Citywide Picnic Kicks Off Plano Bicentennial Events
Plano hosts the first of many bicentennial activities with an Old-Fashioned Picnic at Harrington Park on July 4 at 1 p.m. The event features Bits and Pieces, a restored Plano fire truck, Gallery Marcus displays, African Bandits motorcycle exhibit, voter registration booth by the League of Women Voters, and food by McDonald’s and Griff’s Burger Bar. Contact chairman Joe Steenbergen for exhibits and activities.
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Harrington Park
Plano
Richardson
League of Women Voters
Joe Steenbergen
City School Meeting Set
Plano City Council and Plano School Board plan a joint dinner at Sigler Elementary School at 6 30 p m Monday. They will discuss a proposed multi purpose sports center natatorium for the westside and the 1975 sidewalk installation program.
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Plano City Council
Plano School Board of Trustees
Sigler
County Sets Light Agenda For Monday
Collin County Commissioners Court will meet Monday at 9 a.m. with a brief public portion and an executive session on real estate matters. minutes will be approved and bills and salaries reviewed. No action is expected in the session and no meeting July 7.
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Collin County
County Commissioners Court
Nathan White Jr
Commissioners Court
Businesses Close For the Fourth of July Holiday
Plano observes the Fourth with citywide picnic planned at Harrington Park while most offices banks and services close Friday July 4. Government offices police fire and city facilities shut. No garbage pickups. Summer school suspended Thursday and Friday. Daily Star-Courier not published. Classified ads due Thursday noon for Sunday edition.
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Harrington Park
Plano
Crive
Bank
S&l
Shop Administraion Bldg
Plano High School
Daily Star-Courier
The
Star-Courier
School Board to Tackle Bids and Reports on July 1
The seven member board will consider bids on three items including equipment for the senior high school maintenance vehicles and cafeteria program milk. An executive session on sites and personnel precedes the public meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the School Administration Building located at 1517 Avenue H. The public session is expected to start around 8 p.m.
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Avenue H
Vietnamese Refugees Arrive at Plano University Welcome
Phan Dinh Cho, a Vietnamese Catholic priest, leads 75 new refugees arriving in Plano to be housed at the University of Plano. He speaks of faith under pressure, family ties, and the abrupt departure from Vietnam as part of a broader resettlement effort.
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University of Plano
Robert Morris
Mimi Jaye
Texas Sunshine
Mike Newman
Phan Dinh Cho
United States
Plano
Phan Dinh
University
Iafte
Europe
Rome
Vietnam
Temporary Collin County Sub-Courthouse Opens in Plano
A 10 a.m. Tuesday ribbon cutting marks the opening of the temporary Collin County Sub Court in Plano at the Fair Oaks Office Building complex. Judge White notes a modest ceremony and a later grand dedication, with Judy Spearman overseeing services including tax payments vehicle titles licenses voter registration and related county offices.
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Collin County
Plano
Nathan White Jr
White
Fair Oaks
E. 18Th St
County tax roll Aids and New Courthouse Services
A Plano courier service will assist filing legal instruments in the McKinney courthouse. Offices include Justice of the Peace Pet. 5 CJ Prashaw juvenile probation officer Pete Barnes and constable B L Warren. A conference room will host Judge White and county commissioners for constituents. Citizens invited to Tuesday morning ceremony to learn facilities.
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Plano
McKinney
Justice of the Peace
Pet. 5
C.J. Prashaw
Pete Barnes
B.L. Warren
Judge White
Plano Area
Second Semester To Begin In Plano Summer School
Plano Independent School District opens a second summer session for secondary students starting tomorrow and running until July 25. Classes from 7 45 a m to noon cover English or math for seventh and eighth graders with unlimited math time, at ten dollars weekly and twenty five dollars for four hour courses.
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Plano Independent School
Plano High School
Keith Lockwell
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