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ST9904-CS020717WaSTe v hairstyle is week's mane event the last couple of point during the week, he'd that someone would guide I've been deter- comehome to find me with a the stylist's scissors so she lop off my long find a new, short- ok to wean CORINA MILLER ir do have varied. new hair do. "Are you sure you want to do this," he asked, remind- lng me that the last short cut I'd donned had less than a happy ending. Of course, he was right. The last short cut I'd had looked as though someone had placed a large salad bowl on my head then cut around it. I tried to escape that look by letting my hair grow out. It took me about six months to realize the growing-out look was mak- ing matters worse. For one thing, others con- wouldn't leave me with yet another hair-do from hell. And when I finally fell asleep, I dreamt of a leering stylist donning pink, spiky hair hacking away at my hair with everything from pink- ing shears, to hedge cutters to a chainsaw. I woke up ill a cold sweat. It turned out I had noth lng to lean The stylisl, wbo boasted a beautilhl bead of blonde hair, recommended a shoulderdength cut, which would not only bring uut lily natural curl but would also prevent the salad bowl look I v, I've had the same tie for about five and I thought a of pace would be so, my long, thick, fir is a burden care roes, the weight of it headaches, and iu uost of all, with a ming in just a little mnth, the less hair 1 esl with the better. · some time now, I've of cutting my hair. 1 ;ed a stylist putting ssors to my head, th just a few snips, me from my burden ring xne with some- ;bort and easy to this week, I decided dreaming about it something about it. epared my husband; him that, at some fused me for a shaggy English sheep dog. The pats was dreading. s "All you'll need to do is I received on my head p u . .' the milk bones dangled wash ~t and put some gel m ~ i it," she' said with a friendly before me were pretty so d ' indicators that I had to do reassuring smile. something. .. ,;.l. thought freedom from bet ball he just threw sent' me running to a nearby salon. There, the stylist opted to cut my hair so that the short layerg curled up and the bottom layers remained fairly straight. Her efforts made me look like a cross between Carol Brady from The Brady Bunch and a huge mushroom. And the only way to escape that look was to shave off the bottom layer, leaving me with chin- length hain · I recalled that experience the night before I was sched- uled to go in for my new "do." 1 said a silent prayer reward for my willingness to make such a drastic cllange in my life. But it wasn't until my husband got home that I breathed a sigh of relief considered the venture "Wow," he said with o admiration. "I really like it." Then he reached out to tug on a curl and watch it bounce neatly hack into place. I figured that meant 1 could safely put away the salad spoons. EDITORIALS State may be slighting area transportation needs However, there seems lo be a growing belief that somehow this area does not need traffic enhancement as much of other areas of the Metroplex or the state. Apparently, TxDOT's plan also omits a makeover for 1-635, which would widen tile freeway and expand HOV lanes, and recon struction of SH 183, the Airport Freeway, which is basically falling apart. It will be interesting to see where the funding is going to go. Residents should discuss county budget Just like many companies in these hard economic times, Denton County faces a hard choice· The preliminary budget presented to commissioners last week has smne good news: no increase in the tax rate. It also has some bad news: no pay raises for county employees. Let's hope the budget office is not using scare tactics ta create support for a m-rate hike. Nevertheless, now that the information is out there, commissioners should solicit input from their constkuenls and determine whether Ihe residents believe a little bit more on the tax bill would be worth it if county employees can get a raise. Denton County is not like the city of Dallas. which will likely have to lay off elnploy- ecs, possibly cut their pay and raise the tax rate significantly. But county residents did accept a tax hike last year to level colnpethive with other It is true that snme employ- cost-of-living raise will look elsewhere. It could cost tht county some strong workers. Bul at least these people have jobs -- which can't be The news that the Texas Department of Transpor ration likely will not be including needed construction projects on Interstate 35E and SH 121 iu its 2003 Iisi of projects is the second major transportafiou blow to southern Denton County in tile past few weeks. In late June, Gov. Rick Perry and TxDDT released a list ot top-priority routes for his pet projecL the Trans- Texas Corridor· Though 1-35E through Texas is perhaps the most vital existing highway for the transportation of goods from Mexico to the entire United States, tile state has decided that the porfion north of Dallas is not as necessary. One of tile tol>priority corri- dors is one from Denison to Corpus Christi. Northward, it would parallel I~37 from Corpus to San Antonio, the lol- Iow 1 35 to north Dallas, when it would veer over to the U.S. 75 area. Forget the fact that U.S. 75 is not even a freeway in some places between the Texas-Oklahoma border and Tulsa, where it hooks up with I44 to head lo the Midwest and East, but it completely dis- credits all the talk about 1-35 as the spine of the NA¥1'A distri- bution system. Aild now TxDOT wants to put on hold plans to rebuild 1- 35E in l)enton County and expand SH 121 to freeway sta- VThetber the 121 plan refers ill which municipafities and the county bare moved up the timetable by contributing local funds; the Collin County por- tion; or even the Tarrant and unknown. But what is needed is a conthlued lobbying effort -- though it's uncertain strate tile tralfic needs of this Forhnudely, the North said for many people caughtin Central Texas Council of the economic web. Prod many of those people are the taxpay ers .,. who certaiuly don't want to pay any more money, The hallnlark of democracy is that the people rule. Commissioners should take the pulse of the county and see what those who pay the bills would like to do. Governments is trying to do whatever it can to help TxDOT get over its financial crisis. That could help save some funding for the area. NCTCOG has alway~ been an advocate for the needs of this area, and, this is proving to be no exception.