of the toll- with a regional transporta-
way authority, refrained from tion system.”
outlining his position on the Commissioners rekindled
issue, saying he needed to discussions on the fate of SH
receive additional information 121 last week when they
before making public com- decided to pursue a federal
ments. However, he said he loan for the roadway s con-
was aware of the divide struction before considering
between Denton and Collin the possibility of turning it
counties on the issue and the into a toll road. Their deci-
prevailing opinion of Denton Turn to BLACKWOOD, Page 9A
Star light, star bright
Astronomers are still finding new celestial
objects. In fact, they are finding completely
new classes of objects. In recent weeks,
United States and United Kingdom observers
spotted, for the first time, two reddish
methane brown dwarfs. Long theorized but
first discovered in 1995, brown dwarfs are
smaller than stars but bigger than planets,
with too little mass to generate nuclear fusion
like stars but too large and hot to be planets. The new findings indi-
cate the universe could be ripe with such faint brown dwarves.
By KRISTINA SHELTON
Staff writer
The city took another blow in its pocketbook
Monday as officials learned repairs to the second
of the city’s two water wells in need of repair
would cost considerably more than they had antic-
ipated.
The City Council approved entering a contract
with water-well contractor Steve Woolley of Layne
Christensen Co. for $93,026 to repair well No. 2.
Woolley said the well’s shaft broke after one of the
bearings wore thin. Pieces of the tubing in the
well also broke because the well ran with the bro-
ken shaft for a short time before it was discov-
ered.
A camera survey was completed on the well to
see if any of the well’s casing had been damaged,
which is what hiked the price on well No. 3’s
repairs. Woolley said because the water was still
cloudy, the casing and screens could not be seen
in detail through the camera lens. However, sur-
veyors did watch for water movement that would
come from holes in the casing and did not see any.
Based on this inspection, Woolley said he thought
the casing was intact
Woolley said the cost to repair the second well
could be more or less, especially since they have
not yet inspected the pump, which has to be
removed for an inspection.
The estimate comes only weeks after officials
found out they would have to pay $125,508 to
repair well No. 3, for which they had set aside
$61,000. Woolley found five holes in its casing and
200 feet of lining in need of replacement.
Turn to REPAIRS, Page 9A
Council to open debate
on city improvements
By KRISTINA SHELTON the existing park facilities, devel- money to move the library and
Staff writer oping a trail system proposal, Brinkley Sargent’s proposal.
Residents are one step closer revising the priority list of park Gene Ramsey, the city’s economic
to seeing a new community cen- projects and doing a shoreline development director, said the
ter complex, a bike trail around study for Lewisville Lake. architects will make a presenta-
Lewisville Lake and other The architects also will also be tion on what they plan to do for
improvements in the city, doing preliminary programming the city. After the presentation,
The City Council approved for a community center complex residents will be allowed to corn-
entering into a contract with and look at a possible budget, ment.
Brinkley Sargent Architects for They will then review possible If residents don’t agree with
consulting services for the sites for the complex and discuss what the architects will be look-
Community Development Corp, what residents’ priorities are for ing at, they will be able to file a
for $37,850. The council also what type of elements they would petition at the hearing. For
authorized the 4B board to spend like to see included in it. instance, Ramsey said, if someone
$100,000 in 4B sales tax money to The final area the consultants is against the city looking at
relocate the library and its fur- will look at is the aquatic center, expanding its aquatic center, he
nishings and to add additional They will prepare an audit of the or she can file a petition for the
shelves to the new City Hall on facility and determine if residents architect not to study this.
Main Street would benefit from a new or “If they said, ‘We don’t want the
The architects will be updating improved center. city to focus on this, they have a
the city’s Parks and Open Space A public hearing will be con- right to file a petition,” he said.
Master Plan, which will include ducted at 7 p.m. June 17 to get To file a petition, a resident
reviewing proposed upgrades to public input on spending the Turn to improve, Page 1OA
Diaper coupons great
for double duty
Eckerd Drug Store often offers
coupon savings on diapers, so keep
your eyes open for their ads. Check
the newspaper or the fliers located at
the entrance to the store. The dis-
counts range from about $2 off to $4
off a package.
— Shawn Tater
Breathing masks for
pregnant snorers
Pregnant women who snore may be at risk of
developing dangerously high blood pressure,
researchers say. Pre-eclampsia affects about 10
percent of women and can lead to injury or death
in the mother and fetus. Australian researchers
gave women breathing masks attached to
machines to prevent the snoring and high blood
pressure. Some women can reduce blood pres-
sure by resting or taking medication, but medica-
tion might put the fetus at risk.
processof hanging wallpaper. Instead, they’re painting
murals on the walls, according to consultants for consumer
products and business trends. Wall murals can be seen in
guest bathrooms, foyers, restaurants and even television
shows such as “Seinfeld.” Don’t forget to look for those wall
murals on the big and small screens in “Primary Colors,”
“Goosebumps” and “Walker: Texas Ranger.” For informa-
tion about wall murals, call 800-328-3869 or visit www.egproducts.com on the Internet.
Plunging
into
• ■ ■
nostalgia
“Leave it to Beaver”
introduced more ideas
than originally thought.
The first toilet ever seen
on television aired on the
program.
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