The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 25, 2002 Page: 1 of 18
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THE WYLIE NEWS
Covering Wylie, Sachse, Murphy and the surrounding area
Volume 55: Issue 18
Wylie, Texas Wednesday, September 25, 2002
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Communication topic
of WISD meeting
Methodist
Sachse begins
building
By Patty Montagno
SACHSE-About 150 church members,
officials and guests attended the ground-
breaking ceremony for the new Family
Life Center at the First United Methodist
Church of Sachse.
Construction on the 9.500 sq. ft. facili-
ty should start in October and when com-
pleted in July 2003. will cost about $1.2
million.
The Center was architecturally
See FIRST page 2 A
'Build, borrow, spend' mentality frustrating, Head says
By Patty Montagno
SACHSE-City Council members
voted 5 to 2 to approve the 2002-
2003 budget of services, programs
and tax rate at last week's council
meeting.
The operating, general, debt ser-
vice and water and sewer funds total
$11,388,092.
"This is a conservative budget
that takes into account the growth
being experienced by the communi-
ty and the need for maintaining the
superior service and quality of life
our citizens have come to expect,"
City Manager Bill Atkinson said.
Councilmember Paul Head, who
voted against the budget, said he
commends stall tor once again con-
structing a thought out and some-
what documented budget, but could
not in good conscience give support
to a snowballing agenda that
increases discretionary spending
and raises property taxes
"I am afraid the majority of this
council has embraced a build, bor-
row, and spend’ mentality and I
guess they think I am living in the
past and just need to 'get over it.'
We are probably both right." Head
said.
"Nevertheless, the debate will
continue, and I will remain patiently
frustrated until every citizen has
come forward to validate his or her
realistic expectations and gained
enlightenment as to their associated
costs."
City services include police and
fire protection, water and sewer ser-
vices. library and senior citizen pro-
grams and parks and recreation ser-
vices.
"The city staff has done an excel-
lent job in managing costs and
expenses to once again keep our
overall budget under control. This is
See SAC HSE page 2,3 ,
✓Pets available at the Wylie
Animal Shelter
Page 3A
✓ Church notes
Page 4A
✓ Wylie sales tax up
Page 6A
✓ WHS Pacesetters win
camp awards
^ Page 5B
City-wide fire drill
slated for Oct. 10
In America, eight out of 10
people who die in a fire die in
their home, according to
Wylie Fire Lt. Steve Seddig.
“Also 80 percent of tires
occur in the home and chil-
dren five and under are twice
as likely to die in a fire,” he
said.
The National Fire Protection
Association did a survey that
concluded only Ih percent of
homes have an escape plan
and practice it, Seddig said
In connection with Fire
Prevention Week, set for Oct.
6 through 12, the Wylie Fire
Department will hold a com-
munity-wide fire drill at 6 p in.
Oct. 10.
“We will sound the civil
defense sirens and ask that
every household practice their
escape plan at that time,”
Seddig said.
The l ire Department offers
the following steps for estab-
lishing an escape plan:
■ Gather your family
together and draw a floor plan
of your home.
■ Mark all windows and
doors.
■ Plan two ways out of
every room. The first way out
should be the door and second
could be a w indow. Make sure
windows open easily.
M Agree on an outside meet-
ing place in front of your
% mse and mark it tin your
plan.
■ Practice your escape plan
at least two times a year.
■ Always install smoke
alarms on every floor in or
near every sleeping area. Test
your smoke alarms once a
month and replace the batter-
ies twice a year. A good way
to remember is when the time
change occurs. Make sure
everyone knows the sound of
the alarm and learns to react
immediately whenever it
sounds.
■ And finally, once out stay
out! Call the fire department
from the nearest neighbor.
Never go back into a burning
building.
The theme for this year's
Fire Prevention Week is
“Team up for Fire Safety."
Church Directory . . . 4A
Business News .....6A
Dining Guide ......6A
Opinion ..........7A
Education News .... 4B
Real Estate ........6B
Classifieds ........8B
First United
Murphy explains tax rate increase
Amber Allison will dance with members of the New York City
ballet as part of a City Dance Theatre Company production.
Fhoto by Ada Mooney
Wylie sophomore 's dreams
of dance take flight
By Donnita Nesbit Fisher
The Allison children both dream
of flying.
Aaron, a 1999 Wylie High School
graduate, attends the U.S. Naval
Academy with hopes of becoming
an aviator.
Amber, a sophomore at WHS,
enjoys soaring under her own
power. She finds the thrill of (light
through dance.
The 15-year-old is a member of
the City Dance Theatre Company.
At 8 p.m. Oct. 5 at Southern
Methodist University’s McFarlin
Auditorium, the troupe will perform
“Bravo! Ballet" with dancers from
the New York City Ballet.
City Dance Theatre will perform
“Johnny” in the “Bravo! Ballet"
program. City Dance Theatre is a
See DANCING page 3A
By Angela Funai
Murphy City Council members
entertained questions from several
confused audience members about
the city's proposed tax
increase but eventually
approved the measure
as proposed at their reg-
ular Sept. 16 meeting.
Questions arose
about the amount of the
tax increase, which is
roughly 4 cents, from_
$0.3764 to $0.42(H) per
$ I (X) valuation.
“The wording of the posting,
which is prescribed by the state
confused some people."
Councilman Bol Russell explained.
The city has seen approximately a
21 percent increase in revenue
because of new growth, which some
people apparently mistook to be the
percentage of tax increase, city offi-
cials said.
The increase will help pay for the
city's new municipal complex, to
7 think once people understood... what the moeny
was going for; they seemed to understand and
be in agreement.'
Kent Bogdon
Murphy councilman on tax rate increase
include a new City Hall, police and
fire stations, courts and public
works facilities.
"I think once people understood
what it meant to them and what the
money was going to be going for.
they seemed to understand and be in
agreement,” said Councilman Kent
Bogdan.
Bogdan also reminded the audi-
ence that the city’s tax rate has been
steadily declining since 1998, when
it reached a high of $0.6871.
■j__; After discussing
personnel matters
in an executive ses-
sion, council mem-
bers chose to post-
pone making a
decision on a new
city administrator
until at least
“—■* October
“It has been a long process,”
Russell commented, "an overly long
process."
In other business, the council
moved to decline all bids for the
Mustang Ridge neighborhood park
See MURPHY page 2,3
coordinated the Internet circular,
said that the launch of the district's
new piogiam involved no overhead
or burden on the office staff
A recent parent survey said that
over 80 percent of the community
has access to the Internet, and the
weekly web-based newsletter will
be customi/ed to the topics that are
requested, including campus infor-
mation. technology news. HOSTS
or Helping One Student To Succeed
business, and the notification of reg-
istration of sex offenders.
The sex offender notification,
which included two new listings for
the Wylie area, will not be included
in the same email as the regular dis-
trict newsletter. Rizzo said. He also
said that email addresses would not
be given out or sold outside the dis-
trict. To register for the new sen ice.
log on to ww w.wylieisd.net/wcn and
See SC HOOT page JA
By Liz White
Practice makes perfect
Three-year-old Trey Peterson of Wylie takes booth with proceeds going to the Community
aim at the toilet toss at the Wylie Country Fair Christian Care Center. Additional Country
Saturday. Innovative Plumbing sponsored the Fair photos on page 84. Photohy IMmmm ViAu hiker
It Wd.v a uigot of touiiuumcaiion
through yearbook distribution,
online news and electronic monitor-
ing as the Wyiie ISD school board
met last week
W HS staff members distributed
the patriotic 2001 Wylie Pirate year-
book to trustees. The book paid trib-
ute to the events of Sept 11 as well
as the accomplishments of teacher
Chuck Williams who died last year
Though the senior editor said that
most yearbooks try to best the previ-
ous year’s accomplishments. "I
don’t think we could ever surpass
this year's book." said editor Amber
Brook
Trustees also heard about com-
munication in a different form, with
the pioneer of the Wylie Community
News online newsletter.
Coordinator of Solution
Development Lance Rizzo, who
Sachse council splits over budget
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