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THE Colony Courier-Leader
The Colony Public Library
_________6800 Main St.____________________________
Vol. 19 No. 52
THURSDAY, February 8, 2001
The Colony, IX 75056-1138
50 cents .
r THE
COLONY
This Week
Boards
The City of The Colony is
currently accepting applica-
tions to fill vacancies on cer-
tain Boards and Commis-
sions. Anyone interested in
applying for these positions
should pick up an application
at City Hall or for more infor-
mation contact the Office of
the City Secretary at 972-
625-1756.
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Blackwatch Clinic
The Blackwatch Select
Soccer Club of North Texas
will begin their 11th year by
hosting Sunday Skills Clinics
for youth ages 8 to 12, begin-
ning February 18th until April
1st from 3:00 - 4:30 PM at
Carney Elementary School.
Featuring Brian Haynes, for-
mer Dallas Burn Player and
Club Trainer supported by "C"
and "D" licensed and ODP
affiliated coaches, Cost is $5
per session. For more informa-
tion 972-390-0525 or at
www.blackwatchsoccer.net.
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Lake Classic tourney
looking for sponsors
The 3rd Annual The Colony
Lake Classic soccer tourna-
ment will be held the week-
end of February 9-11. Over
the past two years the tour-
nament has grown from 80
teams to 105, bringing in over
5,000 people to The Colony
for the 3-day tournament.
Sponsorships are still avail-
able ranging from $150 to
$500. Call Kathy or Mark Ray
for more information at 972-
625-1904.
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Topcat Booster Club
The Colony High School
Topcat Booster Club will be
holding a meeting tonight at 7
p.m. in the school cafeteria.
This will be the last meeting
before the competitions begin
and all parents are urged to
attend.
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The Colony ECPTA
The Colony Early Child-
hood PTA has scheduled their
February meeting for Monday,
February 12, 2001 at 9:15
a.m. located at the First
United Methodist Church,
4901 Paige Road. The
speaker this month will be Dr.
Bill Paruolo, a pediatrician in
The Colony. He will be dis-
cussing safety and health
issues for children and
answering questions for the
members. If you are interest-
ed in attending a meeting or
learning more about The
Colony Early Childhood PTA
contact Julie Rogers at 972-
624-0223.
VoiceStream, city enter agreement
BY SUSAN CHINIEWICZ our water tower,” reported City if the city had aplan in place for allow- he said. "We have not gotten policy
Staff writer Planner, Harry Persaud. The lease ing these companies access to The direction on this, but looking at what
The Colony is bringing more high was similar to one agreed to with Colony rather than by using a “piece other cities are doing, we are of the
tech communications to the city, and Metricom communication last year for meal” approach. He was concerned opinion that there is no auditory, envi-
utilizing water towers for more than the water tower on North Colony that by allowing some companies to ronmental or aesthetic negative
just holding water. Boulevard. “The communication place antennas on towers, other larger impact of these antennas. In fact, the
Cook Inlet/VoiceStream Operating equipment would enable VoiceStream companies such as Sprint would not co-location on the water towers is bet-
Company, LLC. requested permission to establish wireless communication be able to locate here. ter for our city and is a revenue pro-
to install and maintain antennas and services to residents here in The Persaud said that Sprint had ducer ’n some respects. .
communication equipment on the Colony.” approached the city last year, but had The revenue aspects caught the
water tower located at 5033 Clover Councilman David Stanwick asked been looking for a site to place their attention of Councilman John Dillard.
Valley. Persaud at Monday night’s meeting if own tower, and that the plan the city is I thought this was another waste of
“Staff worked with VoiceStream the city would be better served by using is similar to what is being used time, he said, because you can take
Communications late last year and put establishing a larger area of the city as by other surrounding cities, the cell phones and beepers to e
together a contract for certain anten- a telecommunications site. “We’re doing this on a first-come, parking lot and smash them for all I
nas and communication equipment on Councilman Dave Kovatch also asked first-served basis until its saturated, Turn to towers, Page 4A
Up and over
Mark Stedman/Staff photo
Lady Cougar Amy Young (31) rises over Marcus defenders Camie Allen (24) and Nicole Robinson and puts
up a jump shot during The Colony's 72-58 loss at home Tuesday night.
Kim, Allen seek school board seats
the successful passage of a $160 mil-
lion school bond package and helped
open two new high schools, as well
as six other campuses in the district.
He said the board is also set to begin
construction on four more new
schools. This continued expansion is
a high priority because Lewisville is
one of the fastest growing districts in
the nation, he said.
, “I am familiar with all aspects of
dacy. 4 : T TSD Tot 1-nol
Kim, who is completing his first Superintendent (Clayton) Downing the fast growth in LISD: That knows-
three-year term, cited the need for this spring, I believe maintaining edge permits me to quickly add
“continuity and consistency” on the the level of experience on the enrollment and facility issues, he
School Board as contributing factor School Board is invaluable,” Kim said.
to his decision. said. • Kim’s record of service on the
“With the retirement of In his first term, Kim worked on Turn to candidates, Page 4A
By DAVID A. SMITH
Staff writer
Two residents announced their
intentions this week to seek seats
on the Lewisville ISD School Board.
Current Place 3 board member
Tommy C. Kim announced his deci-
sion Thursday, while former board
vice president Steve Allen said
Wednesday he is coming out of
retirement and declared his candi-
Steve Allen
Tommy C. Kim
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Memorial
Drive project
gets rolling
•Council awards contract
to engineering firm.
By SUSAN CHINIEWICZ
Staff writer
Before Memorial Drive can be construct-
ed, the designers have to take their hand to
it. For that, Monday night the City awarded a
contract to Nathan D. Maier Consulting
Engineers Inc.
The first hitch in the project has been
deciding if the road should be bid and con-
structed as a two or four lane road.
Discussions during City Council’s special
session last week, revolved strongly on that
point.
In earlier agreements, the City had
planned to pay for the construction of the
. northern two lanes and JNC, the property
owner, would .
pay for the
southern two There s been
which bor- a + AC A2Ale
dered their 9 lot of discus-
sion concerning
this project.
Whether it’s
going to be
land.
That agree-
ment was
never formal-
ized,
ever,
how-
and-
JNC
when -
sold a portion developer driven
land along the or if the City is.
road, they going to grab
were no 9 1 • O'-
longer agree- the handle bars
able to it. For " . _
their part, on this.E D
JNCrepresen- —
tatives said
that the most City Engineer Able Saldana
sensible thing
to do would
be to have the city build its portion and then
make the construction of the other two lanes
a condition of development of the land.
Tony Johnston, Director of Finance for
The Colony, pointed out several flaws in that
plan at the special session.
“You have to have a public hearing, you
have to wait until the road is completed to
collect the money and then the developer
only has to pay when the property is sold.”
Another problem with that plan, as the city
saw it, would be the bottle neck created
where the existing Memorial Drive currently
dead ends at Blair Oaks. To construct only
two lanes on the other side of the road could
cause serious traffic difficulties.
“There’s been a lot of discussion concern-
ing this project,” said City Engineer, Able
Saldana. “Whether it’s going to be developer
driven or if the city is going to grab the han-
dle bars on this.”
At Monday night’s meeting, the city decid-
ed to accept a bid from Nathan D. Maier
Consulting Engineers, to engineer, design
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Valentine’s Day is about love, not chocolate
Judging by the scores of choco-
lates, plush animals and bouquets of
roses that are merrily displayed at
most local stores, I’d guess
Valentine’s Day is upon us again.
I’m going to sound like a
Valentine’s Day scrooge here, but it’s
a holiday I can’t really go nuts over.
And I think it’s because, in my opin-
ion, it doesn’t rightfully pay tribute to
its namesake, St. Valentine.
According to historians, the third-
century priest defied a law forbidding
young men to marry so that they
could instead, become soldiers.
Valentine performed marriages in
secret. This action cost him his life.
Few people know the tale of the
martyr saint. That’s probably why
few people know why we pay
homage to love each Feb. 14. It’s not
Adventures
In Life
Corina Miller
that I’m against Valentine’s Day, per
se. In fact, I think celebrating love is
a great way to recall this brave man’s
actions. But it seems to me that the
idea behind the holiday has gotten
lost behind chocolates, flowers and
jewelry, much like the meaning of
Christmas has gotten lost behind
decorations, gifts and other distrac-
tions.
I think that’s why some couples
choose to celebrate Valentine’s Day
through actions rather than expen-
sive gifts. For example, I know a cou-
ple that, every Valentine’s Day,
renews their wedding vows, not at a
formal banquet, but in the privacy of
their candlelit living room. Now
. that’s romantic!
I really like the gift-less approach
to. Valentine’s Day. Hence, I like how
my husband Mike and I observe
Valentine’s Day every year.
Our tradition started a few months
after we got married. Like typical
newlyweds, we were broke and had
no money for Valentine’s Day gifts.
But since we both had the day off
from work, we decided to spend the
day together, lounging around our
tiny apartment in our pajamas.
We spent the day talking, reading,
watching TV and napping. For din-
ner, Mike surprised me by whipping
up one of my favorite meals,
Fettuccine Alfredo. After he was
done cooking, he carried the large
bowl of steaming pasta and cream
sauce to the living room. He also car-
ried two forks. He placed the bowl
between us, and we ate dinner right
from the bowl.
Afterwards, I pulled out the sugar
cookies I’d made for him as a sur-
prise, and we ate those for dessert.
To this day, Mike and I still eat
Fettuccine Alfredo and dessert each
Valentine’s Day. And we never pur-
chase gifts. To us, that would cloud
the sentiments we expressed to one
another on our first Valentine’s Day
as a married couple.
And isn’t love what Valentine’s Day
is supposed to be about anyway?
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