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McKinney Ford and Lin-
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Saturday we’ve had in S
three years and Cash For th
Clunkers was the catalyst.” a
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way to put safer, cleaner W.E. Fowler Jr. and Bob Tomes of Bob Tomes
and more fuel-efficient ve- id
hicles on the nation's road-
Ford and Lincoln Mercury. w
Photo by Liz Reed
ways. Under the program or $4,500 discount from the they meet
The McKinney Community Development Corporation board shared a laugh certain guide-
with City R
consumers will be able to car dealer, when they trade lines regarding age of their m
Council member Geralyn Kever at the meeting on Thursday morning.
take advantage of this pro- in their old vehicle and pur- vehicle and fuel mileage th
gram and receive a $3,500 chase or lease a new one if comparisons. v

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topic with MCDC board
The victims stated "that
they were in fear of their
The McKinney Police had black and white letter-
Department has described ing that read, “abortion is
safety and ran towards El- the
andsuspect as a white
businesses male
like the mean”,located
Heard MISDon the right
Superintendent Tom
dorado'sBYParkway."
LIZ REED inNatural
his 30's,
liz@mckinneytoday.net Science Museum and Crowe, Mayor BrianThe
with short side of the window. Loughmiller
At that point the van spiked
Crapebrown
Myrtlehair, no facial otherand
Trails. sticker
Citywas pink with
Manager Frank Ragan
followed the victims as hair, medium build, unknown numbers on it, lo-
they
McKINNEY, ranTexastowards
- McKin-
One item that drew a long attended the meeting
medium build,
discussion waswearing on the
a catedfavor
the cost-shar- of right
the proposal,
to speak in
side of which F
neyMeadow
Community Glen Dr.. The
Development white baseballbetween
ing proposal shirt with
MCDC, the window.
asked MCDC to cover about 40
van fled the
Corporation metscene as the
on Thursday green sleeves.
McKinney ISD and the City of percent Individuals
of thewith any
cost, or $19 million.
victims ran to a residence
to discuss 13 different requests The suspect’s vehicle
McKinney for a new recreation information regarding this
for on Meadow
funding fromGlen Dr. the
organizations was described
center older incident should contact
as an facility.
and aquatics MCDCDe-
continued on 5A
alleged suspect did not model white minivan with tective Ray Clark of the
come in contact with ei- two distinct stickers on the McKinney Police Depart-
s, if

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liz@mckinneytoday.net
MCDC members that the swim team gathered 1,110 signatures from in
pro- those who now.
dif- support of a new natatorium. Currently, all three McKinney high schools are sharing R
one, forcing practice schedules h atov begin
e n ’ t at 5 a.m.
gan PLANO, Texas – In the 80s, signed up b
Along with the needs of the
elp,it was all about who you knew. and posted high school swim teams, Mayor Loughmiller said build- F
their profile re-
McKinney residents.City Manager
theToday, it’s all about who you sume arewould
ing a new recreation center and pool benefit
getting “locked out,” $
Ragan also said a local pool would boost the economy by keeping residents from going p
know, who they know and if according to O’Hagan, who
herethey to Plano or Allen for public pool use. The MCDC board unanimously approved the pro-
know what you know. At leads user-friendly seminars s
areleast, that’safter
posal the discussion.
what local real es- for both people searching for m
eal-tate agent Dennis O’Hagan had jobs and recruiters. p
outto say to about 300 unemployed “I teach people things that fu