Bookworms Bloom In Reading Center
Young readers gather at the Douglass Community Reading Center for summer groups Blue Angels Kangaroo Ram Readers and more. Volunteers help kids obtain library cards check out books and participate in activities including a one act play The Fox Who Traveled led by teen volunteer Carol Starwator Portia Drake starred as the fox as youths mold clay and read together through the summer schedule.
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Dallas Cowboy Kangaroo
Blue Angels
Ram
Douglass Community Reading Center
Human Relations Board
Douglass School
Gladys Harrington Public Library
Carol Starwator
the Fox
Portia Drake
Hill tests gubernatorial bid in Plano amid voter outreach
Attorney General John Hill and wife Bitsy meet about 40 potential supporters in Plano as he weighs a late fall gubernatorial bid. He urges written commitments, cites tax relief, education equity, and stronger leadership to push budget and law enforcement reforms.
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Pam Troboy
Plano
John Hill
Hill
Bitsy
James Sides
Texas
Cochairman
Texas Organized Crime Prevention Council
Dolph Briscoe
Mike Newman
Carter suggests citizen rate to shield consumers from mail hikes
President Carter asked the Postal Service to establish a citizen rate for first class mail to avoid an anticipated rate increase. The move, sent to Postmaster General Bailor, comes as the Board of Governors weighs changes and officials consider ending Saturday deliveries to save costs.
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Washington
UPS
Carter
Postal Service
Benjamin Bailor
Board of Governors
White House
Jody Powell
Bailor
Senate
Postal Rate Commission
Commissioners Meet To Tackle Parking and Greenhouse Zoning
The Planning and Zoning Commissioners will hold a called work session tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in city hall. They will discuss rules for accessory buildings in residential side yards and how home swimming pools used for lessons are classified, plus review parking requirements in apartment districts amid complaints that 2.5 spaces per unit is excessive.
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Planning and Zoning
City Hall
On Time Finish Predicted For PISD Athletic Stadium
Plano Independent School District officials expect the new athletic stadium to be completed by late August plans call for turf installation to begin July 14 and access roads and seating to near completion. designer Gene Schrickel noted the pressbox may not be finished and sought an extra 2190 for site work while board members weighed budget overruns and future elementary school bids.
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Terri Anderson
Plano Independent
Gene Schrickel
Pisd Board of Trustees
Schrickel
Mary Beth Applewhite
Northwest Plano
Harrington
Wells
Thomas
Neighbors Create Fund To Aid Stricken Taylors
Plano residents rally to support the Stan Taylor family after a West Plano Kimberley Addition fire that left 10 year old Wyles Taylor badly burned. A Stan Taylor Family Fund at First National Bank of Plano now helps cover hospital and recovery costs beyond insurance, as neighbors urge donations.
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Stan Taylor
Te Rns Vational Bank of
Plano
West Plano
Kimberley
Wyles Taylor
Parkland Hospital
Tarbox
First National Bank of
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Reading Center
Pisd Athletic
H. Wayne Hendrick
Christie
Jim Jernigan
Texas A&i University
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