The Colony Courier (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1980 Page: 1 of 6
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Official Newspaper for the City of The Colony
FEBRUARY 21, 1980
Phone (214) 292-1570
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They clip coupons
Swappers fight inflation
Residents assured on taxes
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to buy portable
city building
Action tabled
on Camey Road
In Austin Friday
City to resume
telephone fight
April 5 for two seats
on the MUD board.
—Consider a resolu-
tion calling for a joint
election with the city
April 5.
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Hardy snowman resists sun
By Monday most of the latest snow had disappeared, but a few
hardy snowmen still stood watch in The Colony. This one, sculp-
ted in the style of Big Tex, was built by 11-year-old Chris
Olinger, son of Charles and Ruth Olinger, in his yard at 5069
proposals for a retire-
ment plan for MUD
employes.
—Consider amend-
ments to the district’s
water and sewer policy
on changing connection
fees, making allowances
for commercial waste-
water rates when water
used is not relative to
wastewater produced,
and an amendment al-
lowing septic tanks un-
der certain conditions.
—Consider an order
calling an election on
for softball
There are 13 teams
for men and three for
women as the Colony
Softball Association pre-
pares to get its spring
season under way.
More women’s teams
are needed, Steve Tay-
lor, president of the
CSA, said. A minimum
of four is needed but
having six or eight
would be great.
The goal is to get
competition started
about April 1. Making
the goal depends on
weather and getting the
diamond ready near
Camey Elementary
School.
Taylor said the out-
look for the season is
exciting because there
are more teams than
ever before because
there is the possibility
of two leagues. One
would be a weeknight
league because of a
newly lighted field and
the other the old Sun-
day league.
“But we desperately
need women teams,” he
said.
Anyone interested in
forming a team or be-
ing a player should con-
tact a CSA officer.
The Colony Munici-
pal Utility District
Board will meet in spe-
cial session at 9 a.m.
Tuesday at the Water
Systems Control and
Maintenance Building.
Items on the agenda
include:
—An engineer’s pro-
gress report on facilities
and matters pertaining
to construction.
—Hear presentations
by representatives of
New York Life and
Southwestern Life on
service for our City.
We see no justification
for the denial of EAS
to this community
based on cost or any
other factor.
“Extended community
calling recommended by
the examiner will not
meet the needs of this
city. The facts of the
case illustrate a strong
community of interest
and dictate telephone
service on par with
Lewisville, Carrollton
and other cities in the
Dallas Metropolitan
area.”
Turner said he and
a council member would
attend the hearing.
Nearby cities in the
Metro have opposed
EAS for the Colony if
it would mean an in-
crease in their phone
rates.
Nonoptional two-way
EAS is opposed by
many Colony residents
if it means an increase
in their phone bills.
In a survey conduc-
ted by Bell for the
PUC in September 1978
about 57 per cent of
the 370-Exchange Cus-
tomers who voted fa-
vored nonoptional EAS
at an added cost of
$15.70 a month, but
more than 40 per cent
opposed it. Many oppo-
nents said they had
little need to call the
Metro.
The City of The Co-
lony will continue its
battle Friday for exten-
ded area telephone ser-
vice (EAS) at a public
hearing of the state
Public Utility Commis-
sion in Austin.
Robert Dillard, an
attorney for the city,
has been instructed by
the City Council to
press the fight at the
hearing.
Alan Holman, PUC
hearings examiner, has
recommended that 370-
Exchange subscribers of
Southwestern Bell be
given optional one-way
extended community
calling (ECC) to the
Dallas metro. Holman
recommended that the
optional service cost be
$3.60 a month plus 6
cents a minute for day-
time calls, 4.5 cents a
minute for night calls
and 3.6 cents a minute
for late night and week-
end calls.
The City has urged
a letter writing cam-
paign by residents to
the PUC commissioners
supporting EAS. No
new evidence will be
produced at the hearing.
Mayor Richard Tur-
ner in a telegram this
week to the PUC said:
“On behalf of the
citizens of the Colony
I urge you to give con-
sideration to two-way,
flat rate, extended area
e
—Consider a resolu-
tion supporting instal-
lation of Extended Area
Telephone Service for
the Colony.
—Hear a report by
District Manager Tom
Forrest on cooperative
projects with the City.
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for items.
Why join? It’s possible to save 50
per cent only on coupons and “you
can come out $1,500 a year just
in cash,” Whitmire said. That’s by
looking for coupons and labels about
four hours a week.
Is the savings worth the time?
“It’s worth it to me,” she said, “but
you must change your habits.”
Whitmire said she had mailed off la-
bels for $20 in cash in two weeks.
The Colony Refunders is an in-
formal club and hasn’t elected offi-
cers. The size of a club must be
controlled for swapping, but the
Refunders would like to see other
groups get together.
Shoppers interested in forming a
club and wanting to know how
saving coupons and labels can help
them save dollars should call Whit-
mire at 370-5525 or Kathy Wechter
at 370-1971.
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Action to close ano-
ther portion of Camey
Road and Fuqua Road
through the tract of
land owned by Interna-
tional Business Machines
was tabled by the City
Council Monday night.
The scheduled clos-
ing is part of an agree-
ment between IBM and
the city which called
for closing of Camey
and Fuqua Roads in
return for needed right-
of-way to widen Paige
Road and an additional
cash settlement of
$46,746. The money is
being held in escrow
by IBM’s attorneys un-
til final action is taken.
The council noted
that the original agree-
ment had called for the
final closing of the
roads upon acceptance
of the Paige Road wi-
dening project by the
city.
Fox & Jacobs repre-
sentative Joel Larkin
told the council that
the project should be
ready for acceptance
within a week, and that
the city could proceed
with the first reading of
an ordinance closing the
roads without affecting
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The price of living continues to
bound upward but some Colony re-
sidents are battling inflation even if
it means going out in the snow on
cold nights to swap.
That’s what Karen Whitmire of
5224 Arbor Glen Road and other
members of the new Colony Refun-
ders Club did when they met in
February. They meet at 7:30 p.m.
the first Thursday of every month
to swap coupons they have clipped
from newspapers and magazines.
Whitmire wouldn’t say where the
first refunders club meets because
there wouldn’t be room to hold the
throng in a Flair home. But plans
are to organize a second one.
It’s a hobby that actually pays
off in cash buying some brand
names and offers shopping savings on
others, she said. At the last meeting
on Feb. 7 nearly 15 persons showed
up and many told how they got
more money back than they paid
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or two-inch accumulation in the area. Later the tempera-
ture in the area soared into the 80s under clear, sunny
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Colony residents can
deduct property taxes
they paid in 1979 on
their income tax re-
turns although mort-
gage companies didn’t
actually pay the taxes
until after Jan. 1.
Carolyn Borden, a
clerk in the Tax De-
partment at the Muni-
cipal Utility District,
said MUD had received
several telephone calls
from concerned resi-
dents asking about tax
deductions.
The answer is that
residents pay property
2371,
Initial steps were taken Monday
night by the City Council to pur-
chase a portable building to serve as
a temporary city hall until an ade-
quate municipal administration build-
ing is built.
After hearing a report by Coun-
cilman Chris Fabian on a portable
building presently available from
North Texas Bank in Lewisville, the
council instructed City Manager Tom
Hart to seek bids on such a build-
ing.
Fabian, Hart and Councilman San-
dra Shearer agreed that a building
such as the one offered by the bank
could serve many of the functions of
a city hall now, and that upon com-
pletion of the proposed permanent
facility could be converted to a re-
creation building, library or other
function.
They also pointed out that such
buildings enjoy high resale value and
quite likely would bring approximate-
ly the same price in 10 years as
now, thus serving as an excellent in-
vestment.
The bank is asking $29,000 for
its building, and Hart expressed doubt
that any other bids would come in
at a lower figure for a comparable
building. He anticipates approximately
$11,000 in moving and installation
costs, for a total of $40,000.
Hart also pointed out that there
are other details to be resolved be-
fore final action can be taken. Spe-
cifically, he explained that finding
a suitable location would not be easy.
Placing it on the site of the pro-
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posed permanent building would be
impractical at this time, he indicated,
because utility lines have not been
laid to the site, and the cost to in-
stall them now would be prohibitive.
Utilities are included in a proposed
$1,125,000 bond issue, to be voted
on March 8.
Two other locations being consi-
dered are at the intersection of South
Colony Boulevard and Blair Oaks
Road where the present parking lot
could be utilized, or the intersection
of Nash Drive and Jennings Drive.
Both of these sites would involve
zoning changes to permit use for an
office structure. At least one resident,
Patrick Geary of 5013 Avery Lane,
has raised objections to placing it at
South Colony and Blair Oaks.
Fabian and Councilman Bill Longo
were appointed a subcommittee by
Mayor Richard Turner to investigate
additional site possibilities.
Hart summarized the decision to
acquire the building as “one of the
most exciting things we’ve done. We
desperately need the permanent mu-
nicipal administration building, but it
is many months away, at best. This
is another interim step but each
time we have moved it has been for
the better. City staff morale and effi-
ciency improved greatly when we
moved into the present location from
the Stop arid Go building, and I ex-
pect to see the same thing happen
now. We will be overcrowded from
the first day, but I am excited to
see the progress.”
the acceptance.
Councilman Gary
Shipman pointed out
that regardless, the
agreement called for
acceptance of Paige be-
fore other action was
to be taken. Other
members of the coun-
cil supported his view.
When final action is
taken, Camey Road will
be closed where a Lone
Star Gas Company pipe-
line crosses it, a few
yards east of Larry’s
Restaurant.
Fuqua Road (also
known as “the service
road”), now connecting
Camey Road and state
Highway 121, will then
serve no purpose and
will also be closed.
Circle to meet
The Good Shepherd
Circle in the Colony
will meet Feb. 28 at
8 p.m., at the home
of Dina Luongo of
5269 Sherman Drive.
There will be a short
business meeting and
then Annette Beane will
demonstrate “Cake De-
corating.” Catholic wo-
men are invited to at-
tend and join the Cir-
cle. For more informa-
tion contact Captain
Bobbie Bilich at 370-3053.
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taxes monthly through
an escrow account with
mortgage companies.
Borden said mortgage
companies paid late be-
cause MUD sent the
combined MUD-city
tax statements out
after Dec. 15.
Tax statements went
out late because the
city didn’t set its tax
rate until October, and
all tax statements are
done by hand.
Next year tax state-
ments will be handled
by computer, Borden
said.
Wind-whipped drifts of snow on FM 544 became delicate
designs during Saturday’s surprise storm. These drifts gave
the impression of a much heavier snowfall than the one
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