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VOLUME 33, NUMBER 48
Boyer elected mayor pro tern
Hidden Cove officials plan for 50 new furnished cabins
TIM GLAZE
tglaze@starlocalmedia. com
Officials elected a mayor Boyer said.
have this council believe in me house will hold Place 2 on the Hidden Cove plans fifty new
and elect me to this position,” board, and Love will hold Place cabins
3. Both newly elected mem- Council approved an agree-
pro tem and deputy mayor pro- Joel Marks, who was elected bers will serve through June ment with Hidden Cove Park
tern Tuesday at The Colony city to the council in the recent No- 2015.
council meeting.
officials and Marine Quest that
vember election, also took the Scott Dottie was also nomi- provides security and funding
Richard Boyer, who holds oath of office at the beginning nated to serve on the board for the popular camping and
Place 2 on the council, was of the meeting. Marks holds and received consideration be- swimming park. Officials and
unanimously elected pro tem. Place 6 as a single-member dis- fore the council ultimately de- the council will also discuss ex-
Kirk Mikulec, who holds Place trict. cided on Morehouse and Love, tending the park’s lease at a fu-
1, was also unanimously The council also filled three Also, Dwayne Sanders was ture meeting,
elected as deputy mayor pro vacant seats on two city elected to serve on the Com- The agreement allows Hid-
tem. Both serve as at-large boards. Nicole Love and Roger munity Image Board. Sanders den Cove officials to move for- photo courtesy of city of the colony
members. Morehouse were elected to the will hold Place 5 on the board ward with the construction of Newly-elected council member Joel Marks, who will serve on Place 6,
“It means a lot to me to city’s technology board. More- through June 16. See COUNCIL, Page 5A was sworn into his seat on The Colony City Council on Tuesday.
VN THE
Mayor looks ahead to 2015
Dancing the
night away
Tickets for the 2015 Daddy and
Daughter Dance are now on sale at
Cascades Events Center. Tickets
are $35 per couple, $10 for each
additional child. The event will be
held Feb. 21, at the Cascades Event
Center in The Colony, 5909 Stone
Creek Drive. Dances will be held at
3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
For information call 972-625-1106.
PHOTOS COURTESY
OF GREG McCLENDON
Heather M. Goodwin
hgoodwin @starlocalmedia. com
Looking ahead to 2015, city
officials said road construction
will present challenges for res-
idents, but the payoff will be
worth the wait.
“Undoubtedly road con-
struction presents numerous
challenges,” said Mayor Joe
McCourry. “However, if we per-
severe the next few years with
patience and safety in mind,
the end result will be well
| worth these growing pains.”
Joe McCourry
Brant Shallenburger, director
of government relations. “How-
ever, we’re also providing in-
centives for them to finish
early.”
Shallenburger said right
now the incentive is to have
the project complete in 30
months. He said the project
would have phases, but not
roadway sections. He said
crews would be batching simi-
lar work together.
McCourry said even though
lanes at each major intersec- The Colony is experiencing the
Construction began Oct. 20 tion and a new traffic signal at largest growth in its history, of-
on the Main Street/FM 423 Lake Highlands Drive, as well ficials would strive to continue
widening project after years of as various aesthetic enhance- to promote being good neigh-
waiting. The project will widen ments. The project spans ap- bors with a strong sense of
the road to eight lanes from proximately community.
the Sam Rayburn Tollway 3.75 miles. “Opportunities abound in
north to Cougar Alley/Ridge- Construction is expected to The Colony, and 2014 has been
pointe Drive, and then to six take 36 months to complete, yet another great year in The
lanes north of Cougar “The 36-month timeline is a Colony,” McCourry said.
Alley/Ridgepointe to U.S. High- contractual time where if McCourry cited several proj-
way 380. The project includes they’re not finished by then, ects currently underway in The
auxiliary left- and right-turn there will be penalties,” said
See McCOURRY, Page 5A
Not slowing down
As interim superintendent Rogers vows to keep LISD rolling
KEVIN ROGERS’
CAREER IN LISD
• Seventh-grade science
teacher/middle school coach
• Assistant principal at
Arbor Creek Middle School
• Principal at Marcus
High School
• Executive director
of secondary schools
• Assistant superintendent
of secondary schools
for USD-East
• Chief operations officer
CHRIS Roark Rogers, whose administrative duties in- During the transition period, he
elude the district’s chief operating offi- wants to keep Strategic Design as a
For now, Kevin Rogers has the word cer and assistant superintendent for backbone for LISD’s decisions, Rogers
“interim” attached to his title. secondary education, was named the in- said.
But he assures everyone that while terim superintendent Dec. 17. “The mission and the vision have
he may be Lewisville ISD’s interim su- “The [school] board made it clear, been jointly made with the community
perintendent, the work will not be slow- and we have a joint understanding, I and the district,” Rogers said. “It’s a
ing down.
was not named interim superintendent great goal. And I want us to continue to
Kevin Rogers
Rogers, who began the role Monday, to be a placeholder,” Rogers said. “Nor work together. We need to figure out
said it’s important to keep the district is that what I want. There are a lot of how to give 53,000-plus students the program.
moving forward while the search for a things that need to be done. Those in- maximum opportunities for their future. . here are things we want to con-
permanent superintendent is taking clude staffing, the budget, the commu-That's our job." tinue to review and ask,'How are we
place, nications audit and the gifted and Rogers said he wants to examine the doing? Rogers said.‘‘That s something
Stephen Waddell announced his re- talented audit. We need to keep moving English as a Second Language (ESL) we 8 ouid always do.
tirement in November, effective Jan. 30. forward.” See ROGERS, Page 5A See ROGERS, Page 5A
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McGathey, Liz. The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 48, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 11, 2015, newspaper, January 11, 2015; Plano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1622302/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Colony Public Library.