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July 8,1990
Sunday
2 Sections
Vol. 21, No. 54
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Good Morning
City Council selects
Nichols for spot
on P&Z Commission
gains momentum
as time passes
Economic development coordinator
filled with ideas to market Allen
Denton named
coordinator of
ACO Job Bank
location, and target those
businesses in his economic develop-
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EXTENDED FORECAST: Sunday
through Tuesday — Mostly sunny
■ and hot days. Fair nights. Highs in the
upper 90s. Lows in the mid-70s.
POOL PARTY RESCHEDULED:
The Allen Jaycees have rescheduled
their pool party for Sunday, July 8,
from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Wildwood
Village Apartments on Jupiter Road.
Young men and women interested in
becoming active in the community
are invited to come sign up, or just
visit and see what the organization
has to offer.
FORECAST: Today — Partly
cloudy. High in the upper 90s.
By LORI FAIRCHILD
Contributing Writer
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the Metroplex and identify Allen’s position
in the marketplace. (Staff photo by Scott
Nowling)
home from work.
“The wife comes home, finds
him in the garage. She calls the
fire department. They send an
ambulance and the police depart-
ment sends squad cars,” Caldwell
said.
“Once the fire department got
here, it appeared that he had
been deceased for quite some
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By SCOTT NOWLING
Staff Writer
By SCOTT NOWLING
Staff Writer
By MARK HUTCHISON
Staff Writer
However, this summer’s heat is
not bad in comparison to 1980, when
it reached 100 degrees or more 69
days. Forty-two of those days were
in a row. And on June 26 and 27,
1980, it reached 113 degrees, the
hottest temperature ever recorded
in Allen.
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Kathy Denton is looking for a few
good jobs.
As the new coordinator of the Job
Bank at Allen Communty Outreach,
Denton tries to match employers
with positions to fill with clients look-
ing for work.
The Job Bank is a service pro-
vided for Allen, Lucas and Fairview
residents.
“Basically, my job as the Job Bank
coordinator is to meet and counsel
people who are looking for employ-
ment, prepare credible resumes and
keep contact between clients and
potential employers,” she said.
Denton said most of the people
she works with are from the lower
income levels, but the service is
open to anyone.
The only part of the service that
has any kind of fee is the resume
work, which is on a sliding scale.
Depending on what they can afford,
the resume service could cost as
time, so they could not transport
him. They needed the medical ex-
aminer to come out,” he said.
“At that time the criminal in-
vestigation division was sum-
moned out along with the medical
examiner,” Caldwell said.
The gun was a Marlin lever-
action rifle chambered for the 30-
30 Winchester cartridge.
“The weapon appears to be the
weapon that inflicted the wound
and it will be transported to the
Dallas Forensics Science Lab
where it will be test fired. Tests
will be run with the weapon prior
to the completion of the investiga-
tion,” said Caldwell.
The body was easily visible
from the street, but the white
ever been.”
Having grown up in Arlington, Pit-
stick, 31, also has lived in Austin,
where he received his bachelor of
business administration degree from
the University of Texas, and De-
nton, where he served as economic
development coordinator from
November 1988 until his employ-
ment here in May. He comes from a
family with city government and eco-
nomic development in their blood.
says the major “weakness” Allen
now faces in attracting business and
industry is its high tax rate. People
choose to move their families to
Allen to take advantage of the desir-
able environment and fine school
system, he notes, but they’re locat-
ing their businesses in neighboring
communities where tax rates are
much lower.
“But it’s business and industrial
development that lowers taxes; new
houses don’t do that,” he says.
To determine which businesses
are most likely to consider an Allen
frame house was the last house
on the left on a dead-end street.
The body and the rifle were
lying approximately parallel to the
garage door with the weapon
about two feet from the body and
between Beddow and the garage
door.
Beddow was lying on his back
on the concrete floor of the de-
tached two-car garage of the resi-
dence.
According to Bruce, the right
garage door was standing com-
pletely open when the wife disco-
vered him.
Dr. Rohr arrived at approx-
imately 7:30 p.m.
The body was taken to the Col-
lin County Medical Examiners
office later Thursday evening.
An autopsy will be performed,
according to Caldwell.
Mike Nichols became the newest
board member on the Planning and
Zoning Commission when he was
selected during Thursday night’s
regular meeting of the Allen City
Council.
The council made the decision in
executive session, then emerged to
make the announcement. Nichols
will have to be sworn in, but a date
for the ceremony was not available
as The Allen American went to
press.
“The Planning and Zoning Com-
mission is one of the most important
candidate to move into the space.
Renovating the old library will
cost the city $27,500. That con-
struction will be paid for with the
interest the city received on its
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One of David Pitstick’s priorities as Allen’s
first Economic Development Coordinator is
to compile a market comparison of cities in
i in state law. There are many respon-
I sibilities."
Nichols will fill the position cre-
I ated by the recent departure of
Wayne Armand, who resigned after
serving 10 years on the commission.
Kenneth Fulk, Melissa Owen and
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Harold Biggs were reappointed to
the Planning and Zoning Commission
and sworn in Thursday night.
Barbara Lechler and Sharon Ham-
ner took the oath of office for reap-
pointments to the Library Board,
and Suzanne Sayer was sworn in to
fill the vacancy left by Betty
Matthews.
The council also voted to approve
renovations to the old library build-
ing and the old police building. The
Allen Substance Abuse Program will
be housed in the old library, but not
necessarily on a permanent basis.
The old police building will be re-
novated without a specific use de-
fined for it. However, McCarty told
the council that the Code Enforce-
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cThe appearance is that this is an
accidental shooting. He appears to be de-
ceased from a gunshot wound to the chest
and it appears, from the indications from
some scraped casings around and in the
weapon that there was a accidental dis-
charge due to the gun not ejecting correctly
and that he was probably working on it.’
Detective Sergeant Lee Caldwell
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A 58-year-old Allen man died appears to be deceased from a
Thursday from an apparent gunshot wound to the chest and it
accidental gunshot wound to the appears, from the indications
chest. from some scraped casings
Preliminary investigations con- around and in the weapon that
ducted at the scene by Allen there was an accidental discharge
Police Department Detective due to the gun not ejecting cor-
Sergeant Lee Caldwell, Detective rectly and that he was probably
John Bruce and Dr. William B. working on it,” he said.
Rohr, M.D., the Collin County Caldwell said the complete,
medical examiner, indicate that formal investigation will continue.
Ollie Beddow, 58, of 307 Young “That is the preliminary inves-
Dr., died following a discharge tigation. A much more thorough
from a rifle he was apparently investigation is being conducted,”
working on. he said.
“Criminal Investigation Divi- According to Allen Police De-
sion conducted a preliminary in- partment Patrol Officer Robert
vestigation," said Caldwell. Tanner, Beddow’s body was disc-
“The appearance is that this is overed by his wife at approx-
an accidental shooting. He imately 6:50 p.m. as she arrived
upcoming Allen Community Outreach gar-
age sale. (Staff photo by Scott Nowling)
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ment efforts, Pitstick is working on a ■
Just six weeks into the role of market comparison of cities in the ■
Alien’s first economic development Dallas area, in terms of taxes, utility
coordinator, David Pitstick already rates, available land and lease rates. ■
has a calendar filled with speaking “We’ll identify what’s here from
engagements and ideas for projects that, find out (which types of a
designed to identify Allen’s position businesses are) not here, and try to
within the Metroplex marketplace. attract those retail businesses. The "
High on his list of priorities is pro- comparison will identify how we
viding information to local citizens stack up against our neighbors,” he
and organizations about the benefits explains.
of economic development in their In addition to an acclaimed school
community. district and desirable family atmos-
“There are a lot of misconceptions phere, he says another asset Allen
about economic development, how it has working in its favor is its loca-
ls used to lower taxes and what it tion. Before moving here recently,
means to a community,” Pitstick he says he, like many other Metro-
says. He defines economic develop- plex residents, perceived Allen to be
ment as “balancing taxes with quality farther away from the city than it
of life and development, doing what- actually is. “Many people are not
ever it takes. The strengths (of a aware of how close Allen is to shop- —..........., „
community) are going to stand ping and recreation. This is a great LM-
alone, and we need to work on the location. Allen also has a good repu-N 4 I mes
weaknesses. There needs to be tation for community involvement I
maximum flexibility with regard to and its city government. It’s a small *
development and how it can be used community with a lot of land available „ "-s
to lower the tax rate.” for development. You lose a lot of
Since the December 1989 installa- flexibility with economic develop-
tion of extended area service elimin- ment if you don’t have that land to
ated the business obstacle of long- deal with. There are so many posi-
distance Metroplex calling, Pitstick five things about this community.
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Hutchison, Mark. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 54, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 8, 1990, newspaper, July 8, 1990; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1571518/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Allen Public Library.