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Sunday, March 24,2019
The Colony Courier Leader
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Scholarship deadline
approaches at NCTC
Mental health office moving
STAFF REPORT
The scholarship application
at North Central Texas College
for the summer, fall 2019 and
spring 2020 semesters is now
open. The deadline to apply is
April 15.
Scholarship amounts vary
from $500 to $2,000 per aca-
demic year and all NCTC stu-
dents are encouraged to apply.
New and prospective stu-
dents must apply for admis-
LEARN MORE
For information contact
Kim Carroll, NCTC
scholarship coordinator,
at kcarroll@nctc.edu.
which provides step-by-step
instructions for the applica-
tion process. Students can find
the guide and the workshop
dates at nctc.edu/Scholarship.
A scholarship application
workshop will be held on the
STAFF REPORT The phone number will For questions, call Phyllis
Denton County MHMR remain the same as before: Finley, business develop-
Center is moving its south 214-488-0121. ment coordinator, at 940-
A u The office will be in full 565-5295.
Denton County office this . ,
1operation at the new loca- If you or anyone you know
wee en from 1 , Cor- tion starting this upcoming is in a mental health crisis,
porate Drive in Lewisville to week. An open house for call 1-800-762-0157. Help
1001 Cross Timbers Road - the community will be an- is available 24 hours a day,
Suite 1250 - Flower Mound, nounced soon.
seven days a week.
,. , Gainesville campus in room
and more. Students may also 0
e. 114 from 9 a.m. to noon and
qualify for scholarships specif- from 1 to 6 p.m. on Monday,
ic to their major. March 26
NCTC has awarded over A scholarship application
23,500 scholarships, valued workshop will be held on the
sion, activate their Lion Pride at over $9 million since 1986. Corinth campus in room 312
Email, and sign up for a schol- Individuals, corporations, from 9 to 11:50 a.m. and from
arship account to complete community organizations and 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, March
the scholarship application, foundations continue to fund 27.
Current students simply need these scholarships through A scholarship application
to activate their Lion Pride the years. workshop will be held on the
. Email, if the have not already, Scholarship application Flower Mound campus in the
and sign up for a scholarship workshops will be held on all Completion Center from 9:30
account. campuses. Staff will be avail- a.m. to noon and from 1 to 6
USD
From PAGE ONE
year of the 2017 bond. get.
Among those was a roof The board approved a GMP
replacement at Ethridge El- for the Valley Ridge Elemen-
ementary and floor replace- tary School 20-year refresh
ment at Lakeview Middle and the Valley Ridge Elemen-
teed return by Aramark to the School in the amount of $1.4 tary STEM Academy, which
district’s child nutrition pro- million.
gram of $1.5 million for the
next school year.
is opening next year, in the
Ball said the cost of the amount of $7.3 million,
project is $340,000 more than It approved a GMP for the
what was originally budget- first phase of the 20-year re-
EACII TV PDA 1EATS ed since hailstorms last year fresh for Central Elementary
FACTCY PROJECTS increased the need for con- in the amount of $1.8 million.
The board approved the struction services across the The board approved a GMP
guaranteed maximum price area. But Ball said some of for site work for the new He-
There are many different able at these workshops to p.m. Tuesday, April 2.
types of scholarships that stu- assist students in completing For information contact
dents may qualify for, includ- their scholarship application. Kim Carroll, NCTC scholarship
ing Dual-Credit, Academic There is also an online Schol- coordinator, at kcarroll@nctc.
Transfer, Full-Time/Part-Time, arship Application Guide, edu.
(GMP) for several projects the first-year projects from drick Middle School in the
that will be part of the second the bond came in under bud- amount of $5.3 million.
her daughters’ lives.
come adversity and achieve
US 75
From PAGE TWO
Limited-access highways being opened to completely
have been built to accommodate free traffic, the current plan is
the increased population. The the best possible option for our
Sam Rayburn Tollway, George commuters, taxpayers and res-
Bush Turnpike and Dallas North idents at this time,” said State
the interchange is complete, Tollway are all essential high- Representative Jeff Leach. “I
in 2025. The $28 million inter- ways, but each is a toll road. appreciate the opportunity to
change is expected to receive Both Collin County leaders work with Commissioner Dun-
environmental clearance by and their constituents want can Webb on this important
June, with construction slated more non-tolled options to be issue, and I look forward to con-
to begin in September 2022. part of the transportation sys- tinuing to advocate with him
CEO
From PAGE TWO
behave well. Its a desperate we realized there was so knew all along that she was
situation,” Grider said. “With much more plaguing this gen- not wired” to be a CEO. •
the increasing number of un- eration,” Smith said. “Kids “My strength is in pro-
accompanied homeless teens, were deeply hurting, cutting, gramming and advocating for
more of our young people are suicidal, depressed, dealing the youth we serve. My devo-
exposed to sex trafficking, with bullying and so much tion and commitment to what
abuse, hunger and a denial more. Our mission quickly ex- we do are unwavering,” Smith
of basic needs in record num- panded to helping teens over- said.
“My heart and passion their God-given dreams,”
were to work with teens af- Smith said.
fected by addiction. Within Smith will continue work-
weeks of working with teens, ing with JTD, but she said she
Collin County added approxi- tern going forward.
mately 37,000 residents in 2017,
and our other local, state and
“While it is unfortunate that federal authorities to ensure
accounting for 26 percent of the archaic federal law prohibits efficient and effective transit
Dallas-Fort Worth area’s growth, this vital stretch of U.S. High- options for the people we are
according to NCTCOG data
way 75 in Collin County from elected to serve."
bers." come destructive behaviors.” Prior to being named CEO,
The vision for JTD is to Now, JTD has grown from Grider worked the last two
continue to offer a safe, an $80,000 nonprofit to a years with Smith as JTD’s
home-like environment for $1,000,000 organization. They Chief Development Officer,
at-risk and homeless teens, as work in Lewisville ISD, Car- Smith said she became con-
well as continue to integrate rollton-Farmers Branch ISD, vinced Grider is the person
into the school districts to Plano ISD, Dallas ISD and God sent to carry JTD for-
continue to provide a preven- Denton ISD, reaching more ward.
tative based methodology to than 10,000 students annually Grider said, Churchill said
ing in drivers education pro- overitihelast few vears.es to slow the epidemic of hurting through its programs. The are .it best, “We make a living by
o 6T • ... sal in mne - OP n teens. Grider said JTD wants working on the third edition what we get, but we make a
Other violations are: no have the fees in place by April to be the last program that of the JTD youth development life by what we give.”
having a drivers license, not 1.- "
having insurance, having ex- The council supported the
have been the most offens- pired registration and having program.
FUND
From PAGE FOUR
youth need, but still the “fam- curriculum. In 2017, JTD .“There aren’t enough
ily" they can always count opened Kyle’s Place to meet words in the dictionary to de-
es by juveniles, followed by an invalid license.
“There’s nothing more im-
on. JTD stands with youth on a gap in services for homeless scribe the significance of giv-
state law and city ordinance White said possession of portant than the future of our
violations. The most common drug paraphernalia has been kids,” Councilman David Terre
traffic violation has been the most common state law said. “These are coming in at
speeding. White said this is violation among juveniles, to- an early age, so there’s an im-
something the case manager bacco/e-cigarette possession, portance to implementing this
will monitor, possibly bring- assault and theft fluctuating program.”
their journey to successful in- youth.
dependence and a future with
promise.
ing back. Even the simplest
"Today, we’re providing acts of benevolence - the
warm beds and full tummies ones we think of as random
Kimberly Smith co-found- to homeless teens, while giv- acts of kindness - are actually
ed JTD 15 years ago out of a ing them the resources and incredibly important,” Grider
tragedy that struck her and skills they require to over- said.
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McGathey, Liz & Roark, Chris. The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 7, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 24, 2019, newspaper, March 24, 2019; Plano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1622504/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Colony Public Library.