The Colony Courier (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1985 Page: 1 of 6
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Official Newspaper for the City of The Colony and the City of Little Elm
Phone [214] 292-1570
VOL. X NO. 10
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A-B Honor Roll
Police report
Cities receive
tax rebates
football teams
School
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Honor pupils listed
for first six weeks
In annexation dispute
Supreme Court
will not hear
Colony appeal
Seventh Grade
A Honor Roll
At Griffin School
Grades deplete
hit
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Griffin Middle
football teams
Reserves receive about
Goblins infest fire station
$245,315 in 1984 for
25 per cent increase.
“At last the Colony is
not landlocked,” Sample
said at the time.
The Colony had chal-
lenged a 10-foot ETJ strip
of Frisco surrounding 80-
square miles of territory
north and east of the city.
The Colony then went
to state Appeals Court in
Fort Worth and lost a round
there before appealing to
the Supreme Court.
clearing the way for the
Colony.
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First Colony Bank began giving away Halloween pumpkins Oct. 16. Originally there
were 500 but the supply had dwindled by Monday. That’s Amanda Field, 2, of 5405
Gates Drive and Shelley Mason, 10 months, of 5409 Gatos making their choices.
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didn’t know what the Col-
ony’s next step would be.
State District Judge Sam
Houston ruled in January
1984 in favor of Frisco
on a disputed area north
and east of the Colony
At the same time he ruled
in favor of the Colony
allowing it to annex on
Wynnwood Peninsula. He
said that four Frisco ord-
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copy desk at the Arizona Daily Star in
Tucson. I caught an airliner to Dallas and
took my first look at the Colony. There
were no residents in F&J homes, and
South Colony Boulevard was under con-
struction.
Then in October 1974 the first families
began moving in, and by 1976 the Tide had
more subscribers in the Colony than Little
Elm. So, the Courier was bom.
The Colony hadn’t been incorporated,
there were no shopping centers or office
space in the community in those days.
However, there was news to cover, such as
the Colony’s new Homeowners Association
and Volunteer Fire Department.
Anyway, the Courier will be moving, and
Mary and I won’t see many old Little Elm
friends as often as we would like to.
Jack Blalock
The Colony Courier will move out of its
Little Elm offices within the next few
weeks.
I got the eviction notice from my
landlord, Woodrow Witt, on Oct. 17. He
needed the Courier’s office space. The
Little Elm Post Office will expand into
Witt’s real estate office, and he will move
into the Courier office. He offered the
Courier another office in the office mall,
but Mary and I declined.
Where will the newspaper move? We
didn’t know early this week.
Mary and I moved into this office after
buying the Little Elm Tide from Witt in
August 1974.
When the late Clyde T. McWilliams of
near Little Elm told me about Fox &
Jacobs’ plan to build a planned commun-
ity, the Colony, I was working on the news
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Griffin bands also lost
players, he said. Eleven
of 65 pupils in the sym-
phonic band failed in the
classroom, and 12 of 56
in the concert band came
up with grades too low.
Swearingen said Tuesday
that no youngster who had
received a failing grade
had said anything to him
Frisco received a $29,663
rebate in October compared
to $42,963 in October 1984.
Rebates in 1985 total
$307,426 compared to
Following is the Griffin
Middle School honor roll
for the first six weeks of
the 1985-86 school term:
Eighth Grade
A Honor Roll
Monica Chase, Maria
Christenson, Michelle Gau-
tier, Aimee Hall, Donna
Kindred, Darenys Pastra-
na, Dana Schnoor, Cindy
Storozuk and Ann Boulom.
planning and preparing the
station for the arrival of
a “runaway gorilla, a mad
scientist, a cauldron-stir-
ring witch” and other eerie
characters who have made
reservations for a three-
night stay.
Wayne Scott, a volunteer
fireman for 10 years, said
that the “haunted Fire
House” has become a pop-
ular yearly tradition for the
firefighters and residents.
“We both look forward to
it,” Scott said, “and this
year’s event promises to be
most frightening, most ex-
citing, and most fun, we
ever had.”
100 hours of training, and
must be available for duty
16 hours a month. Per-
sons interested should ap-
ply at the Police Depart-
ment in City Hall before
Nov. 1.
The reserves program
began in 1977. Members of
the first graduating class
include Carroll and Chief
Nick Ristagno.
Three more members are
sought for the Colony po-
lice reserve. There are
now nine.
Reserves assist officers
on patrol, direct traffic,
and work parades, Police
Lt. Mike Carroll said. App-
licants must have no crim-
inal history, a clean driv-
ing record and reside inside
the Colony.
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Little Elm’s October
rebate was $4,682 com-
pared to $4,340 in Oc-
tober 1984. Rebates in
1985 total $34,829 com-
pared to $25,722 in 1984
for a 35 per cent increase.
Eastvale’s rebate this
month was $949 compared
to $1,078 in October 1984.
So far in 1985 rebates
total $14,412 compared to
$13,323 for an 8 per cent
increase.
Dallas’ DART payment
of $10 million brought its
total to $125.3 million this
year.
October checks represent
taxes collected on sales
made in August and report-
ed to Bullock by Sept. 20.
play rule after grades came
out late last week for the
first six weeks of fall
classes.
A new Texas rule bars
students with any failing
grades from participating
in extracurricular activities
for six weeks.
The seventh grade foot-
ball team will lose 49
of 115 youngsters, Griffin
Principal Ben Swearingen
said. The eighth grade
football team will lose 35
of 82 boys.
There were 82 girls in
the seventh grade playing
volleyball, but 26 came up
with failing grades. Twen-
ty-one of 85 eighth grade
girl volleyball players will
miss competition for six
weeks.
Tina Abernathy, Jennifer
Adams, Kimberly Allen,
Lawrence Avant, Michelle
Beede, Alison Cruse, Cyn-
thia Dodd, Georgeta Dudu,
Lesley Dyess, Chris Gal-
indo, Woodfin Howeth,.
Jennifer Koelling, Chris
Lautenslager, Nicole Long,
Michelle Macnamara, Ken-
neth Martin, Patricia Par-
ks, Charlene Reynolds,
Meredith White, Robert
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The Colony received a
$21,109 city sales tax re-
bate this month, state
Comptroller Bob Bullock
said.
That compares with a
$16,660 rebate in October
1984. So far in 1985
the Colony has received
$274,519 in rebates com-
pared to $226,747 in 1984
for a 21 per cent increase.
valued at $142 was taken
from an unlocked vehicle
in the 5000 block of Main
Street Oct. 18.
Burglary--A calculator
valued at $50 was taken
from a vehicle in the 7200
block of Augusta Drive
Oct. 18 or Oct. 19.
Theft-An automatic pis-
tol valued at $90 was taken
from a home in the 5000
block of Roberts Drive be-
tween Oct. 1 and Oct. 19.
Burglary-Someone used
duplicated bills to take
$40 in change from a coin
machine at the Colony Car-
wash on Witt Drive be-
tweenOct. 16 and Oct. 18.
Ghosts and Goblins and
Things will gather at Fire
Station No. 1 for the annual
Colony Fireman’s Associa-
tion’s “Halloween Haunted
Fire-House” on Oct. 29-
31 from 7 to 10 p.m.
Donation is just $1 per
person. “The donation will
be refunded to anyone who
does not make it through
the seven rooms of spooky
surprises,” a fire depart-
ment spokesperson said.
The “Old Fire Barn”
on Blair Oaks Road and
South Colony Boulevard
makes the perfect location
for the traditional benefit
event. Firefighters are
“state provision, and
there’s little we can do
about it,” he said. Swear-
ingen said students in dan-
ger of failing had been
provided tutoring since the
beginning of the school
term. The law provides
that a teacher must be
available for tutoring 90
minutes a week. It takes
place 8 till 8:30 a.m. and
3:30 to 4 p.m.
Gail Adger, Stephanie
Aldridge, Rhonda Allen,
Aimee Bacon, Tim Baxter,
Kim Blanchard, Wayne
Boeck, Fabio Borda, Cindy
Bowen, Dennis Butts, Ste-
ven Clark, Jenny Clark,
Carsen Condiff, Allyson
Courtney, Jenny Crosby.
Allison Davis, Kelly
DeGarmo, Dawn DeHamer,
Robert Ehrman, Todd Far-
ek, Heather Fitzgerald,
Doug Gerzmehle, Nicole
Halvorson, Tanya Heebsh,
Greg Hilst, Michelle Hy-
den, Joey Johnson, Keith
Jones, Michelle Kehm,
Philip Konecki, Scott Lang,
William Linn, Trina Liver-
man, Shannon Livingston,
Geoffrey Marshall, Jenni-
fer Meredith.
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The Texas Supreme
Court won’t hear the City
of The Colony’s appeal
challenging Frisco’s extra-
territorial jurisdiction north
and east of the city.
Mayor Larry Sample said
he was told Monday by
Tom Aikens, an attorney
for the Colony in the case,
that the appeal wouldn’t
be heard. The letter re-
ceived by Aikens from the
court was brief.
Sample said Tuesday he
Ghosts and goblins are
invited to the fourth annu-
al Stewarts Creek Carni-
val on Friday.
“One of the major pur-
poses of the Carnival is to
provide a community Hal-
loween party for the child-
ren of the Colony,” Lou
Isley, chairperson of the
event, said. "‘Tie idea
of a carnival was develop-
ed to sponsor a safe,
Halloween activity for the
entire community and even
neighboring towns,” she
said. “Stewarts Creek
T-shirts will be sold at the
carnival.”
The carnival will be held
from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Burglary—Police said
someone entered an un-
locked garage door at a
home in the 5000 block
of Painter Drive Oct. 11
and took a circle saw,
router and sander valued
at $300.
Burglary--Someone en-
tered an unlocked vehicle
in the 4500 block of
Chapman Drive Oct. 18
or Oct. 19 and took two
speakers and an equalizer
valued at $250.
Burlary--A stereo was
stolen from a vehicle in
the 5700 block of Baker
Drive Oct. 18 or Oct. 19.
Loss put at $120.
Burglary--A trap shooter
All booths will be indoors.
There will be face paint-
ing, a cake walk, dunk
booth, a ring toss, duck
pond, tic tac toe toss,
lollipop tree, witches hat
throw, Frisbee throw, foot-
ball toss, soccer kick, and
dunking for apples.
There will be a staff
costume contest at 7:30
p.m.
Tickets will be sold at
the carnival at four for
$1.
Stewarts Creek PT A is
sponsoring the Halloween
Festival as the major fund-
raising event for the ele-
mentary school. The
goal is to raise $3,500.
lam, Christy Miller, Sum-
mer Mitchell, Eduardo
Moreno, Mark Morin,
Charles Morrison, Cheri
Mount, Angela Navarre,
Laurie Nelson, Sheila New-
berry, Eric Nolte, Michael
Olive, Adriana Perez, Sean
Perry, Laura Preston, An-
gela Prince.
Clark Ramsey, Katie
Reeves, Pam Sampley,
Alicia Scalise, Rowland
Schwarz, Heather Sloan,
Calvin Small, Dustin Stew-
ard, Janice Stouder, Nic-
ole Terry, Randy Terry,
Robert Thompson, Pete
Vaccaro, Kim Walton, Gary
Weaks, Kerri Wentworth,
Penny Wilson and Tom
Witkop.
Aaron Alsbrook, Jeff
Armstrong, John Avard,
Carmela Baca, Toby Baker,
Cecelia Baker, Trevor Bak-
ker, Cathy Belcher, Derk
Bergquist, Lisa Bieghler,
Tara Bingman, Jason Bo-
gutski, Stephanie Borden,
Albert Boulom, John Bray-
ley, John Bumgarner and
Holly Childs.
Reginald Choquette,
Carrie Christiansen, James
Cox, Stacie Cross, Tiffani
Cunningham, Ryan Cun-
ningham, Melinda Curtis
Cheryl Daniel, Christine
Daves, Tommy Ding,
Christine Durham, Teresa
Fluegge, Mark Fredde,
Clarence Gary, William
Gernenz, Michael Gilliland,
Jessica Gober, Chris Good-
win, Kimberly Gray and
Stacy Halliburton.
Robert Hallmark, Lisa
Harris, Debra Hemm,
Kristin Higgins, Kimberly
Hill, Chris Hinckley, Car-
olyn Hull, Melissa Hutson,
Nancy Ingle, Jason Jane-
cek, Angela Lang, Becky
Larson, Brian Lepsik, An-
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Extracurricular activities at Griffin Middle School have been hit by the included. So far the cheerleaders, shown performing at a recent eighth
state’s “no-pass, no-play” rule. With team activities ranging from grade game, have escaped the fate of a failing grade.
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