The Colony Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 5, 1995 Page: 1 of 37
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HARTE
HANKS
THE COLONY PUBLIC LIBRARY
5151N COLONY BLVD
THE COLONY, TX 75056-1219
Key Win
1 he Colony Leader
Cougars
stand up
to Durant, 4-2
Wednesday
July 5, 1995
Vol. 14 No. 33
50 cents
The Colony, Texas
Sports
Parade
gathering
At right, Ryan Webster, 6 months,
gets into the spirit of the holiday
Saturday during the
Northponte Homeowner’s and
Resident’s Association
bike parade and picnic.
Below, Eric Hughes, 7, left,
and Jordan Nelson, 6,
ride in the Northponte
Homeowner’s and
Resident’s Association
bike parade
and
picnic.
Vincent Frost/Staff photos
Police baffled by specifics
of hit and run victim's case
By KRISTEN BURTON
Staff writer
Barbara Turner is as baffled
about the specifics of her recent
accident as is everyone else,
including the police.
The 20-year-old Lewisville
woman’s misfortune could be
attributed to being in the wrong
place at the wrong time.
She was found unconscious
and battered, lying in the grass on
the Interstate 35E service road
last Friday, and she has been
unable to tell police anything
about how she there. •
From her hospital room Friday,
Turner slowly said, “I don’t
remember anything. They told
me I was hit by a car.”
Although police initially
thought she had been attacked
and perhaps sexually assaulted,
they now believe she was the vic-
tim of a hit and run.
Turner had been walking
home from work at a Lewisville
night club when she was struck
by a vehicle,and thrown to the
side of the road, where she
remained undetected for several
hours, said Richard Douglass,
public information officer for the
Lewisville Police Department.
Her co-workers at Breaker’s,
where Turner had been
employed as a waitress for only
three months, said she does not
own a car and that she occasion-
ally walked home from work.
“She was walking down the
west service road of 1-35 and was
struck by a vehicle and knocked
over to the side of the service
road; then the driver left her
there,” Douglass said.
According to police reports, a
man who had run out of gas found
Turner about 7 a.m. Friday as he
walked down the service road
between Valley Ridge Boulevard
and College Parkway.
After the man called for help,
paramedics responded to the
scene and then transported
Turner to Lewisville Medical
Center Hospital.
Turn to VICTIM, Page 8A
Inside Today
Anniversary
. 9A
Police Briefs
.3A
Births
.6B
Police Reports
.3A
Briefs
. 7A
Real Estate
.4B
Calendar
.2A
Religion
.6B
City Beat
. 2A
School Notes
.6B
Engagement
.6B
Second Front
.IB
Opinion
.6A
Sports
.7-8B
People
.3B
Weddings
.9A
State of the art Styrofoam
Construction company turns to new style
By TIM PARETI
News editor
It’s easier to construct, saves
on utility bills, has a lifetime
guarantee and it’s environmen-
tally friendly. Some say it’s the
next phase in construction style.
They’re called 3-10 Polysteel
Forms — five pound Styrofoam
blocks that are connected
together and filled with cement.
Construction companies are
increasingly turning to the 3-10
forms rather than the conven-
tional wood studs and sheetrock
walls.
An area construction compa-
ny is using the 3-10 forms in The
Colony to build an addition to a
home. The forms are the first of
its kind in The Colony.
“It’s great,” said Darrell Land,
owner of A-1 Construction. “It
has the highest rating and it’s
energy efficient.”
Once interior walls are
stacked together with the
Styrofoam forms, construction
workers fill the hollow forms
with cement. The result is a six-
inch, airtight, energy efficient
wall that can withstand 160 mph
winds, Land said.
The forms are used to build
homes, commercial buildings,
apartments and even airports,
including Denver International,
Land said.
“I think 3-10 forms are on the
verge of being the next style of
buildings,” Land said. “They’re
airtight and energy efficient.
You can’t beat it.”
According to companies that
manufacture the product, 3-10
forms can save 50-80 percent on
energy costs — a key selling
tool, Land said. In addition, the
forms are easy to build, which
reduces the cost of construction,
and it lowers insurance rates
because the forms don’t decom-
pose or rot like wood stud walls,
Turn to STYROFOAM, Page 8A
Recycling program
awarded $10,000
grant from Wal-Mart
By TIM PARETI
News editor
A clean environment makes a
world of difference.
That’s the motto Wal-Mart and
The Colony Recycling
Department apparently stand
behind after the corporation
recently donated $10,000 to the
city’s recycling department in an
effort to increase recycling in The
Colony.
Almost four weeks after apply-
ing for the grant, city officials
received the good news from Wal-
Mart, and now they plan to use
the grant money to increase par-
ticipation in the city’s curbside
recycling program.
“Our city expresses apprecia-
tion to Wal-Mart and the Wal-
Mart Foundation for many
things,” said Janice Brady, The
Colony recycling director. “First,
they are great examples for both
large and small businesses for
their environmental efforts,
including recycling. Second, they
have long been a tremendous
support and contributor for our
city’s recycling program. Perhaps
most importantly, we appreciate
very much what the grant money
can do for our city’s recycling pro-
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gram.
The money will be used to pur-
chase materials for a Jr.
Blockleader program, which is
intended to boost participation in
Turn to GRANT, Page 8A
Investigation dropped
into adult beach brochure
By TIM PARETI
News editor
Mail brochures advertising
The Colony Cay adult beach is
most likely a hoax and all the fuss
made about the brochures is
much ado about nothing, accord-
ing to The Colony Police Chief
Bruce Stewart.
In addition, both The Colony
Police Department and the U.S.
Postal Service indicated the
brochures have not violated any
laws.
“We’re not doing an investiga-
tion,” Stewart said of the
brochures. “There’s nothing I can
see that is against Texas law.
There’s nothing there.”
U.S. Postal Inspector Linda
Kirksey echoed Stewart’s com-
ments.
“The way this was put together
at this point it’s not mail fraud,”
Kirksey said. “There’s nothing at
this point we can do about it.”
Kirksey said the brochures
also do not violate the current fed-
eral pornography laws.
An unknown number of resi-
dents, including The Colony
Pentecostal Church, have
received mail brochures advertis-
ing for membership of the alleged
adult beach club, scheduled to
open next summer on Lake
Lewisville in The Colony. The
brochures featured scantily clad
women and indicated the adult
beach club would include a mari-
na, private sauna, nude tanning
and a full-service sports bar and
restaurant.
The brochures were mailed
with a 32-cent stamp and postal
officials are unable to trace its ori-
gins, Kirksey said.
Turn to BROCHURE, Page 8A
Michell Bolack/Staff photo
William Kelley, left, Robert Dirks, center, and Darrell Land
stand in a home addition constructed using Styrofoam
blocks. Kelley will live in the addition being built by Land,
owner of A-1 Construction, and Dirks, co-owner of Empire
Excavation.
Senate bill triggers friction among Lewisville, Denton officials
By JENNIFER GOOCH
Staff writer
DENTON — A recently passed
state Senate bill is causing friction
between Lewisville and Denton
County officials while state offi-
cials are looking to re-evaluate the
controversial legislation.
Two of the three state senators
who approved Senate Bill 345,
signed by Gov. George Bush on
June 17, said Friday they are will-
ing to take another look at the bill
since Lewisville officials have
expressed concern about its con-
stitutionality.
The bill, which allows counties
with populations less than 400,000
to create developmental districts
and levy sales and excise taxes
within the district, has angered
Lewisville officials and has put
Denton County leaders on the
defensive.
Lewisville officials maintain the
bill allows the county to usurp
local authority, specifically in
regard to a proposed sports
arena, which has plagued the city
for months.
“I never imagined that (the bill)
would be related to the arena
issue,” said State Sen. Jane
Nelson. “I was never contacted by
Denton County either in support
of or opposition to the bill.”
In January, Lewisville residents
rejected a proposed half-cent
sales tax increase that would have
helped fund a large sporting
arena, possibly for the Dallas
Mavericks basketball team, near
Vista Ridge Mall.
Senate Bill 345 allows smaller
counties to create developmental
districts in the hope of increasing
tourism and economic develop-
ment and of allowing the smaller
counties to compete with larger
counties.
Lewisville officials see the leg-
islation as “too powerful” for
Denton County and are con-
cerned that county officials will
use it to bring in the arena,
despite Lewisville’s objection to it.
Nelson said she was never lob-
bied over SB 345. In fact, she said,
she remembers reading the
Texas Conservative Coalition’s
analysis of the bill before it was
signed, and it called the legisla-
tion a “great economic develop-
ment bill.”
“I would be very disappointed if
the county uses (the bill) to cir-
cumvent the voters,” she said. “I
Turn to BILL, Page 8A
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