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Lovejoy students participate in UIL contests
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...Desperate for a pay raise
State employees brought
down the state’s telephone
system last week — not in
protest, but in their mad rush to
call in for a radio contest.
The prize? $100,000.
State Sen. Carl Parker
quipped that the system break-
down was a deliberate design
flaw to hold down on the
number of angry constituents
calling. But Sen. Gonzalo
Barrientos, D-Austin, half-
joked that it was simply employ-
ees trying to make up for the 3
percent pay raise the Legisla-
ture took away from them last
summer.
...Calling them to the carpet.
Gov. Bill Clements became a
firefighter during a recent tele-
vision taping of a public service
announcement in the governor’s
reception room.
(Compiled and written by
Gary Reese, with contributions
from Dana Palmer.)
Letters to the editor on any subject are welcome. They should be
brief, typed or legibly handwritten and must include the writer’s name,
address and daytime phone number for verification. Letters are subject
to editing.
Though names may be withheld in special circumstances, preference
will be given those signed with names for publication.
Andrew, his wife Leta and their
children Clay and Ambra, have lived
in Allen 11 years.
An engineering manager for
Rockwell International, Andrew
said he considers the biggest chal-
lenge facing the district is continu-
ing to improve the quality of AISD
while meeting the demands of
growth.
“The key to meeting this chal-
lenge is to hire excellent administra-
tors, involve parents and retain
excellence in our teaching staff,”
Andrew said.
Long-range planning with a conti-
nual review process is tantamount
to such an effort, he said.
By JOHN MARKS
Staff Writer
Police
Allen...........
McKinney ....
Fire
Allen...........
Fairview......
Lucas..........
McKinney....
Sheriff
Collin County
Denton........
By MARC McDONALD
Staff Writer
...Red scare
State Sen. Carl Parker is
known for his wit and his
combativeness on the Senate
floor. The Port Arthur Demo-
crat used both this week as
senators voted down a measure
to grant Gov. Bill Clements
authority over the state’s
budget in financial emergencies.
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Submissions should be sent to: Editor. The Allen American,P.O.
Box 27, Allen, Texas 75002.
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I Impromptu speaking, first place
to Paige Overton; Kimberly Puster,
second; Katrina Klauer, third; Pier-
Oral reading, Pierrette Para-
more, first; Scott Woodward,
second; Angela Dota, third and
Susanna Colston, alternate.
In picture memory, fourth grade,
Jason B. Jones took first place;
WAYNE WEDGEWORTH
Publisher
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Students in the Lovejoy Independent School District recently participated in several UIL contests at the school.
KAREN M. JORGENSEN
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Graff, third and Kim von Brook, Swykert, alternate.
alternate. In music memory, Lori Gibson,
In oral reading, fifth grade, Stacy first; Heath Daugherty, second; Jeff
Tenesin took first place; Cheramie Freels, third; Kurtis Weger, fourth; im
George, second; Jessica Worsnop, Nathan Cope, fifth and Thomas •
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“This is a capitulation of our
responsibilities and rights as
senators as surely as those ...
who surrendered in that televi-
sion movie, ‘Amerika,’ ” Parker
complained, referring to the
mini-series depicting a fictional
Soviet takeover of the United
States.
Bill Clements has been called
a lot of things, particularly in the
Senate, but comparing him to
the Russians is something new.
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Lovejoy students recently took alternate
part in UIL contests with Stephani In fifth grade impromptu speak-
Childs winning first in the spelling ing, Jessica Worsnop took first
bee and Scott Stewart second. place; Shawn Ridley, second; •
nithe storytellingcontest, Ashley Kidd, third and Jennifer Day
second grade, David Wishnew took and Scott Thomsen, alternate. Y
irst place with Kyle London, Fifth grade ready writing first
second; Christopher LeBore, third place went to Kristen Box; Jessie
and Amanda Mervicker, alternate. Dickens, second place; Zak Graff
nithe.thirdegrade competition, Eric third and Nikki Dossman, alternate:
Lovetook.fr st placei Cathy Shore, First place in number sense was
secondj Timmy Felher, third; and Zak Graff; Jessie Dickens, second;
Jason Pyle, Rachael Brenner and Geoff White, third and Scott Stew’
Amber Jones, alternate. art alternate
qIn fourth grade oral reading, . In sixth grade, number sense, 3
David Smith took first place; Erin first place went to Andrew
McMurray, second; Mark Cope, Mervicker; Andrew Green, second;
T . Nathan Cope, third and Thomas
In ready writing, fourth grade, Hurt, alternate. Ready writting,
A • . *, — —-- Stephanie Childs, first; Kimberly
Merrvicker, secondi Brady Puster, second; Alison Watts, third
1 and Aaron Swykert, alternate.
...“Treehouse” or House
tree?
House members may dread
being tagged with the label of
conservationists, but that’s just
what they are — at least in the
case of a huge live oak tree that
was about to be bulldozed for a
Capitol parking garage. The
four-story tree now resides out
front of the Reagan Building,
home for many of the House
committees.
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A Collin County judge said he is 1974 trial. The officials said the Broyles, Gary Lynn Coker and Bill Court’s practice of making a ruling back down on his back that’s when corpus filed Nov 5 1986 bv O
makingplansfor a possible retrial of court mayrule that an error Glen St. John. r •0 and then:applying it retroactively to he gotsmartnwith me,,‛ohsht"im, ™?e’s attomne0Vme’ wn stated
aconvicted.kil • rwhowas occurred in thecase because White Two accomplices to the slayings, past cases - cases which may I don’t remember what he said that that two psychiatrists, James Grig-
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egal.technicalityresulting from his necessary. The court applied the retried retried by the appeals court. He door, I told the other one Roach recommended that White be
strta , , • ruling retroactively to certain cases It s absolutely ridiculous, Ryan said if the case is tried again he will (Coker)...you got to go too, so I retried — a recommendation which
pWhite. hasbeen on death row in dating back to 1974. said. The state courts bend over again seek the death penalty, shot him in the head.” may be upheld by the Texas Court
Ana -it -prison inHuntsville since Roach.isthe presiding judge in backwards to make sure the defen- According to court documents, The document states that when a of Criminal Appeals ruling.
Aug. 26, 1974— the longest death the 199th State Dist. Court — the dants get a fair and impartial trial White appeared to show no sheriff’s department official asked
row stay of any Texas inmate. court which was responsible for and everything we do seems like an remorse for his crime when inter- White if it “bothered him” to kill White, a former truck driver, is a
Although he has not yet received trying the original case. State Dist. exercise in futility. viewed by Mississippi sheriff’s three men White replied “It was native of Philadephia, Miss. He
word from the appeals court to Judge Tom Ryan presided over the “This is unfortunate because it deputies after his arrest. According just like stepping on a fly ” served in the army from 1955 to
retry the case, Roach said he is original case, which had to be tried causes criticism of the criminal to the document, the crime An official told White that Bob St 1958 311(1 was married three times,
making preliminary plans for in Dallas County because of publici- justice system. Average lay people occurred after White and his two John had lived about 10 minutes The court records show that at the
another trial, possibly in May. ty surrounding the case in Collin don’t understand this. A man or a accomplices stopped at a conveni- after arriving at the hospital the time of the crime he was taking 100 d
l m about to appoint two lawyers County. woman commits a heinous murder ence store for gas and decided to document states White according milligrams of Dilantin, three times a "
(to represent White) and I’m about White, 49, was convicted of capi- and the jury finds them guilty of rob it. to the record replied’ “If I had day, for “seizures.”
to set the case for trial, hopefully tai murder for the shooting death of capital murder and gives them “I told (the clerk) to get up and known he was going to live that White has reouested in the
around May,"Roach said T a 73-year-old grocer in McKinney, death. And 20 years 'f- a fe^al get the money out, that I only long, I would have put another one thatthe supreme scourtatow imt
County officials said the Texas According to court documents h court sends it back because you wanted the bills, that I did not want in him.” to be executed.
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“A tax bill that everyone will
want to support.”
That statement leaves listen-
ers scratching their heads, but
State Rep. Billy Clemons
assures them he’s as serious as
a heart attack.
The bill that Clemons, D-
Pollok, filed last week that
would levy a tax on drug dealers
for the “controlled substances”
they sell: illegal drugs, marijua-
na and the like.
Under the East Texan’s
legislation, drug dealers “shall
securely affix the appropriate
stamp” on the taxable “items”
to show payment of the tax.
And the tax is steep: $200
per gram for drugs, $3.50 per
gram for marijuana.
Clemons says a “drug tax”
differs from hiking fines for drug
dealing, because drugs “would
be subject to taxation on the
spot. No matter what they got
in criminal proceedings, they
would still have to pay this tax.”
Clemons’ bill also has penal-
ties for persons who print coun-
terfeit drug stamps or recycle
canceled stamps.
Two states, Arizona and
Minnesota, already have passed
such a tax, he said. “In Minne-
sota, they said it raised $6
million in the first year.”
If Texas, which surely has
more drug trafficking than
Minnesota, should pass such a
tax, one question remains:
Would they become collector’s
items?
The drug stamps, that is.
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most of all, a need for open and “The Allen schools are as good as
honest communication to ensure they are because of the long history
residents that the district is student of commitment to excellence,
oriented, she said. There is a heritage of pursuit of the
“Whatever the need may be, this best, and I believe I can play an
board, as it has done in the past, will important role in continuing such
continue to meet challenges with a success,” Andrew said.
positive attitude. Decisions will Andrew initially ran for the school
continue to be made with the best board because of a commitment to
interest of the student and the help the community in which he and
district at heart,” she said. his family reside, he said.
Evans and her husband, Jack Prior to being a trustee, Andrew
Evans, Jr., have one daughter, served the community as a council-
Abby, a sophomore at Texas man from 1978 to 1982, and as a
Christian University. member of the Allen Planning and
Glenn Andrews, who has served Zoning Commission in 1983.
as a member of the Allen AISD “That commitment and desire to
Board of Trustees for three years, help ensure the long-range success
was the second incumbant to of Allen, especially its schools,
announce he will seek reelection to continues to strengthen,” Andrew
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conditional-use permit to the S. Weadhwani and Ramanathan The Parker Planning and Zoning
Hindus. represented the Hindu Temple Commission will meet again in mid-
"We highlighted that the commis- Society. March.
Members of the Hindu Temple sion needed to rule on a conditional- Hammel stressed the informal p •, ,
Society and representatives of the use permit for phases one and two nature of the meeting Kamanthan said he could not
city of Parker Planning and Zoning of our project, and they agreed to “It was an unofficial meeting to comment on the response of the
Comnusion held an unofficial meet- that,” Ramanathan said. see what kind of flexibility might Society to a denial of the
ing recently to iron out some of Chairman of the Parker Planning exist,” Hammel said. conditional-use permit.
eir differences. and Zoning Commission David “There were no decisions made, “It is too early to say what we will
M-vamanathanan, a representa- Hammel and commission member because we did not have a quorum, do if we don’t get the permit ”
ve om the temple society, said Dan Neal acted as unofficial We just listened to their Ramanathan said. “We are all very
the members of the commission representaives of the commission. comments,” he said. positive ”
agreed to rule at the next meeting Pradeep Pandya, president of the
whether or not to grant a Society, Dr. E.A. Puppala, Dr. E.
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