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VOLUME 24, NO. 35
Around Town
COLONY COURIER-LEADER
Inside
Pets of
the week
Meet Blue, and other
adoptable pets from
The Colony SPCA
— See Page 3A
Sports
Homecoming
set for Friday
TCHS hosts Lewisville
in2005 Homecoming
game on Friday night
— See Page 1B
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2005
Morningside students
get library award
Morningside Elementary
School is The Colony Public
Library’s “School of the
Month” for October.
During this month, any stu-
dent who is enrolled in
Morningside Elementary and
applies for a library card, or
who checks out library materi-
als on his or her existing card,
will receive, a free gift from the
library.
Remember that those
applying for a library card
under 17 years old must bring
a parent or legal guardian. The
parent or legal guardian must
bring his or her current dri-
ver’s license, as well as co-sign
the application.
The library will honor all
| schools in The Colony during
designated months through-
out the 2005-2006 school year,
so watch for your school’s
month.
For information, call 972-
625-1900, Ext. 3.
LISD voters head to polls
Saturday for bond packages
BY MOLLY MCCULLOUGH
STAFF WRITER
Lewisville ISD officials are hoping voters will
remember to come out to the polls on Saturday
and, most importantly, approve all four proposi-
tions on the ballot concerning the district’s Chapter
41 status and two bond packages.
Anne Lakusta, former LISD trustee and presi-
dent of the board, has been working hard along
with her political action committee, Friends of
Lewisville Schools, to educate voters about each
proposition.
Lakusta knew it w as especially important to
help get the word out because LISD is the first dis-
trict in Texas to combine a Chapter 41 election
along with a bond election. With both issues up to
bat, it might be hard for voters to understand each
issue fully.
“We’re making history," Lakusta said. "We’re the
first district in the state to attempt that.”
The district had to combine both elections
because of a new law that restricts the number of
voting days allowed. Additionally, the district pre-
viously set aside Saturday as the bond election’s
day when they were told they would have to give
money back to the state, otherwise known as a
Chapter 41 district. The state allows so many days
for voters to decide how the district chooses to pay
that money back to the state.
“I think having to have a Chapter 41 election, it’s
ridiculous,” Lakusta said. “They are going to take
the money one way or another... It is really like
would you like to give me your pocketbook or your
wallet.”
LISD has no choice but to give money to the
state for redistribution. Both propositions on the
ballot give LISD the choice to either give their allot-
ted funds directly to the state or to find a partner
district to directly donate to.
LISD officials are hoping voters approve both
Turn to LISD, Page 5A
Chapter 41 and Bond
Election Voting times
To participate in
Lewisville ISD’s Chapter 41
and bond election on
Saturday between 7 a.m. to 7
p.m., please go to the follow-
ing polling places:
In The Colony,
For voting precincts 109,
112, 119, 131, 201, 202, 219,
222, 231, 232:
• The Colony High
School, 4301 Blair Oaks, 972-
625-9000
In Flower Mound,
For voting precincts 302,
313, 316, 325, 419:
• Briarhill Middle School,
2100 Briarhill Boulevard,
469-713-5975
For voting precincts 301,
303, 304, 307, 314, 317, 319,
I TCFD hosts
! Firefest 2005
The Colony
Fire
Department and The Colony (
Professional Firefighters
1 Association will be hosting
320, 323, 326, 328, 330, 331,
409, 420, 422, 423. 424, 425,
428
• Forestwood Middle
School, 2810 Morriss Road,
469-713-5972
In Lewisville,
For voting precincts 113,
114, 138, 300, 305, 306, 308,
309, 310, 311, 312, 315, 318,
321, 322, 324, 327, 329, 332,
333
* Degan Elementary, 1680
College Parkway, 469-713-
5967
In Carrollton,
For voting precincts 200,
203, 208, 213, 215, 217, 221,
227, 228, 229, 230
• Polser Elementary, 1520
Polser Road, 469-713-5978
The Colony officials
address emergency
preparedness issues
BY KEVIN BOWEN
- STAFF WRITER
The recent rash of disasters
on the Gulf Coast reminds even
residents of land-locked The
I Firefest 2005 from 10 a.m. to 2 Colony that emergency pre-
paredness is a wise investment,
| p.m. Oct. 15 at Central Fire |
I Station, at the intersection of | said The Colony Fire Chief Mike
* CU 0 9 | Nolen.
Blair Oaks and South Colony
Blvd.
The event will include |
engine rides, a CareFlite heli- |
copter, 9-1-1 learning center,
antique fire engines, a bounce
house, fire safety house, hot
dogs and other food and active |
ities.
Nolen.
In the event of a disaster, resi-
dents should not expect immedi-
ate help from officials and
should prepare an emergency kit
with supplies to last several days,
Nolen said.
On The RECORD
Ethridge students produce
in-school news program
ABWA meets
monthly on Main
Join the American
Business Women Association
at 6:30 p.m. every second
Tuesday at Stan’s Tap House,
4847 Main Street.
The group hosts dynamic ,
and educational guess speak- |
ers, networking and dinner.
The mission of the
American Business Women’s
Association is to bring togeth-
er business women of diverse
backgrounds and to provide
opportunities for them to help
themselves and others grow
personally and professionally
through leadership, education,
networking support, and
national recognition.
“For 48 to 96
hours, you’re
on your own.”
- Mike Nolen
The Colony fire chief
“For 48 to 96 hours, you’re on
your own,” Nolen said.
Preparedness kits include
food and water, Nolen said, but
also other items like flashlights,
batteries, and personal hygiene
items. A complete list of suggest-
ed contents is available on the
Web site - of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
Given its location, The Colony
has fewer potential disaster pos-
sibilities to fear. Most of the fears
are weather-related — tornados,
high winds, and flooding.
While those can be short-
lived, the early course for
Hurricane Rita, which struck
coastal Texas, placed the storm
raining 12 to 24 inches over
North Texas, a scenario that had
Nolen concerned and the city
making plans to handle it as an
emergency, Nolen said.
Another set of possible prob-
lems involves technology, such
as a giant blackout like the one
seen on the East Coast several
years ago. There’s also the possi-
bility of a hazardous materials
situation along State Highway
121.
A third type of preparedness
is for a terrorist attack, which
has been emphasized more in
recent years.
“I don’t think Al-Qaeda has
The Colony in its crosshairs, but
you could have a lunatic who is
upset with government at the
local level,” he said.
The city does not have any
buildings in strongly flood-prone
areas, a factor created by city
regulations, Nolen said.
“A lot of your preparedness is
in your building codes,” he said.
Nolen expects lessons to be
learned from the recent hurri-
canes and for those lessons to
spread to communities in the
next several months.
“[Emergency plans are] not
static,” he said. “Anything in
emergency management you try
to review- those on a regular
basis.” '
KEVIN BOWEN/STAFF PHOTO
Brittany O’Neal, the host of the Ethridge Elementary Television in-class news program, and
Lindsie Lawson, a guest host prepare to film this week’s segment. The show plays for students
on Friday afternoons.
BY KEVIN BOWEN
STAFF WRITER -
Ethridge Elementary
School has more to show its
students than filmstrips of yes-
teryear — it has its own televi-
sion network.
Each week the student-
hosted Ethridge Elementary
Television, a news program
featuring Ethridge fourth- and
fifth-graders, puts out its
broadcast to classrooms
throughout the school.
While other schools tele-
vise their announcements,
librarian Valerie Hill said no
other school has a program
quite like this one.
“It’s different because it’s
an edited, broadcasted, video-
taped show,” she said.
The fare ranges from
speeches by the student body
president to joke segments.
The students conduct inter-
views with other students
teachers and the principal.
The show’ gets broadcast
schoolwide on classroom tele-
visions Friday afternoons
before school lets out.
Each year, a pair of fourth-
and fifth-grade students takes
Turn to EETV, Page 5A
Ethridge craft fair
set for Oct. 15
Ethridge Elementary is
hosting its third annual
Craft/Vendor fair from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Oct. 15 during the
Fall Festival.
Booth space available for
$25 on a first-come, first-
served basis.
, For information, call
Ginger at 214-551-0450.
Monster month
Lakeside‘s haunted house to
civic center project
BY KEVIN BOWEN
STAFF WRITER
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October could shape up as a monster month for the Lakeside
Arts Foundation, even if it started with a monster on director
Christi Martin’s car roof.
Martin had to pick up from another area community a larger-
than life Frankenstein figureand transport it back to The Colony.
“I had to drive with him strapped to the SUV,” Martin said.
“That was an interesting ride.
The larger-than life creature is part of this year’s Lakeside Arts
Foundation Haunted House, which will run from 8 p.m. to mid-
night Oct. 26-30 at the Lakeside Arts Center at 6301-B Main
Street.
The event previously has been hosted as the annual haunted
hayride at Hidden Cove Park, Martin said.
The haunted house will have a movie theme this year, ’with
Frankenstein being among the classic horror film characters set
to scare the patrons. More modern horror, films, such as
“Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Friday the 13th” will get some
use.
Proceeds from the event will go to the civic center project,
which represents the other item going on for theatre backers.
Martin expects the latest civic center proposal to come before
the city council in late October or early November.
“For us, it’s light at the end of the tunnel,” Martin said.
Lakeside Arts Foundation was organized in August 2004 to
support outfitting the city’s planned civic center with theatre
equipment. Martin said it looks like the project, with a possible
location at Paige and Worley, could open around the beginning of
2007.
The 4B parks board has offered to match funds up to $150,000
raised, Martin said.
SUBMITTED PHOTO The move will allow for better theatrical conditions and give
The Lakeside Arts Foundation will hold a haunted house Oct. 26-30 to help raise funds to support the Lakeside Community Theatre about twice as much space as inthe
arts side of the planned civic center project. ’ Turn to HAUNTED, Page 5A
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