Archive for October, 2008

The Frisco Community Parade is putting its money where it wants to see improvement n parade floats. The committee has announced that it is offering a $1,000 grand prize to the best school float, a $500 runner-up prize and a $250 prize for honorable mention. Schools winning for best entry in their specific division, elementary, middle school or high school, will be awarded trophies.

Former Mayor Mike Simpson and Buddy Minett, a member of the Frisco School Board and long-time float builder, are active members of the Frisco Community Parade committee. They said they hope that the prizes and trophies will increase interest in floats for this year’s parade, which is scheduled for Nov. 8 at 11 a.m. The parade theme this year is Salute to the Troops, but school spirit-themed floats are also acceptable.

The money for the prizes will come from money received from parade entries. The parade committee also donates funds to a Community Spirit Scholarship.

The Frisco Community Parade Committee is a grass roots organization made up of interested community leaders and volunteers. Groups interested in signing up for this year’s event may do so at www.FriscoParade.com.

The parade route begins at Pizza Hut Park and winds east along Main Street through old downtown.
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Although it’s nearly two years before residents will receive their form for the 2010 census, local and national leaders are working behind the scenes to make sure they get an accurate count - and accurate …

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Because of a gas line rupture this afternoon, North County Road is temporarily closed to traffic from McKinney Road north to Maple. Full Story - Coppell Gazette

Rats - nobody wants them around - especially in your home or your car.

But one Frisco neighborhood says the rodents are moving in and you can’t ignore the evidence they leave behind.

Rats have been filmed running along the brick wall and trees separating the neighborhood from El Dorado Parkway.

“During the day, during the morning, during the night, you can count them,” said Grant Tucker, a Frisco homeowner.

We watched the rats scurry across the alley and go under wooden fences into neighbors’ backyards.

“At night, you can actually hear the rats squeaking and rustling through the bushes outside the front window,” said Tucker.

But it was in the driveway behind Tucker’s house that the rats did most of the damage.

“We saw all these little foam pieces and little pieces of wiring on the driveway,” said Jocie Seikel, a Frisco homeowner.

Seikel’s car wouldn’t start. So she had it towed to her mechanic, who delivered the bad news.

“You had a rat in your car and it destroyed $1,000-worth of damage to the motor on your car.”

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FRISCO — Frisco City Council members say complaints are coming in about gas prices: They seem to be higher in this Dallas suburb than everywhere else.

For example, in neighboring Plano you can get a gallon of unleaded regular at the Sam’s Club at Spring Creek Boulevard and Avenue K for $2.39.

in Frisco, at the Shell station at Preston and Lebanon, gas is going for $2.68 a gallon. Do the math — that’s a difference of 29 cents, or nearly $6 for a 20-gallon fill-up.

“We don’t have that kind of money,” said Frisco motorist Louise Fischer. “We are just ordinary people, working and doing what we need to do for our family.”

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