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Special Section
The Allen America!
Wednesday
January 27,1993
Vol. 23 - No. 11
On-The-
HARASSMENT
Sexual comments,
innuendoes place
stress on women
“I’ve just been lookin’ at your chest. What a
lovely pair of sweaters you have,” said the com-
pany president to the sweet young thing.
The woman, a Plano resident who was 22 at
the time, remembers being embarrassed at the
remark. She also remembers being scared. “I
never said anything to him. He could fire me,”
Kathleen Haughton said.
The incident was one in a multitude at the
Houston advertising agency where Haughton
worked several years ago.
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..5A, 7A
Her first meeting with the company president,
whom she described as a “notorious lech(er),”
set the tone. Haughton said she was introduced
and then the big boss asked if she was married.
When she said she was, he twisted an old cow-
boy expression into a double entendre.
Haughton said she “sort of laughed” in re-
sponse.
“It was a brand-new job and, so far, I liked
working there. But (the remark) made me feel
real edgy and uncomfortable. I felt kind of sick
inside," Haughton said.
She related several other incidents involving
the company president and even one involving a
female executive at the firm.
Haughton said she stayed with the job because
“I didn’t want to be a bad sport. It was going on
with everybody. I never told my husband — I
was afraid of what he might do. And I was afraid
to cause trouble. But I was almost to a nervous
breakdown by the time I left, because of the
sexual atmosphere.”
A Farmers Branch woman who serves as
office manager for a small, all-male industrial
firm, never got to the nervous breakdown stage.
But, then, she was in her mid-30s when the
worst experiences happened.
Three or four years ago, she said, a subcon-
tractor at the office exposed himself to her. “I
just kept right on walking. I asked myself, ‘Did I
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Propositions from their bosses or their co-workers often cause women
to fear for their jobs. Most often, younger women are harassed by their
older bosses, according to Working Woman magazine.
Story by Valerie Barna
Rhyme’s the reason local
man Super Bowl-bound
By JOHN NAGLE
Sports editor
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2B
modations, round-trip airfare for
James A. Lyell of Plano won an two and transfers to and from the
expense-paid trip for two to Rose Bowl.
Pasadena, Calif., to see the Dallas Lyell, who retired from Arco
Cowboys and the Buffalo Bills in International Oil and Gas Co. in
Super Bowl XXVII Sunday. 1984, came to Plano 25 years ago.
Lyell’s winner was selected He admits that he and his wife,
from more than 1,068 entries sub- Frances, are die-hard Cowboy
mitted to Harte-Hanks Commun- fans.
ity Newspapers last week. The
$3,000 package includes two tick-
ets to the game, hotel accom-
“We’ve always been Cowboy
Turn to WINNER, Page 9A
Proceeds from
Chamber gala
to benefit ACO
By SOTORIA MONTANARI
Staff writer
cut from two sources; $5,000 from
United Way and $14,000 from the
federal government. Since the Un-
Allen Community Outreach’s goal ited Way did not meet its goal last
is to help the community by finding year, this caused a reduction in the
solutions to the needs and problems amount provided to Allen Commun-
of the Allen, Lucas and Fairview ity Outreach said Brown. In addi-
area, according to Executive Direc- tion, federal funds were cut because
tor, Stacy Brown, who defines it as of a recalculation of a formula based
“one-stop shopping for social ser- on population figures and unemploy-
vices in Allen.” ment in the area.
This year the Chamber of Com- Because of the cuts, 300 fewer
merce banquet and auction will be- families will be served this year,
nefit the area’s local United Way These families include many with
Agency because of decreases in children, according to Brown. Other
funding. problems cited include the increase
The banquet will be on Feb. 6 at in requests for services.
Plano Centre, 200 E. Spring Creek “We have had 250 more calls per
Parkway.
Funding to Allen Outreach was
Turn to ACO, Page 2A
No state prison
to be built here
Time to submit proposal runs out
By SALLY SHULTS
Staff writer
trying to rush the facility,” Commis-
sioner Jack Hatchell said. “Basically,
the (Wylie city officials) didn’t have
McKINNEY — Time has run out time to do the PR work.”
for a proposal that could have There was not enough time to find
brought a state prison to Collin another site before the Friday dead-
County. line, said County Judge Ron Harris.
The deadline for submitting prop- “They (Wylie city officials) didn’t
osals to the Texas Department of want to have the appearance that
Criminal Justice is Friday, Jan. 29. this was shoved down anyone’s
Private investors had shown in- throat,” Harris said. “Somethinglike
terest in building a 500-bed state this takes time.”
facility on county land, but the coun- If Wylie had consented to a state
ty had difficulty securing a site. prison facility, the chances of one
The City of Wylie had been men- landing in Collin County were slim.
tioned as a possible site for the 500- Only four sites will be chosen by the
bed medium/minimum security facil- TDCJ, which plans to contract with
ity, but city officials neither con- the facilities.
firmed nor denied the county’s re-
quest to build there.
“Everybody would think you’re
Commissioner Jerry Hoagland
Turn to PRISON, Page 9A
Allen students learn another 3 R’s
By MARK HUTCHISON
News editor
Program teaches importance Of recycling Each focuses on different aspects of
1 195 d11 Codcleo 1Hpoitdnce O1 iecycia the Waste Cyde Students learn ab-
out everything from the pros and
A new landfill is being planned in integrated system for managing “We’re really excited,” BFI cons of different types of waste dis-
Allen. It will be built by Allen fourth-, waste. The most current informa- Marketing Manager Randi Smith posal to how packaging affects the
fifth- and sixth-graders as part of the tion available on all the major said. “The future lies in the hands of price of products we buy.
Browning-Ferris Industries’ Mobius methods for managing the waste these children. They’re the ones The curriculum includes field trips
Curriculum: Understanding the stream, from landfills to waste-to- who are going to make the differ- to the BFI Recyclery and speakers
Waste Cycle.” energy to composting, are included ence.” for schools. According to BFI, it is
The simulated landfill will be used in the curriculum. The curriculum is the product of growing in popularity throughout
to study real sanitary landfills, re- The program stresses the import- two years of research and is named North America. By 1992, over 8,000
cycling and the present and potential ance of the three R’s: reduce, reuse after a German mathematician, Au- teachers were using it in their clas-
role the students may play in the and recycle. The three R’s are ways gustus F. Mobius, who invented a srooms and 90 copies had been dis-
waste disposal cycle. individuals can have an immediate one-sided loop — a circle with a sing- tributed to the Peace Corps for use
The purpose of the Mobius prog- and positive effect on managing the le twist in it — that has become the in underdeveloped countries,
ram is to help children become bet- waste stream. By grasping the con- symbol for recycling. BFI, the city’s contractor for
ter environmental citizens by cept, children also learn about the There are 13 lessons in the six waste removal, is the sponsor of the
teaching them the importance of an cyclical nature of the environment, chapters of the Mobius Curriculum, program.
Twin Creeks zoning subject of two
eP&Z commission meetings this week
By MARK HUTCHISON
News editor
planned community located west of U.S.
Highway 75 between McDermott Drive and
State Highway 121. The commission is con-
Two meetings will be held this week on the sidering a request by developers to rezone
proposed zoning of Twin Creeks. The City of much of the property to fit its planned com-
Allen Planning and Zoning Commission will munity design.
conduct the meetings at 7 p.m. Wednesday City of Allen officials said the agenda for the
and Thursday in the city council chambers in two meetings this week begins with wrapping
the municipal annex, One Butler Circle. up discussions of thoroughfares, which was
Twin Creeks is the proposed 2,700-acre undertaken last week, and includes discus-
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sions of community and school facilities.
Community facilities include neighborhood,
linear, community and special use parks. Dis-
cussions about school facilities will include the
number and possible locations for future
schools.
Last week, the commission reached a
general agreement that the thoroughfare plan
proposed by developers is generally accept-
able, but specific proposals for Exchange
Turn to P&Z, Page 9A
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Iron-fortified
“Mr. Wizard,” assisted by
Vaughan Elementary stu-
dent Clint LaTray, uses a
magnet and a blender to
extract the iron from
some cereal, showing that
their really is iron in your
cereal. Vaughan hosted
the science demonstration
Monday. I
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