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Officials want citizen involvement
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CCCC trustees approve tuition
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Tennis coach offering lessons
From staff reports
Allen - 542-2601
Plano - 424-7834
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Collin County Community
College District Board of Trustees
has approved a 20 percent hike in
tuition for next fall, and is waiting
until after the Texas Legislature’s
special session to decide if local
property taxes must also be raised
to offset a half million dollar loss in
state funding.
With a spending budget of $7.5
million, Dr. John Anthony, presi-
dent of CCCC, said a half million
dollar cut is a significant loss.
A projected increase of 650
students for enrollment next fall has
July and August. Due to space
limitations, registration is required.
Parents may register their children
a week ahead by calling 727-9175 or
visiting the library.
That’s not all. If your family
owns more than one car, I can
even give you an additional dis-
count - on every car in your
family.
The Allen Public Library shows
films for children on Thursday after-
noon at 4 p.m.
will have to pay taxes for all the
time they were here illegally,” she
said.
“It is also why the employers are
sometimes afraid to extend letters
for their employees,” Ortiz said.
“People will not have to pay back
taxes,” she said, “and employers
won’t be fined for hiring illegal aliens
until September 1, 1988.
“It (amnesty) means a lot for us
(illegal aliens). Even with minimum
wages it means a lot beause we
don’t even get that in our own
countries.
“Because illegal aliens work for
minimum wage, sometimes employ-
ers and even family take advantage
of the situation by threatening to
turn someone over to INS if they
owe money.
“Employers know illegal aliens
can’t go to the police if something is
not right. We were afraid every day
when my father went to work in
Carrollton he might not come
back.”
“It touches my heart at Catholic
Charities to see employers come in
asking how they can help their
employees,” she said.
“It might be because they are
scared of being fined, but most feel
it in their heart because if not, they
could just fire the illegal aliens.
Sometimes, when words are not
enough, Ortiz said she takes out her
card, which allows her to work in
the United States for six months,
and shows it to potential applicants.
The cost is $35 for the five-day
session.
Schkade played tennis at East
Texas State University and coached
at Cooper High School for one year
before coming to Allen last year.
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Staff Writer
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Thursday, June 25, 1987—ALLEN EXTRA—Page 5
City urges residents to take
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The $60 million in funds raised
during the 1983 bond election are
expected to run out in 1988, Hoag-
land said. The 1988 bond election
will raise funds for county projects
from 1989 to 1994.
ELECTRIFYING
OFFER
After six months, Ortiz will
receive temporary legal status, and
12 months later, permanent legal
status.
“Like a lot of the applicants, we
were scared because the new law
came up all of a sudden, and we
were insecure. Many of the people I
meet now say they will wait to
apply, until some of their friends
apply.
Ortiz said she thinks the program
will have a snowball effect. Once a
few people applied, that would
encourage more to apply.
Even though the Ortiz family is
unsure if they will ultimately be
allowed to stay in the United States,
Ortiz said every day is a celebration
considering before the application
the family lived in constant fear of
deportation.
Ortiz said the applicants need
help and encouragement from
everyone, especially people who
can help them with the documenta-
tion of their stay in the United
States.
“It (the process) is like a puzzle,
if you don’t have all of the pieces,
you don’t stay,” she said.
“Even if we’re not accepted, I
don’t think I will be bitter. I just
appreciate all of the time we’ve
spent here. The new law is an
opportunity. Whatever the country
decides, we don’t have the right to
say they’re wrong because we’re
still foreigners,” she said.
only compounded the school’s fund-
ing problem.
Anthony said the cost to educate
each full-time student runs almost
$4,000. That makes an increase of
nearly $3 million to educate new
students at CCCC over last year.
Beth Payne, coordinator of public
relations at CCCC, said the 20
percent increase in tuition is the
board’s first step in an effort to
balance the half million dollar cut by
the state and the additional $3
million needed to educate the 650
expected new students.
For centuries man has been
engaged in a battle against insects.
Aside from the tremendous annoy-
ance factor, insects transmit many
serious diseases. In the control of
many infectious diseases, eradica-
tion and control of insects is most
important. Typhoid fever, malaria,
plague and many others may be
transmitted by insects and some
individuals are extremely sensitive
to insect bites and stings.
Joe Del Ferro, Allen’s environ-
mental health inspector, said last
week he strongly urges members of
the community to become aware of
the dangers involved in exposure to
insects and the benefits of insect
proofing.
He also offered residents the
insect-proofing checklist below.
Each can be answered with a yes or
no answer.
1. Screening and insect stripping
is provided on all windows and
doors and is in good repair.
2. Trash collecting areas are
clean and cans emptied frequently.
3. Grounds are such that they
promote drainage of water and
holes are filled in so water is not
allowed to pool.
4. Containers which can collect
water are not allowed to accumulate
and are emptied.
INSURANCE
Schkade will also be giving swim-
ming lessons at a local pool from
June 29-July 3.
The session will be one-hour
lessons given Monday through
Friday in the afternoons. Swimmers
will be divided according to age and
ability. The cost is $30 for the five-
lesson session.
For more information, call
Schkade at 278-7174.
MICKEY CHRISTAKOS
AGENT
Benthany Plaza #102
Office - 727-1101/424-8792
Home - 727-8464
The 1983 bond election was
organized by a citizens’ committee
comprised of about 150 people. By
contrast,the 1988 bond committee
may comprise as many as 400
people.
Transportation, open space, build-
ing and physical facilities, roads,
airports and sewer, water and solid
waste systems will be areas for the
committee’s consideration.
A PLACE OF QUIET BEAUTY...SO NEAR
There is not more fitting final honor than services in Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow
Chapel and burial in Ridge view Memorial Park.
Here you will find quiet beauty, reverence and dignity.
You will know the comfort of nearness for those loved ones laid to rest.
Ridgeview Memorial Park and Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow has a tradition
for deep respect and reverence in time of family bereavement.
Members of many families selected these services for an enduring final tribute.
registration lists because the lists
are outdated.
Persons who are interested in
serving on the committee should
call Commissioners Court Clerk
Barbara Glock at metro 231-7170.
Interested persons may also write
the following address: Commission-
ers Court, 210 S. McDonald,
McKinney, Texas, 75069.
Commissioners will send out invi-
tations to those selected for the
committee in August. Each
commissioner, as well as County
Judge Bill Roberts, will also select
25 people to serve on the
committee.
Collin County Commissioners
Jerry Hoagland (Precinct 2) and
Jack Hatchell (Precinct 4) passed
their joint leadership of the commit-
tee to Charles Belew, of McKinney,
and Ed Mahon, former Plano Cham-
ber of Commerce official. Belew
and Mahon are co-chairpersons of
the Capital Improvements Program
Committee.
Mahon urged those present to
Allen
American
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Collin County officials are
discussing ways to involve local citi-
zens in planning for the 1988
county-wide bond election tenta-
tively scheduled next summer.
The Capital Improvements Prog-
ram Committee, which oversees
the planning efforts for the bond
election, met last week to plan its
strategy for public involvement.
A citizens’ committee will be
selected and will determine what
bond propositions will be placed on
the ballot. The committee will also
meet with county officials to give
input on potential projects for the
ballot.
Officials are reviewing ways to
gain feedback from county resi-
dents. They are considering mailing
questionnaires to registered voters
or inserting questionnaires in area
newspapers. -
Officials admit they may not be
able to rely on the county voter
From September 1987 to January
1988, the committee will develop
ballot propositions, which they will
present to the Commissioners
Court on Feb. 1, 1988. On March 1,
1988, the court will announce
balloted propositions and call an
election.
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responsibility to take the first step.
The small amount of time required
only adds to your health and well-
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Eagle tennis coach Steve
Schkade will hold tennis lessons at
the Reed Elementary tennis courts
from June 29-July 3.
The lessons will be held Monday
through Friday in one-hour sessions
each day. Players will be divided
into groups according to age and
ability. The first daily session will
start at 8 a.m. The last session
starts at 11 a.m.
Schkade, who has been teaching
lessons for seven years, said he will
teach basic fundamentals of tennis
such as forehand, backhand, serve
and volley. Schkade will provide
balls and a ball machine.
Participants must furnish their
own tennis racket and tennis shoes.
The Allen Public Library
conducts storytime for pre-
schoolers every Wednesday at
10:10 and 11 a.m. Registration is
required; parents of 3-, 4-, and
5-year-olds are invited to register
their children by calling 727-9175 or
visiting the library at 102 Allen Dr.
consider project proposals for a
secondary county airport and an
extension of state Highway 121 to a
full freeway to Dallas/Fort Worth
International Airport.
These projects are vital to the
county because of growth from new
businesses such as the J.C Penney
Co. Inc. headquarters, Mahon said.
“We’re going to have a lot of new
businesses coming into Collin Coun-
ty, and we need to get people from
one place to their place of business
as quickly as possible,” he said.
“And air transportation is a very
important part of this.”
Mahon said the planning effort is
“going well.” Mahon now serves as
president of Plano Bank and Trust.
“I think we are really conscious of
what Collin County is needing and
what the voters’ needs are,” Mahon
said.
During the first meeting of the
citizens’ committee, scheduled for
September, the committee will be
divided into subcommittees to
investigate the county’s needs.
727-9044
Assure Yourself the
Comfort of a Cool Summer
214-269-5398
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The library offers a weekly Tues-
day evening storytime at 7 p.m.
Children may come in pajamas and Summer Reading Club (“Animal
bring their favorite stuffed animals I Antics’) the film this week is “Really
for this 30-minute bedtime story-i Rosie,” an animated film using the
time. These weekly evening story- poems and characters of Maurice
times will be offered during June, Sendak’s Nutshell Library.
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visa in search of medical help for
Victor Jr., now 12, who has a
severe form of cerebral palsy.
The doctor in Guatemala told the
the family Victor Jr. would not
receive the proper treatment in
Guatemala and referred the family
to Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas.
The family was able to stay in the
United States and in Allen, where
they have relatives, through visa
extensions for seven years.
However, Ortiz said the family had
been given notice of deportation
before the new law was passed.
“We were very scared INS was
not going to accept our application.
They still have six months to review
the application and then, if they
accept us, we will have temporary
legal status,” Ortiz said.
“After you have been here seven
years, we’ve been through a lot
already. I’m not worried because I
am prepared if we have to go,” she
said.
“Of course it is very important to
stay, it is our future,” said Ortiz,
who hopes to go to college and earn
a psychology degree and maybe
attend medical school someday.
For now, she must be content
with a Graduate Equivalency
Degree and the hope she will
receive permanent residence
status, making her eligible to attend
Collin County Community College.
“Many of the people I talk to are
scared because they have not been
paying taxes, and they think they
5. Building gutter systems are
cleaned and promote prompt
drainage.
6. Food is properly stored and
covered in a manner which is not
conducive to the attraction of
insects.
7. Hedges and overhead ledges
are free of bee and wasp nesting
sites.
8. Pets are provided with flea
collars or checked routinely for
ticks and other insects.
9. Use of repellents when staying
outdoors for periods of time.
10. High grass or weeds cut.
If you have marked “no” to any of
the above list, Del Ferro said,
prompt action is encouraged to
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Jan Dinges, program analyst for
the Legislative Budget Board in
Austin, said she has no way of
speculating whether or not funding
for higher education will be
restored.
The CCCC board is exploring
alternative funding options in the
event that the Legislature decides
in its special session not to restore
funding to institutions of higher
learning.
Board members decided in its
regularly scheduled board meeting
to postpone further budget deliber-
ations until after the special session.
Dinges said the session will go on
for a maximum of 30 days.
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Legislators are meeting in a
special session this week in Austin
to find a solution to the state’s $1
billion deficit. The deficit, projected
to hit the $6.5 billion mark by
1988-89, is the result of state
government’s tax and spending
problems. Lawmakers will decide if
state dollars can be restored to
colleges and universities through
the appropriation bill. Under the
current appropriation bill, close to
18 percent of the general state
funds is alloted for higher education
in Texas for 1987-88 — a quarter
of a billion dollars less than the near
20 percent alloted to colleges and
universities last year.
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