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Page 2B — The Colony Leader — Wednesday, February 8, 1995
Bragging senator puts
the MoJo on colleague
State Sen. John Montford, D-
Lubbock, displayed his usual ability
to brag on West Texas during Odes-
sa Day last Wednesday at the state
capital. He told colleagues about the
city’s “wonderful culture” including
its Shakespearean Theater and
meteor crater.
“You can stick a peg in the ground
and generally strike oil,” Montford
said of the city.
But Montford’s diatribe did not go
unchallenged.
“What is MoJo?” asked Sen.
David Sibley, R-Waco, referring to
Odessa’s Permian High School foot-
ball team.
Montford responded: “MoJo
generally looks like this on the
scoreboard: Odessa 55, Waco 0.”
No hearts, just
bluebonnets
Texas Agriculture officials are
pitching new long-stem, multico-
lored bluebonnets as the new Valen-
tine’s Day gift.
“This year the ultimate Texas
Valentine will be an arrangement of
bluebonnets,” said Agriculture
Commissioner Rick Perry.
The flowers come in blue, pink
and white and are being testmar-
keted by I Love Flowers, a Dallas
florist shop, and will retail for $2 to
$3 a stem.
Acronym of the week
State government is replete with
acronyms, which are words formed
from the letters or major parts of a
compound term.
For example, TxDOT stands for
the Texas Department of Trans-
portation and PUC is used for Public
Utility Commission.
But a recent headline on a press
release from the Texas Natural Re-
source Conservation Commission
(TNRCC) outdid itself.
It read: TNRCC & EPA sign first-
ever MOA on RCRA, CERCLA.
For the acronym illiterate, that
means: The Texas Natural Re-
source Conservation Commission
(TNRCC) and the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) signed a
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
on the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Com-
prehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA).
Still confused? Here’s an explana-
tory line from the press release:
“The new MOA between EPA
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and the TNRCC is designed to inte-
grate RCRA and CERCLA inves-
tigation and clean-up activities on
federal facilities in Texas so as to
avoid duplication of effort and speed
up the process while saving tax-
payers money.”
Whew! That’s enough to make
you feel Too Ignorant Regarding
Ectopic Discourse (TIRED) to read
any further.
But will Ann star?
Three former aides of ex-Gov.
Ann Richards are working on a prop-
osed TV series about the inner
workings of the office of a female
governor from a large Western or
Southern state, according to the
Dallas Morning News. Former
appointments secretary Fred Ellis
and former spokesmen Bill Cryer
and Monte Williams are writing what
they hope will be considered a fast-
paced, multicharacter script along
the genre of “LA Law” and “ER,”
the paper reported.
It is supposed to deal with the
sometimes funny, sometimes
dramatic issues that arise in dealing
with politicians, the Legislature and
state agencies.
It’s a fact
A new book called “The Living
Heart Guide to Eating Out” written
by three Baylor College of Medicine
employees — including Dr. Michael
DeBakey — lists calories, fat, satu-
rated fat and cholesterol in foods
served in 22 fast-food chains.
Quote of the week:
“I have made this just as clear as
the rear end of a goat coming up the
side of a mountain: I favor a right-to-
carry bill.”
— Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock on handgun
legislation
Austin Insider is compiled by the
Harte-Hanks Austin Bureau,*815 Bra-
zos, Suite 800, Austin, 79701.(512) 478-
9644. Steve Ray, bureau chief. Anna
Tinsley and Mike Wallace, staff writers.
Power Rangers to visit area
Trucking
EVENTS
The Eclectic Viewpoint will
present “Superconductivity and
Modern Alchemy — Has the Phi-
losopher’s Stone Been Found?”
with guest speaker David Hudson,
at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Unity
Church of Dallas, 6525 Forest
Lane, Dallas. Admission is $15.
Call 601-7687 for more informa-
tion.
Taylors Bookstore, 5455
Beltline Road, will host Stan and
Jan Berenstain who will be avail-
able to sign copies of their new
book, “What Your Parent Never
Told You About Being a Mom or a
Dad,” at 1 p.m. Saturday. Call
357-1700 for more information.
The Mighty Morphin Power
Rangers will perform at Reunion
Arena in Dallas Feb. 18-22. Tick-
ets range from $9.50 to $17.50
and are available through Ticket-
master. Call 373-8000.
The New Beginning Center
will sponsor “Stand Up for Fami-
lies,” an evening of comedy, din-
ner and an auction, from 7 to 11
p.m. March 31 at Plano Centre,
2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway.
Proceeds will benefit the New Be-
ginning Center to meet the needs
of families involved in domestic
violence. Call Sharon Walker at
276-0423 for more information.
White Dove Traders will pre-
sent “Native American and South-
western Art Show,” from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Feb. 17-19 at Plano Cen-
tre. Various arts and crafts will be
available, including Hopi and Nava-
jo Kachina dolls, artifacts, pottery,
rugs, drums, masks and jewlery.
Admission is free.
THEATER
Dallas Children’s Theater
will present “Beauty and the
Beast,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and
Feb. 17, 24 and March 4; 1:30 and
4:30 p.m. Saturday and Feb. 18,
Decision
From 1B
sold on Tuesday was the last of the
$69.5 million worth of bonds voted
on in 1992. The bonds were planned
to be used to build the new Valley
Elementary, to complete Fore-
stwood/Arbor Creek Middle School
and to construct additions at Degan
Elementary and Griffin Elementary.
Downing said if the bond sale goes
as planned it will be a “miracle of
miracles.”
SB 7, the so-called “Robin Hood”
school financing plan, has been
under consideration by the Supreme
Court since May of last year.
High-wealth districts fought SB 7
because of the redistribution of
property tax to property-poor
school districts.
Almost $450 million was taken
from high-wealth districts last year
under the funding formula.
On the other hand, low-wealth
districts contended the inequalities
Entertainment Guide
25 and March 4; and 1:30 and 4
p.m. Sunday and Feb. 19, 26 and
March 5 at the Crescent Theater,
2215 Cedar Springs, Dallas. Tick-
ets are $11 for adults and $9 for
children. Call 978-0110.
The Classics presents
“Thumbelina,” performed by the
Emmy Gifford Theater of Omaha,
Neb., at 2 and 4:30 p.m. Feb. 26.
Call 596-8948 for more informa-
tion.
Quad C Theatre presents
“Beep, Bang!” a dramatization of
the last dark days of Generation X,
written by the Theatre Outreach
Collective at Collin County Com-
munity College. It will be pre-
sented at 8 p.m. Saturday at the
Black Box Theatre, 2800 E.
Spring Creek Parkway, Plano.
Admission is $5. Call 881-5809 for
more information.
The Contemporary Christ-
ian Theatre presents “Peanut
Butter and Tofu on Jewish Rye”
and “Sheep on the Highway,” at 8
p.m. Fridays and 2 and 8 p.m.
Saturdays Feb. 17-25 at The Plaza
Theatre in Old Town Carrollton.
Call 394-9504 for more informa-
tion,
Plano Repertory Theatre
presents “A Funny Thing Hap-
pened on the Way to the Forum,”
with music and lyrics by Stephen
Sondheim, Friday through March
5 at ArtCentre Theatre, 1028 15th
Place in Downtown Plano. Per-
formance times are 8:15 p.m. Fri-
days and Saturdays and 2:15 Sun-
days. Tickets are $18.50 for open-
ing night gala and reception; and
$12 adults, $9 for senior and junior
citizens for all other perform-
ances. Call 422-7460 for more in-
formation.
Kathy Burks Marionette
were still too great. During a court
hearing last fall, lawyers for those
districts cited a $600-per-student
funding gap between high- and low-
wealth districts.
Gov. George W. Bush, who was
critical of the law in his campaign for
governor last year, said the ruling
clears the way for the state to pro-
vide relief to property taxpayers.
Low-property-wealth school dis-
tricts suffered a setback in the rul-
ing, however, because it reversed a
lower court mandate for the Legisla-
ture to provide additional funding for
school buildings in those districts.
Emissions
From 1B
vehicles were registered at Albert-
son’s in the initial stages of the prog-
ram when it was the only grocery
store chain participating.
The 90-day suspension of emis-
sions testing sends the inspection
program back to the drawing board.
Officials at Tejas Testing Tech-
nologies, which runs the testing in
the Metroplex and two other areas
in Texas, declined comment on the
suspension of the inspections.
Rep. Jim Horn, R-Lewisville, said
he is pleased the test has been sus-
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Theatre presents “Carnival of
the Animals” through April 28 at
Fairview Farms, Parker Road at
Central Expressway. Perform-
ance times are 11 a.m. and 1 and 3
p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays,
and some selected Fridays at 7:30
p.m. Tickets are $5 per person.
Call 422-5585 for more informa-
tion.
Quad C Theatre will present
“The Three Musketeers,” at 8
p.m. March 2-4 and 9-11, and at
2:15 p.m. March 5, 11 and 12, at
the John Anthony Theatre, 2800
E. Spring Creek Parkway, Plano.
General admission is $6, students
and senior citizens are $4. Call
881-5809 for more information.
CONCERTS
Temple Shalom, 6930 Alpha
Road in Dallas, will present tenor
Hazzan Alberto Mizrahi in con-
cert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tick-
ets are $20. Call 661-1810 for
more information.
Dallas Opera will present
Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” at
the Music Hall at Fair Park. Per-
formance times are 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 16-18, 22-25, and 2 p.m.
Feb. 18-19 and 25-26. Tickets
range from $20 to $95 and are
available by calling 443-1000.
Richardson Chamber
Music Society will present a
concert with Israeli Carmit Zori
and Japanese Ko Iwasaki, at 8
p.m. Feb. 25 at St. Barnabas
Presbyterian Church, 1220 W.
Beltline in Richardson. Adults
are $15, seniors $10 and stu-
dents $8. For more information,
call 385-7267.
The Dallas Symphony will
present “Music for Romance,”
at 8:15 p.m. Sunday at the Mor-
ton Meyerson Symphony Cen-
ter. Tickets range from $15 to
$45. Call 692-0203 for more in-
formation.
Downing said the passing of the
bill will not penalize LISD, but it also
does not provide additional funding
to the district. He said the bill shows
that “costs of the districts are going
up and state aid is going down.”
“The only positive thing about the
bill passing is that we at least knows
where we stand because we have
lived with it for two years,” Downing
said. “We don’t have to wait to see
what kind of alternative they would
come up with.”
Staff writer Kelly Patterson contributed
to this report.
pended, but wishes it had been post-
poned earlier because of the confu-
sion it has caused motorists.
Horn is relatively optimistic a
more user-friendly test system can
be designed.
In the meantime, he urges motor-
ists to perform basic maintenance on
their vehicles, such as changing oil
and spark plugs.
“Things like that solve 90 percent
or more of the problem,” Horn said.
Citizens can let legislators know
their views on the testing program
by calling the governor’s hotline at
(800) 252-9600.
Senior news editor Kristine Hughes
contributed to this report.
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Bivins to help revise state trucking
laws to bring them in line with con-
gressional action.
Federal law did not address dere-
gulation of intrastate shipment of
household goods, but Bivins’ prop-
osal would end economic regulation
of that segment of the industry.
His legislation calls for the De-
partment of Transportation to adopt
consumer protection regulations of
household movers similar to those
that apply to the interstate shipment
of those goods.
Under Bivins’ bill, the transporta-
tion department would register
trucking companies and ensure their
compliance with insurance
regulations.
The DPS would have greater au-
thority to enforce trucking safety
regulations.
“It makes sense to move trucking
activities from the Railroad Commis-
sion since vehicle registration and
safety enforcement already are the
responsibilities of the Department of
Transportation and the Department
of Public Safety,” Biyins said.
Bivins was flanked by the three-
member Railroad Commission,
which offered support for his bill, and
by Rep. Curtis Seidlits, D-Sherman,
who will sponsor the same legisla-
tion in the House.
They agreed that the legislation
would mean safer highways and bet-
ter competition in the marketplace.
“Thousands of companies will
benefit because of this,” said Rail-
road Commission Chairman Barry
Williamson. “I want every Texas
consumer to know that they can now
negotiate for their own shipping
rate. No longer can the industry
blame the Railroad Commission or
government for not getting a lower
rate.”
Bivins noted that he had cam-
paigned for trucking deregulation
and thought that the marketplace,
not government, should regulate
prices.
“We elected three politicans in the
state of Texas to determine who
could haul goods on the highway of
Texas, what goods they could haul
and what price they had to charge for
hauling them,” Bivins said. “And I
happened to believe that the mark-
etplace can answer that question
better than government.”
Bivins thanked the Railroad Com-
mission for supporting the legislation
which he called “common sense in
government” and the transfer of
some authority to the two other
state agencies.
Caller ID
From 1B
Haws said a new mark recently was
established in Midland/Odessa in
mid-November.
Haws said legislative and Public
Utility Commission proceedings
halted the introduction of Caller ID in
Texas, mostly with concerns over
privacy issues.
Haws said about half of South-
western Bell’s Caller ID subscribers
are electing to carry anonymous call
rejection for an extra 50 cents a
month. Non-subscribers to Caller ID
can receive that service for $1 a
month.
There are some calls that Caller
ID units do not identify yet, accord-
ing to GTE. Cellular calls, some
long-distance calls, operator-
assisted calls and calls originating in
areas where CNID is not available
will not be identified.
Bridge
studied, including the dam route,
Griffin said, but the report was not
available to the board at the meeting.
Also, he said, the board had not
received the court’s resolution in
time to present it at the meeting.
TTA has taken no action on the
proposed bridge.
Senior news editor Kristine Hughes
contributed to this report.
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Watterson, Tim. The Colony Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 1995, newspaper, February 8, 1995; The Colony, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1680765/m1/2/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Colony Public Library.