FISD art show to paint picture of students’ creativity

By JAN BELLAMY, February 23, 2009

More than 2,000 works of art by Frisco students are being displayed Tuesday and Thursday nights at the new Career and Technical Education Center, 9889 Wade Blvd., Frisco. The works reflect the talents of youngsters from kindergarten through 12th grade.

“We are celebrating National Youth Art Month, which is in March,” said Laverne Forwark, art teacher at Curtsinger Elementary and coordinator of the annual exhibit for three years.

“We started the annual student art show in 1998,” Forwark explained, “and I think we had only five campuses then compared to the 40 campuses now part of the district and represented in this show.”

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Makeover on track for Frisco Superdrome cycling facility

February 16, 2009

By DAN X. McGRAW

Six years of abuse and Texas weather are showing on the wooden planks of the Frisco Superdrome.

Bicyclists race at a blazing-fast 30 mph on the 250-meter velodrome, an oval track with 45-degree turns designed to help riders maintain high speeds. The constant pounding has left potholes large and small dotting the straightaways and turns.

Now, volunteers are removing, replacing and repainting every board on the track – its first major renovation in more than six years.

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Frisco faces $3M budget shortfall; budget cuts, hiring freeze initiated

By ELIZABETH LANGTON / The Dallas Morning News

Frisco is projecting a $3 million gap in this year's budget, prompting immediate spending cuts and a hiring freeze, officials said this week.

While the city's property and sales tax revenues remain at or near projected ranges, earnings from building permits and interest are well below budgeted levels, Assistant City Manager Nell Lange said.

In response, city staff has been directed to cut 4 percent from each department's budget and freeze 28 open jobs. The cuts will not require layoffs, Lange said.

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Motorist Gripe about Frisco Gas Prices

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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