The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 84, Ed. 1 Monday, May 11, 1981 Page: 1 of 20
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Vol. 11, No. 82
East fire station
meets bid delay
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Staff Photo by Keith Taylor
parks.
Thank bees for corn-on-the cob
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Wyvonne Robertson inspects bee hive.
Chuck Puckett, an eighth grader at Allen Middle School, clears the hurdle
during recent district track competition. Puckett competed in the
110-meter hurdles. He was a member of the eighth grade team which was
high in the final standings when the district competition was completed.
AISD board to discuss
summer projects, schools
American favorite. Every mouth
watering yellow kernel glistens
when soft butter is applied. But
few people stop and think that
without a single grain of pollina-
tion from the honey bee, there
would only be a cornless cob.
“Each grain of that com on
the cob has to be pollinated. It
has to have at least one grain of
pollen on it or there just won’t
be any com,” 5-year veteran bee
keeper, Mrs. Wyvonne Robert-
son says.
Her bee keeping hobby sounds
like a lucrative one because the
sweet golden-colored honey
costs a fortune at the grocery
store. But raising them is really
a sting in the pocketbook, she
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Allen substitute teacher says.
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and they just always fascinated only one sting they will die. Assuming that bees won’t
me,” the benevolent blue-eyed “Their job is to care for the sting if they know who is boss
woman explains. Queen by feeding and protecting can be a stinging misconception.
When she started out she her.” They willingly will sting Even being fully clad in her
knew nothing about the honey anything that is a threat to the white overalls, high rubber
bee. “I ordered my first swarm Queen. boots and net covered safari hat
through Dadant Dealers, and I The second sort of bee is an is no guarantee.
didn’t know anything about unfertilized offspring, called the “Everytime I get stung I have
bees.” Drone. The Drone is a male who to go in for a shot so that’s part
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they meet in regular session to- is not in regular session.
day at 7 p.m. Trustees will also be asked to
The board will meet in the approve construction of campus
high school library. storage buildings and approve a
The Greenwood Valley pro- pilot program for in-service
posed school site will be discuss- equivalency time.
ed as will final specifications on Adjustments to the 1980 tax
the Ford Middle School con- roll will be considered as will
struction project. authorization for payment for
In a related matter, the board tax computer tapes.
will be asked by the administra- Adoption of a loan transaction
tion to adopt a resolution re- policy is also on tonight’s agen-
questing annexation of the Ford da as are several personnel mat-
Middle School property into the ters.
city limits of Allen. Job descriptions and renewal
Approval of the proposed of contracts for beginning
summer school program will teachers will be considered.
also be considered as will several Resignations and hiring of
maintenance projects. replacements and personnel
The maintenance is routine for assignments are also on the
the summer months when school agenda.
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including 2 under the budgeted to discuss the bid situation.,
amount, but failure to advertise McCarty said Friday morning
in a paper of general circulation that after the oversight was
may cause the bid procedure to pointed out to him by The Allen
be repeated, according to Jon American he consulted city at-
McCarty, city manager. tomey, Don Crowder.
A special meeting of the Allen “We are going to do it right,”
City Council will be held tonight he said. “This wasn’t advertised
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study of Main Street and begin-
| ning construction as recom-
mended in the report.
| Water supply for existing and
| new developments is included in
’ — the plan. Roh Fix, city enginner,
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I will have to be raised in order to
serve the west side. A second
water tank on the west side will
I be built later. Improvements in
the sewer system will be made
“after we find out where North
Texas Municipal Water District
is placing its new plant,” Fix
said.
In other action, the council:
e • Denied a request from Irv-
i “ ing Hill to change zoning on a
portion of a 96-acre tract located
at Exchange Parkway and
Highway 5. Hill had asked for
m _ locally and it is our normal pro-
Council approves Sduruensdmrtisan(for bids) in
■ ■ McCarty said the bid could be
■ a ■ challenged by a taxpayer or
improvement plan
.,1. . ,. _ Vernon’s Civil Statutes, which
apt improvements p an 40 acres fronting on 5 to be zon- govern competitive bidding for
was approved by the Allen City ed general business. Ward Pax- Cities, states publication shall be
Council as a guideline for pro- ton said he was against chang- in a news~aner of cgenera1 Hr-
jects for the next5 years." . ing thezoning without a specific CUltiniP“thecty,according
The first 3 years of the planm- plan Present zoning is local to city secreatry Marty Hen-
elude projects approved m the retail and residential, single and drix
1979 bond program, but the last multi-family. •We left the seeking of bids
2 years will require another bond Mayor pro-tem Joe Farmer to the architect Fisher-
issue, according to city manager made the motion to deny the re- Sm;ymAn ” W.A,I Lvc;
Jon McCarty, quest saying he.believed the SPBoDBuuok,reprsentative of
Highest priority included is best way to handle the zoning Fisher-Spillman, told The
fire station on the east side and will be in 4-6 months when the American Thursday night bids
the city hal annex. city has a new zoning ordinance, were advertised in Dodge
Plans for parks are based on ^Approved a request to Reports and Texas Contractors.
receiving grants to partially change zoning at 402-404 W. “These are trade publica-
cover the cost of neighborhood McDermott from R16 to office tions-we did not advertise in a
services. • newspaper,” he said.
K Approved a request to ex- Bullock said 22 contractors
tend a special exception to allow took plans out and 14 bids were
display of equipment and small brought in. At least 2 local con-
engine repair at 203 E. Main. tractors expressed an interest in Summer projects and new
Dale Burton, operator of Allen the construction of the fire sta- schools will be discussed by the
Rentals, made the request. tion, and one. Trade Con- Amtn Independent School
• Approved revised construe- struction of Alien, submitted District board of trustees when
tion drawings on Bethany the fourth lowest bid. R--pe tn m-4
Drive, authorized execution of Before the advertising pro- P-el- -- I HOC I
water line easement, and ap- blem was revealed, the council The Collin County Board of
proved 10W bidder,for the pro- voted to table the award of the Equalization will meet on Mon-
ject, Regional Utilities. bid until more information on day, May 18, at 1:30 p.m. until 4
Authorized development of the 2 apparent low bidders could p.m.
construction drawings on Butler be received. Appointments may be made
and PebblebrookDrive. Grice-Camp was the low bid- with the Tax Assessor-Collector
" Authorized the city der for the base design at on or before May 15 by 4:30 p.m.
engineer to proceed with $352,000. Second low bidder The board will meet on addi-
deveopment of plans and was Division Products. The tional days if necessary.
specifications for Reed Park, council discussed the 2 bidders The Equalization Board will
Walden Park and Rolling Hills and the vast difference in their convene at its regular meeting
rark. .. , quoted number of days for con- place at the Courthouse in Com-
The councilmet inexecutive struction. missioners Courtroom on the
mating at the end o the See BIDDERS on page 13 6th floor, in McKinney.
by Sherry Johnson
Editor of The American
Fire station on the east side is
meeting another delay as a
technical error in the bid pro-
cedure was discovered Friday
morning.
Fourteen bids were received,
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But now they play a signifi- does nothing but sit around and of my expense. But that’s my
cant role in her life. eat. fault because sometimes I make
Bees are very important “They are just lazy unfertiliz- them mad by keeping them out
because even though wind and ed eggs,” They aren’t around for of the hive until I think it’s
ants help in pollination, bees long because in the society of time for them to be in there,”
specialize in the area of pollina- bees there is no tolerance of non- she admits.
tion. workers, she says. Mrs. Robertson would like to
“Bees visit only one kind of The Queen on the other hand expand her hive business, but
flower at a time,” she says. is quite a different story. She is she worries that farmers spray-
The business of pollination is pampered and spoiled as long as ing to protect their crops might
always a hit and miss situation she produces a majority of fer- kill off her bees in the process,
because the flower is only open- tilized eggs. “I’m not the only bee keeper
ed one day. “Her job is to lay eggs. She out here so I guess what we’ll
“A flower has to be visited 12 can lay either fertilized or unfer- have to do is just tell them to
says. to 15 times to be pollinated.” tilized eggs, but she better lay notify us before they spray so
“It’s expensive because you The cucurbits, which include more fertilized eggs or she’ll be
have to feed them a mixture of cucumbers, squash, and all killed,” she says,
sugared water for 6 weeks. With melons depend on the bees for
the cost of sugar, by the time their pollination, the 46-year-old WHEN BEES ARE ordered,
you sell a jar of honey you’ve in- bee keeper says. the starter hive always comes
vested more than you get out,” with a Queen Bee, which has ,
the fourth generation Collin SHE RAISES 3 sorts of bees: been branded with airplane
County native says. A jar of the Worker, Drone and Queen, paint for easy identification, she h's a Job .................. 2
her pure honey sells for about The Worker, a female, is a says. 9
$2.50. Most would-be customers dedicated worker and protector “Anyone can start their own Hotline....................
think that’s too much, she says, of the Queen Bee. business by going out and just Sports champs.........7&8
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THEN WHY DOES she do it, themselves to death in 31 days,” order a starter hive it will run nounaup.................
you ask? “My grandfather had she sighs. Their short life span is about $125 to $150 and include Fund started............. 14
them when I was growing up further impaired because after everything needed.
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Johnson, Sherry. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 84, Ed. 1 Monday, May 11, 1981, newspaper, May 11, 1981; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1423308/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Allen Public Library.