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From staff reports through Dec. 31 except Christ- • Toys for Tots, sponsored by
With one week remaining mas Eve. Donations may be the U.S. Marine Corps, has drop
before ‘The Big Day," area ser- delivered to 4838 Cash Road, boxes across the Metroplex and
vice organizations are hoping Contact Gwen Moore at 980- within the county. The program
; residents step up their Christ- 4965 for more information.' is accepting new unwrapped
mas donations. • United Way supports toys.
While donations have been up agencies that provide services • Adopt an Angel at some
this season for many groups, year-round. These individual Metroplex malls. The program
, demand usually exceeds the programs, which are support- allows needy families to submit a
supply ed by the United Way, can be wish list for the holidays, and
* Some of the area programs contacted for more informa- donors may purchase the items
•accepting donations for the holi- tion: Samaritan Inn in McKin- on the list.
day include: ney at 542-5302, Boys and Also, many companies are
■ • December Home Furnish- Girls Club at 542-2491, Allen presenting employees with the
- ings Blitz for the Homeless is Community Outreach at 727- opportunity to make a donation
accepting cash and housewares, 9131 and CITY House in Plano to either an individual family or a
Custodian interrupts burglary
By BRENDA WELCHLIN Bethany Drive.
News editor “All they got was a couple of
An Allen Bowl custodian arriv- turntables,” said Billy Brown,
ing for work early Wednesday head mechanic at the bowling
morning interrupted a burglary alley. The turntables were valued
in progress, frightening away one at about $350, according to police
or two people, police said. reports.
“The employee who went in One or two members of the
saw somebody leave,” said Sgt. cleaning crew arrived about 3:20
Tim Dorsey, who leads the crimi- a.m., Brown said.
“We figure (it was) some
kids who live back
behind the bowling area
because that’s where
they ran to.”
Billy Brown,
Head mechanic
at Allen Bowl
but no furniture Saturdays at 423-7057
program.
nal-investigation division. “Basi- “I’m sure that probably the
cally, they just narrowly noise of her (or them) coming in
escaped.” the front door was probably what he was not aware of any leads or
Sometime about 3 a.m. alerted them,” Dorsey said. arrests in the case.
Wednesday, someone broke “The cleanup crew caught ‘We figure (it was) some kids
through a $300 glass door on the them, and they ran,” Brown said, who live back behind the bowling
south side of the building, which Dorsey was unavailable for area because that’s where they
is on Greenville Avenue south of comment Friday, but Brown said ran to,” Brown said.
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Memorial helps
parents deal with
loss of children
•By CATHY SPAULDING
Staff writer
PARKER — Light glowing
through the windows of
Corinth Presbyterian Church
pierced the night darkness out-
side.
Inside, candlelight pierced
the darkness of grief as scores
of parents gathered to remem-
ber their dead children at Mon-
Dday's Healing Matters Candle-
lighting Service. Medical Cen-
ter of Plano’s Healing Matters
support group sponsored the
fifth annual service to help par-
ents cope with the death of
their babies through miscar-
riage, stillbirth or early infant
death.
Candles were lit not only in
remembrance of the children,
Dbut also as symbols of grief,
courage and love, service lead-
ers said. Afterward, the solemn
reflection turned to fellowship
as participants exchanged
greetings at a reception.
“I think this is an uplifting
experience,” said Becky
Thompson of Plano, whose son
Jeffrey lived only nine hours in
1991. “It makes me feel closer
to my baby. The night is his
night.”
Thompson said her family
has two Christmas trees, one
for the family and “one for Jef-
frey.” She said Jeffrey’s tree
had special ornaments she had
gathered through the years.
A tiny Christmas tree in the
sanctuary held 85 white ceram-
ic cherub ornaments memori-
alizing Collin County and other
area babies who died at various
hospitals over the past year.
Gretchen Biery of Carroll-
ton said attending the services
helped her cope with a holiday
season that fell too close to the
December death of her infant
son, David.
“Our son was born on
December 21 and died on
December 22,” she said. “I car- Steven Line/Staff photo
Dried him full term, but he had a ..... . _ . _. . . .
"failing heart. He spent his Lighting a candle in remembrance of his child, Steve Sandlin participates in the fifth
entire day undergoing tests, annual Healing Matters Candlelighting Service Monday evening at Corinth Presbyter-
Turn to coping, Page 2b ian Church in Parker
for road studies
By BRENDA WELCHLIN some of the legwork that could
News editor better position the projects for
The Allen City Council has funding when the opportunity
begun paving the way to eventual arises,. Mayor Pro Tern Kevin
construction and expansion of Lilly said.
Exchange Parkway and McDer- "If we have projects that are
mott Drive west of U.S. Highway available, we can press forward
75. quickly,” Lilly said. “Definitely,
During their regular meeting they will look a lot more favorably
Thursday night, council members on our projects.”
approved paying up to $48,750 to Besides being needed for even-
Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. tual road work, the center-line
for center-line studies to deter- studies were sought to allow the
mine exactly where the roads North Texas Municipal Water
would be built. Actual survey District to build a 72-inch water
costs will run about $48,000 for main from U.S. 75 to a pump sta-
Exchange Parkway and $49,500 tion just west of Allen in Plano city
for McDermott Drive, but Briar limits. The water main likely
Ridge agreed in advance to pick would be placed alongside
up half of the cost, said George Exchange Parkway.
Conner, director of public works. Also, Arvida plans to build an
Although Allen has had several 18-inch water line along a section
road projects east of U.S. High- of Exchange Parkway, and the
way 75 slated for improvements study would be required to deter-
through state and federal pro- mine exact placement, Conner
grams, the area west of U.S. 75 said.
was not considered part of a met- Conner said the studies should
ropolitan area the last time pro- be finished within about 90 days,
jects were solicited. That made it Council members also voted to
ineligible at that time, and the city reimburse Bon Terre, a develop-
has not been given another oppor- ment firm, $68,225 for develop-
tunity to submit the projects. ment of a nine-acre neighborhood
By doing the center-line stud- park in Watters Crossing. The
ies, the city is getting through
Turn to COUNCIL, Page 2B
Pathology was not first choice
of county's medical examiner
By JENNIFER PALLANICH “I kind of slid into it,” said Rohr.
Staff writer “It was a gradual, step-wise
McKINNEY — Some things process.”
are hard to do the first time Rohr earned a bachelor’s
around. degree in biological sciences at.
When Collin County Medical the University of New Orleans
Examiner Bill Rohr first exam- before entering Louisiana State
ined a cadaver in school at age 23, University Medical Center at New
it made him uneasy. Orleans.
“I didn’t particularly like what I Midway through medical
saw,” he said. “I thought, ‘Gee, school, he thought he wanted to
this was a human.’ ” be a pathologist but did not want
Today, he examines bodies and to shut the door on any other
performs autopsies at the rate of opportunities, he said. As a hospi-
one or two per day, and he some- tal pathologist, he would have
times receives as many as six analyzed biopsies and interpreted
cases in a day. lab results, which interested him.
“I didn’t react very well (at After a one-year training period
first),” Rohr said. “But I got used and four years of a general-pathol-
to it.” • ogy residency at Lafayette Chari-
He did not decide at a young ty Hospital, Rohr had a one-year
age that he wanted to become a fellowship in forensic pathology
pathologist. Rather, he said, the at the Institute of Forensic Sci-
decision came during his years of ences at Southwestern Medical
medical school and training. Turn to pathologist, Page 3B
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Crisis centers to remain separate
a JENNIFER PALLANICH qua 11 € 1al Commission from list of possible
staff writer Study shows merger has few benefits boards to serve on and changing
Disappointing findings in a study . the time frame for the annual board
about merging the Rape Crisis Cen- same goal — to offer the best pos- the Collin County Community Col- and commission appreciation ban-
ter and Crisis Center prompted sible services with cost effective- lege District. quet.
Collin County Commissioners to ness. But she said that would not be • Approved a tax-abatement • Received a presentation of
maintain separate offices for the the final result of a merger. agreement between Collin County, long-term extension plan from the
two centers. The study cost $900, and Collin County Community College County Extension Office.
The county voted earlier to Williams requested the remaining District and DSC Communications • Tabled a presentation of audit
spend up to $1,500 on the study to $600 be split between the centers to Corp. approach for the 1993-94 fiscal year,
determine the feasibility of combin- cover in-house costs from the study, • Approved the closure of a por- • Denied one item on the con-
ing the two offices. such as employee time spent on tion of the Old Wylie-Princeton sent agenda. The request for a
© The study did not reveal results compiling records. The court Road between County Road 438 and $1,500 budget amendment to pur-
that were satisfactory” to compel approved the request. the U.S. Army of Engineers take chase T-shirts and caps for rural
the two offices to merge, said Pen- In other county business, com- line. addressing was turned down,
ney Williams, executive director of missioners: • Approved placing traffic regula- • Approved purchase of tool
the Rape Crisis Center, during the tory signs on several county roads, boxes and a walk-behind mower,
court’s Monday meeting. • Approved a Murphy Road Inter- • Appointed Mike Teague to the • Approved adding a dock leveler
The results were disappointing, local Agreement between Richard- Juvenile Board and John Powel to to the Justice Center loading dock,
she said, because not enough bene- son and Collin County for the con- the Open Space Board after execu- • Approved two emergency bud-
fits could be identified from the pro- struction of drainage and improve- tive session. get amendments and one non-emer-
posed merger. ments. • Approved tenure clarification gency amendment.
a Jean Anderson, executive direc- • Approved a tax-abatement for the county’s board policy. • Ratified the Health Care Foun-
• of the Crisis Center, also agreement between Sanden Changes include permitting no dation Board of Directors’ approval
addressed the commissioners, say- International Inc., Wylie, the Wylie more than six years total of service of budget amendment for emer-
ing the two agencies both had the school district, Collin County and on a board, deleting teh Bicentenni- gency repairs to buildings.
Cindy Blanchard/Staff photo
In appreciation
Paula Roman, director of Development at Collin Coun-
ty Community College, gives a “Community Apprecia-
tion Scholarship” to Joe Bilbo, president of the Allen
Chamber of Commerce. The scholarship was given in
recognition of the Allen Chamber of Commerce’s
ongoing support for CCCC.
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Watterson, Tim. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 17, 1994, newspaper, December 17, 1994; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1695370/m1/13/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Allen Public Library.