The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 31, 1999 Page: 1 of 22
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HAVE A HAPPY EASTER!!
THE WYLIE NEWS
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Covering Wylie, Sachse, Murphy and the surrounding area
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Announcement
Achievements
Tandy announces
‘99 prize recipients
l ive Wylie High School stu-
dents have been awarded cer-
tificates for academic excel-
lence from the Radio Shack
Tandy Scholarship program.
Honored for being in the top
two percent of graduating
seniors throughout the coun-
try were: Aaron Allison. Tim-
othy Lott, Lyric Tinsley and
Marshall Treadaway.
This year, the Radio Shack
Tandy Scholarship program
honored 30,659 seniors
Jtionwide. The company
also awarded 100 cash schol-
arships.
Egg Producers
Get Cracking
In Billions of Eggs
The state’s egg producers have
steadily increased their output and
their income. Per capita consump-
tion of eggs increased in 1996 and
1997 to reach 30.7 pounds.
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In This Issue
Obituaries .....
.... 4A
Births.........
. ... 5A
Opinion .......
... 11A
Sports.........
... IB
Dining Guide . . .
. .. I0A
Classifieds.....
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Son of local resident
to join NATO forces
FC2 David Alverson, who
recently re-enlisted for six
years, will sail on Monday.
April 5, for a six-month tour
on board the USS Peterson
(DD-969).
The ship will join several
other members of the NATO
fleet operating off Greece,
Turkey and Yugoslavia in the
eastern Mediterranean area.
Alverson and his wife, HM3
Christine Alverson, and their
son. Jonathan, currently resi-
den in Norfolk. Va.
Alverson is the son and step-
son of Richard and Sharon
Alverson of Wylie.
✓ Area briefs Page 2A
✓ Murphy Council selects
FM 544 name Page 2A
✓ Wylie Clean-llp/Green-
llp Apr. 10 Page 3A
✓ Cook files for School
Board Page 3A
✓ Easter Parade/Kgg
Hunt photos Page 9A
✓ TWU gymnast goes for
National Champ
Page IB
education Page 4-5B
►Tviachse Historical
looks to past Page 12B
Plano will help Wylie
with reviews, inspections
Remember to
Spring Forward!
Daylight Savings Times
begins at
2 a.m. Sunday. April 4
EASTER’S ON I I S WAY—Hope Kincaid, age
2, hops along Ballard Avenue in the Easter
Parade last Saturday. The parade was followed
by The Wylie Women’s League annual Easter
egg hunt and the Downtown Merchant's
Association’s Easter bonnet, basket ami old-
fashioned dress contests, l or winners and
more photos see page DA. nmui>\ Dmmiui\t\bnn\ktr
By Donnita Nesbit Fisher
The City of Plano will help the
Wylie planning department exam-
ine building plans and conduct
inspections, the cities agreed last
week.
The interlocal agreement is
designed to help the Wylie office
make changes needed in “internal
protocol" and “ensure the integri-
ty of the plan review and hmlding
inspection process during emer-
gency situations."
"Although this agreement does
not intend to replace plan review
by the City of Wylie, staff does
anticipate implementing the
agreement for all commercial and
industrial plan review over the
next three to six months." said
Planning Director Tobin Maples.
“The objective of contracting
with the City of Plano for com-
mercial and industrial plan review
is to free up staff time to revisit our
internal procedures, cross train
departmental inspectors and devel-
op and implement a comprehensive
code enforcement program,"
Maples said.
Wylie staff will conduct single
family, residential, swimming pool
and other minor plan reviews, he
said.
Plan reviews will he conducted
in the same time frame. Maples
said. The Plano staffs’ level of
expertise and the city’s use of the
similar codes ensure the "integrity
and timeliness of the plan review
process.” he said.
Currently, the plan review cycle
takes about 15 business days.
Wylie will pay Plano $50 per
hour for the building plan review
and on-site building inspections.
The city has utilized this type of
agreement previously. Mayor John
See CITIES Page 2A
Samantha Brammer, center, a Wylie Interme-
diate School student was honored at last
week's Wylie City Council meeting, for sub-
mitting the xvinning name for the new park on
EM 544 adjacent to Wylie High School. The
park will be called Founder's Park. Samantha
is shown with members of the city council,
from left. Joel Scott. Keta Allen. J.C. Worley,
Lavern Ramsey. Chris Trout. Mayor John
Mondy and Merrill Young '<»' ««/.//>/»><«
Bond proposal would allocate
$15.9 million for roads
This is the first in a five part
series looking at the propositions
in the Cits of Wylie s $21 million
bond proposal.
By Donnita Nesbit Fisher
When Wylie residents go to the
perils May 1. they will be voting
on the largest bond package in lhe
city's history.
Proposition No. I encompasses
street paving and a drainage
improvement project and is the
largest part ot the package.
“The street projects are by far
the most expensive part of the
package.” said Assistant to the
City Manager Mindy Manson.
“They also have the most impact
and far reaching,effect of any of
the propositions.”
Proposition No. 1 calls for
$15.9 million to be spent on the
street projects and provide match-
ing funds for joint city, county
and federal ventures.
the proposition deals with the
city's infrastructure, said Nelson
Underwood, a member ol the citi-
zen’s bond advisory committee
that recommended the projects to
be included in the election.
“With the growth that will
come to the area, the city needs to
have the infrastructure in place.
Without that, we will not attract
quality business." he said.
Projects in Proposition No. 1
will "get us caught up or slightly
ahead" of lhe growth. Underwood
said.
With the amount o! raw land in
the area, development will come,
he said, and the current roadways
just cannot support the additional
traffic.
The work on Hwy. 7H. Alanis,
Kirby, Stone. FM 544 and Ballard
are needed now, and “if they all
remain the same and we dump
more traffic into them, we are
going to have a major bottleneck,
even more so than it is now.”
Underwood said.________
See PROPOSITION Page 6A
Highlights
Hysaw, Brillhart withdraw from WISD race
Two candidates have withdrawn
from the Wvlie Independent School
District trustee election leaving
their opponents in uncontested
races and therefore cancelling lhe
May 1 schrxrl hoard election.
Incumbent Place 2 Trdstee Jim
Hysaw announced last Tuesday he
would not proceed w ith his re-elec-
tion efforts.
Grover Brillhart filed for the
Wylie Independent School District
Place I position, but withdrew his
name from consideration Thursday.
Both men said family considera-
tions affected their decision
“The other day Chris, my
youngest son. asked me if I would
play frisbee with him. My response
was ‘I have to go to a board meet-
ing.’ At that moment it became
apparent to me that I was spending
all of my time doing for others and
not tending to my own family
needs.” Hysaw said
"My new career at Garland ISD
and the challenges on the Wylie
School Board have been consum-
ing all of my time. I need to let go
of something and unfortunately it
has to be membership on the
hoard."
Hysaw is currently the executive
administrator of technology for the
Garland Independent School Dis-
trict. He has been a member of the
Wylie school hoard for six years,
serving as president for the board
since September I99X.
Hysaw has been a resident of
Wylie since 19X7. He and his wife,
Lynda, have two sons. Nick, a
junior at Wylie High School, and
Chris, an eighth grader at the junior
high
"I feel that I am leaving the dis
trict on solid ground - two passed
bond packages, two new schools,
two new outstanding principals. "
Hysaw said
"Honesty, integrity and always
doing what’s right for the children
are the foundation for every good
hoard member to stand on." he
said ”1 hope the new hoard cn
lake that simple sentence and grow
in a positive direction as those ol
us in the past have taken it and
grown.
See CANDIDATES Page 2 X
Voters for May election
must register by April 1
April I is the last day to register
to vote in the May 1 general elec-
tion, Collin County Elections
Administrator Bill Bilyeu
announced last week.
“If you are registered to vote
and your blue voter registration
certificate hears your correct
address, you do not need to regis-
ter again." Bilyeu said.
To register to vote you must
submit an application to the Flec-
tions Administration Office.
Postage free applications are avail-
able at the SubCourthouse in Plano
and at local city halls, post offices,
fire stations and libraries.
Early voting in the election
begins at X a.m April 14
1 .ails voting hours are X a.m to
5 p.m \piil 14 through April 16
and April 19 through 24
I here w ill he extended hours
April 22 when the polls will he
open until 7 p.m.
Early voters in Wylie may east
their ballots at the V\ ylie Municipal
Complex. 2900 N. Hwy. 7X, the
Collin County Sub-Courthouse.
920 F Park Bl\d. in Plano, or any
other early voting location in the
county.
For more information visit the
Collin County Elections weh page
at www co.collin.tx us or cull the
elections oft ice at 972-633-3200.
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Engbrock, Chad B. The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 31, 1999, newspaper, March 31, 1999; Wylie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth584231/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith Public Library.