The Colony Courier (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1986 Page: 1 of 6
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Official Newspaper for the City of The Colony and the City of Little Elm
[214] 370-1529
DECEMBER 18,1986
VOL. XI NO. 18
County withholds funds
City’s library feels
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Pupils high in cultural arts
photography;
Angela
Clark, 3rd grade, 3rd place,
Pogo’s pals bring in season
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—Jack Blalock
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Home building plans
heard by councilmen
Yule parade
rescheduled
honorable mention, junior
high music; Joel Thron-
burg, 6th grade, 1st place,
intermediate photography;
“Don’t we know archaic barrel,
Lullaby lilla boy, Louisville Lou?
Trolley Milley don’t love Harold,
Boola boola Pensacoola hullabloo!
Snowpersons appeared suddenly on lawns all over the Colony Dec. 11 after a surprise
snowfall left enough wet snow behind to work into cold sculptures. This one on Fryer
Street was created by Jon Jones, who left his masterpiece to guard the house while he
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Bark us all bow-wows of folly,
Polly wolly cracker n’ too-da-loo!
Donkey Bonny brays a carol,
Antelope Cantaloupe, ’lope with you!
Duck us all in bowls of barley,
Hinky dinky dink an’ polly voo!
Chilly Filly’s name is Chollie,
Chollie Filly’s jolly chilly view halloo!
Bark us all bow-wows of folly,
Double-bubble, toyland trouble! Woof, Woof, Woof!
Tizzy seas on melon collie!
Dibble-dabble, scribble-scrabble! Goof, Goof, Goof!”
By golly, dear readers, I’ll bet that gave you
something to think about.
“Deck us all with Boston Charlie,
Walla walla, Wash., an’ Kalamazoo!
Nora’s freezin’ on the trolley,
Swaller dollar cauliflower alley’garoo!”
Hunky Dory’s pop is lolly gaggin’ on the wagon,
Willy folly go through!
Chollie’s collie barks at Barrow,
Harum scarum five alarum bung-aloo!
Duck us all in bowls of barley,
The Colony Christmas
parade was rained out Sun-
day.
It has been rescheduled
to Saturday, Dec. 20. Line-
up will be at 10:30 a.m.,
and the parade will start
at 11:30.
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preliminary plat for the Northpointe subdivision. Affected
residents said the change would take care of the current
problem of garbage trucks and other larger vehicles
running across a driveway in order to make a turn.
[Photo by George Gillett]
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garten, 2nd place, primary
textile; Robert M. Morales,
4th grade, 2nd place, in-
termediate painting; Jenni-
fer Steigerwald, 6th grade,
1st place, intermediate tex-
tile; Alice Lee, 3rd grade,
2nd place, primary music;
Brandon Allen, 2nd grade,
3rd place, primary music;
Niclole Edgerton, 2nd gra-
de, 2nd place, primary
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Colony Boulevard to handle
the additional traffic effi-
ciently, but all agreed that
the North Colony Boulevard
and Main Street intersec-
tion would need to be im-
proved to handle the in-
creased load. The develop-
er has agreed to pay the
cost of the necessary im-
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proposed change to an alley configuration during the City
Council session Monday. A proposed alley would have
compounded an existing problem on Turner Street, and
the change was suggested during discussion of a
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tina Mengalkamp, 5th
grade, 3rd place, interme-
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winners included Jennifer
Steigerwald, 6th grade, 1st
place, intermediate textile;
Michael Ray, 8th grade,
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the rollback attempt by the
Denton County Taxpayers
Association. The rollback
petition is expected to be
submitted at the end of
December, at which time
signatures will be validated
and, if the correct number
of signatures are present an
election will be called for
early spring of 1987.
“The per capita amount
of the contract will not be
affected.”
Colony Library Director
Joan Sveinsson said Mon-
day that the library’s mat-
ching fund portion of the
contract is $5,000 for the
1986-87 fiscal year. The
library has received a
$6,835 quarterly payment
of the per capita amount.
“It will hurt,” she said if
the rollback election is suc-
cessful. The library’s 1986-
87 budget is $129,965.
County Judge-elect Vic
Burgess said if voters ap-
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for holiday
The Colony Aquatic Park
will be closed for Christmas
holidays from Dec. 20-26.
Public Swim will be open
Dec. 27 from 1 until 8 p.m.
to return to the regular
schedule. The heated in-
door pool is also open for
Public Swim 1 until 6 p.m.
Sunday, and 6 until 9 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday.
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back $8 million would be
cut.
The commissioners had
approved a 60 per cent tax
boost, and if the Taxpayers
Association is successful
the increase would be only
8 per cent.
Burgess plans to hold
Town Hall meetings after
he takes office so county
residents can voice their
views.
Cole said that besides
cutbacks to libraries there
are some delays in capital
purchases. He added that
if the rollback is successful
social services and libraries
would be the major victims.
Amick said the commis-
sioners had no choice in
complying with federal
guidelines on jails.
Dick Weaver of the Col-
ony, has said “there’s a lot
of fat in the budget.”
The association needs 9,100
signatures of registered
voters.
Eric Tomlin, 7th grade, 2nd
place, junior high photog-
raphy; Robert Clemens, 6th
grade, 1st place, interme-
diate poetry; Jamie Childs,
6th grade, 1st place, in-
termediate drama; Melan-
ie Aldridge, 7th grade, 2nd
place, junior high painting;
Tommy Pampinella, 7th
grade, 3rd place, junior
high drawing; and Beth
Guzenski, 8th grade, 2nd
place, junior high print-
making.
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provements. North Colony
Boulevard will be the only
access to the area for the
foreseeable future.
Build-out is estimated to
be complete in five to seven
years, beginning along
North Colony Boulevard
and working north. The
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That’s the opening verse to real rouser, folks. You
hear “Jingle Bells,” “I’m Dreaming of a White
Christmas” and “I Saw Mama Kissing Santa Claus”
quite a bit at Christmastime. But back in the 1950s and
’60s the Christmas season hadn’t really arrived until
Pogo and his Okefenokee Swamp pals sang “Deck Us
All With Boston Charlie” to the tune of “Deck the Halls
with Boughs of Holly.”
Pogo the possum, and his pals including Albert the
alligator, were comic strip characters created by Walt
Kelly. Albert spoke words that will live forever in the
hearts of Pogo fans. An example: ‘ ‘Don’t try to kid me
fella. I’ve been buttoning my own shoes a long time.”
It has been more than 10 years since I have had a
group to sing “Deck Us All” with, so I just hum a few
verses to myself. I was reminded of the good ole days a
few days ago when my copy of Joe Cannon’s newspaper
arrived from Oregon. Joe had six verses of “Deck Us
All” in his column. He also mentioned that he had
known an unnamed editor in Arizona who claimed to
know all the lyrics. Joseph said the editor couldn’t
carry a tune in a wine bottle which the two shared. I do
remember sharing a few jugs of pink chablis with
Joseph on my patio in Casa Grande.
Any way, here are five more verses of “Deck Us All”
so the uninitiated can get into the holiday spirit:
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Ten Peters Colony Ele-
mentary School students
and nine from Griffin Mid-
dle School placed in the
Lewisville Independent
School District’s Council of
PTA’s cultural arts reflec-
tions project.
Winners from Peters
Colony included Randee
Brandon, 2nd grade, 3rd
place, primary painting;
Amy Jost, 1st grade, 2nd
place, primary collage; Re-
ne Marie Neilson, kinder-
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the Colony’s library ser-
vices contract will be with-
held until a final decision
is made regarding the roll-
back attempt.
Cole’s letter says in part:
“Recently Denton County
signed an interlocal cooper-
ation agreement with you to
provide library services to
Denton County residents.
“The purpose of this
letter is to notify you that
Denton County will be with-
holding the matching fund
portion of this library ser-
vices contract until a final
decision is made regarding
Petitions of the Denton
County Taxpayers Associa-
tion seeking a county tax
rollback election next
spring haven’t been turned
in yet, but the Colony al-
ready is feeling the effects.
Mayor Don Amick re-
ceived a letter last week
from county Judge Buddy
Cole saying that the
By GEORGE GILLETT
Questions revolving
around proposed develop-
ments in the Colony occu-
pied almost four and one-
half hours of City Coun-
cil time Monday.
The marathon session
was led off by a public
hearing on an application
by Rawls-Welty for a
change in zoning of 205
acres located near Stewarts
Creek Park. The property,
owned by Dick Lindberg,
is presently zoned Agricul-
tural.
The architectural firm of
Rawls-Welty has requested
a change to Planned Devel-
opment on behalf of the
owner. The Planning and
Zoning Commission
has approved the request
and forwarded it to the
council for final consider-
ation.
Mayor Don Amick asked
City Manager Bill Hall to
place final action on the
agenda for the Jan. 5, 1987
session.
Increased density and
the resulting traffic in-
crease were the primary
objections raised by speak-
ers at the hearing. The
current proposal would al-
low as many as 870 lots
in the development. Pre-
vious requests for zoning
to allow more than 900 lots
have been denied. Ed
Rawls said cost of land
and the relatively slow pace
of development dictated the
870 lots as the minimum
number to make the project
economically possible.
Traffic engineers pre-
sented conflicting opinions
on the capability of North
prove the rollback it will
hurt library and social ser-
vices most. It could also
have an impact on county
funds for rural fire protec-
tion, and insurance rates
on rural homes would
climb. He added that many
residents pushing for the
rollback live in rural areas.
“It’s a real corner we’re
in,” Burgess said. Some
things can’t be cut, such as
funds for the new county
jail because it’s mandated
by the federal government,
he added.
“I haven’t been in it
deep enough yet to know
where we can and can’t
cut,” Burgess said. Some
county residents “didn’t
feel they were getting what
they were paying for, and it
helped elect me,” he said.
The Commissioners
Court had approved a $24.9
million budget for 1986-87.
If voters approve the roll-
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Blalock, Jack. The Colony Courier (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1986, newspaper, December 18, 1986; The Colony, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1520266/m1/1/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Colony Public Library.