The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 1995 Page: 1 of 20
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THE WYLIE NEWS
Devoted To The Best Interest Of Wylie Since 1947 Covering Murphy, Sachse, Wylie and the surrounding area
Volume 48: Issue 49
VVvlie. Texas Wednesday. May 111. 1995
Two Sections 25 Cents
Uriel Subjects
Annual WHS concert
scheduled for May 13
.
The annual Wylie High
School band concert and
banquet will be held on
,Saturday, May 13.
The concert begins at 5
p.m. in the WHS gym and
the banquet will follow
immediately at St. Anthony
Catholic Church.
For ticket information
please contact Rhonda
Ross at 442-1332.
See pages 2B and 4B
for Election results in
Sachse and Murphy
Mark your calendar
for May 17, 7 p.m.
Scott, Worley capture council seats
Mondy re-elected un-opposed
By Weldon Lacy
Joel Scott and J.C. Worley won
Place 1 and 5 seals, respectively,
and John Mondy was returned
unopposed to Place 3 on the Wylie
Place 1
Methodist
Early
Church
Southfork
lofal
Joel Scot!
33
254
16
303
Scolt Foster
13
205
17
235
Place 3
John Mondy
Pluce 5
415
k. Paul Hawkins
.30
127
16
173
J.C . Worley
30
321
16
367
City Council in Saturday’s munici-
pal election.
Scott defeated Scott Foster by a
margin of 303 to 235, while Wor-
ley out-polled R. Paul Hawkins
367 to 173.
Mondy, who did not draw an
opponent in his bid for re-election
to a two-year term on the council,
received 415 votes.
Joel Scott, 33, the new Place 1
councilmen, succeeds Bobby Jen-
nings, who declined to seek re-
election. An insurance agent, he
has lived in Wylie all his life.
Scott was graduated with honors
from Wylie High School in 1970,
and he and his wife Margaret have
two children, Miranda, 8, and
Austin 5. He is Sunday school
superintendent at First Assembly
of God Church.
This is his first time to serve in
elected public office.
In his campaign, Scott stated he
believed the present city council
and staff are working well togeth-
Joel Scott
Elected to Place 1
er, that Wylie is progressing and
that he wanted to offer his services
to help the city grow and prosper.
He stated he would support
Wylie’s efforts to attract new busi-
ness and industry to diversify the
John Mondy
Re-elected to Place 3
local tax base, would work to
obtain better parks and recreation
facilities and strive lo get young
people involved in public affairs.
J.C. Worley, 47. the new Place
5 councilman, succeeds Ortie Mes-
J.C. Worley
Elected to Place 5
senger, who did not run for re-
election.
In the campaign, Worley said he
wanted, through work on the city
council, to give back service to the
See COUNCIL Page 10A
• i •
Nicklas wins only contested school board position
John Paul Trimble has
announced the upcoming
Christian Care Concert that
will be held at First Baptist
Church in Wylie on
Wednesday, May 17 at 7
p.m.
Among those performing
from Wylie are: Lamb’s of
God, Dan and Jill Har-
graves, and Lisa Fletcher -
First Baptist; Guitar Choir-
St. Anthony’s, John and
Linda Smyder and Voices
of Promise- First Metho-
dist. Also Trimble Broth-
ers, a community choir and
neighboring community
vocalists and choirs.
Rabies clinic benefits
Christian Care
On June 3 from 1 to 5
p.m. Dr. Michelle Glover
of the Wylie Veterinary
Clinic will sponsor a low
%
cost rabies and shot clinic
with proceeds going to the
Christian Care Center.
For info call 442-1311.
Pedersen reports
for Navy duty
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Daniel T.
Pedersen, recently reported
for duty at Naval War Col-
lege in Newport, R.I.
He is a graduate of the
U.S. Naval Academy in
Annapolis, Md. with a B S
degree.
Pedersen is the son of
Raymond Pedersen of
Wylie.
Gambill reports for
USS Coronado duty
Navy Petty Officer 1st
Class Dennis R. Gambill
recently reported for duty
aboard the command ship
USS Coronado, flagship for
the U.S. Third Fleet, home-
ported in San Diego. He is
the son of James and
Louise Gamb 11 of Wylie.
Lisa Fletcher
tor.
He said trust officials signed an
agreement Friday, April 28, for the
sale to developers of 1,764 acres
of farm and ranch land located
near Weston in the north central
sector of Collin County.
“Chairman Mayor Jim Swartz
and Secretary-Treasurer Tommy
Sessums spent Thursday and Fri-
day signing documents to sell the
See TRUST Page 10A
More than 5,000 persons turned out for the second annual Senior Expo Wednesday at
SOUthfork Ranch. News staff photo
Ted Trimble
Re-elected to Place 5
Larry Nicklas
Elected to Place 6
Johnny Simmons
Re-elected to Place 7
Collin County voters OK bonds
By Weldon Lacy
Several key road construction
projects in the Wylie area got the
go-head in Saturday’s Collin
County bond election, much to the
delight of area civic leaders.
Raymond Cooper, who with
Wylie’s John Mondy and Judy
Ranly served on the promotion
committee for the road portion of
the S50.4 million bond proposal,
said Monday morning he was
highly pleased with the program’s
acceptance county-wide.
Cooper said, however, he was
frustrated in his efforts to find out
how Wylie and area voters voted
on the proposal.
As deadline approached early
Monday, the Wylie News was also
unsuccessful in obtaining from
See BONDS Page 10A
Wylie’s Lisa keeps song in her heart
By Weldon Lacy
Although the rich rewards of
fame, fortune and stardom have
eluded her so far, Wylie’s Lisa
Fletcher just keeps on doing what
she likes best—singing, acting and
entertaining audiences.
Locally, Ms. Fletcher is best
known for her hit performances at
the Wylie Opry, where she appears
regularly in Saturday night shows,
but her 10-year music career has
placed her before much wider
audiences on stage, screen and
television.
The 27-year-old singer and
actress, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Fletcher of Wylie, has strong
sentimental ties to the Wylie Opry,
because it was there that she start-
ed her professional singing career
in earnest in June of 1986, shortly
after her graduation from Berkner
High School in the Richardson
School District.
"I sang with vocal groups in high
school and actually did some work
in clubs when I was really too
young for it,” the vivacious Ms.
Fletcher said, smiling.
Although country is her vocal
Sale of acreage
nets $1.5 million
profit for Trust
By Weldon Lacy
A land transaction that will
yield a profit of more than $1.5
million for the Frank Ovid Birm-
ingham Memorial Land Trust was
announced this week by Bill F.
Lewis, the trust’s executive direc-
style of choice, Ms. Fletcher said
she likes all kinds of music includ-
ing contemporary, pop and blues.
“I started singing when I was six
and took private voice lessons in
high school. I practiced scales,
studied music theory and all that
serious stuff,” she recalled with a
grin.
In early 1992, Ms. Fletcher left
the Wylie Opry for greener fields in
the music mecca of Branson, Mo.,
See LISA Page 10A
Trimble, Simmons get free ride
By Weldon Lacy
The Wylie Independent School
District Board of Trustees gained a
new member in Saturday's school
election.
He is 32-year-old Larry Nicklas,
a Southwest Airlines pilot who
won by a vote of 414 to 238 over a
lone opponent. Bob London, in the
race for the Place 6 seat vacated by
Brenda Burroughs, who did not
seek re-election.
Also in Saturday’s balloting, Dr.
Ted Trimble and John M. (Johnny)
Simmons were returned unopposed
to Places 5 and 7, respectively.
Nicklas, a 1985 graduate of the
U.S. Air Force Academy and a
former Air Force fighter pilot and
instructor with rank of captain, has
been a legal resident of Wylie
since 1984.
He and his wife Tamaron, also a
former Air Force pilot and instruc-
tor with captain’s rank, have three
children, Cori, Jim and Tommy,
ranging in ages from 5 years to 18
months.
In his campaign materials, Nick-
las advocated “a safe learning
It. This Issue
Kditorial..............2A
Obituaries ............4.A
Births & Weddings.....5.A
Sports................6A
Dining Guide..........9A
Sachse News...........2B
Murphy Monitor.......4B
Classifieds ............8B
environment for our children; local
control of our schools; more
parental involvement and influ-
Lari
Place 5
Methodist
( Inirch
Southfork
Total
led Trimble
41
414
44
507
Boh London
31
Place 6
185
22
238
Larry Nicklas
26
359
29
414
John Simmons
46
Place 7
3X6
45
477
ence; strong, consistent discipline;
See WIND BOARD Page 10A
Senior Expo
draws throngs
By Weldon Lacy
Despite threatening skies and
downpours of rain, the 1995 Senior
Information Expo at Southfork
Ranch Wednesday attracted more
than 5,000 participants and was
declared a “rousing success” by its
organizers.
People flocked to the ranch house
of television fame to get help in
"making responsible decisions for
the second half of your life "
Sharyn Parr, the Expo coordina-
tor, said, “People came in from
nearly everywhere you could think
of. The place was packed all day."
More than 100 organizations,
businesses and individuals had exhi-
bition tables at the Expo to advise
and inform visitors about a wide
spectrum of older-age concerns.
See EXPO Page 10A
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