The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 27, 1993 Page: 2 of 16
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F* 1-Sector-TIB WYUENm-WcdM^. Qatar 27.1993
1 A'ttcrs lb 1 he Editor
Dear Editor,
I was so relieved seeing yoor
article in the paper on Wed, Oct 20.
I don’t think that half of the
parents in Wylie are aware of just
how large this problem ready is. But
in truth, Wylie has a very severe
problem with this.
I am a mom of seven children, I
know personally nine other kkls by
name and about six more by face
that are actively involved in this
usage on a daily basis. These kids
are ages 11 to 19 and one is 23.
I personally went to see three sets
of parents to try and help them help
the kids and was told I didn't know
what I was talking about. In other
words, “not my kid.”
The biggest danger of all is the
story 1 get from these kids, it's not a
drug habit and I do it for fun and
because everyone else does. Besides,
if this was a drug, we couldn’t buy it.
Until very recently a four-year-old
child could walk in the store with
S3.89 and purchase this chemical,
thus these kids think they can get
high and not do drugs.
The main substance being used is
Berryman's Octane Booster. A
white bottle, which can be seen in
most of our parking lots and beside
most building including your home
in the yard or trash. But I feel that if
Dear Editor.
1 was just informed of the Fire
Chief s firing and felt compelled to
write this letter. How can City-
Manager Steve Norwood justify
firing a man of Chief Lynch's
character when there is another
department head w ho has been an
embarrassment to this city since the
first day of his arrival.
I know of no one who has any
complaints against Chief Lynch
other than Norwood. It was been
reported that the reason for firing the
chief was because "He was not
taking the Fire Department in the
direction Norwood felt it should be
going". I, for one. felt that Chief
Lynch did an excellent job and had
an outstanding working relationship
with his employees. He was
respected by everyone that knew
him and will be missed by all.
Maybe one of the prerequisites
for being a department head in the
city of Wylie is to be able to cause
disension within his department. I
wish Chief Lynch the best of luck
and hope that he finds a city that will
appreciate his loyalty and dedication.
Respectfully submitted.
Don McCarter
■ kid purek—ft this product one or
mare a (toy, dret die penoo selling k
lo ire sane kkb day in nd day out
would wonder win was going on,
and ask questions. But no one has
csred.
You pretty well covered
symptoms in the paper, but did not
suggest looking for wash rags to
begin disappearing or all of a sudden
socks don't match up or the toe part
of the sock is missing.
The smell does not wear off fast
and is horrible. It lasts a long time in
clothes and on a person. After using
for awhile, they will experience
nausea even when not doing it. They
complain about sore, itchy, runny
eyes, headaches and severe coughing
and coughing up blood, even when
they didn't use it that day. It also
causes severe acne, especially
around the cheeks and chin.
This stuff also causes severe
violence in these kids. They can
whip the world and don’t need
anyone. Parents, wake up and take
note. I may be talking about one of
your kids.
This problem is bigger than you
think. This stuff is habit forming.
Please, trust me.
Signed by one who knows
and mom of two of these users.
Wylie Resident
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Polling places listed
for amendment voting
Daylight Savings Time
ends October 30, set
clocks back one hour
It’s almost time to
recapture that hour you lost
on April 4, when Daylight
Savings Time began. DST
officially ends at midnight
on Saturday, Oct. 30. Set
your clocks back one hour
to standard lime.
By Weldon Lacy
Voters of Wylie and the rest of
Texas will go to the polls Tuesday,
Nov. 2, to pass judgement on 16
proposed amendments to the Texas
Constitution.
Collin County election
administrator Donna Strub has
announced polling places for the
constitutional amendment election,
including the following in this area:
Pet. 25—Murphy City Hall, 205
Murphy Rd., Murphy.
Pet. 27—Birmingham
Elementary School, 710 W. Brown,
Wylie.
Pet. 33—Morrow Building,
center of town, Lavon
Pet. 35—Community School,
EM 1138, Nevada.
Pet. 37— Community Center,
Blue Ridge.
Pet. 42—Community School,
EM 1138, Nevada.
Pet. 56—Wylie Middle School,
1001 S. Ballard', Wylie.
Pet. 60—Parker Community
Center, 5700 E. Parker Rd.. Parker.
Pet. 83—Hartman Elementary
School, 510 S. Birmingham,
Wylie.
Pet. 93—Community Center,
Blue Ridge.
Following are brief descriptions
of the 16 proposed amendments, as
compiled by the non-partisan
Texas Research League:
1. Authorizing (he issuance of
S50 million in G O. (general
obligation) bonds for state
financing of the start-up costs of
historically underutilized
businesses.
2. Authorizing the exemption
from ad valorem taxation of real
and personal property used in
pollution control.
3. Providing for the clearing of
land titles for the owners of certain
property in Fort Bend and Austin
Counties.
4. Prohibiting a personal income
tax without voter approval and
dedicating the revenue to education
and to reduction of local school
property taxes.
5. Allowing the legislature to
prescribe the qualifications of
sheriffs.
6. Abolishing the office of
county surveyor in Jackson
County.
7. Repealing certain restriction
on the ability of corporations to
raise capital.
8. Abolishing the office of
county surveyor in McLennan
County.
9. Modifying the provision for
the redemption of real properly
sold at a tax sale.
10. Authorizing the issuance of
S750 million in G.O. bonds to
augment the Veterans’ Land Fund
and the Veterans’ Housing
Assistance Fund.
11. Requiring trustees of a local
public pension system to
administer it for the benefit of
participants and beneficiaries.
12. Permitting the denial of bail
to persons charged with certain
violent or sexual offenses
committed while under the
supervision of a state or local
criminal justice agency.
13. Relating to the amount and
expenditure of certain
constitutionally dedicated funding
for public institutions of higher
education.
14. Authorizing the issuance of
up to SI billion in G.O. bonds for
projects relating to facilities of
corrections and mental health and
mental retardation (MHMR)
institutions.
15. Permitting the voters of a
county to decide, at an election
called by the commissioners court,
whether to abolish the office of
county surveyor.
16. Increasing from S25 million
to $100 million the amount of G.O.
bonds that may be issued for the
Texas Agricultural Fund to provide
financial assistance to agricultural
businesses.
Lions Club schedules academic sweater program
This year's academic
sweater awards ceremony is
set for Wednesday, Nov. 3, at
9:30 a.m. in the Wylie High
School gym.
The letter sweater program,
which follows a pep-rally
theme and includes the band
and cheerleaders, is spon-
sored by the Wylie Lions.
“The club began the pro-
gram six years ago to
recognize and honor excep-
tional achievements in
academics by Wylie High
. School students," said Leon
Isbell, Lions Club sweater
committee chairman.
“To earn a sweater lor sleeve
bars for repeat winners),
students must maintain an A
(90 or above) average in each
academic subject taken dur-
ing the school year. That's ex-
tremely difficult, and we
think kids who accomplish
this should be publicly
recognized," continued
Isbell.
Guest speaker for the up-
coming event is Reggie
Dabbs, who is fast becoming
one of the most in-demand
speakers for high school
assemblies. Reggie, who
resides in Fort Worth, travels
across the country speaking
to high school students.
Qualifying for the award
during the 1992-93 school
year were: Holly Gaskill, Jen-
nifer Houser, Nicole Lowery,
James Yarbrough, Cathy
Doyle, Jeff Carenza, Jamie
Combs, Melissa Frei, Lindsey
Herman, Brandi Hoebing,
Sherrie Pickard, Cynthia
Reese, Ryan Schnell, Sarah
Stephens, Sean Wilson,
Amber Benson, Evan
Dorkins, Amber Ferguson,
David Green, Jimmy
Hoefelmeyer, Danielle Ivers,
Amy Leverett, Christina
Lewis, Jason Link, Amber
Thurmond, Kristina Zimmer-
man, Paul Toal, Amy Close,
Emily Eggemeyer, Autumn
Fernald, Andy Hale, Kassie
Light, Cody Parker, Suzy
Smith, Anna Taylor, Nikki
Welch.
Persons interested in con-
tributing to the sweater fund
may do so by contacting any
Lions Club member or
Leon Isbell, 106 Beaver
Creek, Wylie, TX 750S8.
“Serving YOU Is Our Pleasure”
Homecooked Lunches Daily
You can get a free lunch!
Buy 10 noontime meals and get the 11th free.
Monday - Wednesday 6 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Thursday & Friday 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday 6 a.m. • 2 p.m.
201 S. Highway 78 442-3113
“We now have a pay phone outside our
front door for your convenience."
Hoping the Britishers
will travel ‘right’ way
At a luncheon meeting recently, I
tat by and talked with a couple
from London, England, who had
flown to Dallas and were preparing
to embark upon an automobile tour
of Texas.
The couple, who are professional
film makers, had been in Dallas a
few years ago to produce a
documentary on the Kennedy
assassination for television
consumption in England.
They had come back to Texas to
visit friends they had made on their
previous trip and to spend some
time driving around the Lone Star
Stale. They were excited about the
prospects, but wondered, laughing,
if they could adjust quickly to the
U.S. practice of driving on the right
side of the highway. Britishers, of
course, use the left side.
My reply was that if I could learn
to drive in Britain, they could leant
to do it in Texas. I was referring to
a two-week tour my wife and I
made in England. Scotland and
Wales a few summers ago, and the
Londoners wanted to hear about it.
I told them that my first few
hours of driving a rent car in
England were sheer terror. The
next few hours weren't too bad, I
said, except my wife kept asking
why my knuckles were so white.
Eater, I began to relax some, I
continued, and found that sitting
behind a wheel on the right side of
the car, shifting gears with my left
hand and always steering to the left
was only a little nerve-wracking.
Thinking hack, I wonder how I
really did make it safely over 2,000
miles of British territory, traveling
on everything from motorways—
the equivalent of our interstate
highways—down to little more
than pig trails in some backwood
areas.
The three-lane motorways can be
scary. Driving onto one after
picking up the car at Gatwick
Airport, my idea was to stick to the
slow lane starting out. Only
trouble, die British slow lane is die
one on the left, not the right, w here
I was. Motorists gently reminded
me of that fact by blowing their
horns, flashing their headlights and
making funny handsigns as they
zipped around.
Needless to say, I moved over
quickly, uttering under my breath,
“Well, exCUSE me,"
After getting orientated as to fast
and slow- lanes, 1 started learning
quaint road markings and other
British terminology. I soon learned
diat a “lay by” sign marks a place
to pull off the road, and "give way"
means to yield right-of-way. ,. !
Highway warning signs o.veii
there include “look out for lorries’ i
(trucks), “beware of soft verge’'
(shoulder), and “overtaking
prohibited” (no passing.)
, ) ♦
Weldon
Lacy
A full-service station in Britain is
where an attendant will fill your
tank with petrol (bought by the
litre), air up your tyres, check under
your bonnet (hood) and wash your
wind screen.
Out on the highway, you just
might get caught in a queue (traffic
ticup) caused by a slow-moving
caravan (travel trailer), and this is
particularly true in areas mari^l
with “overtaking prohibited” s^p
This means no passing.
The British version of detour, I
found, is “diverted trafficway" and
a multi-lane road is a “dual
carriageway."
After four or five days of driving
in Britain—with the help of my
navigator wife and her maps, ch.irts
and travel guides—I was feeling
pretty cocky. At times I would
venture into the faster lanes of the
motorway and occasionally find
myself fussing silently at a slow-
poke foreign driver who was
causing a traffic queue.
Anyway, we found that traveling
by auto and staying in bed-and-
breakfast inns gave us a good
opportunity to travel the secondary
roads and lanes to view the lush
countryside, to see out-of-the-way
attractions, to meet and visit with
the natives and in general get a
good overview of the countries.
Having a car frees you from rigid
travel schedules and allows you to
proceed at your own pace,
detouring whenever you choose to
see a fort or castle, to skip rocks on
Loch Lomond or the North Sea,
visit a museum or spend an hour
over refreshments with an
interesting native or fellow tourist
I hope that the couple from
London enjoy their motor tour of
Texas as much as we enjoyed ours
in England, Scotland and Wales.
And I hope that driving on the
right isn’t too upsetting to them and
that they aren't overly confused by
the quaint American road signs
they encounter.
Join the Fun on Fridays
fidult
Country Western
Dance Classes
at North Texas
Performing Arts Academy-
110 N. Ballard A
For more information call
Jg 442-2423
Instructor: Jeff Hebert
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Chad B. Engbrock..............................................................Publisher
Margaret Cook...................................................................F.ditir
Martha Gunstanson............................................................Office Manager 1;
Jacque llrlhurn..................................................................Reporter
(arid Bunting....................................................................Sachse Reporter ;!
l-olisa Moores...................................................................Murphy Monitor J •
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