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Wednesday, ISovember 18f 1998
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Photo by Greg Ream
Student mayor Nhi Lam accepts a plaque from Officer
Mark Phillips on behalf of being recognized for outstanding
participation on America's night out against crime. The na-
tional event which took place August 4 generated 24 block
parties throughout the city. Lam and fellow students sat on
the council and spent all of Monday working at city hall.
Students learn about city
government firsthand
By BOBBY BICKERSTAFF
TCHS Correspondent
The Colony City Council held
a meeting Monday night November
16th. There was one thing that made
a difference, the Mayor and coun-
cil members were placed with teen-
age counterparts.
It all began with a tour. A tour
of the city they lived in and for a
brief moment would govern. These
special teens were placed in politi-
cal positions that ranged from
Mayor to City Planner. They made
decisions on the same items as
regular council members.
On the other side you have dif-
ferent boards presenting their items
to the council who were also rep-
resented by teens. These teenagers
volunteered to participate in this
project for government classes at
The Colony High School. These fu-
ture politicians lived a day in the
(See STUDENTS, Page 4A)
Publisher
Council approves bank
accounts for 4A & 4B boards
By SHAWN MOORE Shannon voiced the most concern
about having Randy Robinson as a
co-signer on the account.
Presently, Robinson is president
of First State Bank and Henville-
Shannon along with Councilman
Bill Longo felt it would cause a
conflict of interest. Economic di-
rector Gene Ramsey assured the
(See COUNCIL, Page3A)
City Council, after much de-
bate, approved authorization of
creating bank accounts for The
Colony Economic Development
Board and The Colony Community
Development Board.
Councilman Bernetta Henville-
Two suicides in one week alarm officials
By DAVE SORTER
Managing Editor
The suicides of two local teenag-
ers within a one-week period this
month have caused city and school
officials to quickly respond.
On November 4, a 15-year-old
boy was found after he allegedly shot
himself, police said. Last Thursday,
local police were informed of the sui-
cide of a 16-year-old girl who had
taken an overdose of heart medica-
tion. Apparently, according to Sgt.
George Wintle of Thfe Colony Police
Department, the girl had spoken of
committing suicide after having bro-
ken up with a boyfriend. Both young-
sters were students at The Colony
High School.
Police Chief Joe Clark said the
incidents were unrelated and that nei-
ther was drug-related.
"Even though they were totally
unrelated, we feel very, very con-
cerned about this," TCHS principal
Bobby Watkins said. "Hopefully they
are isolated incidents that will not
continue."
In order to make sure that this is
not the start of a rash of teen suicides,
Watkins said that school counselors
will go into classrooms the week af-
tei Thanksgiving to discuss how to
handle depression and the problems
that go with it. The school will also
provide lists of phone numbers
people can call to get help if they need
it.
"We'll try to get some small
groups together and present some les-
sons on dealing with depression, be-
cause it's that time of year when de-
pression gets worse," Watkins said.
"With us going in and talking a little
about it, we hope we can relieve some
of the pressure for at least one per-
son."
City Councilman Bill Longo said
he will try to get the city to take some
pro-active measures to increase com-
munity awareness of the problem and
prevention measures.
"I'm really concerned about it,"
Longo said. "Something is wrong
when teen-agers are committing sui-
cide. I think something has to be
done. The city's got to take the first
step." ■
Longo said he was thinking about
contacting Denton County Commis-
sioners Jeff Krueger and Sandy
Jacobs to see if some sort of coop-
erative effort with the county could
be done. He also is considering at-
tempting to get the city's churches to
sponsor an awareness campaign, but
he isn't confident he can get that
done.
"I know some of the churches
won't get involved with the others
because it's another religion," said
Longo, even though the city's
churches are joining forces for a
Thanksgiving service on Sunday.
"But it's time all the religious orga-
nizations get together and say, 'It
(See SUICIDE, Page 3A)
In the last two years The Colony
has had 35 attempted suicides with
four of those resulting in death. One
occurred in 1997 and three this
year, according to city manager
Lanny Lambert. Of the 35 at-
tempted, 5 were juveniles, and 3
of those juveniles in the last two
years died as a result.
The numbers listed below are
help lines and anyone who calls
can stay anonymous.
Suicide and Crisis Center
214-828-1000
Contact Dallas
972-233-2233
Teen Line
972-233-TEEN (8336)
City House
1-800-509-8336
The Teen Crisis Hotline
972-509-5437
Barnaby Tucker, left
(Matt Johnson) and
Cornelius Hackyl (Tho-
mas Mabie) perform in
TCHS production of
Hello Dolly! last week-
end.
Photo by Greg Ream
Beautification
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Saturday was cleanup day for
some around town. Below,
Ramona Reyes helps out at Lions
Club Park as the Lions Club
cleared tree branches in order to
make the park more visable. At
left, Eric Smith and Alex Smith dig
holes as Sally Smith watches. The
Northpointe homeowners are pre-
paring the tract on N. Colony in
anticipation of oak trees to be de-
livered this Saturday. Volunteers
are still needed to help plant. For
more information, call Victor
Munoz at 972-625-3532.
Photos by Shawn Moore
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Alleman selected Family of the Year
By DAVE SORTER
Managing Editor
Love and teamwork make up the
foundation of the Alleman family of
The Colony. That's the reason they
were selected as the city's 1999 Fam-
ily of the Year.
"It's kjnd of a humbling experi-
ence," said family patriarch Stuart
Alleman after he, his wife, Cindy and
their children received the honor dur-
ing ceremonies last Friday night at
Hidden Cove Park. "We're just a nor-
mal family."
A normal family with a long list
of achievements and involvement.
The family, which moved to The
Colony in 1984 and are members of
the local Chruch of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, have been into
everything from sports to music to
theater to church activities.
In fact, such activities kept the
three oldest Alleman children from
Friday's ceremony, which featured a
keynote address from state Sen. Jane
Nelson. Jeremy Alleman, 20, is on a
church mission in The Netherlands;
Ryan Alleman, 19, just began a mis-
sion in Germany; and Chris Alleman,
18, was performing in The Colony
High School's production of "Hello,
Dolly." Stuart Alleman said he would
write a letter to his two sons over-
seas to tell them of the award.
With the family for the presenta-
tion were TCHS student Jason
Alleman, 15; Griffin Middle School
student Zach Alleman, 12; Peters
Photo by Greg Ream
The Alleman family, this years The Colony Family of the Year.
From left to right Cindy, Jason, Megan, Zach, Kacey, Stuart
and presenting the award is Senator Jane Nelson. Not pic-
tured, Jeremy Alleman and Ryan Alleman.
Colony Elementary School student
Kacey Alleman, 8; and Carney El-
ementary School preschooler Megan
Alleman, 5. Megan's twin sister,
Michelle, died shortly after birth.
Stuart Alleman, an engineering
consultant for Raytheon Industries, is
a longtime leader in the Boy Scouts
of America - in fact, he is one of five
Eagle Scouts in the family. The fa-
ther earned the rank in 1968, Jeremy,
Ryan and Chris obtained their wings
together in 1994, Jason became an
Eagle Scout this year and Zach is
working toward achieving Eagle sta-
tus in 1999. Cindy Alleman has spent
years volunteering with the Scouts,
as well.
Meanwhile, Stuart Alleman is a
member of the National Wood Carv-
ers Association and is beginning to
work on restoring a Model A Ford
he has in his back yard. He has been
a bishop in The Colony Ward of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints.
In addition to her Scouting work,
(See FAMILY, Page 3A)
INSIDE
Calendar 2A
Opinion 4A
Schools & Youth 4-6A
Colonial Times 8A
Classified 9A
Community 10A
Sports 1-4B
eOtOMIAfc TIMES
THE HISTORT OF THE (301,OUT
With half the population being
under 18, recreation is a big part
of our growing city.
Page 8A
Local church's to combine efforts for Thanksgiving
By DAVE SORTER
Managing Editor
The city's church's are getting to-
gether to present a community-wide
Thanksgiving service at 6 p.m. on
Sunday at The Colony High School
Performing Arts Center.
"This is intended to draw the city's
Christian Community together and, as
one, thank God for our blessings,"
said Calvary Christian Center pastor
Tommy Jackson, who is coordinating
publicity and outreach for the event.
"We have two goals," Jackson
said. "One is to give thanks to God
as a community, and the second is to
unite all Christians in the community.
The public needs to know that the
churches are pulling together. If they
see the churches pulling together, it
can help the city develop some unity,
which we need."
Pastor John Feathers ton of The
Colony Church of Christ will deliver
the message at the service. A choir,
made of primarily of the Friendship
Baptist Church choir but including
singers from other churches, will per-
form, as will an orchestra, made up
primarily of the First Baptist Church
orchestra with additional musicians.
"This goes across denominational
lines," Jackson said.
The city's churches will have their
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