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PIRATE FOOTBALL AWARDS BESTOWED - COVERAGE IN TODAY’S SPORTS SECTION
THE WYLIE NEWS
Volume 55: Issue 35
Covering Wylie, Sachse, Murphy and the surrounding area
Wylie, Texas Wednesday, January 22. 2003
St. Paul continues to look at alcohol sale
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Highlights
^ Wylie ISD primary grade
htmor rolls
Page 3A
V First Baptist Wylie plans
marriage conference
Page 4A
\/ Area chambers select
presidents, new boards
Page 6 A
By Ryan Keser
Ever since St. Paul citizen David
Newkirk pointed out that a liquor
store would increase St Paul’s
sales lax revenue during the August
Town Hall meeting, the St Paul
City Council has feverishly been
exploring the pros and cons of the
controversial suggestion.
And after a 100 percent tax rate
increase, the council is ready to
take action to combat their finan-
cial woes
“If we raise the tax one more
penny we fall out of being a small
taxing entity and have to meet a lot
of other regulations." Mayor Steven
Hufstetler said
Such regulations would require
hiring a full-time city admimstra
tor. an expense St. Paul would have
a hard time covering, officials said
But before St Paul can sell aco-
iioiic beverages several steps must
be taken.
A petition with 10 signatures of
registered voters from St Paul will
have to initiate the process, fol-
lowed by an application that would
require the signatures of 35 percent
of St. Paul’s registered voters, cur-
rently about 320 of St Paul's 600
plus residents
The application would have to
then be submitted to the Collin
County Commissioners’ Court 30
days prior to the election. The
court has to venfy all of the signa-
tures and call an election to permit
the sale ol akolioi
All signatures on both petitions
must match the names on their
voter registration card and supply
their voter registration number
Proponents of the plan hope to
have the issue included in the elec-
tion scheduled May 3.
"Ttimc is of the essence.’’
Hufstetler said. “Something has to
be done by the next council meet-
ing
"This is not something that, as
mayor. I should be doing If this
community wants to be a communi-
ty and the citizens want this, then
the citizens need to do inis. They
need to take the bull by the horns.”
The council also said goodbye to
Councilman Terry Hill.
Hill, who has moved “two-teet“
out of town, still has property in St.
Paul, but decided it was time to step
down from his eight-year stint as a
St Paul Council member
“I have only been up here a cou-
ple of months and it feels Ijke
years,” Hufstetler said “He’s been
up here for years, it must feel like a
lifetime.”
Following legal stipulations, the
council had to vote to accept Hill’s
resignation, all councilman voted
to approve, except for a joking Hill
“I’m gonna miss it. but at the
same time I think new blood would
be better.” he said
The council will be accepting
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Notices
l^rtion of Brown St.
closing Monday
Beginning Monday and continu-
ing until Feb 3, Brown Street will
bo vliiWu from 11‘WV ' 8 i«» I nlviiik*
Road from 9:30 a m to 3 pm
daily.
From Hwy. 78, drivers are
should use Eubanks Road to access
the area
The closing is to allow the Texas
Department of Transportation to
relocate utilities in preparation of
upgrading the intersection ol
Brow n Street and Hwy. 78.
Southwestern Chiro
to host CPR class
At I p.m. Jan 25. Southwestern
Chiropractic will host a CPR and
first Aid Class
The class will be taught by
S\tillil111iv. iium.it NitutHiiti rvcjiistcr
Paramedic and CPR Instructor who
is also a Wylie Firefighter.
Cost of ihe class is 5*35 and will
include a CPR certificate.
Call 972-429-8228 to reserve a
place in the class.
Photos needed
for park contest
The deadline for submitting pho-
tographs to the Wylie Parks
Department "Pictures in ihe Park"
photo contest is Friday.
The photographs submitted
should depict various occurrences
in any of the six Wylie parks and
will be used to encourage people to
use the city's parks, officials said.
The contest will be divided into
two categories: parsons under age
18. and persons age 18 and over.
Photos will he posted at the Wvlie
Municipal Complex as they are
entered.
Winners will be selected by the
Parks and Recreation board.
Photos can be submitted between
^p.m. to 4 p.m weekdays at the
Wylie Service Center, 949 Hensley.
Volunteers sought
for emergencies
The City of Wylie's emergency
operations center is seeking volun
leers to help in the event of an
emergency.
Mignon Morse is serving as vol-
unteer coordinator for the city. "We
are looking for people willing to
help during an emergency,” she
said. “The volunteer activity would
depend on the type of emergency.
An example might be helping with
an evacuation of marking sure peo-
ple stay at an evacuation point.” she
said “We all have busy lives and
cannot be available at all times, so
it is crucial to have a lengthy list of
volunteers.”
For more information or to vol-
unteer. call Morse at 972-442-7566
or email in.morse(«>ci wylie.tx.us
In This Issue
Church Directory ... 4A
Obituaries.........4A
Dining Guide ......6A
Opinion ..........7A
Real Estate ........6B
Classifieds ........8B
Keep your eyes on the ball
Ihe soccer hall escapes Wylie Pirate Conner Hickey and a this week. They face the Denison Yellow Jackets Friday in
Richardson Eagle player in a 2-1 Wylie win Tuesday, Jan. 14, Denison. Additional photographs and story on page IB.
at Eagle-Mustang Stadium. The Pirates began district play Phtto by Supluni* f'mnu
Sachse residents to see water rate reduction
By Patty Montagno
SACHSE Water here will cost a
little less this year. The city council
approved a reduction of the city
water rales at its meeting last week.
A consumer with an average con-
sumption ol II,IKK! gallons would
see a savings of approximately
SI 45 per month or SI7 annually.
I he five percent rate reduction
will be effective in the February
water bills
’’The city completed a
Comprehensive Water and
Wastewater Rate Study that includ-
ed .i five year financial plan through
fiscal year 2004-2005,” City
Manager Bill Atkinson said
"The study indicated that all vol-
umetric rates for water and sewer
could be reduced by about 15 per-
cent over the five-year planning
period"
According to officials, the study
results have been monitored annu-
ally to determine if revenues of the
system have been sufficient to
cover annual debt payments as well
as operational costs.
"The utility system has and con-
tinues to generate sufficient rev-
enues to cover very adequately all
maintenance and operational costs,”
Atkinson said
“Water and sewer impact fees
collected from the development
community have financed approxi-
mately 50 percent of the system’s
infrastructure improvements and
continue to mitigate rate increases
or financing of these improve-
ments.”
Staff is also planning to propose
lower sewer rates, officials said.
“The delay for the sewer rate
reduction is due to the winter aver-
aging cycle we are currently in,"
Atkinson said. “City staff is of the
opinion that it would be best to
change the sewer rate in conjunc-
tion with the new averages that go
out on the April utility hills."
The system had a strong year in
sales which was helpful in funding
Ihe cost of the new ground storage
facility at approximately $2.4 mil-
lion. Atkinson said
"This is a positive situation as the
city has sold on the average about
20 percent more water and added
more consumers to the system than
what was projected in the study.
"Costs will be reviewed year-to-
year to assure that revenues gener-
ated by the system are sufficient to
cover operating, capital and debt
costs."
Early voting
continues
for Feb. 1
WISD ballot
By Donnita Neshit Fisher
Opportunities tor early voting con-
tinue in the Wylie ISD's Feb I elec-
tion.
Voters are being asked to allow the
district to operate under the state’s
most current tax maintenance law
The district needs the approval to sell
the remainder of the bonds okay'd in
the December 2(XX) bond election.
tarty voting locations and times
are:
8 a m. to 5 p.m. through Jan 28 -
Wylie ISD Administration, 951 S
Ballard Ave
7 a m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Jan 21 -
Wylie High School, 2550 W FM 544:
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Jan 21 -
Groves Elementary, 11(H) McCreary
Rd;
7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. Jan. 23 -
Burnett Junior High, 516 Hilltop L.n.;
7 a m. to 7 p m. - Thursday, Jan 23
- Harrison Intermediate, 1001 S.
Ballard Ave.;
7 a m. to 8 p m. Jan. 27 - Akin
Elementary. 1100 Springwood.
On election day. polls will he open
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters from
precincts 25, 125 and 144 will vote at
the Southfork Mobile Home
Community Clubhouse, 216
Southfork Bled Precincts 27, 33. 4|
56. 83 and 133 will vote at Wylie
Bible Church, 109 W. Jefferson
“The district must change from the
state s older maintenance tax law to
the most current law in order to sell
the balance of bonds authori/ed in the
December 2000 bond issue,"
Superintendent John Fuller said
In the last two years, the district has
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Rural residents angered
by address changes
By Jeff West
Some county residents are upset
about changes ihe Collin County
Commission made in their address-
es.
In December, commissioners
voted to change the address for more
than MX) rural residents in a rural
area north of Wylie. The change was
made at the request of the Collin
County Rural Addressing Office.
According to county officials the
change was made to aid 9-1-1
response calls.
“Apparently there were some
addresses that were duplicated in the
county and they thought it might
cause delays in emergency respons-
es." said Commissioner Jerry
Hoagland.
The addresses were changed in
the area known as Beaver Creek.
“The area has always had dupli-
cate addresses and street names,"
said Wylie Fire Chief Shan English.
"Collin County has been in the
process of address changes for sev-
eral years. We are glad to see the
change take effect, wc regret the
way it was handled."
The problem, according to both
sides, is that the residents weren't
notified the county was considering
a change until after the change had
occurred.
That lack of notification has
angered many of the residents in the
affected area.
"Article 251.03 of Texas statues
says the county can change existing
street names after a public hearing
There was no public hearing,”
said Dan Mingea, one of the resi-
dents. “We’re circulating a petition
to send to them protesting it."
Mingea is upset about the change,
which for him was to simply change
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Mulch ado about...
City of Wylie employees Kelvin Horton, left, from Christmas trees, is available to local resi-
and Archie Whitt shoveled mulch on the dents on a first-come, first-serve basis. For
Community Park parking lot. The mulch, made information call 972-442-7588. Photo by Ado w,*.»<■>
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