The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 8, 1995 Page: 1 of 20
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P3"—I MURPHY— D Magazine rates
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I - « | to live in the Metroplex. In fact, Mur-
1 40 | Phy ranked number Hon the list. See
story in the Monitor, Page 4B
SACHSE—Dallas Morning
News columnist Steve Blow is sched-
uled to speak at the Chamber’s
monthly luncheon set for Tuesday,
Nov. 14. Page 2B
PIRATES—Wylie will close out
its season on the road against the
Rockwall Yellow Jackets this Friday.
The Pirates and the Jackets will try to
get their first district win. Page 6A.
THE WYLIE NEWS
Devoted To The Best Interest Of Wylie Since 1947
Covering Murphy, Sachse, Wylie and the surrounding area
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Care Week
Band Boosters host
annual turkey dinner
The Band Booster Club
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JBnner on Nov. 12 from 11
a.m. until 2 p.m. at Wylie
High School. Ticket prices
for this fundraiser are:
adults $5 and children $4.
Early Bird prices are adults
$4.50 and children $3.50.
Reception for Betty
Caton announced
A reception for former
Wylie resident, Betty Caton,
who is running for Judge of
the 380th District Court,
will be held on Thursday,
Nov. 16 at American Na-
tional Bank. The public is
invited to stop by for
refreshments and to visit
with the candidate.
Zack Hall reports
for carrier duty
Navy Seaman Zack S.
Hall, son of Cheryl Mc-
Brayer of Wylie recently
reported for duty aboard
the aircraft carrier USS
Independence, forward de-
ployed to Japan. He is a
1994 graduate of Wylie
High School who joined
the Navy in February 1995.
Shop Wylie First on
Nov. 18 at Armory
On Saturday, Nov. 18 the
2nd Annual Shoppers Festi-
val will be held at the
National Guard Armory,
located on Spring Creek
Parkway just north of City
Hall in Wylie.
Uhrhe event begins at 10
' a.m. and area merchants
will have booths set up for
your shopping pleasure.
For booth information
call Audrey 442-6565.
Lavon church to
host annual bazaar
The ladies of Lavon First
Assembly of God Church,
located on Hwy. 78, invite
you to their annual bazaar
and bake sale on Saturday,
Nov. 11 beginning at 11
a.m. There will be clothing
crafts computers and jewel-
ry. Proceeds will be donat-
ed to Life Challenge,
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WISD offers GED
classes at high school
•;
Wylie ISD is offering
classes in preparation for
taking the five tests leading
to a certified high school
general equivalency diplo-
ma (GED).
For information on the
free class call 442-3593.
of outreach to area’s needy people
By Weldon Lacy
As citizens prepare for the eighth
annual observance of Christian
Care Week, Nov. 16-23, in support
of the Wylie Community Christian
Center, they can take pride in being
a people who truthfully look after
the welfare of their own.
For a dozen or more years the
churches of Wylie and other citi-
zens have joined forces through
the Wylie Ministerial Alliance and
its Wylie Community Christian
Care Center to provide food, cloth-
ing and money to help underprivi-
leged people throughout the area
with their family needs.
Rev. Al Draper, pastor of First
Baptist Church of Wylie and a
driving force in Christian Care
operations throughout its history,,
recalled that when he first came
here in 1969 (he various churches
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WINDMILL TRADING POST BURNS—A two-alarm fire caused an estimated
$200,000 damage to this Wylie business Saturday morning. See page 3A. News staff photo
had individual programs to assist
the needy.
“We saw the need for a coordi-
nated effort, so the churches went
together to form the Christian Care
Center and provide a clothes closet
and food pantry to serve the under-
privileged," he said.
Originally, the Christian Care
Center operated in “the little green
house," a converted residence on
First Street across from the First
Baptist parking lot.
“After a few years, we outgrew
that location and looked for larger
quarters,” Rev. Draper said,
adding that Physicians Regional
Hospital then provided the center a
new home on the hospital grounds.
“After the tornado in May of
1993, we needed even more space,
so Raymond Cooper donated the
land and headed up a fund drive
that led to the construction of our
modern facility on South Ballard
St.,” he added.
The new Wylie Community
Christian Care Center at 606 S.
Ballard St. is a 4,400-square-foot
steel frame building that contains a
small chapel, business office,
working office and a reception
area for clients and volunteers.
Co-directors of the center are
See CARE CENTER Page 10A
Following is the schedule of
events for the eighth annual
Christian Care Week, Nov. 16-23.
•Thursday, Nov. 16—-Chamber
of Commerce kickoff luncheon, 12
o’clock nooo, St. Anthony
Catholic Church.
•Friday, Saturday, Nov. 17-18—
Wylie Supermarket and Brook-
shire’s will match specific items
that are purchased for donation to
Christian Care Center.
•Saturday, Nov. 18—Care Con-
cert, 7 p.m., First Baptist Church.
•Sunday, Nov. 19—Commodity
collection and special cash collec-
tion at all Wylie churches; annual
community thanksgiving service
at First Baptist Church.
•Monday, Nov. 20—Day of
Prayer and Sacrifice. Churches
asked to open their doors for
prayer and people to make special
sacrifices.
•Tuesday, Nov. 21—Commodi-
ty collection and special cash col-
lection at Wylie schools.
•Wednesday, Nov. 22—Annual
thanksgiving bake sale sponsored
by Wylie Women’s League at
Provident and American National
Banks. To donate home-baked
goods, call 442-6565 or 442-5156.
•Thursday, Nov, 23—Thanks-
giving Day. Unified prayer in
every home.
Improved performance brings cash awards to WISD
By Weldon Lacy
Improved performance means
cash in the pockets of the Wylie
Independent School District.
Supt. Dr. John Fuller this week
received notice that WISD will
receive $10,463 because Akin and
Birmingham Elementary Schools
and Wylie High School were win-
ners in the Texas Successful
Schools Awards Program (TSSAS).
Akin and Birmingham each
received “recognized" designation
and Wylie High was cited for “sig-
nificant gain" in the awards pro-
gram.
Akin Elementary was awarded
$3,020; Birmingham Elementary,
$3,486; and Wylie High School,
$3,956.
The three Wylie schools will be
recognized in a ceremony in con-
nection with the next regular meet-
ing of the School Board on Mon-
day, Nov. 20, at the Administration
Building.
Officials from the three schools
and city, county and state digni-
taries have been invited to attend.
Campus-level committees estab-
lished under the Texas Education
Code's “Campus Planning and
Site-Based Decision Making" sec-
tion will determine how the money
is spent.
The code stipulates that the
award money is to be applied to
enhance academics and forbids its
use for any purpose related to ath-
letics or to substitute for or replace
funds already in the budget of a
school or district.
The winning schools are being
recognized for gains in student per-
formance in indicators that are part
of the Academic Excellence
Indicator System (AEIS), more
commonly known as the state’s
report card.
WISD schools are among 1,236
cash-winning schools statewide
receiving awards for exemplary or
recognized performance and 401
schools receiving awards for
recording gains in their perfor-
mance over last year.
The awards are based on
schools’ spring 1995 performance
on the Texas Assessment of Aca-
demic Skills (TAAS) test, which
measures performance in reading,
writing and mathematics.
Schools also had to meet perfor-
mance standards for dropout and
attendance rates.
Cash awards ranging from
$1,000 to $10,000 per school were
See WISD Page 10A
Portion of city sales tax fuels
DCW industrialization efforts
By Weldon Lacy
An organization whose func-
tions and goals may not be well
known by all local citizens is
called the Development Corpora-
tion of Wylie.
Since the non-profit community
corporation came into being more
than four years ago, Wylie has
gained many new citizens who
perhaps are unfamiliar with its
purposes, city officials pointed
out.
And many citizens who were
here at its inception may not
See SALES TAX Page 10A
Westminster suspends Chief Wolverton
A Wylie businessman and for-
mer city fire marshall last week
was suspended from his post as
Chief of Police of Westminster, a
town of 450 in the northeast comer
of Collin County.
Wade Wolverton, 39, who also
lists himself as president of SIRA,
a chiropractic clinic located in
Wylie, was suspended with pay
last Wednesday night from his
police duties pending an investiga-
Toll road OKd on Hwy. 190
tion by the Texas Rangers into
missing city records and property.
According to reports in The
Courier-Gazette (McKinney) and
The Dallas Morning News,
Wolverton’s suspension comes
among allegations of misuse of city
equipment and purchasing city
property.
According to reports, the city’s
mayor, Richard Davis and the sus-
pended chief have been criticized
by residents in the community for
the improper purchase of a fire
truck for the volunteer fire depart-
ment and running a police force
which is too aggressive. Wolverton
also heads the town’s volunteer fire
department.
The reports stated that other resi-
dents in the town support the
police force, citing improved pub-
lic safety along Highway 121.
See WOLVERTON Page 10A
By Weldon Lacy
A proposed area highway project
of prime significance in Wylie’s
future growth and development has
apparently moved closer to reality.
According to an article in Fri-
day’s Dallas Morning News, the
Texas Transportation Commission
has approved converting State
Highway 190 between State High-
way 78 and Interstate 635 (LBJ
Freeway) to a toll road.
The joint project of the Texas
Turnpike Authority and the Texas
Department of Transportation is
planned to ease traffic congestion in
Dallas, Denton and Collin Counties.
A public hearing on transferring a
portion of Highway 190 and right-
of-way to the turnpike authority is
set for Nov. 29, the Dallas News
article said.
Supporters of the toll-road con-
cept for the State Highway 190
stretch have said that its construc-
tion by the Texas Turnpike Auth-
ority rather than the Texas Depart-
ment of Transportation would
speed the project by several years
because of funding.
Texas Turnpike Authority toll-
road projects are built with funds
immediately available from rev-
See TOLL ROAD PAGE 10A
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MASONS SET CORNERSTONE—In a leveling ceremony last Saturday at the new Wylie
High School, Senior Deacon Warren Hardin squares the school’s cornerstone as Grand
Master Farris L. Benham (R) and Deputy John Wilkerson look on. special to the Newt
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