The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 1, 1995 Page: 10 of 20
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other type of tetrain on the almost
3,000-mile trek.
“The people on the tour were
from all walks of life—from a
heavy equipment operator and a
toy designer, to doctors, a house
builder, a pilot and a New York
Police Department investigator,"
Schwartz said, adding that one per-
son was from Australia, two from
Norway, one from Sweden and an
American who lives in Belgium
and works on computers for
NATO.
“When I told the Swede I was
from Dallas, he formed a gun with
his finger and shot it at me, as if to
say, ‘Where’s your six-gun, pard-
ner?”’
Schwartz, who is manager of
MCl’s Transmission Engineering
Group, said the lour was “extreme-
ly well run” by the organizers, who
provided three support vehicles and
“plenty of food and drinks.”
He reported that one rider, how-
ever, atthtendofa 130-mile ride
in U04egree weather in Califor-
nia’s Imperial Valley wound up
temporarily incapacitated.
"He was trembling and disori-
ented when he stopped and had to
be taken to the hospital
overnight,” Schwartz said.
Crossing New Mexico,
Schwartz himself began to feel the
strain.
“On Sunday, we rode from
Socorro to Roswell, 165 miles, the
longest day of the tour, and I
began to realize how tired I was
getting," he said.
But despite the physical stress,
Schwarts managed to keep a
detailed log which describes in
interesting detail many of the
sights and riding conditions he
encountered along the way. .
The route took the cyclists
through California, Arizona, New
Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Missis-
sippi, Georgia, Alabama, Ten-
nessee and South Carolina. While
in Texas, Schwartz sidetracked to
visit his wife in Wylie.
As the cyclists approached their
destination, Polly Beach, at
Charleston, S.C., they regrouped
to meet family members, friends
and reporters there to greet them.
Schwartz described the scene
this way:
“About a mile or two from the
water's edge, we could see the
high-rise hotel which fronts the
ocean. At the hotel, everyone
charged for the beach carrying
their bikes.
“For the next 15 or 20 minutes,
it was bedlam on the beach, as 56
screaming cyclists snapped pic-
tures of each other and the bikes
in the ankle-deep ocean, hugging
and congratulating each other.
“Champagne corks flew, and
even a few tears may have been
shed.”
Schwartz summed up the gru-
elling ride with the comment, “It
was an experience that I shall
never forget and will cherish as
long as I live.
“1 have seen and experienced a
route across America in a way lhat
few people ever will.”
Week 8
From Page 1A
per took her picture.
The state-wide winner for week
eight of the contest was Damon
Compton, 39, of Toyah, who
scored 129 points out of a possible
136 to claim the $1,000 Texas
prize.
The entry form for this week
appears in this issue of The Wylie
News.
Deadline for submitted entry
forms at participating Power Points
Drop Points is 2 p.m. Friday.
Winners are picked each week,
statewide and locally.
Official Power Points Drop
Points arc CT's C-Store, American
National Bank, Maria’s Mexican
Restaurant and Club, Provident
Bank, Lakeway Texaco and Sport
Center, and Hendricks’ Texaco.
Plans
From Page 1A
Wylie High School. FM 1378 will
have three southbound and three
northbound lanes with two dedicat-
ed left turn lanes and one dedicated
right turn lane each.
The original plans called for
fewer dedicated left turn lanes, but
due to the construction of the new
high school it was felt additional
lanes were needed to improve traf-
fic flow.
The project will begin as soon as
the additional right-of-way is ac-
quired. Additional land is required
on the south side of FM544 since
the north side of the roadway abuts
railroad property.
The project will take one year to
complete and should be 50 percent
complete when the new high
school opens in the fall of 1996.
According to MacLean, traffic
will not be obstructed during the
construction of the intersection
* * *
A sense of humor is a sense
of proportion.
—Kalilil Gibran
Alley
From Page 1A
Janet Zimmer to the Senior Citizen
Advisory Board to fill a vacancy
caused by the death of one of the
original members.
•Held the first of two public
hearings to gather comments from
citizens concerning the involuntary
annexation of property along the
FM 544 corridor. The property
extends from Marshall Ln. to west
of the new high school.
The reason for the annexation,
according to city officials, is to
protect the western approaches of
the city from undesirable business-
es
Several property owners ad-
dressed council to complain that if
the property were annexed they
would not receive the services that
the city was promising.
Some of the property requires
water service, some sewer service,
and some both water and sewer.
None of the speakers was in favor
of the annexation. Several proper-
ty owners requested a copy of the
service plan for the area.
City Manager Mike Collins said
that each property owner would he
mailed a copy of the service plan
and that copies were also available
at City Hall. Collins reminded the
property owners that the next and
final public hearing would be held
on Nov. 14.
Mason
From Page 1A
Firemen
From Page 1A
in visible support of public educa-
tion. Each year Masonic lodges
present Lamar awards and scholar-
ships to students and/or teachers
for their outstanding achievement
in school.
For many years the Grand Lodge
has traveled all over Texas and
held ceremonies to lay corner-
stones at schools and certain public
buildings.
The public is invited to attend
the ceremony at the new high
school located on FM 544 at the
Geminden, Firefighter of the Year
(part time).
Receiving the Distinguished
Service Award was Jell Scribner.
The program consisted of invo-
cation by Scott Brown, greetings
by Chief Shan A. English, intro-
duction of speaker by City Man-
ager Mike Collins and address by
Mayor Jim Swartz.
Mayor Swartz and Chief
English made presentations to the
award winners.
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Council hears state of the library message
By Evan Evans
Library Director Mignon Morse
addressed council at the regular
meeting on Oct. 24 on the state of
the library in the city and plans for
renovation of the Rita and Truett
Smith Library scheduled for fiscal
year 1997.
Morse presented a summary of a
detailed report given to the Library
Advisory Board on Oct. 11. The sta-
tistics used in the analysis of library
services are based on the 1993 annu-
al public library report from the
Texas State Library Association.
Some raw data is available for
1994 and these data are presented
for comparison. Wylie library ser-
vices are compared to libraries in
cities whose population are in the
5,000 to 9,999 range. Wylie’s popu-
lation according to the report is
8,716.
Population per full time employ-
ees is calculated by dividing the
population served by the number of
full time employees. The average for
1993 is 5,050. For Wylie, 1993 was
2,811 and 3,050 in 1994.
The average library is open 37
hours per week. The Wylie library is
open 50 hours per week.
The average per capita expendi-
ture is $1.23. For Wylie, 1993 was
$0.48 and $.094 in 1994.
For periodicals the average is
5.59 per 1,000 population. Wylie’s
current number is 3.13. Wylie also
has 25 different titles available for
patrons compared to the average of
44.
Morse added that the materials
fund is not adequate to update the
circulating and reference materials.
The current collection, she contin-
ued, does not contain the basic
sources that are recommended for a
library with Wylie’s population.
Morse noted that the renovation
of the library facilities is scheduled
to begin in Oct. 1996 and is sched-
uled to be complete in the spring of
1997. She emphasized that several
steps need to be completed before
actual construction begins.
A detailed analysis of the library's
needs (this analysis was presented to
the library board at the Oct. 11 meet-
ing) and clear goals and objectives
for the facility should be clearly
defined.Also, an architect must he
selected and a building plan devel-
oped.
Morse recently began publication
of a monthly newsletter. Citizens
wishing a copy should stop by the
library. She also noted that there was
no room at the library to stockpile
books that would eventually be used
to have a large book sale.
Out-of-date books would be
offered for sale at the library as they
became available. Donations would
also be accepted at the library.
Morse concluded by saying that
the library was a great bargain, serv-
ing greater than 66 per cent of the
population with less than one per
cent of its tax dollar. “All you need
is a library card," she stated, “to take
advantage of this bargain.”
If you don’t have a library card,
stop by the library and get yours
today.
Library hours are Mon., Wed.,
Thurs., and Fri. 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.;
'Hies. 12-8 p.m.; Sat. 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.
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Cook, Margaret. The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 1, 1995, newspaper, November 1, 1995; Wylie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth749427/m1/10/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Smith Public Library.