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Allen teen purchases $800 baseball card for 50 cents. See Page 7A.
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June 19, 1991
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•Parents form school gifted and talented support group
SIXRF WARIER HELMICK RICHARDSON Purpose is to help AISD reach goals established by state
Still in its infancy, an organization for the parents of
gifted and talented children is slowly growing and deve- all grade levels. Activating Inquisitive Minds is the
loping in Allen. elementary and middle school program; the Phoenix
The purpose of the group is to “support the gifted and program is the high school equivalent.
talented program in the Allen Independent School According to AIM instructor Tina Dodson, the gifted
District and to aid the district in achieving the goals and talented program began 11 years ago. Parents and
established by state guidelines,” according to organizers educators, under the direction of Superintendent Dr.
@Jan Baland and Patsy Sadowski. John Horn, organized a program for fourth- to sixth- __________,___8_____________________________________8_________,___.______________________________
“Beyond this,” Baland said, “we (the parents) want to graders. Dodson was the one teacher in the program, grades four through six from all elementary school once students qualify for the gifted and talented prog-
support one another and learn more about gifted The AISD gifted and talented program has developed
students and the opportunities we can provide for them, to where there are now three teachers for the elemen-
And we want to provide ways to help the public under- tary program, two for Ford Middle School and two for
stand what’s involved in the gifted program.” the high school. In addition, AISD superintendent Dr.
The AISD gifted and talented program is provided at Gene Davenport recently announced the appointment of
is conducted during Texas history classes for participat-
ing seventh-graders and American History for eighth-
graders. The Phoenix Program replaces the standard
Rountree assistant principal Dr. Fran Burns as coordina- humanities and language classes for Allen High School
tor of all gifted and talented programs for the district, gifted and talented students.
For grades kindergarten through third, an itinerant A multi-criteria screening is employed by the school
teacher visits each campus weekly and provides all district to determine those students who qualify for the
students at this level with thinking process lessons for program. These include IQ tests, achievement tests,
about 30 minutes per classroom. student and teacher nominations and student portfolios.
Approximately 125 gifted and talented students in According to Dodson, state guidelines now mandate that
campuses attend a special “pull-out” class at Story ram, they may remain in the program through the 12th
Elementary School one day a week. In this program, grade.
students are provided opportunities to incorporate Dodson is enthusiastic about the new parents of gifted
thematic processes with the thinking process lessons.
The Ford Middle School gifted and talented program
See Gifted, Page 9A
Flag Day ceremony
Scouts Brian Franck, left, and Kyle Lutrick prepare to raise
the American flag during the Flag Day ceremony at City
Doctor recognized for
research work on SIDS
By MARK HUTCHISON the research while he was a student,
anaging Editor "For my own satisfaction, I was
Dr. Gerald Caldwell’s research on curious about when life really be-
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome has gins,” he said. “It interested me,
brought him recognition in Who’s particularly because of the abortion
Who In The
South and South-
west, 22 Edition,
published this
year by Marquis
Who’s Who of
Wilmette, Ill.
. The annual pub-
lication contains
biographical in-
formation on men
and women of
distinction in all Caldwell
issue.
“What I was aiming at was to de-
monstrate that, to some degree, a
human doesn’t really become a hu-
man until they reach 2 months of
age. That gets a little controversial,
but the child does seem to switch
from the basic lower brain function-
ing, the salivary and non-voluntary,
I up to the voluntary responses, the
" cognitive thinking processes, at the
1 2-month period.
“What I did was provide additional
fields across the western sector of data suggesting that there is more
North America. stress between the ages of 0 and 2
Caldwell has operated a family months, which is when Sudden In-
counseling center in Allen since fant Death Syndrome occurs. I
©1985. He has another office in Lan- helped identify when death occurs,
caster, where he lives. The re- The first 2 months seem to be the
search he was noted for was con- critical period.
ducted in 1988. “But this is only one study and I
Caldwell said 16 of the 40 babies didn’t find any infants that died of
used in his study were from Allen.
He said he became interested in See Caldwell, Page 9A
NDEX
RAINFALL: Local weather cloudy with a slight chance ot thun-
observer Big Daddy Summers derstorms Saturday. Highs in the low
recorded 0.33 inches of rain Sunday, to mid 90s. Lows in the low to mid
That makes the total for June 4.08 70s.
inches and the total for the year so far
30.23 inches.
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Hall Friday evening. The ceremony, sponsored by the City
of Allen, has become an annual event.
COAST-ing along
Nathan Harris, a member of the City of Allen
Swim Team, practices his freestyle stroke with
Disaster plan
up for review
Council to examine plan Thursday
TITTELTSON program for the city;
By MARAHUTCHISON • and appointing the emergency
Bingmanagement coordinator.
Allen Fire Chief Ron Gentry will The document also lists the prim-
present the city’s Emergency Man- ary responsibilities for the city man-
agement Plan to the Allen City ager, the emergency management
Council when it meets Thursday coordinator, the chief of police, the
night. fire chief, the emergency manage-
The meeting is scheduled to begin ment coordinator, the director of
at 7:30 p.m. in the Municipal Annex, public works, the health officer, the
One Butler Circle. parks and recreation director, the
The Emergency Management finance director, the tax assessor/
Plan is a 27-page document that de- collector, the community develop-
tails the responsibilities of each city ment director and the city attorney,
official and employee during disas- Gentry will be on hand to review
ters or emergencies. For example, the responsibilities of each city offi-
the mayor, as emergency manage- cial.
ment director for the city, is re- At Thursday’s meeting, the coun-
sponsible for assuring that coordin- cil will vote on setting a public hear-
ated and effective emergency re- ing for July 18 to consider a request
sponse systems are developed and to amend the zoning regulations of
maintained. property at 608 S. Jupiter to include
Assisted by the city manager, a fitness training center. -
emergency management coordina- The council also will consider au-
tor and the heads of each municipal thorizing actions necessary to repair
department, the mayor will exercise and renovate the Old Police Building
direction and control from the for use as city offices.
Emergency Operation Center. The council also will consider tak-
The mayor and city council have ing action on five recommendations
primary responsibilities for: from the Development Subcommit-
■ making emergency policy de- tee for refurbishing the Old Police
cisions; Building:
■ declaring a state of emergency The council will:
when necessary; ■ authorize city staff to contract
■ implementing the emergency with an architect to prepare plans
powers of local government; and specifications for repairs as well
■ providing emergency information as additional alternates for enhance-
to the citizenry through the public ment/improvements that may be in-
information officer (city secretary); eluded in the approved budget;
■ requesting outside assistance ■ authorize city staff to act as the
from the state or federal gov-
ernment;
■ directing the overall preparedness
See Council, Page 9A
Roads
change
Monday
U.S. Highway 75 frontage roads
will be permanently switched from
two-way to one-way traffic on Mon-
day, according to the State Depart-
ment of Highways and Public Trans-
portation.
The northbound exit ramp to
Farm-to-Market Road 2170 will be
closed Monday during working
hours while the lanes on the east
side of the highway are restriped be-
tween Bethany and FM 2170.
The southbound exit ramp to
Bethany Road will be closed Tues-
day during working hours to allow
for restriping on the west side.
The ramp closures and traffic
5 switches are tentative and depend
I on good weather. However, a de-
, partment spokesman said the period
. of time the ramps will be closed will
■ be held to a minimum and work on
each frontage road is expected to be
completed in one day.
Signs have been erected along the
frontage roads to inform commuters
of the changing traffic patterns.
Bill Lovil, resident engineer over-
seeing the project, said construction
crews also will remove the traffic
islands from the frontage roads to
enhance the traffic flow at the exit
ramps.
“We’ve been working and will
continue to work very closely with
Janice Hirmon/Allen American photo
the few businesses in the area and
the cities of Allen and Plano to let
them know exactly what to expect
from construction,” Lovil said.
Lovil said the 2.4-mile section of
U.S. 75 is expected to be widened
from four to six lanes by early 1994.
‘ . . . . Michigan-based Denton Paving Co.
assistance from coach Chris Shipp. The team began work on the $18.9 million re-
swam in its first meet Saturday. See Page 7A. construction project Aug. 20.
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Hutchison, Mark & Epperson, Wayne. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 19, 1991, newspaper, June 19, 1991; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1694437/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Allen Public Library.