The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 Page: 1 of 16
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Colony COURIER-LEADER
Inside
Property tax
not popular
Shapiro’s plan for .
school financing shot
down at Coppell forum
— See Page 5A
Sports
Double digits
sare the key
Cougar seeking more
spread out defense
— See Page IB
VOLUME 23, NO. 49
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2005
Weekly Wrap
Holiday closings
In observance of Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day, all
Denton County offices will be
closed on Monday. All
Lewisville ISD district and
campus offices will be closed.
City hall and all city facilities
will remain open on Monday.
Unlike The Colony, SH 121
fight not expected in Collin
May he have
this dance?
The Lakeside Arts
Foundation will host The
Colony’s first-ever Daddy &
Daughter Sweetheart Dance,
from 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 13 in the
Fellowship Hall at Trinity
Presbyterian Church, 4700
Nash Drive in The Colony.
Recommended for daugh-
ters ages 3 to 12 and their
fathers. Tickets go on sale Jan.
21 at $5 each and can be pur-
chased at The Colony
Recreation Center, 5151 North
Colony Boulevard. A limited
number of tickets are avail-
able and tickets are non-
refundable. For information,
call 972-370-2536.
BY K. SHELBY SKRHAK
AND AMY MORENZ
STAFF WRITERS
As construction on The Colony’s
portion of State Highway 121 nears 10
percent completion, toll watchdogs are
predicting Collin County won’t see the
resistance that Denton County did.
The Colony’s portion of the Denton
County’s six-lane roadway will run east
from Farm to Market Road 2281 to the
Collin County line and will employ elec-
tronic tollbooths for TollTag users,
which were recently approved by Texas
transportation leaders. The six-lane
frontage roads will remain free to use.
The issue has not yet been voted
upon in Collin County.
The primary contractor, Austin
Bridge & Road, has subcontracted
Mario Sinacola & Sons to complete a
large portion of the excavating work.
After excavation is complete, contrac-
tors will begin paving, placing beams
and building the elevated roadway -
similar to what can be seen along the
AMY PETERSON/STAFF PHOTO
State Highway 121 Bypass in Lewisville.
Construction is scheduled to contin-
ue for another 34 months, according to
the latest state construction reports.
Construction on The Colony’s por-
tion of SH 121 began in August amid a
firestorm of controversy concerning
toll roads. Local transportation leaders
See SH 121 Page 10A
Coaches’ language
belittled athletes,
accusers say
BY CHRIS ROARK
STAFFWRITER
Four assistant coaches at The Colony
High School were reassigned Jan. 5 follow-
ing a month-long investigation by the LISD
about improper conduct, an LISD
spokesman confirmed. Meanwhile, head
football coach Brent Davis accepted a
coaching and athletic director position at
Alice High School, located 50 miles west of
Corpus Christi, on Dec. 30.
The moves come after an investigation
was launched concerning allegations that
members of the football coaching staff ver-
bally abused players and that several of the
coaches had used smokeless tobacco on
campus, said Tiger Hanner, the attorney for
one of the assistant coaches.
When contacted about the investigation,
two of the departed coaches referred the
Courier-Leader to the LISD administration,
which declined to comment, citing privacy
concerns.
The newspaper is awaiting the results of
an open records request filed recently that
would include the departed coaches’
names and results of the district’s investi-
gation.
Jimmy Briggs, brother of The Colony’s
first football coach, the late Tommy Briggs,
said he and a group of 25 players’ parents
filed the initial allegations.
Andy Guiette, a parent of one of the
See COACHES, Page 10A
City warns against
raking leaves into
street
The city code enforcement
department is reminding resi-
dents that blowing or raking
leaves and grass into the
street, sidewalk, creek, ditch,
or gutter is a violation of
Section 10-5(3) of The Colony
Code of Ordinances. The
debris can clog and contami-
nate our storm water sewers
resulting in flooding of city
streets.
Be advised that the street
sweeper is not intended to
come by for the purpose of
cleaning up the debris inten-
tionally put into the streets by
residents.
The city asks that residents
bag their leaves and debris. |
For questions, contact the
public works department at
972-624-3129.
Bringing the wall home
Celebrate and serve
“Coming Together to
Remember, Celebrate and
Serve” will be the theme of the
annual Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. program organized by the
Tau Rho Omega Chapter of
the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorori-
ty.
The event is scheduled for
3 p.m. Jan. 16 at Macedonia
Ministries, 702 South Mill
Street in Lewisville.
Joan Park Saunders of
Flower Mound and Michelle
Buggs, a junior at the
University of Texas at Dallas,
will speak. Singer Brittanty
Packer and flutist Chris
Wilson, both LISD graduates,
will perform solos.
A tribute to King will be
presented by one of his frater-
nity brothers, Kenneth
Manous, president of Rho Nu
Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
The local sorority chapter
will honor DeLay Middle
School art teacher Susan
Mayo for teaching her stu-
dents about King’s accom-
plishments and coordinating
the chapter’s annual MLK art
contest. The winners of the
contest will be announced.
AMY PETERSON/STAFF PHOTO
Dewey Fambry, a Vietnam veteran and long-time resident of The Colony, has worked to bring the Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall to Five-Star Sports Complex in December.
Vietnam Veteran‘s Moving Wall comes to The Colony
BY MEGAN PINNEY
STAFF WRITER
With words roughened by the
long-term effects of mustard gas,
Dewey Fambry says, “It’s impor-
tant to honor veterans. When we
came back from Vietnam, most Moving Wall in December.
people didn’t like us because of The Vietnam Veteran's
how they thought the war was Memorial Fund introduced the
fought.” traveling memorial in 1966 — a
Now, The Colony will honor half-scale replica of the famous
those men and women with the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in
arrival of the Vietnam Veterans Washington. Often referred to as
“the healing wall,” this memorial
is said to hold powers of solace
and healing for all who
encounter it.
Fambry, a 72-year-old The
Colony resident and 1st sergeant
retired, is a passionate advocate
of this moving memorial. Dewey,
a much loved and respected
leader in the community, is the
self-appointed Veterans
Memorial coordinator.
When not competing with the
See VIETNAM, Page 10A
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New sheriff already
making changes
BY CRYSTAL FORESTER
STAFF WRITER
DENTON — As the yellowed
walls of the Denton County sher-
iff’s office are becoming crisp,
clean and white, the person sit-
ting behind the desk is also try-
ing to work through his transi-
tion period.
Benny Parkey, who took over
the sheriff’s office on Jan. 1, is
already in the process of chang-
ing the philosophy of the depart-
ment, even though he hasn’t
begun to bring personal effects
into his office.
“I felt there was a need for a
change in direction, as I have
seen for the last several years, of
the philosophy of the sheriff’s
department,” Parkey said.
When Parkey decided to run
for the position he had long dis-
cussions with his wife, Deborah,
family and friends beforehand,
he said. His wife of 32 years’ first
reaction was why wouldhe want
to do that, Parkey said.
“I think she may have had her
doubts about whether it was a
good idea or not,” Parkey said.
“She has always been very sup-
portive of me and she was my
biggest supporter.”
Parkey started his police
career as a patrol officer for the
See NEW, Page 10A
AMY PETERSON
STAFF PHOTO
After mov-
ing into his
new office
and new
position,
Denton
County
Sherriff
Benny
Parkey is
still trying
to put
things in
order.
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