County Commissioners Complete Short Morning Agenda
County commissioners cleared five items in thirty minutes and held an hour long executive session on real estate and personnel after approving prior minutes. They approved a barricade removal on the south access road linked to Highway 78 east of Plano, and awarded a motor grader bid to Darr Equipment Co with a $2500 trade in for $49,500 total. The Actual Use Report of the Federal Revenue Sharing Fund was approved and no meeting will be held next Monday September 1 for Labor Day.
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Old West Fork
Highway 78
Precinct 2
Plano
Darr Equipment Co
Federal Revenue Sharing Fund
City Accepts Low Bid for 14th Street Lot
The City Council approved a 0.8 acre Del Sol Drive corner parcel sale to Meadows Baptist Church for 59.5 cents per square foot reversing expected value. The sale aims to recoup Fire Station No. 3 costs after the land was bought for the station site.
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del Sol Dr
Meadows Baptist Church
14Th St
Meadows Baptist Church Buys City Land for Parking Lot
The Meadows Baptist Church won unanimous council approval of a $23,000 bid to purchase city land to build a parking lot. The city will keep access to a nearby pump station. The council also okayed a $241,804 North Texas Municipal Water District budget and approved five zoning actions including Heritage Manor Nursing Home plat and Pitman Corners shopping center plats.
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Joe Bob Alexander
North Texas Municipal Water District
Heritage Manor Nursing Home
W. 15Th St
Coit Rd
Plano General Hospital
Pitman Corners
Savings and Loan
Custer Rd
Skaggs Albertson
Hunters Glen
Woodhavert
Middleman Profit Up in July as Farmer Gains Lead
The Agriculture Department reports the middleman took 56.9 cents per consumer dollar in July while farmers earned 43.1 cents. Retail farm food prices rose 3.4 percent, with total marketing margins up 9.8 percent from a year earlier, aided by higher hogs eggs potatoes and wheat and Russian sales.
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Bernard Brenner
Washington
UPD
Agriculture Department
USDA
Russia
Crash Kills Murphy Girl in Renner County
Sixteen year old Terry Lynn Gallager of 150 Skyline, Murphy, died after a two car crash on Preston Road in Renner. She was driving a 1971 Plymouth at high speed when she lost control, struck a parked vehicle, and was treated at Plane General Hospital. The crash occurred about 1:50 a.m. according to a Department of Public Safety spokesman.
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Murphy
Terry Lynn Gallager
Patrick J. Gallager
Skyline
Plane General Hospital
Renner
Dept. of Public Safety
Miss Gallager
Preston Rd
DPR
Plano Jaycees host First Annual Muscular Dystrophy Benefit Show
The Plano Jaycees present a 7 p.m. benefit at Williams High School auditorium featuring Larry Fargo and The Feather River Canyon The Delta Road Debbie Henry Keith Vinson ventriloquist Tommy Dodd Ralph The Educated Dummy Rickey Brown and his magical illusions and the WWE 3 Western Band led by Leon Chambers Proceeds support the Jerry Lewis MD telethon Tickets at the door 1.50 for adults 1 for under 12 Jaycee president Jerry Johnson invites Planeites to attend.
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Plano
Plano Jaycees
Williams High School
Larry Fargo
Feather River Canyon
Delta Road
Debbie Henry
Keith Vinson
Tommy Dodd
Ralph
Rickey Brown
Leon Chambers
Jerry Lewis
Jaycee
Jerry Johnson
Robbery at 7 11 Store on Avenue K Involves White Male Suspect
A lone gunman robbed the 7 11 at 2901 Avenue K on Sunday night taking about 80 dollars. The white male, late 20s, fled in a light color Toyota after threatening the clerk who was stocking cigarettes. Police describe the suspect 59 to 5 10 inches tall weighing 160 to 165 pounds with blue jeans and a white T shirt. Investigation ongoing as police note this is the second convenience store robbery in eight days amid broader weekend burglaries and accidents.
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Avenue K
Mr. M Food
West Plano
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Tp&l
Texas Power & Light Co
Jerald Wolfe
Mike Newman
County
Coleman Douglas Cole Jr
Willowwood
James Patton
Cole
James Edward Lewis
Garland
Patton
Dublin Rd
Middleman
Paul Douglas
Wildcat
L.D. Bell High School
Hurst
South Garland
Lewisville
Terrell State Hospital
Cynthia Cheryl Walker
Richardson
Timothy Lee Lamb
Leameadow
Chevrolet
William Terry Warrick
Allen
Park and Stratford
Bobby Dearl Hoffman Jr
Grapevine
Ford
Kenneth Gene Stanley
18Th St
Buick
Sue Rubin Rabenhardt
Jamar
Linda Lane
Damon Mark Thomas
Hillside
W. 15Th
Cloister Way
Toyota
Sherry Pinholster Walker
Greywood
Arthur Lonnee Davis
Dallas
Parkhaven
R Ave
17Th St
James Thomas Jr
Yorktown
Bessie Burkett Wood
Rigsbee
Mercury
Kathleen Judith Wood
Ranch Estates
Edward Stanley Long
Parker
Kevin Bruce Ford
Avenue N
John Hubert Hecks
Price
Parker Rd
Victoria H. Cisnero
Harland Dale King
Custer
Grandview
Kenneth Ray Nelson
Don Raymond Knight
Peppertree
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