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The Princeton Herald• Princeton, Texas, Thursday, September 4, 2014 • 2 sections, 12 Pages 75¢ The Official Newspaper of Princeton
Princeton football Plays 7:30 P.m. friday, sePt. 5 at arlington HeigHts
Christ United Methodist Church Princeton will be open-ing at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 7.
Everyone is invited to attend, the opening worship celebration.
Children’s Sunday School through fifth grade is available.
CUMC Princeton meets at Clark Junior High School
For more information on the new church visit www.cumc.com/princeton.
New church opening this Sunday in Princeton
Princeton varsity football game tickets for this season are now on sale to the general pub-lic.
Tickets for the games can be purchased at the Princeton ISD Administration Building, which is located at 321 Panther Pkwy.
Cost of tickets are $5 per game.
Remaining home contests are against Gainesville (Sept. 26 for Homecoming), Quinlan Ford (Oct. 10), Paris North Lamar (Oct. 24) and Texarkana Lib-erty-Eylau (Nov. 7 for Senior Night).
All games will feature a 7:30 p.m. kickoff and will be played at Jackie Hendricks Stadium.
For additional information contact Lorraine Pomales at 469-952-544, ex: 3506.
Contact us at:972-784-6397 or
Princeton football tickets now on sale
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Lake Lavon LevelsNormal – 492
480.15as of 09/02/14
Lake Jim ChapmanNormal 440 – Current
430.09 Source: US Army Corps of Engineers
Donations for Princeton resident being accepted
Donations are now being accepted for the Culverhouse family to help offset medical expenses.
A benefit account has been set up at Citizens State Bank for Jack Culverhouse, the son of Jason and Andrea Culverhouse.
Jack is suffering from a seri-ous medical condition and all donations are appreciated.
Storytime held each Wednesday at library
Do you have a child that isn’t able to attend school quite yet, but want to get in some read-ing?
Each Wednesday the Lois Nelson Public Library is hold-ing storytime, which is sched-uled for 11:30 a.m. to noon.
The library is located at 323 McKinney Street.
Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Tues-day, Wednesday and Friday, and 11 a..m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. They are closed Saturday and Sunday.
Princeton’s George Flores picks up a large chunk of yardage during the season-opener against Frisco Indepen-dence. The Panthers came out 62-21 at Jackie Hendricks Stadium. For the full story and additional photos see this weeks Sports. Additional photos available online at www.princetonherald.com.
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Up the middle
District enrollment numbers jump3,697 students
full up campusesBy Kat Donnell
Staff [email protected]
The first day of school kicked off with students and staff alike, excited
and looking forward to the new school year.
With 3,697 students reporting to the different campuses, the day ran smooth-ly for the entire district.
The number of students who attend-ed school on the first day increased by 166 over the number of students on the first day in 2013.
The high school campus grew from 967 on the first day of 2013 to 1,037
this year.“We anticipate all of the kids aren’t
here yet,” Superintendent Phil Anthony said. “We are projecting an additional 65 students between now and the week after Labor Day. This is pretty typical.”
Godwin Elementary is experiencing additional third grade students and they made a minor adjustment by moving a teacher from Lacy to that campus.
Traffic congestion was significant at
all campuses, however, it was anticipat-ed and the police department provided traffic direction, especially at the high school.
“This might be a sign of increased traffic on Highway 380,” Anthony said. “It might be something we need to ad-dress. We will be monitoring traffic and will do what is necessary to ensure the safety of our students driving to school.”
Burn permits required
By Kat DonnellStaff Writer
Even though we are leaving the hot and very dry months of summer behind, fall is not quite here yet.
When we begin to see a little cooler weather, people will want to start their outdoor burning.
A burn permit is required for any outdoor burning and those who burn without one will be fined.
Even with a permit, there are specific requirements that must be followed, including specific days on which burning is al-lowed.
Authorization to conduct an outdoor burn does not exempt a person from the responsibil-ity, consequences, damages or injuries due to in attention and or neglect.
Fire from a burn can be very dangerous and can spread rap-idly.
“It is very important to ad-here to these rules,” Fire Chief Tom Harvey said. “An unex-pected gust of wind can create a catastrophe.”
For more information on permits, visit www.co.collin.tx.us.
Commissioners to decrease tax rate
By Wyndi VeigelNews Editor
Collin County Commis-sioners have been hard at work in a series of budget workshops for the proposed Fiscal Year 2014 –’15 bud-get.
According to information provided by County Com-
missioner Chris Hill, this year’s proposed tax rate will decrease by a quarter-cent.
“I remain steadfast in my commitment to the citizens of Collin County that once we’ve funded government, paid our debts, planned for emergencies, and built up our surplus fund, any additional
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NTMWD relaxes watering restrictions
From Staff [email protected]
Conservation efforts and rains have paid off and the North Texas Municipal Wa-ter District is recommending that its member cities and customers allow landscape watering once a week with sprinklers or irrigation sys-tems through the end of Oc-tober 2014.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requires that water providers maintain chlorine residuals in transmission and distribu-
tion systems to assure water quality so that the treated water supply is safe for use. Annually, chlorine residuals are depleted by increases in temperature during summer months.
During the summer of 2014, NTMWD consumers have reduced their water us-age so well that maintaining chlorine residuals has been compounded by the de-creased demands, represen-tatives of NTMWD said in a press release.
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Wyndi Veigel/The Princeton HeraldClay Potter, of Clay Potter Auction Group in Farmersville, hosts auctions each week-end at his building in downtown Farmersville. Not only are there good deals to be had, but great entertainment as well.
Going once, going twice, soldPotter hosts
entertainment as part of experience
By Wyndi VeigelNews Editor
Nestled in the heart of down-town there is a special kind of shop, one where bargains, fun
and bidding wars take place.Clay Potter, owner of Clay
Potter Auction Group is no stranger to good deals, and in 2011 knew he had found one with the old May Furniture Company, located on McKin-ney Street. Along with his wife Kim, they decided to purchase the building and make it into an auction house, following Clay’s passion.
Clay had been doing benefit type auctions for years but in
2009 he decided to pursue a real career in auctioneering, and went to school to obtain his license. Many people do not realize that you must have a license to be an auctioneer.
By Texas law, auctioneers must attend an accredited Auc-tion School.
After successful comple-tion of the school, one must pass the state exam then pass a
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background check and pay into the recovery fund.
“In school, you learn laws and regulations, they do not teach you how to ‘talk fast’ at all,” Clay said.
Clay’s fondness toward auc-tions started as an attendee, go-ing to live auctions.
While he always enjoyed the auctions, he noticed that some-times the auctioneers were “bor-ing.”
However, anyone who has ever been to one of Potter’s auctions, whether in downtown Farmersville, at the chamber or for Old Time Saturday can attest that his auctions are anything but humdrum.
Auction regulars Lisa and Larry Eastman have managed to fill out their 1912 Studebaker Chuck Wagon with iron skillets, dutch ovens, old enamel dishes, ropes, old pulleys, coffee grind-ers and coffee pots, all bought at Clay’s auctions.
“We sat next to a couple from Rockwall last Saturday … so rarely do you go anywhere else that you get to meet people from all over Texas who come to get a good deal,” Lisa said.
Clay started out his auction-eering career aiming to be ef-fective and entertaining at the same time. Being in the enter-
tainment business, as a member of a band, he felt right at home.
“Auctions are fast paced and entertaining. You never know what kind of great bargain you might find,” Clay said. “At our auction house there is a sense of community. It gets to be like a place to hang out and visit with friends.”
The auction house has live auctions twice a month at 5 p.m. each second and fourth Satur-day night.
Generally, Clay is able to sell about one hundred lots per hour, so the auction concludes by 8:30 p.m.
They also run “online only” auctions twice a month at www.claypotterauction.com, so for bidding enthusiasts, there is al-ways something to bid on.
Generally speaking, about a hundred people attend Clay’s auctions sometimes with stand-ing room only, making things very interesting.
“We can usually find folks a place to sit before too long,” he said.
Regulars to the auction house have been known to come in advance to mark out their own special seating to get just the right spot to be in on the action.
“You never know what some-one is looking to buy,” he said. “I’ve sold show pigs, real-es-tate, valuable jewels, antiques
Auctions offer a wide variety of items, entertainment
Wyndi Veigel/ The Princeton HeraldClay Potter stands among some of many items available for auction in his store which are held the second and fourth Saturday of each month. They also run online only auctions twice a month at claypotterauction.com.
and even a box of rocks. It is so much fun getting up and going to work everyday. I could not imagine doing anything else for a living.”
Throughout the year, Clay also does many charity auctions including several at South Fork
ranch every year, work for sev-eral cancer benefits and several Chambers of Commerce. in-cluding Farmersville.
“Those types of auctions tend to be lots of fun. You get to con-centrate more on the entertain-ment aspect of the auction,”
Clay said.The business is truly a family
affair as Clay’s wife helps keep the books straight, the bills paid and the paperwork together, on top of her full-time job with P31 fitness.
“I am about getting the job
done, but not so much about keeping the best records of it. She runs the auction office on auction night and I’m convinced we’ve got the smoothest run-ning auction house in Texas,” he said.
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funds belong to the taxpayers who fund government,” Hill said. He added, “You can be sure that there are always more ways we can spend your tax dollars, but I am intentional about pro-viding responsible leadership and limited government for the citizens of Collin County.”
In addition to funding the cur-rent services of the county, the court also committed funds for infrastructure expansion includ-ing $20,000,000 for Outer Loop right-of-way acquisition at the interchanges with Hwy. 75, SH 289, and the Dallas North Toll-way.
The proposed budget also in-vests over $2,000,000 for future capital investments, emergency planning and they also plan to retain a surplus in the general fund of about $143,000,000.
“To be sure, this is fantastic news. Collin County remains financially strong and economi-cally vibrant. We are one of only a handful of Texas counties with an exceptional AAA bond rat-ing, and we consistently beat state and national unemploy-ment figures. Collin County is still the best place in Texas for business, and the best place to
raise a family,” Hill said. “ This is why I felt it was critical to demonstrate our commitment to conservative fiscal leadership by proposing a quarter-cent tax rate reduction.”
The court will officially adopt the tax rate and operating bud-get Monday, Sept. 22, after a se-ries of three public hearing.
Public hearings will take place at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8 at the Allen City Council Chambers, 1:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15 in the Commissioners Courtroom and 1:30 p.m. Mon-day, Sept. 22 in the Commis-sioners Courtroom.
Members of the Commission-ers Court also recently adopted an update to the County Mobil-ity Plan.
“The updated plan identifies and coordinates transportation needs of our growing popula-tion, and serves as a guide for future investments in transpor-tation facilities and services that people in Collin County need and want,” Hill said.
Within the plan, 47 projects were identified to be severely over-capacity by year 2020.
Additionally, all 47 thorough-fares were specifically included because they are currently less than six lanes and are able to be expanded.
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To maintain water quality, NTMWD’s Member Cities and customers perform flushing of hydrants to remove the water that has decreased chlorine re-siduals.
To improve the circulation and increase the water flow
within the water systems, al-lowance of once per week watering with sprinkler or ir-rigation systems will assist in maintaining the required chlo-rine residuals.
NTMWD member cities and customers will continue to monitor water quality within their systems.
The combinations of peri-odic summer rain events and reduced water usage facilitates the NTMWD’s ability to move to once per week watering for the two month period of Sep-tember and October, while water quality remains the top priority, water conservation and the wise use of water is
still critical to maintain the cur-rent available supplies until the drought eases.
Lavon Lake is currently at elevation 480.27’ and the once-per-week watering allowance should only decrease Lavon Lake’s elevation by less than 2 feet and still not require initia-tion of Stage 4.
Water conservation helps NTMWD decision County talks tax rate, transportation
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According reports, several incidents warranted police action from Aug. 8 to Aug. 21.On Aug. 9, Erik Jenkins, 31, intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly caused bodily injury to another. Aggravated assault with
a deadly weapon charges will be filed at large.On Aug. 9, Tina Patterson, 32, was placed under arrest for outstanding warrants in Collin CountyOn Aug. 13, a woman’s purse was reported missing from an unlocked vehicle in the 800 block of E. Princeton Drive.On Aug. 15, Melissa Ann Sipes. 27, was arrested for assault causes bodily injury- family violence.On Aug. 12, four minors were issued citations. One for possession of alcohol, one for consumption of alcohol and two re-
ceived citations for curfew violations.On Aug 17, police were called to the 400 block of Napoli Court to take a report of theft from the residence.On Aug 21 Christopher Joe Pilkinton, 36, was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
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Kids Under ConstructionKindergarten – 5th grade3:30 - 5 p.m. Wednesday
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301 Panther Parkway • Princeton214-789-7863
Rev. Clay HortonMeeting Sundays at 11 a.m.
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Thursday, September 4, 2014 3AC&S MEDIA PUBLICATIONS | 972-784-6397 LOCAL • OBITUARIESLynsey Suzanne Campbell
Lynsey Suzanne Campbell, age 25, of Farm-ersville, was welcomed into heaven on Thurs-day, August 28, 2014. She was surrounded by her parents, siblings, and beloved dog, Max.
Lynsey was born in Plano, on January 24, 1989. During her lifetime, she lived in Al-len, Parker, and Farmersville. She was home- schooled and found enjoyment playing piano, raising guide dog puppies, crocheting, reading (she read the entire Bible twice), and being in the company of her large family. Lynsey had a heart for serving others and often did that through baking. She was always making cookies for her family members. She was the first to volunteer when someone was in need. She also went on a mission trip the Domini-can Republic where she aided in the building of a school for under-privileged children. She was an avid hockey fan and rarely missed watching the Dallas Stars on television. One of her most prized possessions was a puck signed by Marty Turco. Lynsey always en-couraged her family’s participation in the delivery of Thanksgiving meals to Meals on Wheels clients. We will all miss her mischievous smile and infectious laughter.
Lynsey is survived by her parents, James and Sheryl Campbell; her sisters, Emily (James) Robinson of Weatherford, and Me-gan (Daniel) Polsky of Princeton; her brothers, Joshua (DeAnna) Campbell of Farmersville, and Jordan (Kristie) Campbell of Farm-ersville; as well as grandparents, Bob and Wilma Edwards of Car-rollton and Margaret Campbell of Gilmer. Lynsey was the proud aunt to Aidan, Isabelle, Noah, and Elijah Robinson; Autumn, Au-brey, Annsley, and Bridger Campbell; and Madison, Katelyn, and Olivia Polsky. She is also survived by numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.
A memorial celebration of Lynsey’s life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 13, at Plano Bible Chapel, 1900 Shiloh Road, Plano, Texas 75074. In lieu of flowers, Lynsey’s family has requested that you consider a donation in her honor to be made to either the Chordoma Foundation, P.O. Box 2127, Durham, NC 27702 or Hope Lodge in Boston, Massachusetts, 125 South Hun-tington Ave, Boston, MA 02130. “The Broken Chain”
We little knew that day, God was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, In death, we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you.You did not go alone. For part of us went with you, The day God called you home.
You left us beautiful memories, Your love is still our guide. And although we cannot see you, You are always at our side.
Our family chain is broken, And nothing seems the same,But as God calls us one by one,The chain will link again. Author: Ron Tranmer
Lora-Lee “Lil Bit” Jackson-Melton
Lora-Lee “Lil Bit” Jackson-Melton was born on January 8, 1960, in Pasadena and died on August 23, 2014.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Jean Buffington; fa-ther, Lewis J. Jackson Jr.; and her granddaughter, Ronnie Lynn Stephens. She is survived by her son, Ronnie Lee Stephens; daughter, Rhonda Renee Wilk-erson; sister, Jacque Nichols; niece, Ellishia Kinzer; nephew, Wesley Nichols; fiance, Charlie McGeehan; four grandchildren; and two great-nieces.
She was a member of Guard-ians of Grace in McKinney; Prodigal Sons, Wylie; and a member of the Branch Volun-teer Fire Dept., where Lora-Lee was both a firefighter and on the auxiliary.
A memorial will be Saturday, September 13, at 11 a.m., at 7330 CR 964 in Nevada.
Another Angel takes her journey to the golden gates of heaven. Though you will be missed by all of us, we all must let your spirit fly. Go do your work in heaven and experience the beauty of eternity as your work here is done. May You Rest In Peace my beautiful, beautiful angel.
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Firefighters, police officers and EMS personnel are hard at work preparing to climb 110 flights of stairs with the fourth annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 6 at the Renaissance Tower in downtown Dallas.
Firefighters, police officers, and EMS personnel from North Texas and beyond meet each year to honor the memory and sacrifice of their fallen brothers and sisters who have died in the line of duty.
After donning their protec-tive gear or duty equipment, the firefighters, police officers and EMS personnel will climb a total of 110 stories symbolizing the trek to the top of the former World Trade Center Towers. Dallas’ 9/11 Stair Climb is one among a number of events held around the world to commemo-rate the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001.
The climb uniquely honors fallen first responders while
supporting the families that are left behind. Choreographed around the events of 9/11, the climb incorporates incred-ible symbolism in an intensely physical setting. The event be-gins with an opening ceremony clad in traditional fire and police memorial service elements. The public is encouraged to attend.
A moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. marks the time Flight 11 hit the North Tower. Immediately following, 343 firefighters, 70 police officers, and nine EMS personnel begin their trek up the stairs – 110 floors – equiva-lent to the height of the former World Trade Center Twin Tow-ers.
Each climber carries the name, picture and accountabil-ity tag of a firefighter or po-lice officer who was killed at “Ground Zero” on 9/11.
Once finished, participants place the name of the individual they climbed for on a board. Lo-cal fallen public safety officers are acknowledged and honored as well. The event is family ori-ented and free to the public.
Star Parking has donated the use of several parking lots to host family oriented activities and displays.
Individuals interested in a ca-reer in public safety will be able to interact with fire/police/ems academies and organizations looking to hire.
Immediately following the climb, Cotton Patch Cafe will show their support of local climbers by providing them and their immediate family mem-bers with a free lunch at the 2014 Brotherhood Bash. At-tendance at the Bash is by invi-tation only and will be held at Eddie Deen’s Ranch. A raffle at the Bash will benefit local burn victims through the FIGHT BURNS campaign of Sons of the Flag. Globe Manufactur-ing and Casco Industries have partnered to sponsor the Bash’s grand prize – an all-expenses-paid trip for two to Ground Zero in New York City.
For more information go to http://www.dallasstairclimb.com/.
First Responders show honor to fallen in 9/11 Stair Climb
Wyndi Veigel/ The Farmersville Times343 firefighters and 70 police officers participated in last year’s stair climb. This years event is scheduled to take place from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 6 at the Renaissance Tower in downtown Dallas.
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Over the next few weeks, an incredibly pristine and nearly complete mammoth skeleton – uncovered in an Ellis County sand and gravel pit where it has lain for thousands of years – will be excavated and transported to its permanent home at the Pe-rot Museum of Nature and Science. Thanks to the generosity of the Wayne McEwen family, along with the leadership and sup-port of Navarro College, the Mammuthus columbi specimen has been donated to the Perot Museum.
“Having been found in our own back-yard, this stunning example of a mammoth skeleton is especially meaningful because it’s a part of our heritage and the natural his-tory of North Texas,” said Colleen Walker, the Museum’s Eugene McDermott Chief Executive Officer.
This specimen of Mammuthus columbi (mam-MOOTH-us ka-LUM-bee), or Co-lumbian mammoth, is estimated to be any-where from 20,000 to 40,000 years old. Navarro College biology professor and pa-leontologist Tom Vance, the project director for the specimen and an expert in the study of Texas mammoths, speculates it might be a female due to its diminutive size, the length of the tusks and the flare of the pelvic bones.
The discovery was made in May of this year by McEwen’s son, Marty McEwen, and grandson, Ethan Beasley, during a typi-cal day of work at the family business. Mar-ty was operating an excavator and Ethan was driving a dump truck when Marty hit
something unusual. “The truth of the matter is, had Marty and
Ethan not been excavating with such care, she (the mammoth) very well could have ended up as part of our Texas highway sys-tem,” noted Walker.
“We were very excited to discover the mammoth in our sand pit and realize it was 90 percent complete.” said McEwen. “We are very pleased to donate such a pristine skeleton to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science.”
“I am extremely excited about this out-standing find. It’s very unique for North Central Texas,” said Vance. “What is so meaningful is to know that this animal walked through our backyard thousands of years ago.”
The next steps in the process will be overseen by Ron Tykoski, Ph.D., a pale-ontologist and fossil preparator at the Pe-rot Museum. He has purchased 300 lbs. of plaster, 100 yards of burlap and dozens of two-by-fours to create the protective field jackets that will insure the bones arrive in-tact at the Museum. He expects the fossil to be safely in-house at a Museum collections facility sometime in September.
“The McEwens have made a huge con-tribution to science. This fossil is now part of the public trust, meaning scientists can describe it, study it, publish papers on it and display it from this time on,” said Tykoski. “Without their gift, this magnificent crea-ture might have gone onto the auction block, never to be seen again. It would have been
a huge loss for science and for the people of North Central Texas.”
During the next few years, the Perot Mu-seum’s research and collections staff – un-der the direction of Anthony Fiorillo, Ph.D., curator of earth sciences – will catalog the bones and keep them stored securely and safely on a permanent basis.
As project director, Vance will control access to the specimen and determine who is allowed to conduct research and publish findings related to the specimen. From this research, questions regarding the animal’s sex, age, how it died and much more may be answered.
“It was quite an extraordinary experi-ence to visit the site and see the skeleton in such beautiful condition in its final resting place,” noted Walker. “We can’t wait to start preservation work so that the public can be-gin to enjoy her and fall in love with this discovery as we have.”
To protect the precious fossil during this transition process, the Museum and the McEwen family have chosen not to dis-close the excavation site, which is located on private property. However, there’s still a way to learn more about the Mammuthus columbi. The public is invited to visit the T. Boone Pickens Life Then and Now Hall at the Perot Museum, where a majestic, fully mounted male skeleton found in Dal-las County is proudly on display. The Perot Museum is located at 2201 N. Field Street in Dallas, Texas. For more information, vis-it perotmuseum.org or call 214-428-5555.
Logan and June (Ratterree) Graham were married on Sep-tember 3, 1954, in Rockwall. They will celebrate their 60th anniversary on September 6, 2014. The Grahams have four children, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Logan retired from Western Electric Company after 35 years of service. They currently live in Nevada.
Grahams celebrate 60th anniversary
Logan and June Graham
Perot museum receives mammoth skeleton
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When the Texas Legisla-ture convenes on Jan. 13, 2015, lawmak-
ers will have the job of revising the state’s school finance system, again.
This task was made necessary on Aug. 28, when state District Judge John Dietz ruled the current finance system violates these four state con-stitutional standards: the state prop-erty tax prohibition and the education clause requirements of adequacy, suitability, and financial efficiency.
In his 400-page ruling, Dietz pointed out that the Legislature is constitu-tionally required to “structure, oper-ate and fund” a public school system that achieves a “general diffusion of knowledge” and that “children who live in poor districts and children who live in rich districts must have a substantially equal opportunity to have access to educational funds.”
The case was brought in October 2012. Plaintiffs, to whom the court granted relief, are: The Texas Tax-payer & Student Fairness Coalition, et al.; Calhoun County ISD, et al.; Edgewood ISD, et al.; Fort Bend ISD et al.; and Texas Charter School Association, et al.; and Intervenors Joyce Coleman, et al. Defendants are Michael Williams, Commissioner of Education, in his official capacity; Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, in her official capac-ity; and Texas Board of Education.
Williams reacted, saying, “Regard-less of the ruling at the district court level, all sides have known this is an issue that will again be resolved by the Texas Supreme Court.”
Dismissal order is soughtGov. Rick Perry’s legal team on
Aug. 26 submitted a 60-page docu-ment seeking dismissal of a Travis County grand jury’s Aug. 15 two-count indictment of the governor on felony charges of abuse of office and coercion of a public servant.
The document, an application to the 390th Travis County Judicial Court for a pre-trial writ of habeas corpus, contains arguments in support of the governor’s veto of the 2014-2015 bud-get of the state’s Public Integrity Unit, a division of the Travis County District Attorney’s Office. Perry said he would veto the division’s budget unless District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, a Democrat, resigned from office after she was arrested for drunken driving in April 2013. Lehmberg refused to resign and Perry carried out the veto, prompting the grand jury indictment.
The conclusion portion of the ap-plication for a pre-trial writ of habeus
corpus asserts, “continued prosecution of Governor Perry on the current indict-ment is unprecedented, insupportable, and simply impermissible” and sug-gests the court “should not
hesitate to dismiss both counts of the indictment and bar the prosecution immediately, if not sooner.” Also, the conclusion portion states “it is not fault of the court that it has been asked to intrude on a political dispute.”
Panel to study ethics lawsTexas House Speaker Joe Straus
and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst on Aug. 22 announced appointees to a new Select Interim Commit-tee to Study Ethics Laws, in ac-cordance with Senate Bill 1773 passed by the Legislature in 2013.
The committee will study “the ef-fectiveness of laws and regulations related to ethics, including campaign finance, lobby laws and personal finan-cial disclosure laws,” Dewhurst said.
Straus said, “Sound ethics laws can help build and maintain pub-lic confidence in government. I trust the members of this commit-tee to give those laws a thorough review and recommend ways to make our system more transpar-ent and accountable to citizens.”
Sen. Joan Huffman and Rep. Sarah Davis, both Houston Republi-
cans, will co-chair the committee.
Lowest-yet interest rateState Comptroller Susan Combs on
Aug. 26 announced the sale of $5.4 billion in one-year Texas Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes, and those notes received a record-low interest rate of 0.1326 percent. The previous low was 0.2008 percent in 2013.
“The best ratings from Wall Street ratings firms and strong demand for Texas notes helped drive down the borrowing cost,” Combs explained. Money from TRAN sales is used to help fund expenditures such as public school payments early in the fiscal year and manage cash flow between the start of the fiscal year and the ar-rival of tax revenues later in the year.
Extra caution is advisedTexas Department of Public Safety
on Aug. 22 reminded drivers to watch out for children walking to and from school or waiting for school buses.
Also, drivers who illegally pass school buses face fines up to $1,250 for a first offense. A ticket for ille-gally passing a school bus cannot be dismissed through defensive driving.
DPS Director Steven McCraw said, “Individuals who illegally pass stopped school buses endanger our children, and DPS officers will not tolerate drivers who break the law and put others in harm’s way.”
Court rules school finance system unconstitutionalBy Ed Sterling,Ed Sterling is the member services di-rector for the Texas Press Association. His column is a weekly aggregation of news about the state’s government.
One of my favorite actor-en-
tertainers of all time, James Garner, died recently but I had al-ready forgiven him for embarrassing me in a public setting.
Alright, you guessed it, there’s a story behind this and it goes back more than a half century.
Garner first came to my at-tention, as he did just about ev-eryone’s, as the sometime hero, occasional heel in Maverick, a tongue-in-cheek Western about a gambler who always tried to talk someone out of their anger before he displayed his superior fast draw and a hawk’s eye shot. Then Bret, as he was known, was joined after a sea-son or two by a brother, Bart.
The late 1950s TV series was a big hit and lasted several seasons. I tried to never miss an episode, having grown up with movies and television that featured, as my cowboy daddy would say, “smelling some dust and horse manure.”
It was love-hate relationship from the word “go,” as I loved his action and wit and hated
his dazzling, mati-nee idol looks that caused young ladies with whom I was enamored to swoon. Uh, “swoon,” young people, is an old-fash-ioned term meaning to feel faint with your heart going pitty-pat quicker than sound.
When he first hit the screens and news
media, I was a journalism stu-dent at the University of Hous-ton. And, being in Houston where big name stars came reg-ularly to promote the premiers of their pictures, we clever devils at UH decided to arrange for one to occasionally come to the campus for an event. We’d then invite the teacher-sponsors and the editors of the Houston high schools’ newspapers to interview the celebrity du jour.
My job was to get all the students and sponsors into a classroom and settled in for interviews and photo ops, then to escort the entertainment personality into the room and introduce them, which was kind of dumb anyway, since everyone knew who was com-ing and why we were all there.
Of course, people who
“handle” stars schedule them for more appearances than is practical in order to milk the opportunity to publicize the event and build box office.
So, I had a crowd of about 25 editors and sponsors for the interview, all seated in indi-vidual desks in a classroom.
Swave and deboner WW Joe College met Garner and company outside the journal-ism building. I was all clad in sport coat, slacks and TIE! Of course, since I consid-ered myself the “good col-lege Joe,” I was puffing on a Kent cigarette with the baby blue micronite filter (ain’t gonna hurt none of me).
As I stuck out my hand and greeted Garner and his man-ager, the latter grabbed me by the shoulder and turned me back to the building and said, “We’re a little late and we need to catch our schedule up.” So, we parade into the classroom, I open the door and let Garner in and on the back wall is a black board with a large chalk-written message: “NO SMOKING!”
Quick as a struck match, Garner held his hand up with his index finger point-ing upward, waved it at me, said “Tsh! Tsh!” and
pointed at the sign. Well, of course, that embar-
rassed the heck out of me and I temporarily removed myself from Garner’s growing list of fans for, oh, a day or so.
Naturally, he charmed them beyond belief and was a hit for our journalism depart-ment as we tried to attract budding high school jour-nalists into our program.
And, of course, I be-came a lifetime fan of his.
Some of the better tongue-in-cheek things he did were couple of spoofs about western lawmen. One fea-tured as his sidekick, great character actor Jack Elam.
There was a house of ill repute at the end of the main street with a sign that blared in large, red all-capital let-ters: Madame Orr’s House.
One day, Garner and Elam are sitting on a bench on the sidewalk, and Garner asked: “What’d you do before I hired you to be my deputy?”
Elam nodded down the street and said, “I used to be a whore holder, er, I mean, a horse holder at Madame Orr’s.”
I loved Garner west-erns. They were always full of tongue in cheek.
Actor James Garner embarrassed me
By Willis Webb,a retired community newspaper editor-
publisher. He can be reached by email at
Gov. Rick Perry’s legal
team on Aug. 26
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seeking dismissal of a Travis County grand jury’s
Aug. 15 two-count indictment
of the governor on
felony charges
Steps to take when a company goes out of businessWhen a company closes
down unexpectedly, its customers often turn to
the Office of the Attorney General for help recovering up-front layaway payments and merchandise that was never delivered. In addition to filing a complaint with the OAG, Texans should take independent steps to protect themselves when a retailer suddenly goes out of business.
The most important step is simple. Customers should always maintain meticulous records of every transac-tion. Invoices, sales receipts, credit card slips, sales representatives’ names, and other documentation are vitally important to recovering refunds or merchandise.
Whenever possible, customers should pay for goods only after the products are delivered. If a vendor re-quires an up-front payment, customers should try to ne-gotiate the deposit down to the lowest possible amount.
Customers contemplating a large purchase should avoid paying with cash and instead use credit cards to make large deposits or payments. Under the Fair Credit Billing Act and certain credit card companies’ charge-back rules, financial institutions can usually provide re-funds to customers whose purchases are not delivered.
Before disputing a credit card purchase, cus-tomers should attempt to resolve the problem with the actual retailer. Customers should outline their complaint in a certified letter to the mer-chant and save copies of all correspondence.
If the retailer fails to respond, customers should contact their credit card company, formally dispute the charge and provide the issuer with a copy of the dispute letter. To be eligible for protection under the Fair Credit Billing Act, customers must dispute a credit card charge within 60 days. The credit card issuer likely will attempt to contact the merchant to determine whether the customer is owed a refund.
In the event a company declares bankruptcy, customers become creditors who may be paid after the business liquidates its assets. The bankruptcy court is charged with overseeing which creditors get paid first based upon the order of priority in the bankruptcy code. Bankrupt companies typically pay their debts first to “secured” creditors, and only later to ordinary creditors (such as customers).
To protect their rights in a bankruptcy proceeding, customers must complete a Proof of Claim form and file it with the bankruptcy court. Customers should ask whether the court has appointed a trustee. Bankruptcy trustees are responsible for attempting to pay the bankrupt company’s creditors – including customers.
Unfortunately, there are few guarantees that custom-ers who are owed money by a suddenly-shuttered com-pany will receive a refund. Customers who are owed large amounts of money should consider contacting a private attorney regarding their individual legal rights.
Customers may also file a complaint against the company with the Office of the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division. While the OAG can-not take legal action on behalf of private individuals, the agency is empowered to enforce state law, and some enforcement actions do produce restitution.
By Greg Abbott,
Texas Attorney
General
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Grand Jury indictmentsThe Collin County Grand Jury has released in-
dictments for the following individuals originally filed by Princeton Police Department.
Steven Austin Warfield for the Possession of a Controlled Substance (State Jail Felony.)
Jose Efrain Giron for Aggravated Robbery (First Degree Felony.) Serjio Daniel Garcia for Fraud Use ID Info (State Jail Felony.)
Ruben Rodriguez Jr. for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon (third degree felony.)
Princeton firefighters had their work cut out for them as they responded to a serious motor ve-hicle accident last Friday.
At approximately 6:40 p.m., Aug. 29, first responders were called to a major accident on 982 and CR 1219.
Upon arrival, they found two vehicles with heavy damage, with one occupant confirmed trapped. 982 was shut down in both di-rections and Branch and Lowry Crossing Fire Departments were also dispatched to assist on scene. Firefighters were able to free the trapped victim after 38 minutes. The victim was flown by Care-flight air ambulance to Medical Center Plano where he was treat-ed for serious injuries.
A second patient in the other vehicle also sustained injuries and was transported by ground ambulance.
Courtesy photoPrinceton firefighter Sean Kaczor, left, works the rescue tool, while on the far right, Captain Ben Harp stabilizes the vehicle.
Wreck impedes traffic
Courtesy photoFirefighters sit resting after extrication including Princeton Fire Captain Ben Harp, Firefighter Sean Kaczor, Firefireghter Garrett Phennel and Probationary Firefighter Casey Boatwright.
Courtesy photoPrinceton Firefighter Ben Wyatt works on the scene of the accident Aug. 29.
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Sept. 4Football JV: vs Fort Worth Arlington
Heights, 7 p.m.
Football 9th: vs Fort Worth Arlington
Heights, 5 p.m.
Volleyball: vs Anna, 5/6 p.m.
Cross Country: at Gingerbread Jambo-
ree (at Denton’s Camp Compass), TBA
Sept. 5Volleyball: vs Farmersville, 4:30 p.m.
Volleyball JV: vs Farmersville, 5:30 p.m.
Volleyball 9th: vs Farmersville,
5:30 p.m.
Football: at Arlington Heights (at
Farrington Field), 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 8Volleyball 7th/8th: at Melissa, 5/6 p.m.
Sept. 9Volleyball: vs Ferris, 6 p.m.
Volleyball JV: vs Ferris, 5 p.m.
Volleyball 9th: vs Ferris, 5 p.m.
Football 7th: vs Greenville, 5:30/7 p.m.
Football 8th: at Greenville, 5:30/7 p.m.
Sept. 11Football JV: vs Greenville, 7 p.m.
Football 9th: vs Greenville, 5 p.m.
Sept. 12Football: at Greenville, 7:30 p.m.
Volleyball: at Krum, 4:30 p.m.
Volleyball JV: at Krum, 5:30 p.m.
Volleyball 9th: at Krum, 5:30 p.m.
Sept. 13Volleyball JV: at Aubrey Tournament,
TBA
Volleyball 9th: at Aubrey Tournament,
TBA
Cross Country: at McKinney Boyd
Invitational (Myers Park), 8 a.m.
Sept. 15Volleyball 7th/8th: vs Edge, 5/6/7 p.m.
Sept. 16Volleyball: vs Aubrey, 6 p.m.
Volleyball JV: vs Aubrey, 5 p.m.
Volleyball 9th: vs Aubrey, 5 p.m.
Football 7th: at Crandall, 5:30/7 p.m.
Football 8th: vs Crandall, 5:30/7 p.m.
Sept. 18Football JV: vs Crandall, 7 p.m.
Football 9th: vs Crandall, 6 p.m.
Sept. 19Football: at Crandall, 7:30 p.m.
Volleyball: at Celina, 4:30 p.m.
Volleyball JV: at Celina, 5:30 p.m.
Volleyball 9th: at Celina, 5:30 p.m.
Sept. 22Volleyball 7th/8th: vs Quinlan Ford,
5/6 p.m.
Sept. 23Volleyball: Open
Volleyball JV: Open
Volleyball 9th: Open
Sept. 25Football 7th: vs Gainesville, 4/5 p.m.
Football 8th: vs Gainesville, 6/7:30
p.m.
Football JV: at Gainesville, 7 p.m.
Football 9th: at Gainesville, 5 p.m.
Sept. 26Volleyball: vs Bonham, 6 p.m.
Volleyball JV: vs Bonham, 5 p.m.
Volleyball 9th: vs Bonham, 5 p.m.
Football: vs Gainesville, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 27
Cross Country: at Ken Garland
Invitational (at Denton), 8 a.m.
Sept. 29Volleyball 7th/8th: vs Bonham,
5/6 p.m.
Sept. 30
Volleyball: vs Community, 6 p.m.
Volleyball JV: vs Community, 5 p.m.
Volleyball 9th: vs Community, 5 p.m.
All around effort
Volleyball
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Victor Tapia/The Princeton HeraldJake Bowland (20) drives Frisco Independence’s Jonathan Rodriguez backwards near the line of scrimmage during the season-opener at Jackie Hendricks Stadium. Princeton won the game by the score of 62-21. Additional photos www.princetonherald.com.
Lady Panthers face tough tests in multiple matchesBy David Jenkins
Staff [email protected]
The Lady Panthers faced their fare share of tough com-petition last week.
They opened with a 25-27, 25-15, 25-10, 25-16 win over visiting Sunnyvale.
Princeton followed that up with a White bracket consola-tion title in the Frenship Tour-nament.
Head coach Randi Trew said about last week, “The team started off with a strong
showing (against Sunnyvale). Traveling to Frenship (on Thursday) we were looking to really open up our game with some advanced competition, but we continued to fall short all weekend. We lacked the communication and team play needed to come out on top of several matches. We struggled putting together rallies that would lead us to gain the mo-mentum in games early on. We are looking to overcome the obstacles from the week-end and get back on track. We don’t have time to take steps
backward.”At Lubbock in the finale,
they knocked off El Paso Montwood 25-20, 25-22.
Prior to that they beat Al-pine 25-19, 25-19 and fell 23-25, 20-20 to start off bracket action.
During Pool A play, the Lady Panthers fell to Irvin 24-26, 21-25, Dumas 14-25, 11-25 and Seminole 20-25, 7-25.
Princeton (14-7 overall, as of Sept. 1) traveled Sept. 2 to Howe and play host 4:30 p.m. Friday to cross-lake rival Farmersville.
“We are ready to get back in the swing of things this week with a regular schedule,” Trew said. “We will need to play at the top of our game to com-pete with each.”
Matches left before the start of district are with Ferris (Sept. 9), at Krum (Sept. 12), with Aubrey (Sept. 16) and at Celina (Sept. 19).
Subvarsity reportThe junior varsity team won
25-8, 22-25, 25-23 over visit-ing Sunnyvale.
Princeton’s JV and fresh-
men traveled Sept. 2 to Sunny-vale.
Farmersville comes to town Friday for a pair of 5:30 matches in the main and sec-ondary gyms.
Junior high report Clark’s seventh- and eighth-
grade teams opened the year on the road against Bonham.
The seventh A lost 18-25, 23-25, 9-25 and B split 25-13, 22-25. The eighth A fell 17-25, 25-27 and B split 26-24, 6-25.
Clark returns home Thurs-day to take on Anna.
Panthers score points on offense, defense in victory
Football Preview
PHS travels next to Arlington Heights
By David JenkinsStaff Writer
After opening the season at home, the Panthers play the first of three straight road games this Friday.
They take on 1-0 Fort Worth Arlington Heights starting 7:30 p.m. at Farrington Field.
“They are a big, physical and fast team. They are well coached, know how to win and have a strong playoff history,” head coach Lee Wilkins said. “They will be a great challenge for our young team.”
The stadium is located at 1501 University and is home to all seven of Fort Worth ISD high schools.
(Scores for the non-district contest will be updated each quarter on The Princeton Herald and Facebook pages.)
The Class 5A program comes into the game fresh off a 29-14 win over host Fort Worth Brew-er.
The Yellowjackets finished the season-opening contest with 335 yards, 205 rushing and 130 passing on 15 first downs, turned it over once on a fumble.
Defensively the starting 11 gave up 193 yards, 30 passing, 163 rushing off 10 first downs, recovered a fumble and picked off one pass.
Players to watch this week are as follows: Deion Hair’Griffin
See HEIGHTS page 4B
By Liam BakerContributing Writer
A new season, new classifica-tion and a new district resulted in another opening day victory for Princeton as they soundly defeat-ed Frisco Independence 62-21 at Jackie Hendricks Stadium.
The Panthers used a balanced offense to break open a tight first half and earn their first win of the season as head coach Lee Wilkins begins his second-year at the helm.
Independence (0-1) came to Princeton (1-0) as a brand new high school with no history to re-flect on, only history to make.
They won the opening coin toss
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Victor Tapia/The Princeton HeraldIndependence’s Jonathan Rodriguez (22) is surrounded by Panthers at the line of scrim-mage. Additional photos www.princetonher-ald.com.
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The following Ordi-nances were passed by the Plano City Council on August 25, 2014, (Title and Penalty Clause Only).
ORDINANCE NO. 2014-8-14 (Zoning
Case 2014-13):An Ordinance of the City of Plano, Texas, amending the Com-prehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2006-4-24, as heretofore amended, so as to amend Planned De-velopment-101-Re-tail/General Office on 53.4± acres of land out of the Jessie Stiff Survey, Abstract No. 793, located at the northeast corner of Preston Road and Spring Creek Park-way, in the City of Plano, Collin County, Texas, to allow Sin-gle-Family Residence Attached by right with modified devel-opment standards; directing a change accordingly in the of-ficial zoning map of the City; and provid-ing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a sav-ings clause, a sever-ability clause, a pub-lication clause, and an effective date.
Any violation of the provisions or terms of this ordinance by any person, firm or corporation shall be a
misdemeanor offense and shall be subject to a fine in accordance with Section 1-4(a) of the City Code of Ordinances for each offense. Every day a violation contin-ues shall constitute a separate offense.
ORDINANCE NO. 2014-8-15
(Zoning Case 2014-19):
An Ordinance of the City of Plano, Texas, repealing in its en-tirety Ordinance No. 2000-3-31; thereby rescinding Specific Use Permit No. 402 for the additional use of Private Club on 0.1± acres of land out of the Daniel Rowlett Survey, Abstract No. 738, located 90± feet north of Spring Creek Parkway, 80± feet east of K Avenue, in the City of Plano, Collin County, Tex-as, currently zoned Retail with Specific Use Permit No. 402 for Private Club, and amending the Com-prehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2006-4-24, as here-tofore amended, to reflect such action; directing a change accordingly in the of-ficial zoning map of the City; and provid-ing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a savings clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date
Any violation of the provisions or terms of this ordinance by any person, firm or corporation shall be a misdemeanor offense and shall be subject to a fine in accordance with Section 1-4(a) of the City Code of Ordinances for each offense. Every day a violation contin-ues shall constitute a separate offense.
ORDINANCE NO. 2014-8-16
(Zoning Case 2014-20):
An Ordinance of the City of Plano, Texas, repealing in its en-tirety Ordinance No. 99-12-29; thereby rescinding Specific Use Permit No. 396 for the additional use of Private Club on 0.1± acre of land out of the Robert Bene-field Survey, Abstract No. 99, located 895± feet south of Spring Creek Parkway, 524± feet west of Preston Road in the City of Plano, Collin Coun-ty, Texas, currently zoned Planned Devel-opment-447-Retail/Multifamily Resi-dence-2 with Specific Use Permit No. 396, and amending the Comprehensive Zon-ing Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2006-4-24, as here-tofore amended, to reflect such action; directing a change accordingly in the of-ficial zoning map of the City; and provid-ing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a savings clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date.
Any violation of the provisions or terms of this ordinance by any person, firm or corporation shall be a misdemeanor offense and shall be subject to a fine in accordance with Section 1-4(a) of the City Code of Ordinances for each offense. Every day a violation contin-ues shall constitute a separate offense.
ORDINANCE NO. 2014-8-17
(Zoning Case 2014-22):
An Ordinance of the City of Plano, Texas, repealing in its en-tirety Ordinance No. 82-5-24; thereby re-scinding Specific Use Permit No. 84 for the additional use of Private Club on 0.6± acre of land out of the Joseph Klepper Sur-vey, Abstract No. 213, located on the west side of U.S. Highway 75, 700± feet north of 16th Street, in the City of Plano, Collin County, Texas, cur-rently zoned Corri-dor Commercial with Specific Use Permit No. 84 for Private Club, and amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2006-4-24, as heretofore amended, to reflect such action; directing a change accordingly in the of-ficial zoning map of the city; and provid-ing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a savings clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date.
Any violation of the provisions or terms of this ordinance by any person, firm or corporation shall be a misdemeanor offense and shall be subject to a fine in accordance with Section 1-4(a) of the City Code of Ordinances for each offense. Every day a violation contin-ues shall constitute a separate offense.
ORDINANCE NO. 2014-8-18
(Zoning Case 2014-23):
An Ordinance of the City of Plano, Texas, repealing in its en-tirety Ordinance No. 95-2-29; thereby re-scinding Specific Use Permit No. 251 for the additional use of Private Club on 2.7± acres of land out of the Daniel Rowlett Sur-vey, Abstract No. 738, located on the west side of U.S. Highway 75, 1,500± feet south of Heritage Drive in the City of Plano, Collin County, Texas, currently zoned Corri-dor Commercial with Specific Use Permit No. 251 for Private Club, and amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2006-4-24, as heretofore amended, to reflect such action; directing a change accordingly in the of-ficial zoning map of the City; and provid-ing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a savings clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date.
Any violation of the provisions or terms of this ordinance by any person, firm or corporation shall be a misdemeanor offense and shall be subject to a fine in accordance with Section 1-4(a) of the City Code of Ordinances for each offense. Every day a violation contin-ues shall constitute a separate offense.ORDINANCE NO.
2014-8-19 (Zoning Case
2014-17): An Ordinance of the City of Plano, Texas, amending the Com-prehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2006-4-24, as here-tofore amended, so as to amend Planned D e v e l o p m e n t -179-Downtown Busi-ness/Government on 8.1± acres of land out of the Joseph Klep-per Survey, Abstract
No. 213, located at the southwest corner of 18th Street and G Avenue, in the City of Plano, Collin County, Texas, to modify the development stan-dards of the district; directing a change accordingly in the of-ficial zoning map of the City; and provid-ing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a savings clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date.
Any violation of the provisions or terms of this ordinance by any person, firm or corporation shall be a mis-demeanor offense and shall be subject to a fine in accordance with Section 1-4(a) of the City Code of Ordinances for each offense. Ev-ery day a violationcontinues shall consti-tute a separate offense.
A copy of these or-dinances may be read or purchased in the Office of the City Secretary.
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HEARING
The City Council of the City of Plano will hold a public hearing in the Sena-tor Florence Shapiro Council Chambers of the Plano Mu-nicipal Center, 1520 “K” Avenue, at 7:00 p.m., SEPTEMBER 22, 2014, to consider the following zoning cases if approved by the Planning & Zon-ing Commission on SEPTEMBER 2, 2014, in the Sena-tor Florence Shapiro Council Chambers of the Plano Munici-pal Center, 1520 “K” Avenue, at 7:00 p.m.
Zoning Case 2014-08
Request to rezone 329.3± acres located at the southeast cor-ner of the Dallas North Tollway and Spring Creek Park-way from Planned D e v e l o p m e n t -240-Neighborhood Office, Planned De-velopment-242-Mul-tifamily Residence-2, Planned Develop-ment-243-Retail/Gen-eral Office, Regional Commercial, Region-al Employment and Commercial Employ-ment to three Planned Deve lopmen t -Re-gional Commercial zoning districts and three Planned De-velopment-General Office zoning dis-tricts. Zoned Planned D e v e l o p m e n t -240-Neighborhood Office, Planned De-velopment-242-Mul-tifamily Residence-2, Planned Develop-m e n t - 2 4 3 - R e t a i l /General Office, Re-gional Commercial, Regional Employ-ment and Commer-cial Employment with Specific Use Per-mit #236 for Com-mercial Telephone Support Antenna.
Zoning Case 2014-30
Request for a Specific Use Permit for Mid-Rise Residential on 8.3± acres located at the southwest corner of Spring Creek Park-way and Parkwood Boulevard. Zoned Regional Commer-cial/Dallas North Toll-way Overlay District.
Zoning Case 2014-27
Request to amend and expand Planned De-velopment-65-Central Business-1 on 168.1± acres located at the northeast corner of the Dallas North Toll-way and Tennyson
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Request to rezone 137.3± acres located at the southwest cor-ner of State Highway 121 and the Dal-las North Tollway from Central Busi-ness-1 to Planned Development-Central Business-1. Zoned Central Business-1/Dallas North Toll-way Overlay District.
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(quarterback), Breenan Bibbs (receiver), Kane Price (of-fensive lineman), Matt Gor-don (linebacker), Tyler Kelley (tight end), Kerrion Graves (running back-linebacker), Dunson Woodard (athlete), Alex Uptergrapht (defensive lineman), Corbin James (line-backer), Patrick Jones (defen-sive lineman) and Riley Dow (linebacker).
One season ago Fort Worth Arlington Height’s Yellowjack-ers ended up with a 5-6 overall record and was defeated in the opening round of the 4A Div. I playoffs.
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District 7-4A Div. I(As of Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2013)
Team District Overall Paris 0-0 1-0 Princeton 0-0 1-0 North Lamar 0-0 1-0 Pittsburg 0-0 0-1Liberty-Eylau 0-0 0-1
Quinlan Ford 0-0 0-1
Last week’s resultsPrinceton 48, Independence 21Paris 49, Mt. Pleasant 6North Lamar 34, Commerce 33Pleasant Grove 26, Pittsburg 25Van Alstyne 28, Quinlan Ford 7Gilmer 55, Liberty-Eylau 16
Upcoming gamesFriday, Sept. 5, 2012Princeton at FW Arlington HeightsParis vs MelissaNorth Lamar vs WhitesboroPittsburg at GladewaterQuinlan Ford at CommerceLiberty-Eylau vs Mt. Pleasant
Independence. 7 7 7 0 — 21
Princeton ........ 7 19 22 14 — 62
First QuarterI–Myles Russell 53-yard pass from Kyle Saddler (Ryan Houston kick)P–Sadavion Matthews 5-yard pass from Colt Collins (Julio Vasquez kick)
Second quarterP–Zac Torres 28-yard pass from Colt Col-lins (Julio Vasquez kick)I–Kolbre Smith 5-yard pass from Kyle Sad-dler (Ryan Houston kick)P–DJ Price 32-yard interception return (kick failed)P–Zac Torres 52-yard pass from Colt Col-lins (kick failed)
Third QuarterI–Myles Russell 29-yard pass from Kyle Saddler (Ryan Houston kick)P–Sadavion Matthews 48-yard pass from Colt Collins (Julio Vasquez kick)P–Moonie Jackson 13-yard pass from Colt Collins (Julio Vasquez kick)P–Moonie Jackson 13-yard pass from Colt Collins (Colt Collins run)
Fourth quarterP–Darius Reddick 30-yard run (Julio Vasquez kick)P–DJ Price 30-yard interception return (Ju-lio Vasquez kick)
Independence PrincetonFirst Downs 274 529Rushing Yds 24-39 35-245 Passing Yds 235 284Com-Att-Int 14-31-2 13-16-0Punts-Avg 4-35 2-37Penalties-Yds 8-50 9-65Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-1
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS:RUSHING–Independence: Brandon Wil-liams 14-23, Andrew Williams 1-7, Jona-than Rodriguez 7-6, Kyle Saddler 1-3, Maxwell Hudson 1-0. Princeton: George Flores 15-89, Colt Collins 12-67, Darius Reddick 4-52, Sadavion Matthews 1-22, Zac Torres 1-8, Moonie Jackson 1-7, Jaylon Leonard 1-0. PASSING–Independence: Kyle Saddler 14-31-235-3-2. Princeton: Colt Collins 13-16-284-6-0. RECEIVING–Independence: Myles Russell 7-175, Kolbre Smith 3-25, Brandon Wil-liams 2-17, Maxwell Hudson 1-12, Jona-than Maxwell 1-8. Princeton: Zac Torres 4-131, Sadavion Matthews 4-73, Moonie Jackson 3-59, Karter Barnfield 1-11, George Flores 1-10.
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and elected to defer. They came definitely ready to play a Princ-eton squad that boasts a recent history of success.
The Panthers started with the ball on their own 35-yard line.
One handoff to running back George Flores and a quarter-back keeper by Colt Collins gained 21 yards for Princeton.
After a 5-yard setback in the form of a false start penalty, Collins hooked up with Sadavi-on Matthews for a nice 16-yard gain and another first down.
A couple of short gains by Flores, another false start pen-alty, and a couple of runs by Collins resulted in the Panthers turning the ball over on downs to Independence.
On the Knights very first regular season play, sopho-more quarterback Kyle Sad-dler dropped back in the pocket and hit his favorite receiver of the night Myles Russell with a 53-yard touchdown strike as the stunned Princeton crowd watched kicker Ryan Houston nail the extra point attempt and put their team down by seven points with just over four min-utes gone off the clock.
Both teams then traded pos-sessions, with the Knights gain-ing 14 yards and one first down and Princeton gaining 18 yards and one first down.
The Panthers offense began clicking on their next posses-sion though as five straight runs gained 25 yards and two first downs.
Collins then went to the air for the next two plays, hitting Zac Torres with a 22-yard pass and Karter Barnfield with an 11-yard pass to take the ball to the Knight’s 22-yard line.
Two more rushes advanced the ball to the five where Collins threw his first of six touchdown passes on the night, this one to Matthews.
Kicker Julio Vasquez, the Panther’s special teams MVP put the extra point through the uprights and the game was tied 7-7 to close out the first quarter of action.
Both teams traded posses-sions to open the second quarter before the Panthers began their second scoring drive.
Flores took two of the next three snaps and burst through the Independence defense for a total of 25 yards, placing the ball on the Knights’ 20-yard line.
Collins went back to the air game, this time connecting with Torres for a 20-yard touchdown strike. Vasquez’s kick was true and the Panthers were up 14-7.
The young Knights would not go down without a fight as Sad-dler shelved the running game on their next series and took to the air with six straight passes, highlighted with gains of 23 yards and 31 yards to Russell.
Saddler threw his seventh pass of the series to Kolbre Smith for a 5-yard touchdown strike.
Houston’s kick was good again and the score was tied once more, this time at 14 apiece.
The Knights then forced Princeton to punt and Saddler went back to the air, connecting once again.
However, this time it was a connection to Panther defen-sive back DJ Price, who took the interception 32 yards to pay dirt and put the Panthers up by a score of 20-14.
The Independence offense stalled for the rest of the second quarter as running back Bran-don Williams gained only 10 yards on five carries, Saddler threw one incomplete pass and the team committed two penal-ties.
Princeton, on the other hand, kept the momentum up as Col-lins and Torres hooked up again, this time with a 52-yard bomb for Torres’ second touchdown of the night.
Princeton was looking good as they rolled to halftime with a comfortable 26-14 lead.
Coach Wilkins was happy with the offensive production, saying, “our offense executed well for the first game of the season. We wanted to have a balanced offensive attack for this game, and we were able to do that.”
Things would not be com-fortable for long though, as the Knights took the second half kickoff and steadily marched down the field.
A balance of short runs and solid passes moved the ball to the Panther 29-yard line.
From there, Russell scored his second touchdown of the night as Saddler threw a 29-yard dart through the Princeton defense.
With about 8 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, Frisco closed the gap as they only trailed 26-21.
That would be as close as the new Knights could get as the rest of the night belonged to the Panthers, both on defense and on offense.
Defensively, Princeton held Independence to only 54 more yards and forced and recovered two fumbles.
Defensive MVP for the Pan-thers, DJ Price would put the nail in the Knight’s coffin with his second pick six of the night.
Coach Wilkins was proud of
the defense and said, “we asked them to change on the fly, adjust to the Independence offense, and do things they hadn’t even practiced much.”
Offensively, the Panthers would not be stopped the rest of the night.
Seven different Panthers contributed to a team total of 245 rushing yards on 35 car-ries, highlighted by Darius Red-dick’s 30-yard touchdown blast in the fourth quarter.
Colt Collins was the obvious choice as offensive MVP as he threw three second half touch-down passes to give him a game total of six touchdown passes and 284 yards on 16 attempts with only three incompletions.
The first touchdown of the second half was a 48-yard beau-ty to Matthews – his second of the night.
Collins then followed that up with a pair of touchdown passes to Moonie Jackson, one was a 13-yard quick strike and the other was a 34-yard toss.
Jackson would end the night with 59 yards receiving on three catches.
Matthews contributed 73 yards on 4 catches, Torres led the team with 131 yards on four catches, while Barnfield and Flores each made important contributions with their catches.
When asked for his takeaway of the game, coach Wilkins im-mediately replied, “we are a team. Our players sacrificed personal gains for the greater good of the team. They do what’s right by the team.”
Subvarsity report Princeton’s junior varsity and
freshmen teams started off the season with a pair of road vic-tories.
The JV came out on top 20-12 over Denton and the freshmen pulled one out 20-12 against Frisco Independence.
Both teams played host Thursday to Fort Worth Arling-ton Heights.
Panther freshmen start at 5 p.m., with JV to follow at 7 p.m., both at Jackie Hendricks Stadium.
Junior high reportClark’s seventh- and eighth-
grade teams open Sept. 9 against Greenville. The seventh plays at home and eighth takes to the road.
Price returns two interceptions for TD’s
Victor Tapia/The Princeton HeraldPrinceton Panthers during the singing of the school song at the end of the game against Frisco Independence. Additional photos www.princetonherald.com.
Victor Tapia/The Princeton HeraldColt Collins (8) gets away from Frisco’s Devin Benjamin (80) with a stiff arm. Additional photos www.princeton-herald.com.
Victor Tapia/The Princeton HeraldDarius Reddick stays focused on the end zone after get-ting the handoff at the 30-yard line. Additional photos www.princetonherald.com.
Victor Tapia/The Princeton HeraldSadavion Matthews(6) gets away from Frisco’s Marcus Jones (23) after a reception. Additional photos www.princetonherald.com.