The Colony Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 23, 1995 Page: 1 of 43
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THE COLONY PUBLIC LIBRARY
5151 N. COLONY BLVD.
THE COLONY, TX 75056-1219
he Colony Leader
Football Feve
Briggs sees
newfound
interest
in program
Wednesday
August 23, 1995
Vol. 14 No. 40
50 cents
The Colony, Texas
Sports
Winds rip marina:
‘It started slow, but
it kept on building’
Council OKs
purchase of
police cars
By TIM PARETI $900 respectively more than Ted
News editor Arendale’s offer.
Within the next several weeks, “Obviously, we’re pleased to
a handful of The Colony police of- get this many cars in one year,”
ficers will be driving new police said The Colony Police Chief
cars after the Council Monday Bruce Stewart.
night unanimously approved to Stewart, who estimated the city
purchase nine new cars, saved about $18,500 in the deal,
Using a portion of a $217,000 said the city has been playing
settlement fee in a lawsuit the city “catch-up” for a long time in an ef-
won from Southwestern Bell, the fort to update the police fleet of 23
police department purchased vehicles. Seven vehicles will re-
nine 1995 Ford Crown Victorias place older models, which have
from Ted Arendale Ford Dealer- acquired more than 100,000
ship in Arlington for $171,706. Po- miles, and two others will be used
lice estimate an additional for two new police officers the de-
$12,000 will be needed to mount partment expects to hire this
radios and other extra amenities year.
to the new vehicles. Although nothing is set in
The police department re- stone yet, the police department
ceived bids from two other deal- stands to gain four new officers,
erships, which were $500 and Turn to council, Page 7A
rea 911 program
) mark 5 years
Michael Marshall/Staff photo
Rick Schwenkner pulls booming material around wreckage seeping from boats that were overturned Sunday evening
at Pier 121. The material is being used to absorb petroleum when high winds destroyed boat docks at the pier.
Workers at Pier 121 clean up after storm’s wrath
By MICHAEL MARSHALL raised the dock to about a 45-de- saw the storm, agreed. feet away managed to retain the
and , gree angle and then the sheet “I was sitting on a table at innertubes it was carrying. One
TIM PARETI metal started peeling off. Peo- Charlie’s and the wind was part of the northeast corner of
Staff writers ple from boats that had tipped blowing things around. Some the pier was sandwiched atop
Mother Nature accomplished over were swimming from boat guy said, ‘Look over there,’ and another dock beside it; howev-
in a few seconds Sunday night to boat beating on hulls (to see I saw part of the pier blown over er, everything else around it
what will take workers at Pier if anyone needed) someone to and a pontoon boat totally up- was unharmed.
121 weeks to clean up when help them out of the water.” side down. It happened so fast I Out of the 1,300 boats at the
high winds — possibly caused Kevin Powell, an employee of didn’t hear a thing.” pier about 900 were in the water
by a tornado — crumpled docks the pier, said the fierceness of The storm twisted metal at the time of the storm and of
and tossed boats like empty the storm seemed to distort beams at the pier and over- those only 40 appeared to have
cans. . time. turned several boats, trapping sustained damage. Many re-
For those who experienced “It was just like being in the boaters and spilling fuel in the main shrouded in metal. But the
the storm firsthand, its intensity middle of a tornado,” Powell lake. There were no serious in- amount of damage sustained
and swiftness came by surprise, said. “The winds were coming juries reported at the pier. was not the only surprise.
Roy Schindler is one boat from all directions, and because Witnesses of the storm said “So far we have had no re-
owner who saw the storm up of the rain and the wind you they saw a tornado, but it may ports of anyone being injured,”
close. . couldn’t see five-feet out. It have been something more like said Carrie Knight, the pier’s
It started slow, but it kept on seemed like it lasted two or wind shear; but whatever public relations officer.
building,” Schindler said. “I was three minutes, but then it may caused the damage, the impact Knight, who could not predict
on the main dock when the have been only 30 seconds.” was inconsistent. One boat was when the repairs will be corn-
winds started picking up. They Mark Wiethorn, who also flipped over while another a few Turn to pier, Page 7A
Services held for 21-year-old
killed in water bike accident
By JENNIFER GOOCH lice, Hancock and Hues were doing 360-de-
Staff writer gree maneuvers when the back of Han-
When James and Connie Hues of Okla- cock’s water bike struck Hues in the head,
homa put their son Justin on a plane to vis- Paramedics transported Hues by a Care-
it a friend for one last summer excursion, Flite helicopter to Methodist Hospital in
they never thought it would be the last Dallas. He remained in the intensive care
time they saw him. unit until he died the next morning.
Justin Hues, 21, of Yukon, Okla., is one Hues and Hancock had traveled from
of several people this summer who have Oklahoma to spend time with Schultz, a
lost their lives in accidents on Lewisville resident of Grapevine. Hues was a student
Lake. at Oklahoma City Community College and
Justin and his friends, Aaron Hancock was planning to attend the University of
and Ryan Schultz, both age 20, had rented Oklahoma in the spring.
water bikes at the Eagle Point Marina Aug. “He was a fun-loving boy,” said Joe Gly-
15 and were just getting ready to come ckherr, a friend of the family and Hues’
ashore when the fatal accident occurred. employer for five years at Kirkegard Hard-
According to Schultz and Lewisville po- Turn to ACCIDENT, Page 7A
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of public
By KRISTEN BURTON
Staff writer
service
Automatic Location Identification,
where the caller’s name and ad-
Last Friday wasn’t just another dress is displayed; and Selective
day for Patty Cross. The Denco Routing, which automatically
Area 911 District manager of pub- routes 911 calls to the appropriate
lic education/training celebrated answering point based on the
the five-year anniversary of the caller’s location.
business that is truly devoted to Mike Pedigo, executive direc-
the betterment of all. tor of Denco 911, attributes the
Cross has her work cut out for success of the program to the eit-
her in the district, which services izens’ support. Pedigo said the cit-
all seven Denton County cities — izens voted in 1987 — by an 87
from The Colony to Denton and percent majority — to create the
everything in between. district for the purpose of estab-
Citizens in Denton County lishing enhanced 911 in Denton
have benefited from the en- County.
hanced 911 system with its Auto- Cross and Pedigo also credit
matic Number Identification, the growth in Denton County and
which allows the caller’s tele- the telecommunicators who are
phone number to be displayed; Turn to program, Page 7A
Two local reverends on call
for residents during crises
By TIM PARETI
News editor
In a unique effort between
county and local church officials,
two local reverends are now on
Lewisville Lake Safety
Committee seats nearly
filled, falls one short
By K. LEE DAVIS
Staff writer
The Lewisville City Council nearly filled the fi-
nal five seats on the Lewisville Lake Safety Com-
mittee Monday night, falling one short of the 11
members needed after one council member nom-
inated a candidate with a potential conflict.
Council members Michael Metzger and Rudy
Durham, along with Mayor Bobbie Mitchell, did
not make their selections to the committee at the
Aug. 7 meeting, leaving five seats open. The se-
lections made by Durham and Mitchell went un-
Turn to COMMITTEE, Page 7A
call to reach out to people who
need help in a time of crisis.
The Rev. Jeff Bacon and The
Rev. Clayton Oliphint have volun-
teered to work as chaplains for
the Denton County Constable Of-
fice in Precinct 2. It is the only
constable’s office in the state with
chaplains, according to Precinct 2
Constable Larry Floyd.
Both chaplains will ride with a
constable on the average of one
time a week and will assist with
family disturbances, evictions
and other civil matters, Floyd
said. Many times families evicted
from their homes need assistance
police just can’t give, he said. And
that’s when a chaplain can fill the
gap.
Turn to CHAPLAINS, Page 7A
Michael Marshall/Staff photo
Two local ministers are volun-
teering time to serve as
county chaplins. Jeff Bacon,
left, and Clayton Oliphint,
right, are pictured with Larry
Floyd, Constable of Denton
County Precinct 2.
Veterans office opens in TC
By TIM PARETI erans Office, Scheible believes
News editor there are millions of U.S. military
Hank Scheible can spout off veterans not getting their fair
“soap operas” where U.S. military share from Uncle Sam. And thou-
veterans seeking medical or finan- sands of them reside in The
cial assistance have wandered Colony.
through an endless maze of bu- So, with the help of city and
reaucratic bungles with the Veter- county officials, Scheible has set
ans Affairs. up an outreach office at The
A worn and tattered book of Colony City Hall where local vet-
federal code and regulations that erans can come in once a week to
sits on his desk serves as evi- seek VA assistance or just chat
dence. and drink coffee.
An assistant veteran service of-
ficer with the Denton County Vet-
Every Thursday from 9 a.m. to
Turn to VETERAN, Page 7A
SELD WAR
THE COLONY PUBLIC LIBRAR
5151 N. COLONY BLVD.
THE COLONY, TX 75056-1219
Veterans gathered Thursday
for the opening of a new
Veterans Affairs office in
The Colony City Hall. Pic-
tured counterclockwise to
the left of the flag are
Robert L. Poynter Sr.; coun-
cilman William J. Longo;
William E. Trimble; Denton
County veterans service of-
ficer Lee R. ‘Tex’ Keith; Den-
ton County service officer
Hank Scheible; Frank L.
Hada; City Manager John-
ny Smith; and Bob Stone.
Michael Marshall/Staff photo
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