The Colony Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 55, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1992 Page: 1 of 43
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le Colony Leader
Wednesday
December 16,1992
Vol 11 No 55
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The Colony, Texas
Page 12B
Concrete being used
to create athletic fields
By JEFFREY BALL
News editor
Dumping of broken concrete on
city land at the north end of Squires
Drive is part of a plan to level the
land into usable athletic fields.
Several residents in the area have
expressed concerns over the dump-
ing, said Public Works Director Tom
Cravens.
“(There have been) complaints
about kids playing on it — that it is
dangerous for them — and one resi-
dent said a kid was throwing rocks,”
Cravens said.
Work is under way to bury the
concrete, which is the result of
several city repair projects of
streets, alleys, sidewalks and curbs
in the city.
Cravens said all of the concrete is
“strictly from inside the city limits.”
“We are trying to bury it to make
it as safe as possible,” Cravens said.
“That field is pretty well unusable
now. We hope to get it built up and
usable.”
Public Works Superintendent Ken
Leverich said the field consists of
several acres. The portion being
leveled by the city is about four acres
and is all dedicated as park land.
“It is pretty steep compared to a
sports field,” Leverich said.
“It’s probably no more than a 10
Turn to CONCRETE, Page 4A
FM 423
SH 121
5
Proposed extension
of Josey Lane
The
Colony
FM 544
Carrollton
Proposed extension
seen as ‘vital link’
Public hearing to explore future Josey Lane construction
By JEFFREY BALL
News editor
A public hearing set for the first
week of the new year may rank as
one of the most important in the his-
tory of The Colony, according to a
city official.
On Jan. 7 the Texas Department
of Transportation will conduct a pub-
lic hearing at The Colony High
School to discuss the construction of
Harte-Hanks Newspapers graphic the extension of Josey Lane from
Farm-to-Market 544 and Main
Street (FM 423) to State Highway
121.
“From the city standpoint this is
one of the most important public
hearings we’ll have,” City Manager
Bill Hall said.
The proposed new road will offer
a six-lane divided thoroughfare with
a 16-foot median and curb and gut-
ter. The project has been designated
by the Department of Transporta-
tion Commission as a “Principal
Arterial Street.”
Hall said the road as proposed will
“provide a vital link between The
Colony, City of Carrollton and the
Metroplex” and is a state funded
project.
Estimated cost for the 1.6 miles of
road is $6.5 million.
“To the best of my knowledge this
will be the only public hearing,” Hall
said. “It is located in The Colony
Turn to HEARING, Page 4A
Teachers receive highest marks for proposals
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Teaching Excitement
Jeffrey Ball/Leader photo
Five local instructors awarded grants
By JEFFREY BALL
News editor
Peters Colony Elementary teacher Todd Haley was jumping for
joy last week when he was notified of being one of five teachers in
The Colony to receive a classroom grant from the Lewisville
Education Foundation. Representatives of the foundation made
surprise visits to each classroom to tell the instructors in person
about the award.
From tears of joy to jumping for
joy, each of the five recipients in The
Colony of the most recent round of
grants from the Lewisville Educa-
tion Foundation had their own way of
expressing their gratitude.
A total of 13 grants for classroom
projects in the amount of $5,426.39
were announced in surprise visits to
the classrooms of the recipients by
representatives of the foundation
carrying a banner, a single rose and a
T-shirt to award during a brief inter-
ruption of the teacher’s class.
Grants in The Colony totaled
$2,033.
“The teachers have presented
many outstanding project proposals,
making the selection process espe-
cially difficult,” said Susan Todd of
the program allocations committee.
The committee reviewed 37 ap-
plications requesting a total of
$24,468. The process began in
November.
“The review process is totally
blind. Any reference to campus or
applicant name is removed prior to
review and a code number is
assigned to maintain anonymous re-
view and discussion,” Todd said.
The board of directors of the
Lewisville Education Foundation
sets a budget before each round of
awards. The review committee
must limit funding to this amount.
“The members read and allocate
funds as if it were their own money,”
Todd said. “Committee members
also seek to make in-kind matches
for selected proposals to expand
funding opportunities.”
The Lewisville Education Found-
ation is an independent, non-profit
corporation that supports enrich-
ment programs for Lewisville Inde-
pendent School District through
three program areas: Grants for
Classroom Enrichment Projects;
Scholarships and Fellowships; and
Awards for Excellence.
The grants in The Colony were:
“Stock Market Game,” $500 to De-
Imer Pinson of The Colony High
School; “Russian Pen Pals,” $100 to
Cathleen Koelling of Griffin Middle
School; “Cinco de Mayo Market,”
$500 to Elaine Porter of The Colony
High School; “Being All I Can Be,”
$400 to Tina Anderson of Lakeview
Middle School; and “Cut It Out,”
$533 to Todd Haley of Peters Col-
ony Elementary School.
The grants to Pinson and Porter
were the only ones received by high
school instructors in this round of
awards.
Pinson said he applied for the
grant in order to broaden participa-
tion in an investment competition
sponsored by the Dallas Morning
News.
“Everybody benefits — the
school, the teachers and certainly
the students,” Pinson said. “We’re
proud to take it.”
Last year only the honor students
were able to participate in the prog-
ram, which divides the students into
teams, issues all students “compu-
ter money” and offers investment
training in a competitive situation.
Teams from across the state com-
pete, and last year students at The
Colony High School finished in the
top four in the state, Pinson said.
“We want all students to have an
opportunity to participate,” Pinson
said. “All the investment is mythical
and is done on computer. It teaches
a life skill.”
Turn to GRANTS, Page 4A
Help make holiday brightfor others
From staff reports
Through Friday, The Leader
Cares Christmas Cheer Fund had
collected $6,774.86 in donations
from local businesses and indi-
viduals.
The fund is a joint effort between
CCA and the Lewisville Leader. The
project is an annual event to help
needy families in Denton County
celebrate Christmas despite their
financial difficulties.
Through donations from the pub-
lic and private sectors, the cheer
fund has helped meet the needs of
less fortunate families in the area for
five years.
Chi
Donors to the fund may specify
which families they wish to receive
the donation. Once the needs of the
family are met, donated funds are
given to another needy family. Fami-
lies also may be “adopted” and have
all their needs met by individuals and
groups.
Some of the local businesses that
have donated to the fund include:
The Colony Cruisers, $350; Case-
Baldwin Inc., $250; First Baptist
Church of Lewisville, $225; Lake-
land Baptist Church, $100; Saseco
• Land Title of Denton County, $100;
North Texas Association of Life
Underwriters in Denton, $100; Rice
Enterprises, $25, and the Seekers
Class of the First Methodist Church
of Lewisville, $20. In addition, other
groups have “adopted” families in
order to provide all their needs.
One such family is the Phillips
family, which was featured in the
Dec. 2 issue of The Leader. The
Turn to CARE, Page 4A
Christmas toys transcend time
By VALERIE BARNA
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Council OKs drug policy
to cover ‘all
new hires
By JEFFREY BALL
News editor
The Colony was declared a drug-
free workplace — for city em-
ployees — by the council’s adoption
Monday of an alcohol and drug-abuse
policy.
“Naturally there is going to be a
concern,” said Margaret Burkett,
personnel director. “But my com-
ment is if you are not a substance
abuser you don’t have anything to
worry about.”
The new policy covers “all new
hires” for the city. Only public Safety
officers were tested under the pre-
vious policy.
“Now when you are offered the
job it is contingent on a physical and
drug test,” Burkett said.
Deleted from the original draft
were random drug tests.
Burkett said she assumed respon-
Turn to COUNCIL, Page 4A
Toys are objects on which to build a dream, the
psychologists say.
They’re props that enable a child to do in fantasy
what he or she could never do in the real world.
With Legos, an 8-year-old can become a rocket
scientist and build a spaceship big enough to take the
whole city on board. A 4-year-old can bring peace to
a crime-wracked neighborhood with a Barney the
Dinosaur puppet. A little one lacking physical matur-
ity can still rollerblade like her big brother/sister, if
only there’s a skating doll.
Some toys are eternal. It’s easy to imagine the
caveman’s children playing endlessly with the ball -
they made from tree resin.
But other playthings are very much the creatures
of their times. Children in the 1950s donned coons-
kin caps in imitation of Davy Crockett. Their grand-
children in the 1990s would find that silly. But they
think it’s perfectly cool to play with Batmobiles and
other gadgets of the “Caped Crusader.”
Electronic games like Super Nintendo and Sega
Ian Halperin/Staff photo Genesis are creatures of the 1990s, allowing chil-
Electronic games, like the hand-held dren to safely vent aggressive fantasies while ex-
Game Boy, are creatures of the '90s. Turn to toys. Page 4A
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