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VOLUME 26, NO. 43
AROUND TOWN
Snap a photo
with Santa *
Families may begin the holi-
day season with a photo of
their child with Santa from
noon to 2 p.m. Saturday. Stop
by the Story Corner of The
Colony Public Library, 6800
Main St, to visit with Santa. No
reservation is required.
A $2 donation per photo to
The Friends of The Colony
Public Library is requested.
Proceeds benefit the library’s
youth programs.
While waiting in line to see
Santa, the entire family may
have fun singing along with the
Fiddle Rascals as they perform
a variety of favorite holiday
songs.
For information, contact the
library at 972-625-1900, ext. 3.
Colony COURIER-LEADER
E The Colony, TX 75056-1133
Inside
Cheerful
contest
TCHS cheerleaders
take 2nd place at
SMU competition
— See Page 3A
In the Community. With the Community. For the Community.
Scraping
out a win •
Cougars put end to
losing streak with
59-45 tourney victory
— See Page 2B
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2007
Warm glow of heartfelt goodbyes
Friends, family remember accident victims
BY ROBERT JAMES HUGHES
STAFF WRITER
City goes green
for waste pick-up
Starting Monday, green
waste will be collected on the
winter schedule for December,
January, and February.
Green waste is being col-
lected every Monday for the
entire city. When the City of
The Colony implements the
new winter schedule, green
waste will be collected the first
and third Mondays of each
month for the entire city.
The city is not changing
how green waste is placed for
collection. All limbs must be
bundled with twine in 4-foot
lengths and 40 pound bundles.
Leaves and small green waste
items must be placed in either
30 gallon paper lawn bags or in
the resident’s 30 gallon contain-
er of for collection.
For information on green |
waste collection, call .
972762473132.
They are missed.
About 300 people let
Anthony Callan and Zakk
Samuel’s friends and families
know how much Monday
night at a candlelight vigil at
Five Star Complex.
Callan, 17, worked at The
Colony’s IHOP restaurant and
was driving home with Zakk
Samuel, 15 of Oklahoma City,
Okla., when Callan lost con-
trol of his Pontiac and made a
fatal slide into a tree on Main
Street, ending the lives of the
two popular teen-agers.
A gathering estimated to
be 300 people by Denton
County Precinct 2 Constable
Michael Truitt filled the west
parking lot at Five Star
Complex to honor the memo-
ry of Callan and Samuel.
Callan was a rock star-in-
training, already a master of
charisma, displaying a per-
sona that warmed people’s
hearts and earned respect
among peers.
This is how friends
describe The Colony High
Turn to VIGIL, Page 5A
Anthony Callan
Zakk Samuel
ROBERT JAMES HUGHES/STAFF PHOTO
Amanda Patrick (left), Jennifer Permpipat, and Todd Davis bow their heads in prayer during Monday’s candlelight
vigil. These photo and others are available through Photo Gallery at www.scntx.com.
Deck the homes
with lights galore
The City of The Colony |
Parks and Recreation |
Department and the North Pole
present the Holiday Home
Lighting Contest in a search for
The Colony’s version of Clark
Griswold.
To enter a home’s holiday
decorations in the contest, e-
mail emily@tcpard.com, and
include name, address, phone
number, and e-mail address.
Only homes in The Colony are
eligible. Judging will be from 7
to 9 p.m. Dec. 18.
Winners will receive a yard
sign to display and a photo will
be submitted to The Colony
Courier-Leader. Judges will
pick the top three homes for
awards. Registration deadline
is noon Dec. 17.
For information about the
Home Lighting Contest, call
Parks and Recreation at 972-
625-1106.
ROBERT JAMES HUGHES/STAFF PHOTO _ - ROBERT JAMES HUGHES/STAFF PHOTO
Well-wishers Sabrenah Mendoza, left, Alexa Lester and Ramod About 300 friends and family of Anthony Callan and Zakk Samuel sing Amazing Grace during a candle-
Phillips stay warm during Monday’s candlelight vigil. light vigil in the parking lot at Five Star Complex on Monday.
Santa set for
breakfast date
The TCHS Cheerleaders
Booster Club will sponsor
Breakfast with Santa and craft
fair Dec. 15 in the small gym at
The Colony High School, 4301
Blair Oaks Drive.
Pastries, muffins, dough-
nuts, fruit cocktail, coffee, and
juice will be served from 8 to 11
am.
Other highlights will include
Christmas crafts for children,
pictures with Mr. and Mrs.
Claus ($3), letters to Santa, a
craft fair, and karaoke.
Discount tickets are avail-
able in advance for $4 for chil-
dren 10 and younger and $6 for
children 11 and older. Prices at
the door are $1 more.
For discount tickets, e-mail
RSVPs to jonesha@lisd.net or
leave a message at 469-713-
5178, ext. 2547.
Cover up, wash up as flu
season comes into town
Holiday in the Park
to sparkle Saturday
FROM STAFF REPORTS
INDEX
Fire Log..........
Honor Rolls.......
Police Reports.....
Senior Note.......
Sports...........
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.. 3A
.. 6A
4A
2A
2B
How to Contact Us:
General Office: 972-398-4200
Classified Ads: 972-422-SELL
Circulation: 972-424-9504
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Once a baby matures they are licity can be waiting in athletic
less likely to be the root of a fam- gear to attack.
ily flu outbreak Vollenweider “The things we are seeing
said. most often are in organized
As people grow into school sports, especially in sports were
age the enemies are respiratory- they are wearing protective
related. equipment, shin guards, shoul-
“Despite being respiratory der pads,” Vollenweider said.
diseases they are mostly spread “They really spread it around.”
by direct contact,” Vollenweider Washing that gear can go
said. along way as a preventative
The MRSA staph infections measure as will not sharing
that are generating lots of pub- those items.
“Whatever one person’s got,
everyone’s going to get it,”
Vollenweider said. “It’s impossi-
ble to not spread it among kids
in contact sports. It’s really one
of the biggest problems we have
right now.”
Vollenweider said Texas was
one of the first places in the
country to suffer from MRSA.
“We’ve seen it for at least six
years,” he said, “way before it
got any kind of national atten-
tion.”
Infections become more
problematic because the same
person will have recurring out-
breaks
“We have to go to pretty
r 4,79. extraordinary to control the dis-
\ ease,” Vollenweider said. “We
wind up having to use several
I weeks of antibiotics,” he said.
submitted Photo So moms, keep your children
Children can stay healthy by avoiding direct contact at school and not clean, and ask them not to share
sharing athletic equipment. shin guards.
BY ROBERT JAMES HUGHES
STAFF WRITER
Moms, if your babies are sick
you are going to get it.
“Kids that are under 2 (years-
old), when they get sick they
generally are highly, highly con-
tagious,” Dr. Gary Vollenweider
said.
Vollenweider is a family
practice physician from The
Colony.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas ... or it will this
Saturday when the City of The Colony will host its first Holiday in
the Park celebration.
The evening festival will start with the annual Parade of Lights
that will begin at 5:45 p.m. at the Little League fields on North
Colony Boulevard and proceed along Blair Oaks to The Colony .
High School. Parade line up will start 5:15 p.m. at the fields.
Everyone is then invited to Perryman Park for the Holiday in
the Park celebration from 7 to 9 p.m. and the debut of The Colony
Christmas Spectacular Light Show.
“We are anxious to ring in the holiday season with a celebration
of this'scale. Volunteers have been working diligently to prepare to
fight up the city with an incredible light show,” said Emily Fox,
Turn to LIGHTS, Page 5A
Local student qualifies
for National Honor Roll
BY ROBERT JAMES HUGHES
STAFF WRITER
Riley Bell, a junior at Trinity
Christian Academy, has quali-
fied for induction into the
Spring 2007 National Honor
Roll.
Riley is a resident of The
Colony who is in her second
year at Trinity Christian
Academy after transferring
from Hebron High School.
“It was my choice,” she said
about her academic move to
Addison.
Earning a spot on the roll
reaffirms that move.
“It was an honor when I got
it,” Riley said. “I work really
hard for my grades so it feels
really good to be acknowl-
edged for that.”
She was selected by The
National Honor Roll but had to
respond to their request to be
included. Riley’s biography will
be published in the Honor Roll
book.
Turn to HONOR, Page 5A
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