The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1973 Page: 1 of 12
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THE WYLIE NEWS
Devoted To The Best Interests Of Wylie Since 1947
Volume 25: Number 44
Wylie, Collin County, Texas
Thursday, April 26, 1973
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Construction Activity By Water
District Reflects New Demands
Flowers In Bloom For Easter
Mrs. Nina Mae Green is pictured above in her fabulous flower garden at her home, corner Jackson and
Marble Streets. Her yard was ablaze with color for the Haster weekend and proved a delight for passersby,
not only on Easter Sunday but for the past several days. (News Staff Photo).
School Trustee
Runoff Saturday
Wylie Board Of
Education Highlights
The runoff election to de-
termine winners in two
places on the Wylie
School Board will be held
this Saturday.
Voting will take place
at the Fellowship Hall of
the Wylie United
Methodist Church and
polls will be open from
7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Mrs.
Emma Addington has been
designated as election
judge.
In Place Three James
Cross and Stan Rogers
will face each other in
the balloting . They
emerged as leaders In a
four-way race in the first
election.
Cross Is employed by a
Dallas-based insurance
company, while Rogers is
connected with the Roddy
Rogers Real Estate firm
in Wylie. Rogf i i: pre-
sently serving as presi-
dent of tl ooard while
Cross is making his first
attempt.
In Place Four John Pen-
dergrass, incumbent, will
be opposed in the runoff
by Curtis Ratcliff. Pen-
dergrass , owner and
operator of the Wylie
Pharmacy , is seeking
re-election to a second
term, while Ratcliff, a
U.S. Postal employee in
Dallas , Is seeking to
regain a seat on the board.
He previously served two
terms as a trustee.
School Trustees are
elected for three-year
terms.
A total of 324 votes we re-
cast in the first school
election and a forecast of
between 300 and 350 votes
has been made for
Saturday's turnout.
The winners will join
Harold Leverett, Bill F.
Davis , Dr. Richard
Sewell, Mrs. Jim Caton
and Curtis Hale to com-
prise the board.
I htyl igh I Sa vi ngs
Time Due Sunday
Daylight saving time will
go into effect this Sunday
morning.
Wylieites are reminded
to run their clocks ahead
one hour when they retire
Saturday night so as to
be on schedule when they
awake Sunday.
County Cities
It effort Sales Tax
Quarterly Take
The fourth quarter sales
tax receipts ending Di e.
31, 1972, have been
reported for Collin County
towns, as follows;
I he Wyl
met In re
April 10
was give
Burnett
Principal
making C
Office
other su
1 added
hool
3-74.
be
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19
ie School Board
gular session on
th. A report
n by Mr. Grady
High School
on the llome-
',o-Op, Vocatlona 1
Fducation and
bjects that will
to the High
Curriculum in
Wylie F.F.A. And
4-H Project
Show Saturday
Piano
McKinney . . ,
Wylie
1- risen . . .
Farmersville
Allen
Princeton . .
Cellna . . . .
Anna ....
Blue lUdge .
Prosper . . .
.$83,982.
.$70,171.
. .$8,151.
. .$7,046.
. $5,333.
. .$4,658.
. .$3,838.
. .$2,035.
. . .$902.
. . .$602.
. . .$413,
A variety of livestock on
the hoot will be shown
and sold at a mere pit-
tance of the grocery store
prices this Saturday,
April 28, as the Wylie
Future Farmers and 4-H
Clubbers have their An-
nual Project Show and
Sale.
Judging will begin beside
the Fire Station on High-
way 78 at 9;30 a.m. Mike
Roberts, Ag Teacher at
Leonard, will act as judge
of this event.
Approximately 55 animals
will be shown by about
40 youth. Cattle, sheep
and swine will be decked
in their shiniest coat to
be viewed — some for
the last time. Not all
animals will be for sale.
RAIN
Up to three Inches of rain
was reported in the Wylie
area from 5:30 p.m.
Monday until 8 a.m.
Tuesday.
I his is expected to be the
largest sale in Wylie with
twenty four heads to be
sold.
" The youth are urging all
who are interested in
some good locker me.it
to attend this auction at
1:30 p.m." states Weldon
Hume, Wylie Ag. Teacher.
"The auctioneer will be
Joe Parr of I ucas.
"We wish to thank Wylie
Chamber of Commerce
for furnishing all trophies
and ribbons for this An-
nual Project show."
Deadline l or
L\eni|>tion Sel
|{> City
The deadline for residents
wishing to file for home-
stead tax exemption with
the City of Wylie has been
set for April 30, 1973."
Forms are available at
the City Hall for those
wishing to file and who
live in the City.
As of April 23rd fifty
four exemptions had been
filed. All forms will be
reviewed and all quali -
fied applicants will re-
cleve a $3000.00 exem-
tion on the assessed value
of their property for
1973.
All taxpayers , 65 and
over, are eligible for this
exemption on Homestead
Property. This does not
apply to rental property.
Items on the agenda
included a review of
monthly reports,including
Financial Statement , l ax
Office Report and Food
Service Report.
In addition the Board
appointed A.D. Boyd, B.C.
Woods and M.M. Martin
to the Hoard of Equali-
zation.
Other items on the agenda
included passing of the
$3,000. Residence Home-
stead Exemptions for
persons over age 65
beginning with the 1974
tax roll. Eligible persons
will be entitled to the
exemptions on 1974 taxes
to be collected beginning
October 1974 for support
of the 1974-75 school
year. The Board adopted
the recommended 1973-74
School Calendar.
I he Board also discussed
the Auxiliary Staff Salary
Schedule and authority wa^
given the administration
to accept bids on the 1964
Chevrolet, 48 passenger
school bus, to be sold.
Reports were reviewed on
Membership-ADA, 1973-
74 Title I Pupil Allocation,
Texas School Districts
Statistical Information ,
School Board Workshops,
rocking of the High School
parking lot and Collin
County Special Education
Cooperative. Hrief dis-
cussions were conducted
on plans for summer
painting and the school
district's Comprehensive
Study Reports.
Lake Lavon
Report
Elevation at local Lake
Lavon stood at 473.03-ft.
as of April 19, U.S. En-
gineers reported. A week
earlier the elevation was
472.02—ft.
Heavy rains of the week-
end of April 15 accounted
for the slight increase.
o I in J n O /l/l/h The North Texas Muni-
SCrlOOl Hoard i asses #3,(/(/(/ Cipal Water District is
almost constantly in a
■j-m ir> • capital improvements
Homestead txemption p™gra™ which is neces-
creasing demands of the
Beginning With 74 Tax Roll if «&Tne area whlch
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... The project includes
pump station building
School Board members
passed the $3,000. Re-
sidence Homestead Ex-
emption for persons over
age 65, but delayed the
effective date for one
year, which will activate
the program beginning
with the 1974 tax roll.
This means that assessed
valuations will remain the
same for 1973 taxes that
will be collected beginning
October 1973 for support
of the 1973-74 school
year. Eligible persons
will be entitled to the
exemptions on 1974 taxes
to be collected beginning
October 1974 for support
of the 1974-75 school
year.
In their unanimous re-
solution , the Board
expressed concern for the
senior citizens needing
tax relief and a desire
to provide the eligible
exemption at the earliest
possible date . After
lengthy study and dis-
cussions, the one year
delay became necessary
because of the following
reasons;
(1) There are currently
four bills pending before
the state legislature which
would revise the state
school finance program.
The local school district
will need time to adjust
to a new program of
finance, should any of
the bills be passed.
(2) It has not been
determined when the
school district will
receive any revenue as a
result of the court
judgement providing for
the sale of the Birmingham
Trust I .and.
(3) A survey projected
that the school district
would lose approximately
$6,500. in tax revenue
if the exemption program
were initiated for 1973
taxes. If the school
district did not receive
financial assistance from
Farmers Needing
Dry Weather For
Crop Planting
Farmers in the Wylie area
are sorely In need of sunny
skies and dry weather.
This section has received
precipitation the past
several months ranging
from ligi t showers to
heavy rains and continua-
tion of such conditions
has caused problems for
those who make their
living tilling the soil.
One farmer commented
over the weekend: " It's
not the total amount of
rainfall which has hurt
us, it's the number of
days it has rained."
Over half the number of
days in March saw rain
fall here and April has
fit into much the same
pattern.
As a result, crops are
delayed. Some farmers
are still waiting for dry
weather to plant maize.
The cotton crop in this
section is usually planted
in April, but very few
farmers have been able
to get seed into the wet
ground.
"What we need is two
weeks dry weather," said
one farmer Monday, and
another one added; "Yeah,
and a few degrees warmer
temperatures."
other sources , the
necessity of raising other
patrons taxes could exist
to make up for the lost
revenue.
Because of the above
mentioned problems and
uncertainties in financing
our local school program
for 1973-74 school year,
the School Board felt an
obligation to delay the
$3,000, exemption for
one year in the best
interest of the schools.
T he Board also expressed
hope that the eligible
senior citizens would
understand the problems
faced and the necessity
of delaying the desired
exemption for one year.
Questions concerning the
exemption on $3,000.
assessed value on home-
steads for persons over
age 65 should be directed
to the School Tax Office.
Eligible individuals are
asked to notify the Tax.
Office of their intent to
make application for
exemption on 1974 taxes.
Formal applications will
be available for comple-
tion after January 1, 1974.
A number of projects are
underway at the present
time and Carl Riehn ,
executive director of the
district, listed those in
a special report issued
this week . The list
follows;
70 MGD EXPANSION- In
1960 the District con-
structed a new plant on
the same site with the
original plant. The new
plant is designed for 280
MGD with the initial set-
tling basins and filtering
units constructed for 35
MGD. This plant went
into service in 1971 in
December 1972 the Board
of Directors authorized an
addition to the new plant
of 70 MGD which will
provide a total capacity
of 175 MGD in 1974. The
construction contract for
?1 a n t expansion is
3,941,350.
LUCAS BOOSTER PUMP
STATION - To meet the
Increasing demand in the
McKinney, Princeton and
Farmersville area, the
Lucas Booster Pump Sta-
tion is being constructed
immediately south of the
March Visitors To Lake
Listed At 131*306
A total of 131,304 persons visited Lake Lavon during the
month of March.accordingtothe recreationsl visitation
data report issued monthly by the U.S. Corps of
Engineers.
This brings to 282,187 persons visiting the lake
since January 1 of this year.
Fishing led the reasons for the visitation according
to the statistics released.
Construction at major areas around the lake continue
to hamper visitation as work is underway on the dam
and spillway as well as numerous new recreation
areas and roadways.
Cit^ of Lucas on F.M.
_ puL..r
and an 800 H.P. horizon-
tal centrifical pump. The
District will have a capa-
bility of moving approxi-
mately 11 million gallons
per day to the City
of McKinney. The Lucas
Booster Pump Station was
awarded at a construction
cost of $165,755.
PL ANO WEST SIDE
PIPELINE- A pipeline ex-
tension from the Dis-
trict's Shiloh Pump Sta-
tion will be extended west
on Renner Road to Custer
Parkway thence to F.M.
544 in the City of Piano
to establish a West Side
mission line is being con-
structed under the Dis-
trict's newly adopted
Transmission Pipeline
Policy, wherein the City
guarantees minimum pur-
chases equivalent to the
cost of the Debt Service
on the pipeline. Currently
right of way is being ac-
quired for trie project and
final engineering com-
pleted. The project in-
cludes a 30-inch pipeline
and additional pumping
capacity to move approxi-
mately 25 million gallons
per day. The estimated
cost of the project is ap-
proximately 1.2 million
dollars |
MISCELLANEOUS MO-
DIFICATIONS - The Dis-
trict is also modifying the
piping at the Hailey Re-
servoir in Mesquite, mo-
difications to the Prince-
ton Reservoir Piping with
both of these small pro-
jects estimated at the cost
of $35,000. A modification
is being constructed in
conjunction with the new
Elant expansion to provide
etter utilization of the
3 million gallon storage
reservoir at the plant site
estimated to cost ap-
proximately $80,000.
In order to meet future
demands in Member and
Customer Cities the Dis-
trict is following
a planned program to im-
prove not only the water
supply, storage, treat-
ment plant capacities, but
also updating and modi-
fications to Distribution
System to assure adequate
delivery capabilities. The
plan will be modified
annually based on previ-
ous years usage to assure
adequate delivery capa -
bilities.
1STMWD Consumption Shows
Continued Gains
JAN.
THRU MAR. ■
■ IN 1000 GALLONS
MEMBER CITIES
1971
1972
1973
FARMERSVILLE
29,871
34,050
35,897
FORNEY
29,358
35,459
42,266
GARLAND
962,456
1,049,369
1 ,069,727
MESQUITE
456,756
470,590
485,988
MCKINNEY
113,926
154,010
141,236
PL ANO
182,317
234,418
250,417
PRINCETON
10,657
15,289
18,892
ROCKWALL
37,994
51,603
57,827
ROYSE CITY
18,800
15,057
19,783
WYLIE
13,997
21,492
24,151
SUB-TOTAL
MEMBER CITIES
1 ,856,132
2,081,337
2,146,184
DALLAS
415,685
563,441
480,531
FAIRVIEW
3,490
5,284
3,803
FATE
895
891
1 ,037
LUCAS
3,334
4,027
7,135
RICHARDSON
122,040
179,569
84,597
ROWLETT
1 ,571
461
327
SACHSE
4,438
4,767
5,862
SUNNYVALE
8,074
10,801
8,559
WATER SUPPLY CORP.
22,412
26,101
36,340
INDV. METERS
6,937
7,595
8,439
SUB-TOTAL
CUSTOMER CITIES
588,876
802,937
636,630
GRAND TOTAL
2,445,008
2,884,274
2,782,814
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