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ST9704-CS 980410 ^""' ~ INSIDE forum for candidates Letters .............2 Illmine, ...........4 page 5 Basinees. .......... co.~..it, ......? Ideas for sprucing up the Spring ............. .,-~ ...........,4 home and garden given School ............... Sports ..............21 page 12 Clas,~eds ........ 22 Dining ..............24 Oillegal Newspaper of the City High School 'rash hour'--how do we.make it safer? City Council to discuss options April 14 , } ' .~ _. By Jane Moore light at that intersection. According to Captain Teenage drivers, hunted Wade Goolsby with the Cop- pare°Is. school buses and pall Police Department, the tardy bells. The masses con- High School rash period is rela- verge Monday lhrough Fri- lively short. day mornings. trying to beat "Traffic backs up for about the clock for first period at 20 minutes," he said, "Obvi- Coppall High School. When ously lhere's a problem getting school's out for the day, the people in and out in that short rush reverses, and everyone of a time frame." tries to get out. Traffic has some parents Roughly 866 student concerned. and Co~,'pell Police drivers. 175school employ- report several accidents oc- ees, 19 buses and hundreds curred during this school year. of parents who drive kids to Coolshy said two accidents school travel the same mute happenedatCowboy and Park- daily. There's only one way wayandaboutfourotherswere in and out--Cowboy Drive. on school property. The only access to Cowboy He said while patrol offic- Drive is from Parkway Bou- ers sometimes direct morning Traffic toovia three ways congests the morning rush at Parkway and Cowboy Drive levard, and them is no traffic Continued on page 23 I~ldlng into L~I~pI~II High gchool. Council nudges swimming pool cost Armey denounces Clinton at to $8 million figure with additions Coppall High School visit By Jean Murph pool as a compromise between Sargent Architects, who turned Remarks, allegations against Armey on national news the $9.2 million plan and a $6.5 the cutting decision over to the By Jean Murph national newscasts and news In a work session Tues- million pool cap suggested by Council. programs, with references day scheduled to be between a citizens group. ResidentMel Thenewplancombinedthe U.S. Congressman Dick to Coppell High School and ; the Coppell City Council and Gross said Wednesday that the outdoor pools into one long Armey'sttseofthepodiumat foolng~ of the event from a : the CRDC regarding the pn> Council "lied to the citizens" if amoeba-like pool, with shal- a Coppell High School gov- CHS video. posed city aquatic/recreation it intends to increase the dollar low water play features at one erameat class to denounce While Republican center, Councilmen pushed figure and that the Council end and three swim lnnes and a President Bill Clinton result- HouseSpeakerNewtGing- for additions that could send should be recalled for the ac- water slide at the other end. ed in national news coverage rich disagreed pubtidy with the $7.5 million compromise tion. He said he would "per- Diving wells were eliminated Tuesday evening. Rdening Armey's assessment, tile re- cost up to $8 million-plus, sonally see it that a lawsuit was and proposed maximum water to allegations of sexual ira- marks also resulted in alle- The compromise figure was brought" against Councilmen depth was four feet. proprieties, Armey told the gstions of sexual impropri- proposed by Mayor Candy and the City for the action. The indoor pool also had Vi~ual Congress class that ety against Armey himself Sheehan, who said Wednes- The City's architect pre- three swim lanes, a water slide political leulen should abide from his years as a college day that the final dollar fig- seated Tuesday a revised pool/ and catch basin, and a shallow by the 'same standards' as professor, Writer Miriam ure was still under consider- rec center, incorporating most area with play features. Pro- teachers, condies, and other Rosen outlined allegations argon and would not be final- of the wishes of the Council, at posed maximum depth wasfour leaden. 'If it were me, I she documented for a Dal- ized until Tuesday night's a $7,683,287 figure. feet. The total water area was wouldbesof'dledwithshnme, InsObservernrticleinwhich City Council meeting. "We're over budget at this reduced from 10,000 square I would resign," said Armey. students claimed Ihey were TheCouncil voted4-2in point but l don't know where to feet to 6300 square feet: Armey'stemarkswerethe the recipient of unwanted its January 27,1998 meeting start..~-tting," said architect ,3ntne'.:'-.'¢ide,'orrecre lenditemonseversllocalnnd Continuedonpage23 to a "$7.5 million cap" on the D~, '-- d Brinkley Continued onpage 22 .. bE/'?0 'q'<'bO"6 tO'eL ~1 ' . ' ' 060 A'~'~t~lt ~ '7% 8,Z'b X~13'.'t'd03 ~7 ,el' ' 'l,',JrL~ '13.~ 0.4 LIVING ..' ~ '-'-, ~ , ~ , .:. , I . ~!~' CIIteen.' Advocef.. Apd! 10, 1998 · 23 i Coppell High School 'rush hour'--how do we make it safer? Cont/nuedfrompa0e I get something done.* "To be honest, it's the only evacuation. She said nobody cials are waiting to see what traffic at the Cowboy/Parkway City Engineer Ken Griffin High School rve been tothal has knows whohas the key lounlock comesoul of Councirs April ~4 intersection, the department pre- said possible options include what only one acceu,~ he said. Ihe Oak Trail access. work session. ferstohavethemwatchingschool some parents suggest--a traffic ApeffialroedoffDentonTap 'lguessyou'djustbreakdown "The City's always been re- zones. Whether to step in and light at Cowboy and Parkway. already exits imrn~,dlately south the fence and worry about lt later," sponsive and I think they will be direct high school traffic is up to That would provide a protected of Sonlc, Shechart said that road she said. this time. Traditionally the City an individual officerand depends left turn for traffic turning onto connects to Cowboy on the City's Summers said she just wants has cared for traffic conlrol de- on officer availabilily, he said. Cowboy from westbound Park- master plan. GritTin said the City something done about the prob- vices,* he said. Beverly Summers, a High way, already has some right-of-way in IBm. Sheehan saidthe School Dis- School parent, said she has wil- ButGt~sbysaldalightmight thelocatjon, butnotenough. More It'sgettingworseandit'sgo- trict and City had worked to- nessad two accidents at Parkway make the problem worse. would have to be obtained from ing to coetlnue Io get worse,' she gerber before on safety issues and Cowboy, and while the ma- *There is a concern about it the landowner of the adjacent un- said. and said she thought most resi- jority of accidents may have been backing up even more onto Den- developed property. If the road Summers appealed to School dents didn't care where funding on school properly, those acci- ton Tap," he said. was completed and a traffic light Trustees last month to help solve for such improvements came dentsarelesslikelytobeserious. G-fiffinsaidanewlightwould was installed at thal inu~rsection, the traffic problem. BoardPresi- from because it ultimately came "Cars on Parkway are going have to be synchronized with the it would cost $90,000 to $95,000, denl Deena Reeve said after the from lhei r pockets anyway. faster," she said. *You've got one at Denton Tap and Parkway according to Griffin. That light meeting that School District and She said there is no room for people on Parkway going any* to alleviate backup. He said a wouldbemoreexpensivebecause City officials had discussed the major unexpected expenses where from 2~ to 50 miles per light at that intersection would it would be a four-way signal, he issue and were looking al opening (such as a traffic light) in this hour. There's more potential for cost about $80,000 to $85,000. said. a second access. year's Cily budget, but said next injury. IS should be a priority Sheehan questioned whether There is also an existing ac- *Right now we are waitingon year's budget is in the works. item. If someone was killed then the cost would be justified. cess road to the High School -- the City,' she said. The City's new budget year be- it would be a priority.' *I'm not sure it's worth the Oak Tail. The entrance is in back Board Trustee Roberl Key gins October |. And if address* Mayor Candy Sheehan said expense for a light that would of the school and is now fenced said he did not think traffic con- ing Coppall High School traffic the problem is on the agenda for only be needed few minutes a and locked. Oak Trail runs trol was the responsibility of the is going to be expensive, il will the April 14 City Council work dayJ' she said. througha residenllal area and con- District. take some planning, she said. session. She said a cheaper option nects to Sandy Lake Road.* Grit- "l*m not in the traffic busi- 'If it's a major expense we'd "We have all received some might be to create a three-way fin said hi, understanding was nasa,~ he said. l'm in the busi- have Io put a lot of thought inlo lettersaswellasaletterfromthe slop, or to have an officer direct- that it is Io be used only as an nessofeducating kids.* where the money is coming High School PTSO,~ she said. ing traffic daily. emergency access. Superintendera Buddy Echds from," she said. · We're going to have the City Another option is to create a Summers said she worries said he met with bolh the City The April 14 City Council Engineer go over it and discuss second access road to the High about what would happen if there Manager and the City Engineer work session follows the 6:00 options," she said. 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