The Colony Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 1, 1990 Page: 1 of 41
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Local soccer player returns from European tour — Page 8A
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Wednesday
August 1, 1990
No. 36, The Colony, Texas
The wait is over; 1990 Pepsi Games ready to roll
By ANITA KELLEY
Staff writer
The 1990 Pepsi Games of Texas have
begun.
What that means to the nearly 15,000
athletes that have converged on Carrollton
and Farmers Branch this week is a chance
to go for the gold. To them this week offers
the chance to prove themselves the best in
their field across the state of Texas.
And to the cities of Carrollton and Far-
mers Branch, the games mean a rare and -====== TAAF. The games offer competition for
exciting opportunity to open their doors to Opening ceremonies — Page 5A both the recreational and the competitive
the thousands of athletes plus some 20,000 Baseball competition - Page 8A athlete at the local level and the chance to
spectators. The games provide the two accompany such a sporting event. vie for the title of “state champion.”
cities the chance to strut their stuff in front The games, now in their fifth year, rep- The games offer a “sports festival”
of thousands, and hopefully impress some resent the culmination of competition for atmosphere, complete with a parade of
people enough to return. thousands of youths throughout the state athletes and the lighting of of a torch at the
But perhaps even more important, the of Texas in both individual and team sports. opening ceremonies Aug. 3.
games offer the cities a chance to share in Governed by the Texas Amateur Athle- The concept of state games was initiated
what is touted as the biggest Texas sport- tic Federation, the 1990 Pepsi Games will in New York with the 1978 Empire State
ing event of the year. To share in both the include 30 sports, ten of which are oper- Games. Florida held its own state games in
excitement and the tension that inevitably ated under the rules and regulations of the 1980 and Pennsylvania became the third
state to hold a sports festival in 1982.
There were 25 state games held through-
out the nation in 1987 and 31 state games in
1988.
The first “Texas Games” were in San
Antonio in 1986. Over 7,500 athletes com-
peted in 11 separate events.
The next year the games moved to Fort
Worth and expanded to 16 events attract-
ing some 9,000 athletes.
Turn to PEPSI GAMES, page 4A
Student
authors
Property
values off
mu,
A VA
sell wort
By JEFFREY BALL
Managing Editor
slightly
What began as a class project
for a number of Griffin Middle
School students evolved into a
novel and turned a group of eighth
grade youth into writers, editors
and publishers.
Last Saturday representatives
of the 31-member LEAP class of
Peggy Martin and English teacher
Karen Hammes spent the after-
noon in front of the Vista Ridge
Mall Walton’s Book Store to offer
their work to the public.
The students spent from 1 to 4
p.m. last Saturday, and will return
during the same hours next Satur-
day, to explain their new book.
Final tax roll up from
preliminary estimate
By JEFFREY BALL
Managing Editor
Turn to BOOK, page 4A
Griffin Middle School students spent Saturday after-
noon in front of a Vista Ridge Mall bookstore to offer to
the public the book they wrote during a class project
taught by LEAP instructor Peggy Martin (second from
left). Mary Lou Lubbers (right) of Dallas, bough, a Cupy
Jeffrey Ball/Leader photo
and later had it signed by the panel. Some of the au-
thors present include: Andrew Harrison, Austin Bell,
Jennifer Jamey, Amy Woodward, Vannese Muse, Man-
dy Williams, Chris Barnes.
Heroic fireman gets medal for rescue
By JEFFREY BALI
Managing Editor
A long-time resident of The Colony is
one of the first to receive the Lewisville
Fire Department Medal of Valor for his
part in the rescue of two teenagers last
year.
Russ Clark, 40, a resident of The Col-
ony for over 14 years was given the
award along with Wayne Davis, 23, of
Lewisville for their part in the saving of
two Lewisville youth.
“I don’t feel like any more of a hero
than anyone else. (There were) lots of
people helping,” said Clark. “(It is)
almost embarassing — feel guilty people
recognizing us. It was a group effort. We
couldn’t have done it without the rest of
the team.”
It was June 7,
1989. Heavy rains
had covered the
• area causing the
lake to rise and
flooding of tributar-
ies. Clark was
acting captain of
Lewisville Fire Sta-
tion No. 3.
Russ Clark
He said that the “speakers were kept
open” monitoring the dispatch calls.
When the park and recreation depart-
ment called to report a couple of boys
might be missing Clark heard the call and
his team was on the way before the dis-
patch call was relayed to the station.
Jason Bagley and Lee Davenport,
both 17, had tried to ride down the flood-
swollen Timber Creek after a rain storm
in a canoe they had found earlier.
When the canoe crashed into a tree,
the two were hurled downstream sever-
al hundred yards before they were able
to latch onto tree branches for safety.
“It was an extreme white water, rapid
water, situation,” said Clark.
Time was vital, so Clark flagged a TV
news helicopter flying overhead for
help. The boys were spotted within mi-
nutes at a point 25 yards from shore.
Clark and Davis then performed the
first swift water rescue in the history of
the Lewisville Fire Department.
“(We) wound up floating a line down-
stream to the boys — who were in two
different trees. We stripped to bare
essentials and went hand over hand into
Assessed value of property in The Colony increased
by over $50 million from the preliminary tax rolls to the
certified tax rolls released by Denton County, recently.
Denton County values — Page 4A
The certified tax rolls assessed property in The Col-
ony at $513,985,937, said City Manager Bill Hall, last
week.
Preliminary7 figures were for an assessed property’
value of $463 million
, “We're quite pleased with the final (figures). We had
a deep concern. It is a little off last year and not the
substantial amount that was first anticipated,” said Hall.
The 1989-1990 city budget in The Colony was based
on an assessed property valuation of $523 million.
The Denton County Appraisal District was meeting
at the time the preliminary property values were re-
leased.
Since that is the opportunity for home owners to
question their assessed tax valuation “during that time
seldom are the tax rolls going up,” said Hall.
“There are still some outstanding disputed prop-
erties. However, we don’t feel that will have any major
impact on revenue, Hall said.
Value for the properties under review is $952,468.
The recently submitted preliminary city budget was
based on a valuation of $460 million. City staff normally
“assumes some degree of reduction” in the tax rolls,
said Hall.
Turn to HERO, page 4A
Turn to TAXES, page 4A
Driver reaches end of the road
Retiring racer goes out in style at Great American Race
By JEFFREY BALL
Managing Editor
After traveling coast-to-coast in 12 days
representing Happy Hill Children’s Farm
and Academy in the Great American Race,
a local 1929 Model A convertible pick-up
truck is ready to make racing a career and
the driver/owner is ready to retire from
racing.
“It’s suppose to be fun. But it’s grueling.
It really takes a lot out of you,” said Charlie
Viosca.
The Great American Race covers 4,056
miles in 12 driving days. Total purse for the
event is $250,000.
Viosca, who resides in Wynnewood
Haven, adjacent to The Colony, and Ho-
ward Barnes, the other half of the in-the-
car team, along with Warren Patrick, Jim
Eitelmen and Jimmy Kuban, represented
the academy in the race.
They finished the race 24th out of 120
entries, just missing finishing in the money
by committing what Viosca called a “rookie
mistake.”
Cameras were set up about a mile from
the finish of each day’s leg of the rally, said
Viosca. On the final day a second camera
was set much closer to finish line.
Viosca and navigator-turned-driver
Barnes thought the race was complete af-
ter the first camera and eased up, costing
them what could have been a second-place
finish.
While the name of the event implies a
race, it is really a rally. Speeds never ex-
ceed 50 miles per hour and the drivers are
competing against a computer-calculated
course for the best times.
“It’s like a golf game, the low score wins.
If you’re right on time you get a zero,” said
Viosca.
Turn to DRIVER, page 4A
Jeffry Ball/Leader photo
Charlie Viosca and Howard Barnes went coast to coast in the 61-year old Model A
convertible pick-up in 12 days with no mechanical problems. They finished the race
24th out of 120 entries.
Religious leaders face adjustments in new home
The Colony............ 2A
Bridal.................. 3A
Opinion.........................6 A
Sports......................8A-9A
Religion......................12A
Comics........................14A
Real Estate..........16A-17A
Business Spotlight.......18A
Catholic priest looks to establish roots
By RON LOVERN work at Sheppards Air Force base spent three summer semesters at
Staff writer and soon requested from his bishop the University of Dallas in order to
Father Jim O’Toole’s new pastor that he be allowed to join the Air get his teaching certificate. While in
position at Holy Cross Catholic Force as a chaplain. While in the Air the Air Force, O’Toole received his
Church will take a little getting used Force, he was assigned 14 times in Masters in Theology from the Uni-
to, considering that he has moved 14 21 years.
times in the last 21 years. O’Toole first
New Methodist pastor comes
from 6,500-member church
By RON LOVERN
Staff writer
■Dr. Fred Holt of The Colony Animal
Clinic released information on
rabies and possible safety precau-
tions residents in The Colony may
take at a recent Animal Shelter com-
| mittee meeting — Page 3A.
| mCrimestoppers is offering up to
$1,000 cash reward for information
leading to the arrest and indictment
of the suspect or suspects in the
robbery of a Braum’s restaurant on
Cross Timbers in Flower Mound on
July 5 — Page 10A.
“It scares me to think about it,” went to Dela-
O’Toole said. “In about two years an ware then he
alarm will go off in my mind and start was transfer-
thinking ‘its time to move to a new red to Pakistan,
versity of California at Berkely.
O’Toole taught at Jesuit Prepa-
tory school in Dallas before his tour
with the Air Force. While overseas,
O’Toole worked with local parishes
and clergymen to get involved with
the local churches.
house or state.’ But I plan on being Korea, Japan,
here in The Colony a long time. It Spain and “ev-
will be a big adjustment.” ery part of the _________________
O’Toole was ordained in Phi- United States.” Jim O’Toole O’Toole said. “It is going to be diffe-
ladelphia in 1964 for service in the O’Toole received his Theology rent here, but I have a lot of enthu-
“Everyone worked together to
get things done in the area needed,”
Dallas-Fort Worth area. He worked Degree from Assumption Seminary siasm from the volunteers. It will be
four years in Wichita Falls, in San Antonio, attended Theological
While in Wichita Falls, O’Toole did Seminary in Little Rock, Ark., and
Turn to FATHER, page 4A
Clayton Oliphant has finally
found a happy medium as pastor of
the First United Methodist
Church in The Colony.
Oliphant comes to The Colony
from the 6,500 member Lovers
Lane United Methodist Church in
Dallas, where he was associate
pastor. Before that he was pastor
for four small churches in South-
east Kansas. The group of four
churches had a total active mem-
bership of about 100.
The First United Methodist
Church of The Colony is a “happy
medium” between these two ex-
tremes, said the pastor.
“I believe
my past ex-
perience as a
small church
pastor and
association
with a large
congregation
will help me
take this
Clayton Oliphant
Turn to METHODIST, page 4A
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