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New Teachers For Local Schools
^lew middle and high school teachers are (front, l-r) Jacquelyn Meek, Delma Ureta, Lori Makar,
Mary Ann Vessel. Karen Morris, and Karen Gordon; (back, l-r) Charley Hendrix, Tonya Davis, Wen-
dy Morris, Paula Shaw, Christina Zukowski, Suzanne Lang, and Wende D'Andrea. Not pictured
Sandra Hanson and Deanne Whitehead.
WISD’s new elementary teachers are (front, 1-rl Christina Schuetz, Joni Miller, Deborah Sanchez,
Donna Latham, Kathleen Nilforoushan, Marla Pool, Ramona Stone, and Marcia King; (back, l-rl
Scott Igleheart, Elizabeth Pitchford, Julie Crater, Abby Janney, Lisha Woods, Jerelyn Jarvis, and
Patrice Truesdale.
The Wylie News
Devoted To The Best Interest Of Wylie Since 1947
Wylie, Collin County, Texas
Volume 44: Issue 11
Wednesday, August 21, 1991
One Section 18 Pages 25 Cents
School Board
Special Meeting
City Of Wylie:
Public Hearing On New
Budget Set For Sept. 24
by Patty Flint
The Wylie Independent
School District Board of
Trustees met in special ses-
sion Monday, August 12, and
canvassed the results of the
August 10 County Education
District election.
The amendment giving
CEDs the authority to tax
personal property failed,
while the two amendments
dealing with an increase in
homestead exemptions and
Wylie Resident
Celebrates 25
Years Of Service
i
I
Preston McCormick
Wylie resident Preston Mc-
Cormick celebrated 25 years
of service with the State
Department of Highways and
Public Transportaion in
August. McCormick is an
engineering technician IV in
the Dallas District’s Nor-
theast Residency.
McCormick worked in the
highway department's El
Paso and Fort Worth
districts before moving to
Wylie six years ago.
"I chose Wylie because it's a
nice town,” said McCormick.
“It has a good school system,
and I like the people.”
McCormick is currently an
inspector on the Texas 190
project in Garland from
Brand Road to Texas 78.
McCormick and his wife,
Peggy, have three children:
Debra, Lynda and Steve.
homestead exemptions for
the disabled and those over
65 passed
The board accepted bids for
food service items from Blue
Bell, Borden, Mrs. Baird’s,
and Interstate Brands.
Superintendent Don Whitt
told board members that in
order for them to act on a
preliminary budget addi-
tional information was
necessary. Among the dif-
ficulties in preparing this
year's budget have been pro-
blems created by the
Legislature’s passage of
Senate Bill 351, dealing with
state funding.
The board was scheduled to
meet in regular session on
Monday, August 19.
Teachers Honored
The new WISD teachers
were honored at a breakfast
on Tuesday, August 13 at
Birmingham elementary.
Superintendent Don Whitt
and Assistant Superinten-
dent Wally Watkins welcom-
ed them to the District.
Later that day at lunch,
they were honored at the
monthly Chamber of Com-
merce luncheon. Each one of
the principals introduced
teachers that will join the
staffs at Akin, Birmingham
anu Hartman elementaries,
Wylie Middle School and
Wylie High School. At the
luncheon, each teacher receiv-
ed a special gift that had been
donated by different mer-
chants.
Care Center
Need School
Supplies Now
Wylie's Christian Care
Center urgently needs school
supplies, including note
books, rulers, glues, scissors,
folders, etc.
The Center is open Mon-
days, Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays
from 9 to 2.
Bldg. Permits
Up In July
Inspections: 142 for July,
Total for 1991 - 580.
Housing units permitted: 9
permits for total value of
$637,280.00.
June 1991: 4 permits, Im
pact fee collected for July
$7,900.00.
Commercial units: 2 permits
for a total value of
$110,000.00 with 3 school
permit additions totaling
$79,000.00.
Other building permits: 5
remodels, 1 pool and 1 sign
permit for a total value of
$34,000.00.
21 for a total value of
$860,280.00.
The 21 building permits for
July 1991 is the highest per-
mit month so far this year
with total permit, zoning and
license fee collections of
$7,692.00 with $4,539.50 of
that tor new and remodel con-
struction.
The total building permits
through July 1991 85 as
compared to 143 building per-
mits for the same time in
1990 and 123 building per-
mits for 1989. This reduction
in 1991 total permits, to date,
is similar tot he surrounding
cities, percentage reduction
in permits.
Wylie Police
Arrest Escapee
Wylie Police Officer George
Magnuson arrested a juvenile
on Monday afternoon in
Garland who had escaped
from a Texas Youth Commis-
sion facility in Dallas. The
youth had been previously
placed in the facility for ag-
gravated armed robbery.
The Wylie department was
notified because the
juvenile's last known address
was listed at Wylie. Officer
Magnuson said the youth was
then transported to the Collin
County juvenile authorities,
and they notified the Texas
Youth Commission.
Because Officer Magnuson
was able to gain the juvenile’s
confidence, he offered no
resistance. Officer Magnuson
is with the Metro-Fugitive
Warrant Division.
At last week's meeting, the
City Council voted to discuss
the proposed FY 91-92
budget at a work session on
Friday, August 23. The City
Charter requires at least one
public hearing on the budget
before it can be adopted. The
Council decided to have the
hearing on September 24.
An ordinance on landscap-
ing regulations was sent back
to the Planning and Zoning
Commission for further con-
sideration. City Manager Bill
Dashner said that five per-
cent of the land that is being
developed has to be set aside
for landscaping purposes.
Councilman Simmons wanted
to have a penalty clause add-
ed to the ordinance in the
event that landscaping was
not maintained.
There will be a formal
dedication of Brown Street
and McCreary Road on
Wednesday, August 21 at
9:00 a.m. at the intersection
of Brown and Ballard. Guest
speakers will be Mayor John
Akin, County Commissioner
Jerry Hoagland and North
Texas Municipal Water
District Executive Director
Carl Riehn.
The Parks and Recreation
Department has collected
$10,342.81 to date. Field fees
were $2,636; tournament fees
were $340 and lighting fees
were $1,827. The City's 21
percent portion of concession
sales totalled $5,539.81.
The semi-annual report from
the Development Corporation
of Wylie, Inc. indicated that
since the first meeting in
December or 1990 through
June of 1991, $151,989.91 of
tax money had been received.
The interest that has ac-
cumulated is $2,382.21. So
far, the corporation has spent
$8,589.64.
The Council voted to oppose
a request from the East Fork
Water Supply Corporation to
convert to a special utility
district. The city manager
said he and staff Attorney
Steven Deiter had filed an of-
ficial letter of protest in op-
position. “The ramifications
of this, if it’s approved, will
be far-reaching, for the future
of this city," he said. "If they
are given this special district
status, that will put them in
competition with city govern-
ment in the area." Dashner
said this would mean they
could have their own fire and
police departments and
basically operate like a city,
including incurring bonded
debt.
An item regarding proposed
contracts between the Cities
of Wylie and Murphy on
sewage treatment will be
discussed at the August 23
work session. A preliminary
contract will allow the City of
Wylie to handle all of the City
of Murphy’s sewage. This
amount will not exceed
250,000 gallons per day.
Wylie currently has a
1,000.000 per day access
capacity and Murphy would
tie on to Wylie's transmission
line. Under this agreement,
Murphy would pay over and
above treatment costs so that
Wylie would receive a
reasonable and equitable pro-
fit. Wylie will make a profit
from $11,690 to $95,812 per
year depending on the flow
from 25,000 gallons per day
to 250,000 per day.
Dashner said that he had
asked a computer expert,
Dennis Hensley, to evaluate
the city's computer system at
no charge. Mr. Hensley s
recommendation for the hard-
ware was to either upgrade
eight existing PC XT's at an
approximate cost of $300
each or replace all existing
XT's with 286 AT's at an ap-
proximate cost of $650 a
piece. He said to update the
software would cost between
$25,000 and $40,000. These
updates would handle the ci-
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Water Commission Praises City
On Elimination Of Pump And Haul
The City received a letter last week from Texas
Water Commission District Manager Charles Gill
praising them for the elimination of the pump and
haul method of sewage disposal.
The letter read, in part: “On August 5, 1991, our
representative, Mr. Tim Jurgensen, conducted a brief
inspection of some recently completed sewer lines and
lift stations in Wylie. The inspection was conducted in
response to a request by your City Engineer, Mr. Paul
Beaver, to verify that deficiencies in your collection
system which necessitated a mobile ‘pump and haul’
program for sewage collection have been corrected.
“Mr. Jurgensen observed that sewer lines and lift
stations are now in place in those parts of town
formerly served by the pump and haul program. Ac-
cording to Mr. Beaver, all pump and haul activities
have ceased. Our office is very pleased with the pro-
gress your City has made in managing its wastewater
collection and treatment.”
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Smith, C. Truett. The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 21, 1991, newspaper, August 21, 1991; Wylie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth584358/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith Public Library.