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Volume 1: Issue 6
Sachse, Texas • Thursday, March 10, 2005 • C&S Media Publications
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Chess is king ut the
Pickard house. Read about
these Chess Mates in this
week's Section C.
Pumping up for success:
A look at powerlifting.
Read ahout the growing
sport on Page IB
Obituaries . ; 4A
Opinions 11A
Real Estate 2C
Classifieds 6C
Historical society
The annual membership meet-
ing of the Sachse Historical
Society has been rescheduled for 2
p.m. April 17 at the Charles W.
Smith and Sons Funeral Home,
2925 5th St.
Lloyd Henderson will be the
guest speaker.
The rights for the publication of
"Sachse Remembered 1840-1940"
by Mary Allene Jones, have been
given to the Sachse Historical
Society by her children, Kibbie
Jones Hipp and Craig Jones.
Copies of the book are available
for purchase for $25. For more
information, contact Joe Stone at
972-495-1231.
Nominations for the board of
directors arc being accepted.
Anyone interested can contact
President Jeff Haupt at 972-530-
3049 or attend the next board
meeting at 9 a.m. March 19 at
3033 6th St.
After Hours mixer
Wylie Chamber of Commerce
members will be treated to an After
Hours Mixer from 5 to 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 10, at Home
Depot, 951 Westgate Way.
Home Depot is hosting the
event.
'Construction and lawn care' is
the theme and the mixer will fea-
ture information regarding the
March 19 Sanden Spring Festival
and Lawn Mower Races as well as
the upcoming construction planned
for the Pirate's Cove Playground, a
community-built playground
planned for Founders Park.
Chamber members will receive
special store discounts during the
mixer and more than $300 in gift
cards and prized will be given away
courtesy of Albertson's Wylie,
Home Depot and the Wylie
Chamber of Commerce.
Following the mixer, Home
Depot will offer two 20 minute do-
it-yourself classes free to chamber
members. The first class will be
on preparing and maintaining your
lawn for the upcoming spring lawn
season. The other class will high-
light the how-to of textured and
faux finish painting around your
house.
Food will be provided by
Albertson's Wylie.
Traffic, rail crossings election topics
By Patty Montagno
Traffic congestion on Hwy. 78 and
throughout the city, communicating
with the citizens and railroad cross-
ing closures came to the forefront as
the key issues discussed at the Meet
The Candidate Afternoon.
The forum was held during the
Sachse Chamber of Commerce net-
working luncheon Tuesday. It was
moderated by Mike Cloud of the
SachseAVylie Exchange Club.
The question and answer session
featured the two candidates who are
in the Saturday, March 12, run-off
election to fill the open place 2 seal
for an unexpired term that ends in
May 2006.
Candidates vying for the seat are
Chris T. Lam, P.E. and former city
council member Stephen W. Stanley.
The seat was recently vacated by
former Chamber chairman Scott
Stauffer who moved his family out of
the city.
With 180 and 136 votes respec-
tively, Lam and Stanley were the top
two vote getters in the January spe-
cial election, qualifying them for a
runoff.
Lam is the project manager for R-
Delta Engineers, Inc.
Stanley is the principal and co-
owner of Stanley Realty and presi-
dent of the board of directors for
Sethi Realty Services, Inc.
Both candidates said they would
welcome any input from the citizens
that would help them make decisions
as councilmcn.
They differed on the path the city
should take regarding street closings.
"I feel the city should not close
any streets until the infrastructure is
upgraded on the streets that would
absorb the additional traffic," Lam
said.
"The developer will just have to
wait until the roads can support all
the new traffic.
"By closing streets, the city is
looking for the cheapest way out and
the developer has not explored more
than one solution."
Stanley reflected his
disappointment regard-
ing the council's recent
deadlocked vote over the
closure of two existing
railroad crossings in the
city.
"Remaining status
quo is no decision
because I believe as a
whole that the studies
contracted by the city
were accurate as they reflected a
need for economic development," he
said.
"I think after 3rd is closed the city
should work with the churches to re-
Chris I-am Stephen Stanley
route the traffic to 5th and Ben Davis.
"Hooper and Park should be con-
solidated which would allow for
more existing and future develop-
ment in the Industrial Park."
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Here's pie in your eye
Monica YVilbanks takes part in the Armstrong Elementary School Spring Carnival last
weekend. The carnival is a PTA fundraiser.
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crossing closures
scrutinized
Council continues to explore options
By Patty Montagno
Second in a two-part series
Following numerous meetings
w ith representatives of Kansas City
Southern Railroad regarding cross-
ing arms for the extension of
Woodbridge Parkway, council
decided there was a need lo evaluate
the impact each crossing would
have on the traffic.
The Parsons Group was contract-
ed to perform the study which
included the tasks of preparing
North Central Texas Council of
Governments 2025 Traffic volumes,
building a baseline Synchro Model,
developing ihree alternative closure
scenarios.
The Parsons Group recommend-
ed the closure of the railroad cross-
ings at 3rd Street and at Park Lane
and Hooper Road should be relocat-
ed approximately 200 feet to the
southwest, and a connection to
either Hooper Road or Ranch Road
should be constructed lo provide
access lo Ihe industrial park.
The study also said if desired, the
closure combination of 3rd Street
and Hooper Road could be accom-
modated through additional
improvements to the intersection of
Woodbridge Parkway and Hwy. 78.
According to Parsons, ihe city
should not close both ihe Park Lane
and Hooper Road crossings.
See HISTORY pane M
Amnesty not answer,
Republicans hear
By Patty Montagno
The problems of the proposed
amnesty/temporary worker program
was the main topic of the kick-off
meeting of the Wylie/Farmersville
Barbara Bush Republican Women's
Group.
The meeting was held last week
at Ihe Birmingham House.
Featured speaker was Mark
Krikorian. executive director of Ihe
Center for Immigration Studies, a
non-profit, non-partisan research
organization in Washington. DC.
The center examines and critiques
ihe impact of immigration on Ihe
United States.
"We chose Mark as our speaker
because of his long time involve-
ment with the studies of
Immigration Reform," said Club
President Deana Eckstine. "Thai is
a major concern among grass roots
Republicans today - how to protect
our borders, our way of life and the
economy."
Krikorian referred to President
George W. Bush's proposal for a
new amnesty/temporary worker
program thai will match willing for-
eign workers w ith willing American
employees and will offer legal sta-
tus. as temporary workers.
See IMMIGRATION page 2A
Puppy power
Police work to find homes for abandoned doggies
Two of the four yellow lah mix puppies play in the
arms of a potential owner.
By Patty Montagno
Four abandoned, yellow, lab-mix
puppies have found homes, thanks lo
the efforts of the Sachse Police
Department.
Last month ihe department received
a call that the four puppies had been
abandoned in a ditch.
Animal Control Supervisor, Bret
Higginhotham, investigated the call and
recovered ihe four puppies who were
less then 10 days old
"Bret, Officer Kane Kennedy and 1
took Ihe puppies home because they
were so small," Police Chief Richard
Benedict said
"We had to bottle feed them for Iwo
weeks."
After the two weeks, the police were
able lo place the puppies in area homes.
Officer Kennedy adopted the one he
had cared for.
"We don't know if this was a case of
animal cruelty or simply one of the
mother getting separated from ihe pup-
pies," Benedict said.
According to the penal code, animal
cruelty is failing unreasonably to pro-
vide necessary food, care or shelter for
an animal in Ihe person's custody.
It is a class A misdemeanor which
carries a $4,000 line, one year in jail or
both.
Benedict also announced that Phase
III of the the oty's state-of-the-art am
mal shelter is nearing completion.
The shelter is located al 6436 Sachse
Rd.. beside the Public Works complex.
Animal Control is a part of the
Sachse Police Department An animal
control officer responds to animal calls
when available
When no officer is on duty, patrol
officers respond lo emergency animal
calls.
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Fisher, Donnita Nesbit. The Sachse News (Sachse, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 2005, newspaper, March 10, 2005; Sachse, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth342009/m1/1/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith Public Library.