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Carrollton Leader, The Colony Courier-Leader, Coppell Gaze
lake Times Wednesday, April 18,2012
Around town
1 nated to the Children’s Advo-
Gourage from KidS cacy Center of Denton
Courage from Kids, awork- County and Children’s Med-
shop providing an opportunity ical Center in Plano.
for those whose lives have Colony Chiropractic’s next
been affected by cancer to ex- charity event will be its an-
press their stories through art, nual November Blanket Drive
will be taking place this twice benefiting the Denton
month at The Colony Recre- County Red Cross.
ation Center. Young people For information, call
ages 8 though 18 are invited to Colony Chiropractic at 972-
attend. 625-4800. The office is lo-
As part of the workshop, cated at 5000 Main St., Ste.
children will be creating a 203.
one-of-a-kind art piece on can-
vas using different materials Church giroun ‘
provided. Participants are in- Cle 9T UUp
vited to attend one workshop hosts Play Day
and also bring their own pho- The men's group from
tos, cards, keepsakes or any- Christ Community Church will
thing that they would like be hosting a “Post Tax Relief
incorporate into their master- Play Day and Cookout” from 5
piece. All the artists will be in- to 7 p.m. Saturday at Slay-
vited to display their work at Baker Park
the American Cancer Society s The event will feature free
Relay for Life on May 4 at hot dogs, chips, and drinks, as
Five-Star Park in The Colony, well as basketball, horse-
The workshops will be from shoes, Frisbee, ladder ball,
9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday washers, and bubbles,
and again April 28. To register
or for information, email
CourageFromKids@gmail.com.
This is a free activity being
presented as part of a Girl
Scout Service Project by The
Colony resident Sarah Mussey,
13, of Troop 1416. Mussey is an
eighth-grader at Griffin Mid-
dle School.
“This idea came to me
when my mother was going
through breast cancer treat-
ment and she took a class
called, ‘Healing Through Art,’
that was only for adult cancer
patients,” Sarah wrote. “I re-
member thinking this should
be offered to kids affected by
cancer or a family member’s
fight with cancer so they could
express their stories through
artwork as well.”
Trail Ranger
training
scheduled
The Colony Parks and
Recreation Department will
be hosting a training session
for volunteer Trail Rangers
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Trail Rangers will be required
to pass a background check
and attend this five-hour
training and orientation class.
After completing the class,
Trail Rangers will be expected
to help the Parks and Recre-
Theater stages
‘What I Did Last
Summer’
The remaining perform-
ances for Lakeside Commu-
nity Theatre’s production of
“What I Did Last Summer” by
A.R. Gurney will be 8 p.m. Fri-
day, 3 p.m. Saturday, and 8
p.m. May 4-5. The show is di-
rected by Faye Moritz.
Tickets cost $12 for adults
and $10 for students and sen-
iors. Performance are at the
Lakeside Arts Center, 6303
Main St.
For reservations or infor-
mation, call 214-801-4869,
email reservations@lctthe-
colony.org or publicity@lct
thecolony.org, or logon to
www.lctthecolony.org.
ation Department staff mem-,
bers monitor the trails for Springtime Tea
maintenance issues and inap- catara.
propriate or illegal activity, vaturday
Rangers will be trained on at library
trail-use etiquette and safety 9 “ J Colony
procedures, as well as wildlife - ., , ! , one Colony
and habitat identification, and Public Library’s 2012 program
will be expected to provide series continuesswith the 12th
other trad users with informa- annualSpringtime Tea on
tion and assistance as needed, from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday in
Additionally, Trail Rangers the library’s multi-purpose
will be asked to assist with room, 6800 Main St.
picking up trash along the Children age 6 years and
trails • older are invited to attend
For information, call 972- with an accompanying adult
625-1106 or email volunteer Tickets are by advance sale at
Qtenard the circulation desk and cost
P' $5 per person. Seating is lim-
AL: . ited to 36 participants.
Chiropractor Certified etiquette consult-
collects for children ant Linda Tyler Rollins will
CONCCL TOT guide participants in the art of
Dr. Kelly D. Smith and taking afternoon tea and in
Colony Chiropractic held its the ABCs of table manners.
17th annual Teddy Bear Drive jea and light refreshments
earlier this year. The team col- will be served.
lected 156 stuffed animals in For information, contact
exchange for free chiropractic the library at 972-625-1900,
services. The animals were do- ext 3
The Colony HS Ensemble
performs at national event
NINE STUDENTS
MAKE TRIP TO
FESTIVAL
Staff reports
The Colony High School
Percussion Ensemble re-
cently returned from their
performance at the Music for
All National Percussion Festi-
val in Indianapolis. Nine stu-
dents made the trip and
performed an hour-long con-
cert of diverse percussion
music literature.
The Colony’s percussion submitted PHOTO
ensemble was selected along TCHS Percussion Ensemble students Ryan Burns, John Curtis, Roland Garza, Jonathon Her-
with other elite high school . rera, Brett Jordan, Christian Michaels, Machela Niego, Jared Pope and Robert Saye recently per-
ensembles from Arizona Cal- formed at the All National Percussion Festival in Indianapolis.
ifornia, Florida, Georgia, process and the top nine stu-
Pennsylvania, South Carolina dents were selected to repre-
and Virginia. The National sent The Colony High School
Festival also included clinics for this prestigious event. Stu-
and master-classes by world fa- dents were required to raise
mous musicians and educators, the money needed to make
along with performances by the the trip and rehearsed many
Indianapolis Symphony Orches- extra hours, often giving up
tra, the Jazz Band of America, Saturdays, in order to be as
the National Honor Orchestra of prepared as possible for the
America, and the National March performance.
Honor Band of America. The Colony’s program in-
The Colony submitted an eluded a traditional Cuban
audition recording in the folk-song, Henry Cowell’s “Os-
spring of 2011 and was noti- tinato Pianissimo, a novelty
fled that they were one of the ragtime piece by xylophone
groups selected to perform in virtuoso George Hamilton
the summer months preced- Green, a new composition ti-
ing the start of the school tied, “Angles of the Apoca-
year. The students went lypse” by David R. Gillingham,
through a rigorous audition and an encore piece by the fa-
Cougar Prowl
Saturday at TCHS
The Colony High School
Booster Club will hosting its
second Cougar Prowl 5K and
1M Fun Run at 7:45 a.m. Sat-
urday at Tommy Briggs Sta-
dium, TCHS, 4301 Blair Oaks
Drive.
For information. 469-948-
2559, email sueltza@lisd.net,
or logon to www.tchs foot
ball.org.
S.H. 121 frontage road shut
down after fiery accident
TWO TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITALS
Bill CONRAD but non-life threatening in-
^^^^ juries. The driver of the Trail-
A fiery two-vehicle acci- blazer was transported to a
dent shut down the north- local hospital with minor in-
bound frontage road of State juries, Tilley said, adding that
1 Highway 121 at Coit Road things could have been much
for several hours Thursday worse if the driver’s side door
afternoon. of the vehicle was struck.
There were no fatalities, “We have not determined
but both drivers involved in whose fault the accident was,
the accident were trans- but it is pretty clear that
ported to local hospitals for someone ran a red light,”
medical treatment. Neither Tilley said. “This is a pretty
vehicle was carrying any busy intersection, so there
, other passengers. were likely a lot of witnesses
Shortly before 1 p.m., an to the accident. Some people
I 18-wheeler carrying a full stopped, but others left the
I load of gravel was traveling scene. We are asking those
I southbound on Coit Road people to come forward and
■ when it struck the passenger tell us what they saw."
■ side of a Chevrolet Trail- Plano firefighters re-
I blazer driving northbound sponded quickly and were
■ on the frontage road. The 18- able to extinguish the fire
■ wheeler then swerved and shortly after it started, Tilley
I lost control before striking said. With the fire out, crews
I an electrical pole, said Offi- from CoServ Electric worked
I cer David Tilley of the Plano to secure the damaged elec-
I Police Department. trical pole so the truck and
Tilley said the cab of the its trailer could be safely
I truck caught fire, but the moved.
PHOTO COURTESY ANDREA GULLEDGE driver was able to escape . Anyone would informa-
This 18-wheeler burst into flames after colliding with a Chevrolet Trail- under h’s own power. He was tion on the accident should
blazer Thursday afternoon on the northbound SH 121 frontage road at taken via CareFlite to Park- call the Plano Police De-
Coit Road. The driver was transported by CareFlite to Parkland Hospital land Hospital, where was partment Traffic Unit at 972-
where he was treated for burns and other serious injuries. treated for burns and serious, 208-8055.
mous tango composer, Astor accomplish. Their hard work
Piazzolla. and dedication to this event
The diverse program was was a year in the making and
well received and included it was an enormous success,
three standing ovations, said Students Ryan Burns, John
Michael Huestis, assistant di- Curtis, Roland Garza,
rector of Bands and Percus- Jonathon Herrera, Brett Jor-
sion at TCHS. The panel of dan, Christian Michaels,
evaluators also lavished Machela Niego, Jared Pope
praise on the students. Pro- and Robert Saye would like to
fessor James Campbell from thank The Colony Band
University of Kentucky com- Booster Club, The Colony
plimented the students on Band faculty, all of the teach-
their high level of professional ers and administrators at The
preparation, musical sensitiv- Colony High School, LISD
ity and emotionally moving Fine Arts Director Bill Watson
performance. and LISD Superintendent Dr.
The TCHS percussion en- Stephen F. Waddell for their
semble had an educational support in making the trip
experience that very few stu- possible, according to a re-
dents have the opportunity to lease.
Pfeiffer:
UNWELCOME INTRUDER
From PAGE TWO
Intelligent as any dog, I
wondered if Angel understood
my reluctance, appreciated
my stance as we walked away
from her piney hunting
grounds. She lumbered the
opposite way glancing back
several times.
Oh my precious precarious
Angel, how she loved to hunt.
OK, more likely act the part,
but in her day, her peak and
prime, she was ferocious,
hardly one to be tried. Now
we only watched, wished and
worried the trespassers away.
Yet there was an unwelcome
intruder I dreaded more than
any other.
Death. It comes to one and
all.
As our time had whittled
away and dwindled down, I’d
done my best to plan and
pack such precious moments,
monumental memories into
not nearly enough time. When
it comes to the unconditional
love of a pet, there’s never
enough life, hardly any time.
How could I squeeze the next
20 years into a fleeting, too
quickly collapsing short
while?
There comes a time with
all that breathe when the only
thing remaining is letting go.
... but I don’t want my canine
kiddo to go. I can’t imagine
life without my Angel walking
beside me, watching over me.
Patti Pfeiffer is a colum-
nist for Star Local Sems, free-
lance writer and author. She
can be reached at pattip913@
msn. com
JROTC medals
at Sid Richardson
FROM STAFF REPORTS passesreeresnacgsseesroonng
The Colony High School
JROTC Orienteering Team
competed at the Sid Richard-
son two-day orienteering
meet held at the Sid Richard-
son Boy Scout Camp in
Bridgeport, Texas, over the
weekend of March 24-25
weekend.
The following cadets
brought home medals for the
team: Brian Whiteside, plac-
ing second on the brown
course; Raymond Hamilton,
placing third on the brown
course; and Kirby Normand
placing second on the orange
course.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Pictured are members of The Colony High School JROTC Orien-
teering Team, which competed on March 24-25 in Bridgeport.
Military Skills Meet in
On March 31, the JROTC Mesquite.
Academics team placed third In addition, the cadets will
overall out of 44 schools at be having a car wash from 8
the Rodger Guynn Memorial a.m. to 4 p.m. April 14 at the
Chick-fil-A and Big Lots park-
ing lots in The Colony. The car
wash is free but donations
will be accepted by the TCHS
JROTC Booster Club.
KB
Morales
Army Pfc. Matthew Morales
has graduated from the Crypto-
logic Linguist Specialist Course
at the Defense Language Insti-
tute, Foreign Language Center,
Presidio of Monterey, in Mon-
terey, Calif.
The course is designed to
provide knowledge and skills
necessary to perform at the ap-
prentice level in speaking and
translating a foreign language.
Students are trained, in foreign
language skills under the guide-
lines of the Defense Foreign
Language Program, which pro-
vides the Department of De-
fense with linguists.
Morales, a cryptologic lin-
guist, has served in the military
for two years. His wife, Shondra,
is the daughter of Ronald and
April Stierhoff of The Colony.
Morales is the son of Harry
Morales of Bethlehem, Pa., and
Maria Aponte of Bronx, N.Y.
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