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Crown over
District 64
Room E2.420, Capitol
Extension
Austin, Texas 78701
512-463-0582
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Solomons
. District 65
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Extension
Austin, Texas 78701
512-463-0478
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Leaders in education
Submitted photo
Stewart Creek Elementary board members attended the 1999 Texas State Summer Leadership Seminar at
the University of Texas at Austin July 16 to 18. Roundup 1999’s general session included retired teacher,
counselor and author Toody Byrd, who spoke on communicating with children. Pictured, from left are: Monica
Drake, hospitality; Judy Lunsford, secretary; Mike Truitt, president; Kathy Ponthieux, membership; and Ronna
Fraser-Hirsch, arts in education.
Boating accident victim wins damages
By Chris Coil
Staff writer
A Carrollton woman who was
severely injured in a Lewisville
Lake boating accident four years
ago has agreed to a settlement
with Pier 121 Marina.
Stephanie Booker, who suf-
fered extensive injuries to her
face after a 1995 collision with a
high-speed ski boat, agreed to an
offer of reportedly $400,000 last
week. The settlement has not yet
been finalized.
Booker filed a lawsuit against
the marina and two unknown
assailants who were involved in
the hit-and-run incident. The two
individuals are listed on the. law-
suit as John Doe One and John
Doe Two. .
In the lawsuit, Booker claims
the marina is partially responsible
for the incident because the no-
wake zone was too small, leading
to the accident. The marina’s no-
wake zone extended about 40 to
50 feet from the entrance, where
the accident occurred; it has been
Saturday
Open auditions for the
Repertory Dance Theatre of
Texas’ annual production of
“The Night Before Christmas,”
will take place at Dianne Cole
Johnson School of Dance, Suite
125, 3044 Old Denton Road,
Carrollton.
Ballet or tap auditions for
young dancers ages 6 to 11, with
at least one year of dance experi-
ence, will take place at noon.
Dancers 12 and older may audi-
tion for placement in ballet or
Theme Crossword: Music Lesson
By Robert Zimmerman
SNAPSHOT
expanded to more than 400 feet
now.
Booker was about 50 to 100 feet
from the entrance to the Pier 121
Marina when the “Miami Vice-
type” boat went airborne. The
boat’s propeller cut into her face,
leaving her disfigured and requir-
ing extensive reconstructive
surgery.
Booker’s attorney, Larry Rolle,
said Booker felt good about the
settlement, but acknowledged the
money will mostly go toward pay-
ing her medical bills.
“I thought is was a fair settle-
ment for everyone involved,” he
said.
Booker has accumulated
$300,000 worth of medical bills
and she still faces additional
reconstructive surgery.
Rolle said Booker was pleased
with recent changes made in the
marina’s policies. Pier 121 Marina
has moved its breakwater barri-
ers back and expanded the no-
wake zone to more than 400 feet
to slow down the high-speed
CALENDAR
pointe at 10 a.m., followed by
auditions for placement in mod-
ern, jazz and tap at 11:30 a.m.
Before
Night
‘ Th e
Christmas” will be performed
Dec. 18 and 19 at Brookhaven
College. Included in the ballet
are Santa Claus and his jazzy
elves, tapping reindeer, toys that
come to life, sugarplum fairies,
snow and music box dolls.
For information regarding
auditions or tickets, call the
Repertory Dance Theatre of
Texas, a 501 (c) nonprofit compa-
ny, at 972-446-2220.
Answer: Page 12A
boats going into the marina.
“She feels good that she has
been a part of averting future
accidents,” he said. “If there had
been this configuration at the
time of the accident, this accident
would not have happened.”
Nancy Haase, manager of the
Pier 121 Marina, said the compa-
ny was pleased with the settle-
ment deal but refused further
comment.
“Because the settlement has
not been finalized, we cannot talk
about it,” she said.
Booker’s lawsuit against John
Doe One and John Doe Two will
remain active despite the elapse
of the traditional statute of limita-
tions. If either assailant departed
the state after the incident or hid
anything about their involvement
in the accident, they still can be
held accountable, Rolle said.
"We still get calls in and we are
still looking for them,” he said.
“We will continue searching. It is
important that we find the per-
sons that did this so they can be
Thursday,
The day meeting of The Family
Place Partners Card Sellers
Send Off Celebration honoring •
team captains and sellers is
from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the
home of Elizabeth Figari, 44211
Armstrong Parkway, Dallas.
The night meeting is from 6 to
7:30 p.m. at Barry Zale Fine
Jewelry and Gifts, 6121 Luther
Lane, Dallas.
The Partners Card is a shop-
In Brief
Team looking for
good swimmers
The Metrocrest Aquatic
Team is looking for swimmers
interested in competitive swim-
ming. MCAT, whose swimmers
range in age from 6 to 18 and
ability levels from beginning to
senior swimmers, is a USA
Swimming-affiliated team that
practices at The Colony Aquatic
Park
Open tryouts are 4:30 to 6
p.m. Mondays through Fridays
at The Colony Aquatic Park
through Sept. 3 and by appoint-
ment
Minimum skills required are
the ability to swim 25 yards in
the free-style and 25 yards in the
backstroke
unassisted.
Applicants should ask for coach
Bonnie upon arriving at the
pool.
For information, call 972-625-
5631, or 972-669-5616.
held accountable.”
Rolle said the accident is still
difficult for Booker to handle
because she does not recognize
the face looking back at her in the
mirror.
“Even though she looks good
on the outside, she still has a lot of
work that needs to be done,” he
said.
Booker still suffers physical
pain from the accident and soon
will undergo surgery to make her
cosmetic nose functional and to
replace her plastic teeth. She can-
not currently use her nose to
breathe in and out.
A golf tournament will be
played this fall to raise additional
money for Booker’s medical bills.
For information, call Rolle at 214-
742-8897.
Contact staff writer Chris Coil
at 972-436-3566, Ext. 124, or by e-
mail at chriscoil@cs.com.
ping discount card that can be
purchased for $50 and the hold-
er receives a 20 percent discount
at more than 435 stores through-
out the Metroplex from Oct. 30
through Nov. 7.
The Family Place is a 21-year-
old nonprofit organization dedi-
cated to stopping domestic vio-
lence in the community. The
organization provides emer-
gency shelter, food, clothing,
counseling, continuing educa-
tion and supportive living to vic-
tims of domestic violence and
counseling to those who batter.
Pilot training
facility to be
built at DFW
By ERIC SIPOS
Staff writer
Construction of a Flight
Safety International facility at
DFW International Airport is
under way, with an official cer-
emony to take place by the end
of the month.
“Flight Safety International
is a flight training company
with flight simulators and so
forth, and they’re constructing
about a 140,000-square-foot
building right across the street
from the administration build-
ing,” said Clay Pasley, director
of business development for
the airport.
Adate for the ground break-
ing ceremony has not been set.
The project is a private indus-
try development.
“Flight Safety is a worldwide
pilot training company, so
they’re building a facility here
for pilots,” Pasley said. “It real-
ly has nothing to do with [the
airport] — we’re just renting
them the space.”
While Flight Safety will oper-
ate the facility, Haskell Corp, of
Florida is designing, develop-
ing and building the location.
“What Flight Safety
International does is train
pilots — corporate pilots, air-
line pilots, and they’re the
largest trainer of pilots in the
world,” said Taylor Smith,
development director for
| Haskell Corp. “If you’re a pilot,
every six months you’ll go to
ground school and do simula-
I tor training, and that’s what
| Flight Safety does — they train
| you in continuing education.”
Smith sees economic advan-
I tages for the Metroplex
I brought about by the new loca-
1 tion.
I “That facility has a major
j impact on hotels, because you
■ have [trainees] who come from
I all over and some might stay
I two weeks,” Smith said. “That
! really is a big economic driver.”’
I The D/FW Airport safety!
j facility will include rooms
| called simulator bays that will
! be sufficient to accommodate
I 16 simulators, said Flight
I Safety International
I Communications Director
I Roger Ritchie.
J “These are the full-size simu-
| lators that can be anything
I from a 777 Boeing airliner to
I regional jets,” Ritchie said.
| The training is theoretical as
i well as hands-on. Training
I includes classroom work,
I which is electronically interac-
I tive with the instructor, with a
I lot of screen-to-participant
activity, Ritchie said.
Both Ritchie and Smith
agree the D/FW Airport loca-
tion was ideal for the flight
training facility.
“It’s a centrally located, gate-
way airport and it has a phe-
nomenal airport staff,” Smith
said.
“It’s like what Mr. Hilton said
about hotels,’it’s all about loca-
tion, location, location,’ “
echoed Ritchie. “It’s there to
convenience our customers,
and that’s why it’s in
Dallas/Fort Worth.”
Eric Sipos is a staff writer for The
Business Press in Fort Worth, which
is owned and operated by Lionheart
Newspapers Inc.
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ACROSS
1 Andes capital:
2 wds.
6 Retired
10 Pierce
14 Al and Tipper
19 Expunge
20 Sandwich layer
21 Irrestible force
22 Era
23 Thin plates, of a
sort
25 Portent
26 Explosive, for
short
27 Vietnam holiday
28 Makes lace
29 Garage order:
2 wds., hyph.
32 Concrete layer
34 Play first
36 Pitch in
37 Utilize
38 Stead
40 “Picnic"
playwright
42 White-coat
milieu
44 Cotillion VIPs
48 Penniless:
2 wds.
51 Amtrak car
53 Casualty inits.
54 Malicious looks
55 Old soldier
56 Ingrid's
“Notorious”
co-star
57 French spa
59 Rim
60 Enter the
slalom
62 Mountain lion
63 Dangerous fly
64 Payable
65 Cheater
68 Family chart
69 Based on
theory: 2 wds.,
Latin
71 It’s for the birds
72 Indignation
76 Resorts
77 Serve as
secretary:
2 wds.
79 Samovar
80 Angel
83 Pueblo
chamber
84 Mal de —
85 Matured
86 Identical
87 Father
88 The Greatest
90 Skips town
91 Bounder
92 Cologne-Basel
route
94 Lightless: hyph.
97 Joint
99 Like one sock
100 Stalk
102 Trumpet
103 — and outs
105 — Paulo
106 Scandinavian
saint
108 Fill
112 Municipal
honor: 4 wds.
118 Over again
120 Captain's diary
121 Gem state
122 Prayer's finale
123 Firmness of
physique:
2 wds.
126 Frequent flyer’s
tab
127 Cotton fiber
128 Canadian tribe
129 Raves
130 Metric measure
131 Very in Vichy
132 Pretensions
133 Grain disease
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR GIVING
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CORRECTIONS
It is the intention of the The Colony
Courier-Leader to be complete and accurate in
all of our reports.
If we do make a mistake, please let us
know. It will be corrected in the next edition
after it has been brought to our attention.
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DOWN
1 Boxer’s blows
2 "Tempest"
sprite
3 Fettucine
4 Wood for
tool-handles
5 Gusto
6 Non-
professional
7 Cork substitute
8 Potato bud
9 Rx notation
10 Cigar
11 Fainthearted
12 Arabian gulf
13 Nota —
14 Taxonomic
group
15 Took a guess
16 Memorizing
process
17 Grayish yellow
18 Beauty —
24 Prince of
Judah: Num.
13:6
30 Pester
31 Londoner’s
subway
33 Clamor
35 Embankment
39 “— a Shame"
41 Profit
42 Italian currency
43 Whatever
45 Send out
46 Prejudice
47 Rational
48 Tired of it all:
2 wds.
49 Cubist painter
50 “Metamor-
phoses" poet
51 Moisten
52 Adjusts
54 Sparta queen
56 Radioactivity
researcher
58 Swerve
60 Actress Miles
61 Malayan dagger
62 Hooded
garment
63 More accurate
65 Penny
66 Caustic wit
67 Hurl
68 Kind of bag
70 Author Dinesen
73 Drill
74 Onassis, for
one
75 Grid positions
78 Leave out
80 Plunder
81 Gung-ho spirit
82 Be carried
83 Good-hearted
85 Bates and Arkin
87 Comic Caesar
88 Mimic
89 Posh wheels
90 New Deal pres.
93 Greeter
95 Raffle tickets
96 Shack
98 Or companion
100 Latter-Day--
101 Tiny one
104 Lasso
105 Setting
107 Powerful beam
• 109 "— Came
Jones”
110 Silverheels TV
role
111 Excrete
112 Basinger; et al.
113 Correct a MS
114 University
founded 1701
115 DI’s order
116 Gulf potentate
117 Youth org.
119 Existed
124 Altdorf’s canton
125 Old salt
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