05-27-2010-Thursday - Wise County Messenger
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WISE COUNTY MESSENGER, Decatur, Texas, <strong>Thursday</strong>, May <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2010</strong><br />
3A<br />
DECATUR<br />
Alcohol petition drive begins<br />
Decatur voters will be<br />
given the opportunity to<br />
update the city’s alcoholic<br />
beverage laws in November<br />
if a current petition drive is<br />
successful.<br />
Decatur now allows the<br />
sale of beer and wine for offpremises<br />
consumption. The<br />
cities of Bridgeport, Newark,<br />
Rhome and New Fairview<br />
allow the sale of all alcoholic<br />
beverages for off-premises<br />
consumption.<br />
In Decatur, one of the<br />
three petitions being circulated<br />
would extend the area<br />
that beer and wine could be<br />
sold to areas annexed into<br />
the city since the last election<br />
in 2003.<br />
“From an economic development<br />
standpoint, this is<br />
very important,” said Roy<br />
Eaton, chairman of the Decatur<br />
Economic Development<br />
Corporation. “Several<br />
of the areas annexed over<br />
the past seven years are<br />
prime locations for new<br />
grocery stores, restaurants<br />
and drug stores, but under<br />
the current law, they would<br />
not be able to sell beer and<br />
wine.”<br />
Both of Decatur’s largest<br />
grocery stores, Walmart and<br />
IGA Marketplace, sell beer<br />
and wine as do many of the<br />
convenience stores in the<br />
city. The ability to sell alcoholic<br />
beverages is a key factor<br />
when new grocery and<br />
drug stores are considering<br />
locating in a city, Eaton said.<br />
The planned CVS pharmacy<br />
is in an area where beer and<br />
wine sales already are allowed.<br />
Another petition, being<br />
backed by Chili’s and other<br />
restaurants, would do away<br />
with the private club membership<br />
requirement for restaurants<br />
with food and beverage<br />
certificates.<br />
“It’s a matter of convenience<br />
for our customers,”<br />
said Chris Allen, manager of<br />
the Decatur Chili’s. Restaurants<br />
and the Decatur Civic<br />
Center must keep detailed<br />
Continued on page 7A<br />
DECATUR<br />
Huling wins international competition<br />
Austin Huling, a senior aerospace<br />
and mechanical engineering student<br />
at Oklahoma State University, was<br />
part of a team that won the top honor<br />
at this year’s Design, Build, Fly competition.<br />
Sponsored by the AIAA foundation,<br />
Cessna Aircraft Co. and Raytheon Missile<br />
Systems, Design, Build, Fly (DBF)<br />
is a flying competition open to any<br />
Aerospace College around the world.<br />
Each year the competition is different.<br />
This year the object was to fly<br />
three missions. Mission 1 – the plane<br />
flies the course as fast as it can without<br />
any payload. Mission 2 – Teams<br />
are timed for loading 6 to 10 softballs<br />
into their plane. Mission 3 – Fly the<br />
course as fast as you can with up to<br />
five baseball bats carried externally on<br />
the plane.<br />
There were 70 teams competing this<br />
year in the international competition<br />
with seven countries represented.<br />
Oklahoma State University’s Orange<br />
Team won first place. Huling was team<br />
leader for the landing gear design, construction<br />
and flight team. The competition<br />
was held in Wichita, Kan., in early<br />
April.<br />
Huling has lived in Decatur his entire<br />
life. He is the son of Jeff and Sheri<br />
Huling.<br />
FLYING HIGH — Oklahoma State<br />
University student and Decatur resident<br />
Austin Huling shows off a winning entry.<br />
Submitted photo<br />
Tickets available at the door or at <strong>Wise</strong> <strong>County</strong> Tile Company,<br />
4<strong>05</strong> Park West Court, Decatur Call or text 940-389-8757<br />
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hired ...<br />
ontinued from page 1A<br />
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efforts here in Northwest,”<br />
Rue said. “He shares our belief<br />
in strong parental and<br />
community involvement and<br />
will be able to help guide us<br />
as we continue our course<br />
to likely become the fastest<br />
growing school district in<br />
Texas. His background in<br />
human resources and personnel<br />
management made<br />
him the ideal choice for our<br />
assistant superintendent of<br />
administrative services.”<br />
The Decatur School Board<br />
also met Monday night to<br />
review applications for their<br />
new superintendent. The<br />
board named deputy superintendent<br />
and financial<br />
irector Gary Micinski inerim<br />
superintendent.<br />
Gindt said Micinski will<br />
erve the district well as it<br />
ontinues its superintenent<br />
search.<br />
“Gary Micinski is a wonerful<br />
person — he’s bright,<br />
hard worker, and he really<br />
ares about the community,”<br />
indt said.<br />
The Decatur School Board<br />
s expected to conduct initial<br />
nterviews June 6-8 with<br />
ollow-up interviews the<br />
ext week. A lone finalist is<br />
xpected to be named June<br />
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