The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1987 Page: 1 of 20
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The Wylie News
Devoted To The Best interest Of Wylie Since 1947
Wylie, Collin County, Texas
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Volume 40, Issue 27
Wednesday, December 16, 1987
Two Section* - 20 Page*
25* Copy
Council Signs
Ambulance
Contract
Wylie's City Council, in an
effort to upgrade their cur-
rent level of ambulance ser-
vices, signed a contract with
Lifeline Christian Care Am-
,bulances, Inc. The contract
"will go into effect as of mid-
night, December 15, 1987.
Lifeline is a young firm that
provides services for North
Dallas County. They offer a
full advanced life support ser-
vice with medical protocal
and dispatch through
Methodist Hospital of Dallas.
In addition, the units will be
staffed by fully trained
paramedics and emergency
medical technicians that have
been trained in part by
Methodist Hospital.
Under the basic life support
system, an injured person is
not stabilized and not ad-
ministered any drugs or injec-
tions. Basically, the am-
bulances pickup individuals
and transport them to the
nearest hospital for treat-
ment. With the advanced life
support system the am-
bulances carry drugs, equip-
ment and telemetry of vital
signs to a qualified doctor.
The injured person can then
be stabilized at the scene and
transported to a hospital.
“Lifeline” has a contract
with Methodist Hospitals of
Dallas to provide all medical
control and dispatch services.
Their service is on a con-
tinuous 24-hour basis on each
day of the week.
Citizens may continue to
call the police station at
442-2222 or they can save
time by calling Lifeline direct
at 630-0008.
Cathy Wiggs, a freshman
FFA student at Wylie High
School, won fourth place in
the State FFA Leadership
Contest held on December 5
at Sam Houston State
University in Huntsville.
Cathy qualified for the state
competition by winning first
place in the District V
Leadership Contest and first
in the Area V Leadership
Contest. Approximately
twenty students were entered
in the district contest, while
there were twelve in the area
contest. At the final competi-
tion, Cathy competed against
ten of the best students in the
y mi
LIFELINE
Resolution Adopted
To Conserve Water
As Of midnight December 15, Lifeline Christian Ambulance will be taking over the Wylie area. The
Lifeline number is 630-0008. Shown here are Tiffany Murray and Connie Flemming.
TU Electric Chosen
Business Of Month
TU Electric was chosen
Business Of The Month by
the Wylie Chamber of Com-
merce at their regular mon-
thly luncheon.
The story of Texas Power
and Light Company begins
some two decades before
TP&L was organized.....when
communities were struggling
against odds of money scarci-
ty and a general lack of
understanding and apprecia-
tion of this new force which
was destined to become of
great importance in the daily
lives of the people of Texas.
In the early 1880's the stage
was set for the initial efforts
at supplying electricity to
North, Central and East
Texas. It was an auspicious
age for those living under the
Lone Star. Texas was blessed
with peace for the first time
in its turbulent history. The
last of the Federal army of oc-
cupation has been
withdrawn, and the State had
adopted its new constitution
of 1876.
Once again longhorn cattle
drives crowded the trails, and
cotton was again king in the
black lands of central and
north Texas. Farmers and
ranchers were beginning to
recover from the lean years of
war and reconstruction, and
were eagerly receptive to new
ideas and progressive trends.
Against this background, a
new and glamorous concept
of lighting for homes and of-
fices had its beginning when
Thomas A. Edison and his
associates announced on Oc-
tober 21, 1879, the first prac-
tical incandescent lamp; and
on September 1, 1882,
Edison's Pearl Street
generating station, in New
York City, began supplying
electricity to 59 customers
within a mile of the plant. The
principal ingredient lacking
for rapid development was
financial support. Only a few
electric power plants had
been built, and they were
mostly in some of the larger
cities of the nation.
Most of the early electric
Continued on page 2
The Wylie City Council met
for a brief agenda on Tues-
day, December 8th at 7:00 in
the Community Room. The
next regular meeting will be
scheduled for Tuesday,
December 22, at 7:00 in the
Community Room.
A resolution approving a
water conservation and
drought contingency pro-
gram was approved.
Currently, the city is under-
taking planning efforts to
meet the demands of its
water customers for the pre-
sent and for the future into
the 21st century. The city has
developed a utility system
capital improvements pro-
gram to expand and upgrade
the following: the wastewater
treatment plant capacity, a
wastewater collection
system, and water distribu-
tion and storage facilities.
The objective of the pro-
gram is to conserve water
through efficient water use
practices. Also, it provides
procedures for voluntary and
ujuiiuuuji ^ actions to be plac-
ed into effect to temporarily
reduce the demand placed on
the city's available water
system during a water shor-
tage emergency.
The city believes it is in the
long-term best interest of the
community to conserve por-
table water as well as use its
water supply resources more
efficiently.
The city has also developed
with North Texas Municipal
Water District a lake eleva-
tion trigger conditions for
mild, moderate, severe and
critical emergency condi-
tions.
Council discussed revisions
to the plumbing code in order
that it will comply with the
water conservation plan as re-
quired by the Texas Water
Development Board.
Approval of the preliminary-
plat of the Westgate Terrace
(the portion of the Westgate
property between FM 544
and FM 3412) was given.
Approval to award bids on
two police cars was given.
GTE Of Southweti To Change Name
GTE Southwest Incorporated
General Telephone Com-
pany of the Southwest will
ring in the new year by
changing its name to GTE
Southwest Incorporated, the
company announced today.
The change will become effec-
tive Jan. 1, 1988.
The six other GTE domestic
telephone operating com-
panies will make similar
changes in their names.
The decision to drop the
“General Telephone Com-
pany.."title from each com-
pany came after extensive
market testing, which found
that “GTE” is one of the
most recognized corporate
names in the country.
“The study showed that the
old name was inadequate to
describe our business. We
are, after all, more than your
basic telephone company,”
said E. L. "Buddy" Langley,
GTE Southwest president.
“In addition to regulated net-
work services equipment,
GTE Southwest and its
deregulated division.
Business Phone Systems,
provide business communica-
tions systems, equipment
and maintenance services;
telephone network con-
sulting; long-distance billing
and collection for interex-
change companies; private
line services; mobile
telephone service; radio pag-
ing and voice and data
transmission."
James L. Broadhead, presi-
dent of Gri E Telephone
Operations, said the name
changes will allow “all of our
telephone operating com-
panies to maintain their im-
portant local presence, while
gaining the strong market
value of one of America's
most familiar corporate
names."
Along with the change to
GTE Southwest, the other
name changes scheduled to
take effect Jan. 1 are:
General Telephone Com-
pany of California changes to
GTE California.
General Telephone Corn-
state in her category.
The category which she
entered was FFA Creed
Speaking. All contestants
were required to present a
five-paragraph memorized
creed telling what FFA
members believe in. Winners
were chosen on the basis of
their oral presentation skills,
including enthusiasm for the
subject presented.
Lending encouragement and
support throughout Cathy's
competitions were her FFA
sponsors, Tom Hickey and
Kip Winters. Also providing
assistance was WHS speech
teacher Darrell Muncv.
Texas Utilities Electric was named the business of the month by the Wylie Chamber of Commerce.
TU services Wylie southwest and the surrounding areas. It is investor owned and includes and
electric utlility company with four divisions, a fuel company, a mining company, a service company
and two non-utility companies engaged in energy related activities. Shown here from left to right;
Randy Arp, Jerry Smith, Kenneth Keller and Spencer Guimeran.
pany of the South changes to
GTE South.
General Telephone Com-
pany of the Northwest
changes to GTE Northwest.
General Telephone Com-
pany of Florida changes to
GTE Florida.
GTE MTO changes to GTE
North.
Hawaiian Tel changes to
GTE Hawaiian Tel.
GTE is a worldwide corpora-
tion with combined revenues
and sales totaling more than
$15 billion in 1986. Its three
core businesses - telecom-
munications, lighting, and
Continued on page 2
JC’s Children’s
Projects Conclude
December 19
The Wylie JC’s will finalize
their Christmas projects on
Saturday, December 19, by
distributing children's gifts
gathered through the JC
Children's Christmas Fun-
draiser.
The Santa Calls Project will
also be concluded this week.
A quick call at 442-3732 will
get you information on either
project.
Tickets are still available at
$1.00 each for the drawing to
be held on Saturday,
December 19. There is a
growing list of prizes: Ladies
pendant donated by Ken
Love Jewelry, Home outdoor
lighting kit donated by
Western Auto, A telephone
donated by GTE, two gift cer-
tificates donated by Head
First, a Telephone donated by
Albert Masters, Circular Saw
donated by Hector Hinojosa.
We wish to thank everyone
who purchased tickets and
the following for their very-
generous support; First State
Bank, Steaks Over Texas,
Western Auto, Head First,
Ken Love Jewelry, Super
Fresh, Johnston's Inc., Wylie
Supermarket, GTE, and The
Wylie News.
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Dorsey, Scott. The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1987, newspaper, December 16, 1987; Wylie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth750378/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith Public Library.