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Page 4A — The Allen American — Sunday, September 1, 1991
Closings
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ciation of motor clubs providing
travel, insurance and financial ser-
vices for more than 32.5 million
members.
About 25 million Americans, or 9
percent of the population, will take a
driving trip of more than 100 miles,
according to AAA spokesman Jerry
Cheske. Car travel is up slightly
from last year due to the depressed
economv, he said.
“People still vacation, they just
look for value and price and this is
traditicnally a popular travel time,”
Cheske said.
The Texas Department of Public
Safety estimates as many as 31 peo-
ple could lose their lives in auto acci-
dents during the 78-hour Labor Day
holiday period.
“Labor Day is the last holiday of
summer and we want (motorists) to
be around for future holidays,” said
DPS assistant director Lt. Col.
James R. Wilson, who urged drivers
to abstain from drinking alcohol and
from speeding.
Last year 33 people died on Texas
roadways during the holiday period,
which begins at 6 p.m. Friday and
ends at midnight Monday. Late re-
ported fatalities pushed the final total
to 40.
“We will have all available troop-
ers on the roadways over the Labor
Day weekend to assist motorists and
to try to hold down the traffic viola-
tions that can lead to fatal acci-
dents,” Wilson said.
Troopers will look for motorists
who fail to wear a seat belt or to use
a child restraint for youngsters, he
said. Most of those who died last
Labor Day failed to use a seat belt,
according to the DPS.
The department is urging Texans
to “Buckle Up — Avoid the Sum-
LISE
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— and we’re going to lose both — is
going to be translated into a direct
loss with nowhere to go to make it
up,” he said. “Compounding this
problem is the law also says we have
a $1.50 (per $100 valuation) cap (on
the tax rate). When we reach that,
we will no longer have the ability to
increase taxes locally. What that
means is, three years out, we prob-
ably won’t have the ability to operate
a small independent school district.
“Everybody is going to reach that
$1.50 (per $100 valuation tax rate),”
mertime Blues.” Although Texas’
safety belt use rate of 68 percent
compares favorably to the national
average of 50 percent, increased
awareness is important, said Arnold
Oliver, engineer-director of the
Texas Department of Transporta-
tion.
During June and July, 500 motor-
ists lost their lives on Texas streets
and highways. Although July and Au-
gust statistics are not yet available,
Labor Day has traditionally been the
deadliest holiday for traffic fatalities,
according to the department of
transportation.
The holiday will affect these Allen
businesses:
■All Allen Independent School Dis-
trict schools and administrative
offices will be closed Monday. The
district will resume its regular sche-
dule Tuesday morning.
■City of Allen offices will be closed
Monday. However, Ford Park Pool
will be open for the last time this
year. Hours will be from 1 to 6 p.m.
■The North Texas Municipal Water
District transfer station located on
Custer Road north of McDermott
and south of State Highway 121 will
be closed Monday.
■The Allen post office will be closed
Monday and reopen Tuesday with
regular 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. business
hours.
■All Allen banks will be closed Mon-
day and will reopen Tuesday with
regular business hours.
■Both major grocery stores in Allen
will have regular business hours
Monday. Brookshire’s will be open
all day; Winn-Dixie will be open from
7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
■Allen’s Wal-Mart will be open regu-
lar hours, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
■The Collin County Community Col-
lege campus will be closed Monday.
■The Allen American office will be
closed Monday. It will reopen at 8
a.m. Tuesday.
Puster said. “Allen has been there
because they had the fast residential
growth without the attending busi-
ness (growth) to take up the slack.
They had to build facilities to meet
the growth, and now they’re paying
for it.”
After the public hearing, the board
reconvened for its regular monthly
meeting. Items approved included:
■student/teacher handbooks;
■TTAS calendar and appraisers;
■1991-92 Career Ladder criteria;
■and participation in Collin County
Special Education Cooperative for
1991-92.
The board also certified its antici-
pated tax collection rate and excess
debt service collections for 1990.
Vicar
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ment of the Rev. Bob Gibson. Dur-
ing this period the church has used
supply priests, provided by the dio-
cese, until a new vicar could be
appointed.
Although All Saints’ appointment
of the Rev. McKee is historically sig-
nificant for the Episcopal Diocese of
Dallas, her being a woman played no
role in her selection, according to
Goodman. He said the interview
committee selected her because she
exhibited “energy, enthusiasm and a
desire to bring the congregation
together to equip them to witness to
the world — to preach and train.”
Goodman emphasized, “I am
hopeful that our hiring a woman vicar
will set a precedent for other
parishes and missions for hiring
priests on qualifications rather than
gender.”
According to Canon Norman Hol-
len, executive assistant to the
bishop, at present there are six resi-
dent female priests serving in the
Dallas Diocese and more than 1,000
in the United States. Bishop Patter-
son ordained the first female priest
in the Episcopal Diocese in Dallas
shortly after his appointment to the
Budget
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lion in state funds, mostly to be used
for academic and vocational prog-
rams. Tuition and fees, including a
newly imposed $3 per credit hour
building use fee, and local taxes will
fund educational and general ex-
penditures. Tuition and fees are ex-
pected to increase by 19 percent
with increased enrollment. Tax re-
venues, although generated with the
same overall tax rate, are expected
to rise 9.5 percent because of in-
Indigent
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county-run clinic.
“We do not want to see a prenatal
clinic get started,” said Dr. Larry
Pierce, a McKinney obstetrician.
“We don’t want to see someone
generating and then not taking care
of their problems.”
The fate of Collin County’s indi-
gent prenatal care program would
not be on the line if more Plano ob-
stetricians agreed to participate,
diocese in 1983.
Canon Hollen was enthusiastic ab-
out the Rev. McKee’s appointment
to All Saints. He said in an interview
following the appointment that “we
are delighted she will serve in this
brand new, growing mission.” He
also praised her “excellent back-
ground in youth work,” which he felt
would be of great benefit to the
church.
“We’ve been waiting awhile for
this to happen!” was the Rev.
McKee’s response when questioned
about her appointment as the Dallas
Diocese’s first full-time female
priest. The Rev. McKee was
ordained four years earlier.
Her goals as priest for the Allen
mission church? “I want All Saints to
be a vital Christian force in Allen,
offering spiritual nourishment and
community outreach, proclaiming
the gospel and serving our brothers
and sisters in the community,” she
stated.
All Saints’ new vicar received her
bachelor of arts degree with a major
in theology from the University of
Dallas and received her master of
divinity cum laude from Nashotah
House in Nashotah, Wis., in 1987.
Prior to her appointment to the All
Saints Episcopal Church in Allen, the
Rev. McKee was assistant to the
rector at the Episcopal Church of the
creased appraisal values on new
property in the county.
While pleased with the amount of
money the college will get from the
state, Anthony said it’s still not what
the district has earned in terms of
enrollment. Based on contact hours
(the amount of time a student spends
on campus), the school should have
received nearly $14 million, he said.
“If we had been healthy economi-
cally statewide, our (state) funding
would have doubled” last year’s
allotment, he said.
A public hearing and approval of
the budget is scheduled for 6 p.m.
Tuesday in the Central Campus
physicians who provide the service
said.
Pierce and the other doctors said
McKinney obstetricians will end up
providing the bulk of care for indi-
gent residents if a county-run clinic
is established because the majority
of indigents reside in McKinney.
The only difference from the cur-
rent system would be that they
would be called at the last minute to
deliver a baby in an emergency room
rather than having seen the patient
through her entire pregnancy, they
said.
Nine of 27 Collin County obstetri-
Ascension in Dallas. She has also
served as assistant to the rector at
St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church in
Denton and chaplain with the Denton
Episcopal Campus Ministry.
Lay ministry positions held by the
Rev. McKee include seminarian
assistant, music director, organist,
lay leader and youth director. In
addition to work in the ministry, she
has been employed as an accountant
and systems analyst.
The Rev. McKee’s enthusiasm is
especially evident in her interest
with the youth ministry. “I have
been involved in youth ministry in
one way or another for 25 years,
counting my time as a member of a
youth group,” she commented. “I
love working with kids and showing
them how the gospel applies to their
lives.”
Her philosophy in dealing with
kids and the problems they go
through is that the church should
provide a “safe place where they can
gather and talk about anything.”
A native Texan spending most of
her life in the Dallas/Fort Worth
area, the Rev. McKee currently
lives in Dallas with her two “chil-
dren” — a dachshund named Rita
and Max, her clerical cat. The
second pet earned this recognition
because of his unique but fitting
appearance — all black with a spot of
boardroom, 2200 W. University in
McKinney.
In other business, trustees
approved the actual document for
the tax sheltered annuity plan they
approved in July. The board adopted
the plan for college employees in re-
sponse to a federal government rul-
ing that all public agencies provide
either a retirement plan or pay Social
Security taxes for part-time em-
ployees. The college is working with
the Texas Community College Con-
sortium to arrange benefits.
Board members also OK’d a
change order in the amount of
$4,817 for last minute construction
changes to the K module on the
cians currently participate in the in-
digent prenatal program. Four of
those physicians work out of McKin-
ney, three are from Plano and two
are from Allen.
“I wish that all of the doctors in
the county would take two or three
of these patients a month,” Rajala
said.
The increased liability of caring for
indigents — who often are mal-
nourished or have other problems —
combined with the amount of paper-
work associated with Medicaid are
among the reasons why more doc-
tors don’t accept such patients.
white under his chin.
As pastimes, the new All Saints
vicar lists fishing and camping. Her
preferred fishing spot is Lake Ray
Roberts and Petit Jean State Park in
Arkansas is her favorite location
when she is ready to escape from theA
city.
The Rev. McKee is also talented
musically, playing both folk and clas-
sical guitar, piano and organ. “I ex-
pect we will be doing some fun things
with the music, traditional and con-
temporary,” she said.
For many unexperienced in deal-
ing with the new female priests in
the church, the question often arises
on the proper title with which they
should be addressed. According to •
the Rev. McKee, the female clergy
serving in the Episcopal Diocese of
Dallas agreed on the title “Mother.”
She explained that the practice of
addressing male clergy as “Father”
came from the title used to address
the leaders of monasteries, so use of
the title “Mother” from the name
given to directors of convents
seemed the natural choice.
All Saints Episcopal Church will be @
hosting a reception to welcome their "
new vicar after the 9:30 a.m.
worship service on Sunday, Sept. 8.
The church extends an invitation to
the community to come hear and
meet the Rev. McKee.
Spring Creek campus. The changes
were required by the fire marshal.
The final cost of the entire module
came out only 2 percent higher than @
orginally estimated, a figure
Anthony said was “very good.”
Two million in expenditures for
July were approved, as were bids for
copy paper, data processing paper
and NCR paper and audio-visual and
video equipment.
Trustees also approved a resolu-
tion honoring Dr. John Beitzel,
founding chairman of the CCCCD
Foundation. Beitzel resigned from •
his post as Foundation Board chair-
man to relocate to Houston.
If more did, however, the burden
would be spread out, thus reducing
the liability to any one obstetrician
along with the overall cost of the
program, said the doctors present
Wednesday.
One Plano doctor at the meeting @
said “bias and prejudice” prevents
many other Plano doctors from par-
ticipating in the program.
Under the current system, doc-
tors in the county who agree to pro-
vide indigent women with prenatal
care bill the county for about 55 per-
cent of the charges.
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