Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1995 Page: 1 of 16
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Chamber of Commerce to hold
annual auction/barbecue May 20
The Sanger Area Cham-
ber of Commerce will have its
annual auction and barbe-
cue May 20 at the Sanger
Fire Station. Auctioneer for
the event will be Mike Jones.
Admission to the auc-
tion. which begins at 7:30
p.m., is free. The barbecue
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will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets
are $5 each and are available
at Sanger Drug. Sanger
Florist and the' chamber
office.
According to Pauline Bell,
chairwoman of the event, the
number of items the chamber
has received is one of the
highest in past history. Items
she is looking into offers from
the University of North Texas
in Denton, Lamar University
in Beaumont and Oklahoma
Baptist University in Shaw-,
nee, Okla.
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give Superintendent Mike
Rosenberg the authority to
negotiate for the purchase of
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council to form a committee
to meet with the two banks
and John Springer in order
to more clearly define expec-
tations for the economic
development consultant.
In other action taken
that evening. Tojnmy Kincaid
was appointed mayor pro-
tein. eight qualified home
buyers were approved for the
city's First-Time Home
Buyer's Assistance program,
12 applicants for the city's
Housing Rehabilitation
Grant were approved, a
zoning change (from single-
family 2 to single-family 1) for
property located in the
Indian Springs subdivision
was approved and the final
subdivision plat for Dorwin
Sargent's addition on Freese
Drive also was approved.
Mayor Armstrong was
approved as the voting
member to North Central
Texas Council of Govern-
ments. bids were authorized
for library shelving^ the
chamber of commerce was
approved use of the
downtown park for Seilabra- , review after four months to
tion and bid announcements
for repairs and renovation to (Continued on pg. 9)
land adjacent to the south
side of the high school
campus.
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Sommer Boland and Bryan Elsey are pictured at the
Sanger High School Junior & Senior Prom which was
held Saturday. April 22nd at the University of North
Texas. Boland and Elsey. both seniors at SHS, were
selected as this years Prom Queen & King.
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coach remaining at the high
school will be I^arry Futch.
In a specially-called
meeting 5:30 p.m. Monday,
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After her victorious weekend in Austin. Sanger High School
senior, Christina McCarty, proudly exhibits the gold medal
she captured by winning the state 3A 4OO-meter dash.
said. She also said she
wished to acknowledge all
the support she received from
the Sanger community this
year.
Since ending her high
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the downtown sidewalks
were approved to run in
newspapers beginning next
week.
After some discussion the
council also approved
appointing Sanger Fire Chief
Bob Hageman code enforce-
ment officer for the city, with
a sQght pay increase to
compensate for time spent
enforcing sub-standard and
non-code buildings.
1'he city is currently using
a police officer to enforce
codes during the day, in
addition to regular duties.
Mayor Armstrong said that
by making Hageman a code
enforcement officer, she
hopes to some day relieve the
police department of this
duty.
Newly elected councilman
Glenn Enin voiced opposi-
tion to the idea.
"I don't think we need the
fire and police working on
the same thing," he said.
Mayor Armstrong replied
that if the measure was
passed, it would call for a
After much discussion,
and upon the urging of
Mayor Nel Armstrong, the
Sanger City Council agreed to
table further action on the
appointing of an economic
development consultant
until a committee could be
appointed to review the
proposal.
According to City Man-
ager John Hamilton. Spring-
er Real Estate, GNB-Sanger
and Sanger Bank have
donated $1,500 to a project
to develop and implement a
plan aimed at attracting
commercial ventures relating
to tourisfti and recreation in
Sanger, and the city has
been asked to match that
amount to retain the services
of Mel Higginbotham.
Higginbotham. who
admitted that this would be
his first-time venture as
economic development con.,
suitant for a city, said he has
worked in the past packaging
information for investors on
pieces of property they were
interested in marketing.
As an economic develop-
ment consultant for the city
of Sanger. Higginbotham said
that he would use his
networking and business
connections and set up
background packages on the
cjty profiling its demo-
graphics. restrictions and
available utilities.
"The possibilities are
limitless for Sanger." he said.
Citing the marina as -an
example, he added, "I think
Sanger has a tremendous
amount of potential for
growth, and the danger is to
try and let it be healthy
growth.
'That's a danger for any
community, especially for any
•community that has been
around as long as Sanger . . .
The key is not whether or. not
we are going to grow, but
what is the wisest way."
In response to Higgin-
botham's presentation, Arm-
strong said that when
spending the taxpayers'
money, the city has to be a
little more accountable, so
the city has to ask a few
more questions. Funding
from the city would come
from the hotel/motel tax.
"We're eager for some-
thing to happen in Sanger,
and we're very pro-active as
far as its concerned." she
said. However, she expressed
concern that several of the
things Higginbotham had
stated that he would do were
things that the-city already
has tried.
After additional discus-
sion the mayor asked the
to be auctioned Include a trip
to Las Vegas, camping
equipment, dinners, hotel
accommodations. Dallas
Sidekicks tickets and Dallas
Stars tickets.
For more information
about this annual chamber
event, call 458-7702. •
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School board accepts resignation of girls' coaches
Last week the school
board accepted the resigna-
--, tions of coaches Randall
. t Murry, Mario Lewis, Carl
Jackson and Tamrriie Klnnl-
brugh.
According to Rosenberg, •
Murry accepted a coaching
position at Dumas High
School in West Texas, where
he was offered more money
and a longer contract. Murry
began his coaching duties at
Dumas on Monday.
Coach Lewis, Rosenberg
said, will be going to Dumas
with Coach Murry after
school ends.
Klnnlbrugh said that she
is planning on continuing
her education at Texas Tech
University, and Coach Jack-
son Is pursuing a career as
City Council tables action regarding
economic development consultant
By Lisa Handy
a tennis coach at a larger
school.
The resignations of
coaches Lewis, Jackson and
Kinnibrugh will become
effective the end of the school
year. No replacements have
been found. The only girls'
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As Christina McCarty
crossed the finish line at the
end of 400-meter dash, the
race was so close, she wasn't
sure if she had won the Class
3A state championship in
the event.
"I heard the the
announcer call lane eight,
which was the lane I was
running in, so I thought I
had won, but Immediately
after crossing the line I
wasn't sure, because it was a
really close race," the Sanger
High School senior said.
McCarty won the race
with a time of 58.10, winning
by .03 seconds ahead of
competitor Melissa Leham of
Queen City, and .15 seconds
ahead of Erica Whaley of
Slaton.
And. while she alone
represented Sanger in the
race, she said that if it hadn't
been for all the support she
received from her family,
friends and the community,
she wouldn't have done *as
well as she did.
"1 had a lot of supporters,
and I would like for them to
know that I appreciate the
people who attended the school track career with a
state championship," she flourish, McCarty said that
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Hardy, Lisa. Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1995, newspaper, May 18, 1995; Sanger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1299958/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sanger Public Library.