The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 96, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 2, 1990 Page: 1 of 102
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December 2,1990
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Sections
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Good Morning
laxpayers group
forms to improve
communications
Progress stressed at SCCIP
Reaching for objects can be major step in learning process
Calendar
of Events
Members of the Business Professionals of
America club at Allen High School work
diligently on a downtown light pole Thurs-
day as part of the Jaycees’ Adopt-A-Pole
since it was passed out at the last
minute, allowing no time to correct
leen Karlsruher and John Garcia).
The Survey Review Committee
classified questions and responses
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WEATHER: Local weather
watcher Big Daddy Summers re-
ported the first official freeze of
the season Friday morning with a
temperature of 29 degrees on his
thermometer. He said there was
ice on the ground and in some low
places on Nov. 5, but the official
temperature did not fall below
freezing.
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By Mark Hutchison
The Allen American Staff Writer
The manner in which the recent
AISD bond referendum was defe-
ated came as a shock to its suppor-
ters because, right up until time for
the election, there was no organized
opposition. However, at the last mi-
nute, a group was born that lobbied
door-to-door for votes against the
proposal.
The group, the Concerned Tax-
payers of Allen, does not take credit
for defeating the bond proposal. It
E(TENDED FORECAST:
Sunday through Tuesday —
Warming trend continues. Highs
in the mid 60s with lows in the mid
to upper 40s.
Scott Nowling/The Allen American Staff Photographer
decorating contest. Annie Byrd pulls from
atop Austin Crowder’s shoulders while
Matt McMillan and club advisor Pam
McClintock lift from below.
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Opinions/Columns
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Schools
Movies
County
Lifestyles
Religion
Police Report
Sports
Comics
Classifieds
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Parade, tree lighting
| top today’s events
I Allen citizens will have plenty of
l € activities today to usher in the
| Christmas season. First there’s the
t Christmas Parade, put on annually
| by the Allen Jaycees. Santa Claus
I will ride at the end of the parade on
| the big red fire engine and stop off at
| the Wal-Mart parking lot after the
* parade. While you’re downtown,
i look for the light poles that have
■ been decorated by various
i businesses and organizations. Win-
■ . ners of the competition will be
I O announced right before the parade
I begins.
I From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Collin
I County Chapter of the American
I Business Women’s Association will
I conduct a bazaar on the Wal-Mart
L parking lot. Assorted crafts will be
E sold and several Christmas items
| will be raffled.
t From 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., officials
I with the Samaritan Inn, Collin Coun-
■ • ty’s shelter for the homeless in
I McKinney, will display the car to be
I auctioned off Dec. 8. The converti-
I ble was donated by an area car deal-
I er ship.
I Santa will also be present at the
I lighting of the city’s official Christ-
I mas tree at 7 p.m. at the Central
I Fire Station. The event will feature
I Christmas carols and refreshments.
| So get in the Christmas spirit right
I A here at home. There is plenty to do.
tistically observable difference,
but it will help families, Dodd said.
“Study after study has shown
that early intervention has work-
ed,” she said. “If you spend the
money up front now, there’s a
greater chance you’ll spend less
later on.
“But the most important reason
is it’s just the right thing to do. It’s
the right thing to help kids in fami-
lies when they need help.”
SCCIP also promotes early in-
tervention because it includes
families in community life from the
beginning.
“Families feel very isolated and
alone when they have children
with developmental disabilities,”
Ms. Dodd said. “We have family
after family say ‘You helped me
see my child as a child and not
focus so much on that he had a
handicap.’ ”
The typical enrollment process
at SCCIP starts when family ser-
vice specialist Jamie Wyatt takes a
referral from a doctor, teacher or
family. Ms. Wyatt makes first con-
tact with the family at a location
where the family feels comfort-
able. She explains the program,
spends time talking and gets the
proper forms signed. She also may
of the 1990 Comprehensive Plan responses to the survey have been
Survey. • under detailed review by a five-
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Bill Hughes/Harte-Hanks Photographer
Speech pathologist Julie Williamson tries to talk Ashley
Nichols into rejoining the class at the South Collin County In-
fant Program. Ashley had a case of first day jitters, but by the
second session, he was playing an imaginary piano in re-
sponse to a flash card and recorded piano music.
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the inaccuracies.
“The flier was not a clandestine
effort to defeat the bond issue,” Mr.
Dyer said. “It was the result of peo-
ple coming together and saying,
‘We’ve got a problem with what’s
going on here.’ There was no finan-
cial support, so we couldn’t afford an
ad. The purpose of if was to let the
voters know how we felt and that
they were not alone in their feel-
ings.”
The flyer began by saying there
are 9,029 taxpaying households in
their child’s first step or first word,
parents at SCCIP must examine
their child’s progress for what it is.
For the special kids enrolled in
SCCIP programs, lifting the head
or reaching for an object are major
steps.
“When I see a child progres-
sing, it makes me feel like we’re
doing something right, I’m not
working in vain,” said special
education teacher Kathryn Harri-
son, who has .worked at SCCIP for
six years. i ■ . ! ■
“I feel an infant stimulation
program is where they need to be-
gin,” she said. “When it’s deter-
mined that a child has a develop-
mental delay, it will enable them to
go as far as they can. We’re trying
to keep them as close to their age
level as possible.”
While some of SCCIP’s clients
may eventually be placed in main-
stream classes, others will remain
in special education programs
throughout their school days.
“It’s important for professionals
to help parents develop a realistic
view so they don’t have unrealisti-
cally high or low expectations of
their children,” said Mary Dodd,
executive director of SCCIP.
By encouraging children to
make progress and achieve suc-
cess, SCCIP may not make a sta-
• Editors note: This is the last in a
three-part series about the South
Collin County Infant Program.
By Pamela Coleman
Harte-Hanks Features Writer
The first question most parents
ask when their child is born is
whether it’s a boy or a girl.
The next thing they want to
know is whether or not the child is
healthy.
“How would you feel if the doc-
tor said, ‘Well, there are some
problems,”’ said Mary Dodd, ex-
ecutive director of South Collin
County Infant Program, or
SCCIP. “All parents want the
same things — a healthy normal
baby.”
When a child is not considered
“normal” in terms of develop-
ment, parents and teachers work
together to help that child reach its
potential. At the South Collin
County Infant Program, toddlers
with developmental delays receive
extra stimulation that helps them
make the transition into public
schools.
But whether a child is consi-
dered “normal” or not, his parents
want him or her to have the same
things that other children have —
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series of articles to provide feedback to pleted and returned a conprehensive
Allen citizens concerning the results survey. Since September, citizen
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household — a 10 percent addition.
fine and improve city services. Re- veloping park sites, preserving the Demographic changes
commendations for updating Allen’s environment, encouraging economic since 1985
Comprehensive Plan will be de- development and providing a variety
veloped and submitted to the city of city services. • Population increased 67 percent
council by the end of January 1991 to 18,758. The southeast quadrant
for completion of the process. The The following items summarize has realized the most increase.
updated Comprehensive Plan will the major findings of the Survey Re- ■ Total property taxable value in-
provide directional guidelines for view Committee in operational areas creased 128 percent. Taxable value
allocating land use, developing hous- that have been reported in this
ing patterns, identifying and de- series of articles.
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6 friends, a place to live, a job and
I happiness.
While some parents celebrate
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FORECAST: Today — Mostly
clear with a continued warming
trend. High in the low 60s. Low in
the mid 40s.
O By Mayor Joe Farmer
Special to The Allen American
During April and May 1990, 711
(59 percent) of 1,200 randomly
recognizes the fact that the voters of the Allen school district. School offi-
Allen turned out in record numbers cials pointed out that there are only
and defeated it because they were 6,051 which account for 55 percent
concerned about higher taxes, of the tax base.
However, the group was encour- The flyer stated that $13 million of
aged by the support it received while new indebtedness would equal
passing out fliers two days before $1,440 of new taxes for every Allen
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“We established the organization School officials said it would have
for the purpose of providing a com- added a $200 annual increase to a
mon voice for all taxpayers in Allen,” $100,000 home. The average home
said Bill Dyer, one of three founding in Allen is worth $68,400, and the
members. “We do not presume to annual increase on it would have
speak for every citizen of the com- been $120.
munity, but to encourage productive The flyer stated that each Allen
dialogue-among taxing authorities, household will owe a debt service bill
the media and concerned taxpayers, of $5,371 that will come due in the
"It-is not intended to be an near future.
adversarial group. It is our objective School officials said annual taxes
to work with the taxing authorities, for debt are currently $540 for own-
not against them, on issues of com- ers of a $100,000 home, and that
mon interest. , bonded indebtedness is paid over a
"We came together because a lot 20-year period.
of people had common thoughts at a The flyer stated that if the bond
particular point in time, and the point election is not defeated, the AISD
in time happened to be the recent tax rate will have increased 50 per-
AISD bond election,” Mr. Dyer said, cent in the last five years. School
“We’re not against education. All officials said the debt tax rate in
we’re looking for is to find out what 1985-86 was $0.45. It is now $0.54
the defeat of the bond election and would have increased by approx-
means. I think it’s quite obvious — it imately $0.17 had the bond election
means the community is over- been approved.
taxed.” The flyer stated that AISD has a
The flyer the group produced and 44 percent excess in its teacher-to-
distributed two days before the elec- student ratio. AISD officials said this
tion addressed three tax issues: new statement has no factual basis. Class
taxes, the tax rate and debt. It also size is determined by state law and
addressed AISD’s teacher-to- board policy.
student ratio and agricultural ex- The flyer also stated that one-
emptions. third of the people owning property
However, school officials pointed in Allen are not paying their share of
out that it contained some erroneous the taxes because of agricultural ex-
numbers and questioned it ethically emptions. AISD officials responded
10:30 a.m. — Christmas Parade
Lineup begins.
noon — judging of parade entrants
begins.
2 p.m. — Allen Christmas Parade
begins.
7 p.m. — Allen’s official Christmas
tree lighting ceremony begins.
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Hutchison, Mark. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 96, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 2, 1990, newspaper, December 2, 1990; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1571555/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Allen Public Library.