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Sean White
Sunday
May 9, 1993
Vol. 23 - No. 140
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Fighting Chance
Story students give glimmer of hope perience for us,and weare rapidly
.• 0P responding with new letters to be
c .with letters, gifts to refugee children returned to them in May," Downs
Story Elementary School stu- ’ ° P said.
dents didn’t anticipate the responses and hand-delivered to the children: jugorje student. “We do have video But the Allen students learned ab-
received from letters sent to Med- The letters the refugee children games. My best subject is biology. out the painful differences between
jugorje, Bosnia-Hercegovina: Chil- sent back became a source of de- Thanks for writing, it really helps them and their new-found friends,
dren from the Fra Didak Buntic’ light, Downs said. Many were filled knowing that I have a friend.” The students in Medjugorje have
School reciprocated with approx- with postcards, pictures and other The letters were filled with in- dealt with war in their country, and
imately 100 letters. small gifts from the country. formation about the students, what many have had their homes des-
“Project: Friends” began several Students discovered that they look like, their families and troyed.
weeks ago under the direction and elementary students in a foreign favorite subjects, sports and pas- "My town is destroyed and I am
Special to The Allen American guidance of Content Mastery Center country have similar interests and times, now in Medjugorje. as a refugee,
(CMC) teacher Karen Downs, become excited about the same Downs said the students at Story wrote Tihomir Amcic. I have had a
Students from Fra Didak Buntic’ School in Medjugorje, Bosnia- Many of the students at Story things. The exchange of letters be- have enjoyed receiving the letters, computer, ‘Apple, with various
Werzegovina, receive friendship letters from Karen Downs’ class wrote to children at an elementary gan some friendships. gifts and especially making new video games, but now I have nothing
at Story Elementary School. This letter writing exchange was part school in Medjugorje. The letters “I like sports like soccer and foot- friends through the mail.
of the community service effort, “Project: Friends.” were mailed to the war-torn country ball,” said Dennis Ostojie, a Med- “It’s been a wonderful learning ex-
By SOTORIA MONTANARI
Staff writer
Turn to LETTERS, Page 5A
Rewarding good deeds
Zoning approved
for Twin Creeks
Developer submits preliminary plat
By MARK HUTCHISON
News editor
Creeks.
"There has been considerable dis-
cussion about the Twin Creeks por-
Five months of concept negotia- tion of the submission,” said Mayor
tions have ended as Twin Creeks Pro Tem Kevin Lilly on Thursday,
prepares to become a reality. “The final plan before us tonight
The City Council voted unani- facilitates the hike-and-bike trail, a
mously Thursday to rezone 2,700 beautiful passive park opportunity,
acres of land west of U.S. Highway an outstanding golf course design, an
75. The favorable vote clears the active recreational park that will be
way for the next phase of develop- available to the community im-
ment to begin. mediately, and a diverse Phase I
Developers wasted little time in single-family dwelling plan.
submitting their first preliminary “The part of the submission that
plat, which must be approved by the needs to be emphasized is the
Planning and Zoning Commission be- dramatic increase of industrial and
fore major construction can begin, commercial property. There are 651
Sean Randall, vice president and acres of industrial and 194 acres of
general manager of Arivda, said con- commercial. These areas can yield
struction of lots for single-family up to 16.1 million square feet of corn-
homes should begin this summer, mercial/industrial space, which has
and the first houses should be built the potential to dramatically increase
around November or December, the community’s tax base.”
Arvida was hired by Briar Ridge In- Councilman Mike Nichols saw the
vestment Co. of Dallas, the principle vote as a positive addition to years of
landowner, to develop the single-
family residential portion of Twin
Turn to APPROVE, Page 5A
Doug Layton/Staff photo
Two officers cleared
in February shooting
Doug Tillett, Good Citizen award chairman, presents the volunteer work with Community Outreach, serving as
11th annual Allen Good Citizen award for “Citizen of the treasurer, vice president and a member of the board of
Year” to Sandi Neff. The award was given to Neff for her directors. See related story on Page 1B.
By DAVID MAY
Staff writer
pressway. Keffer was dispatched to
assist White.
JPs under fire for weddings done during office hours
After talking with Oberholtzer,
McKINNEY — A Collin County White returned to his patrol car
grand jury, meeting in special ses- stopped on Industrial Boulevard and
sion Thursday, found no wrongdoing was informed by a dispatcher that
on the part of two area police officers Oberholtzer was wanted for an out-
involved in a February shooting that standing misdemeanor traffic war-
left a Princeton man dead.
rant issued out of Dallas County.
District Attorney Tom O’Connell As White began walking back to-
knot during office hours, taxpayers go as high as $77,000 per year, some during working hours. said Allen police officer Scott White ward Oberholtzer’s Mazda RX-7,
should be holding the purse strings, justices of the peace charge any- The bill has drawn criticism from and McKinney patrolman Bruce Oberholtzer reportedly emerged
one lawmaker says. where from $20 to $50 per wedding justices of the peace and support Keffer were cleared of any miscon- from his car, pointed a gun and
AUSTIN — Texas justices of the “I don’t know of any elected offi- and pocket the cash. from municipal judges, who aren’t duct or violation of department poli- opened fire on White, shooting the
peace are putting thousands of dol- cials, except justices of the peace, County and district judges also are allowed to perform wedding cere- cies stemming from the Feb. 13 officer five times and resulting in in-
lars each year into their own pockets who are allowed to personally gain getting paid for weddings performed monies. Municipal judges would be shooting death of Scott Oberholtzer, juries to both of the officer’s hands
@y performing weddings on taxpayer from holding public office and not be during office hours, but not as often added to the list of those who could 23. and his abdomen. Police said White’s
"time. in violation of state ethics laws,” said as justices of the peace, critics say. perform weddings under the legisla-
It’s traditional and legal for jus- Rep. Steve Holzheauser, R- Holzheauser is sponsoring legisla- tion. zer was stopped by White just inside
tices of the peace to make money off Victoria. tion that would force all officials to McKinney city limits following a
weddings, but when couples tie the On top of salaries that sometimes hand over wedding fees they collect Turn to JUSTICE, Page 6A high-speed chase on Central Ex-
By STEVE RAY
Harte-Hanks Austin Bureau
According to officials, Oberholt- bullet-proof vest saved his life.
Keffer and White returned fire,
Turn to OFFICER, Page 5A
18 recipients receive PTA
iLife Membership Award
By SOTORIA MONTANARI
Staff writer
PTA organizations recently honored reci-
pients of the PTA Life Membership Award.
The Council of PTAs sponsored the May 3
gathering in Allen High School cafeteria,
which featured a banquet, keynote speaker,
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honors ceremony and installation of incoming
PTA officers.
Approximately 225 members of PTA were
treated to a buffet banquet, followed by -a
motivational speech delivered by Suzie Hum-
phreys of radio station KVIL-FM.
Awards were presented to 18 recipients.
“Brenda Holliday and her committee work-
ed very hard to bring us a very nice banquet,”
Council of PTA President Carla Watson said.
“It was great. Suzie Humphreys was very
entertaining. And she helped relieve a lot of
anxieties.”
The Life Membership Award is an honor
given to those who have provided outstanding
service for the well-being of children. Accord-
ing to guidelines established by the National
PTA, the award is provided to a candidate
Making
it last
Allen High School held a life
membership banquet Mon-
day. The special guest speak-
er was Suzie Humphreys,
KVIL’s traffic reporter.
Cindy Blanchard/Staff photo
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Epperson, Wayne. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 140, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 9, 1993, newspaper, May 9, 1993; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1670728/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Allen Public Library.