The Colony Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 10, 1986 Page: 3 of 26
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Wednesday, December 10, 1986 3A
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Local
The Colony Calendar
Thursday
■The Colony Lions Club meets at 8 p.m. the first and third
Thursdays of each month at Pizza Inn, located at South Colony
Boulevard and Paige Road. Call 370-2065 for information. Guests
are welcome.
Friday
I BThe Trailblazers Senior Citizens group meets at 11 a.m. on the
I second Friday of every month in the education building at the
1 First Baptist Church on South Colony Boulevard. Lunch is served.
I EThe annual Christmas Tree Lighting, will be held at 7:30 p.m.
I at Lion’s Club Park.
I Saturday
I EChristian Singles Association (CSA) meets every second and
L fourth Saturday of each month for brunch, dinner or special
I outings and sharing times. For more information call 370-0737 or
436-6494.
■ ■ Alpha Tau Gamma presents pictures with Santa, at the local
r Wal-Mart. Photographs will be taken from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec.
1 13 and 20.
I Polaroids will be $3 and videos by appointment will be $5. For
I appointment call 370-0988, 370-3345 or 370-4227.
" Sunday
I BGet ready if you love Christmas music. The choir of the First
United Methodist Church of The Colony will be presenting a
I , Christmas concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21.
There will be classical and contemporary music as well as small
V group ensembles. Everyone is welcome to attend. Come on out
| and enjoy the beautiful music this Christmas season.
r ■ ■ Don’t forget the city of The Colony’s annual Christmas Parade
| - will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Line up will be at 1:15 p.m.. Call P.A.R.D. at 370-1106 if you
1 « would like to enter a float or march in the parade. This year’s
D theme is “A Texas Christmas.” Also, make note that the annual
F Turkey Trot will be held this year on Dec. 20. Call P.A.R.D. for
I 1 additional information.
1 ■ The annual Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Youth
N- Christmas Pageant will be presented at 7 p.m. Sunday at the chur-
U ch.
r This year’s pageant,“Journey of the Christ Child” will be stag-
L. ed by Good Shepherd’s Sunday School classes. All area residents
F are invited for the performance.
I Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is at 4809 South Colony
. ! Boulevard in The Colony. For more information on the pageant or
L other holiday activities at Good Shepherd, call 370-5827.
• Monday
. EThe Shatori Stubbs Liver Transplant Fund Committee meets at
” 7 p.m. Monday nights at The Colony Christian Church, Blair Oaks
- and Clover Valley. The committee is dedicated to raising funds for
L the two-year-old Colony girl who needs $300,000 for a liver
transplant. For more information concerning meetings and ac-
tivities, call 370-2365, 370-4431 or 370-7530.
■The ICCA meets the first Monday of each month. For more in-
formation for the ICCA referral service, please call Paula at 370-
3642. There is no fee for this referral service.
■The Colony Toastmasters Club meets at 7 p.m. every Monday
at the Pizza Inn, located at South Colony Boulevard and Paige
Road. Call 370-7622 or 370-1384 for more information.
Tuesday
■Enjoy a fellowship of men and women who meet weekly to stop
overeating and help other compulsive overeaters do the same. No
dues or fees are charged. The group meets from 7:30-8:30 p.m.
every Tuesday at 5050 Clover Valley. Call Donna or Karen at 370-
5956 or 370-4415 for more information.
■La Leche League of The Colony. Mothers interested in informa-
tion about breastfeeding are welcome to attend the next meeting
of La Leche League of The Colony. It will be held at 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday at 4945 Strickland. For more information please call 370-
3921.
Anyday
■The Colony Humane Society has puppies and kittens as well as
mature cats and dogs for adoption. Please call for more informa-
tion. Cats, 370-0454; dogs, 370-0738.
■The Colony group of Alcoholics Anonymous meets in the old
red brick home across from the south water tower at 5050 CLover
Valley. Meetings are held from 8-9 p.m. Tuesday; 9-10 p.m.
Wednesday; 8-9 p.m. Thursday; and from 9-10 a.m. and 8-9 p.m.
Fridays. For more information, call Tom at 370-2197 or Karan at
370-6826.
■The Colony Al-anon Family Group for families and friends of
alcoholics meets in the old red brick home across from the south
water tower at 5050 Clover Valley from 9-10 a.m. Wednesday and
8-9 p.m. Thursday. For more information, call Mamie at 370-3947
(daytime) or Laurie 370-2197 (evenings).
Catch The Billy’s Spirit
At Billy’s Discount Liquors
FM 423 in Colony Park Shopping Center
370-4311
Failure rate 35% for
secondary students
By JANE THOMPSON during the grading period. The
Harte-Hanks News Service total number of high school fail-
ing students was 1,803 from a
LEWISVILLE - Thirty-five population of 4,674.
percent of Lewisville’s In the middle schools, 1,220 of
secondary-level students receiv- the 3,774 students — or 32 per-
ed one or more failing grades for cent — failed one or more
the second six-week grading courses.
period, according to school Secondary schools director Jan
district statistics released Bennett believes the reason more
Thursday. students failed one or more
During the first six-week classes during the second six
grading period, 28 percent of weeks is because their classes
secondary-level students failed become more difficult in the se-
one or more classes. cond grading period.
The students, who received “I think the majority of the
their grade reports last week, first six weeks was review,” Ben-
must earn 70 percent to pass a nett said. “The material in the se-
course. cond six weeks is new and a lot
Of the 8,448 sixth through more difficult.”
twelfth-grade students in the Bennett said many students
district during the second six- have been attending the tutorials,
weeks, 3,023 failed at least one which are offered before and
class. after school to students who are
The high schools had the having problems in class.
highest percentage of students Bennett will be meeting with
failing courses. principals from each secondary
Thirty-nine percent of the school to discuss the reasons for
students attending Lewisville, the higher number of failures and
Marcus and The Colony high to try and find ways to lower the
schools failed at least one class failure rate.
HAVE AREA NEWS
CALL 436-3566
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Brian Cooper, owner of The Creamery, puts together a deli
- sub sandwich, a specialty of the shop. (This photo was in-
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The Colony Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 10, 1986, newspaper, December 10, 1986; The Colony, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1666477/m1/3/: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Colony Public Library.