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It is amazing to think that halfof 2012 has already passed usby and we are now looking to2013 budget issues as a citycouncil. Before moving forwardwith next year’s budget process,we can reflect back on the first

six months of 2012 and look to what is in storefor us for the remainder of the year.

McKinney has been blessed this past yearwith positive news about our community de-spite slow economic recovery nationwide. Aswe move into the second half of 2012, we seethat there is continued improvement based oneconomic indicators. Statistics show that newhousing permits, commercial permits andsales-tax receipts are all higher than this timelast year, indicating positive growth in rev-enues. We also have worked diligently tokeep our expenditures down and have seenthrough last year’s budget process an increasein our reserve fund without any tax increase.

Just like last year, we see McKinney listedamong the fastest-growing cities in Americaonce again. We have also continued to main-tain our rating as one of the safest cities inthe country, and with the help of some of ourprivate-sector partners like Baylor HealthCare, Cooper Aerobics Center and MedicalCenter of McKinney, we are becoming knownas one of the healthiest cities in the Metro-plex, if not the country. Recently, we werenamed by D Magazine as one of the top com-munities in the DFW Metroplex.

This past year, we have also garnered nationalattention through the talents of residents likeHollie Cavanagh on “American Idol” andBree Hafen on the Fox television show “SoYou Think You Can Dance.” Based on thedeep local talent pool here in McKinney, wewill continue to see our residents shine in thenational spotlight in the future.

Our city council continues to work on eco-nomic development projects in 2012, as wefocus on resolving continued negotiations re-garding the Gateway development, and we

look to other areas of the community for com-mercial opportunities, including the corporatecenter designation at Craig Ranch along theSam Rayburn Tollway corridor, future devel-opment at Collin County Regional Airport,and ancillary development surrounding thenew Baylor Medical Center at McKinney. Wealso are proud of the expansion projectsunder way, as we see groundbreaking onEmerson Process Management, expansion ofEncore Wire and construction of theTRAXXAS corporate center. We continue toexplore opportunities with international com-panies seeking to locate in the United States.Our primary goal is to bring business to McK-inney that will employ McKinney citizens.

While economic development is one of ourprimary areas of concern, the city council ismindful of the quality-of-life issues that bringso many residents to the city. We are movingforward with parks projects that have beenbudgeted, and we continue to evaluate ourcommunity needs from a quality-of-life stand-point, recognizing the budget constraints thatwe operate under in order to be fiscally pru-dent stewards of our tax dollars. With all of this new growth and opportunity

also come the challenges of managing infra-structure projects and mitigating negativeimpacts of new construction. The expansionof U.S. Highway 75 through McKinney hasbeen an essential need for our city for manyyears. However, now that it is here, we un-derstand surrounding businesses can be neg-atively impacted. We are doing what we canto keep everyone informed regarding sched-ules and alternative access routes. Updatesare posted regularly on the city website, andif you have a business in the area of new con-struction, you may contact the city to beplaced on an email list to receive up-to-the-day updates on the project.

Looking forward to the remainder of this yearand first quarter of 2013, we will begin thebudget process in the next several weeks,and we also will begin interviewing for newboard members on our volunteer boards.Many of the initiatives that we work on as acouncil require the support of volunteerboards like that of the McKinney CommunityDevelopment Corporation, McKinney Eco-nomic Development Corporation, the CollinCounty Airport Development Corporation,the Parks, Recreation and Open Space board

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This is the perfect time of the year to experiencecrape myrtles in McKinney.

People looking for crape myrtle trees won’t haveto go far. They’re all over town. They began tobloom in June and will show off their true colorsinto September.

There are murmurs that McKinney be officiallyregistered as “America's Crape Myrtle City.”

And for good reason.

The city has more than 5,000 crape myrtles, andlast year opened the Crape Myrtle World Collec-tion Park at Craig Ranch, the only site in theworld that has each of the 120 known crape myr-tle varieties.

Phil Wheat, vice president of the Crape MyrtleTrails of McKinney (CMTM) board of directors,said the crape myrtles’ peak season speaks for it-self.

“This year's bud count is staggering, and thecrape myrtles are drop-dead gorgeous,” he said.

That the city’s now home to thousands of crapemyrtles is not by accident. City fathers, CrapeMyrtle Trails board members, Horticulture Com-mittee members and a long list of interested citi-zens have helped create some of the globe’s mostbeautiful crape myrtle trails.

Their development’s history goes at least asfar back as 1998, when the newly-formednot-for-profit CMTM planted 15 crape myr-tles at McKinney High School.

The CMTM Foundation was formed, and thefollowing year, large numbers of the Tus-carora variety were planted along EldoradoParkway, still the major thoroughfare forthose who wish to glimpse the crape myrtletrails.

The CMTM and city staff work together tocare for the crape myrtles throughout the city.

The Horticulture Committee, which includessome CMTM members and some non-mem-bers, oversees the plants’ needs. Neil Sperry,well known for his radio shows about garden-ing, serves as chair. Non-CMTM members onthe Horticulture Committee are Greg Churchof the Texas AgriLife Extension, Joe Coving-ton of Covington's Nursery in Rowlett,Johnette Taylor of Roundtree Landscape inDallas, Rob Weir of the Shades of GreenNursery in Frisco, Jimmy Turner of the Dal-las Arboretum, Steve Huddleston of the FortWorth Botanic Garden, arborist Scott Kellerand nursery consultant Sharon McCants.

Mike Merchant, an entomologist, and XinwangWang, a horticulturist specializing in crape myr-tles, also serve as advisers to the CMTM.

The CMTM Foundation raises funds eachyear with a Fun-Run the Saturday prior toThanksgiving. Last year, 21 local businessesand one family sponsored the event. TheMcKinney Community Development Corpora-tion (MCDC) also provided funding for therun.

Crape myrtles in McKinney have already at-tracted attention from people far beyond thecity. In addition to publicity given to it onSperry's radio show, speakers from around thenation attended a symposium hosted by theCMTM several years ago.

Margaret Pooler, research horticulturist forthe U.S. National Arboretum, has spokentwice in McKinney, and for a while, the CrapeMyrtle Society of America was based in McK-inney. Currently inactive, the society maysoon be revived.

“With our citizenry's commitment to featuringthe South's premier flowering plant in ourlandscapes,” Wheat said, “we add one morepiece to McKinney being one of the very bestresidential and business communities in thecountry.”

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For nearly four years, as passers-by drove intoMcKinney, they were met with a less-than-im-pressive heap of concrete, remnants of a visiongone awry.

That vision – Gateway – is again in focus.

In June, the city approved a plan that gives thego-ahead for developers Champ Hospitality andBeck Development to move forward with thelong-awaited project at McKinney’s southern en-trance.

Resting on the projected $35 million undertak-ing – a 185-room, full-service hotel and adjoin-ing 20,000-square-foot conference center – arehopes for extensive surrounding retail and resi-dential development.

The city will invest another $18 million into theproject, which stalled in 2008 due to financial

constraints. After months of study, numerousoutside consultations and constant citizen com-plaint, construction may resume by the end ofthe year.

“This is a missing piece that we need to fulfill,”McKinney Mayor Brian Loughmiller said. “Wehave a structure out there that’s unfinished,which is, quite frankly, an eyesore.”

The McKinney City Council and McKinneyCommunity Development Corporation (MCDC),owner of the Gateway property, heard severalother development options in recent months: astate house, which would include a full-servicehotel with converted executive suites, about10,000 square feet of meeting space, and wouldcost roughly $45 million; a 200-room luxury full-service hotel that would cost between $45 and$50 million; or, a 175-room, limited-service

hotel that would cost about $5 million.The recently approved plan, which calls for afour-floor, Sheraton-quality hotel, will be builtusing the partly finished “eyesore,” and paid forwith $6.5 million in MCDC funds, $6 million inCO debt money, and $5.5 million of the city’scash funds.

Though the plan is just its first big step in pick-ing up where it left off, the city has regained mo-mentum. Its front door seems to have reopened.

Likely soon, the McKinney that passers-by seewill be much clearer.

“We’ve spent, literally, hundreds of hours to fig-ure out a way to move forward,” City ManagerJason Gray said. “And I think we have.”

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Roses and perennials cover the hillsides in fullbloom. Their colorful spectacle shouts constant up-keep with water, fertilizer and pesticide.

But the research gardens at Myers Park and EventCenter sprout, for the most part, without. They areEarth-Kind gardens, and horticulturists all overTexas and the country have taken notice.

“We take the best organic and traditional horticul-ture practices and put them to the best possibleuse,” said Greg Church, Collin County’s TexasAgriLife Extension agent in charge of the park’sEarth-Kind décor. “The goal is to have a beautifullandscape with minimal maintenance and protec-tion for the environment.”

Earth-Kind principles have been around for nearlytwo decades, Church said, but as eco-friendly prac-tices gain momentum, so does the landscape and

gardening trend, particu-larly in McKinney. The158-acre, county-ownedpark is home to separateEarth-Kind research gar-dens for Kordez roses,crape myrtles and 111perennial plant species –the largest Earth-Kindundertaking in the nation.

Church, a horticulturist and plant pathologist, since2010 has headed a team of AgriLife Extensionagents and Collin County Master Gardeners in de-veloping and studying the gardens. The AgriLifeExtension service, based out of Texas A&M Uni-versity, has extension offices in every Texas county.“Our mission is to improve the lives of Texans anyway we can,” Church said. “With the horticultureprogram, we’re trying to make it easier on them to

landscape and garden.”

And, at least in Collin County, the preferredmethod for ease rests on Earth-Kind practices. TheEarth-Kind Environmental Stewardship Program isan American Society for Horticultural Science(ASHS)-recognized educational program focusedon protecting the environment and conserving nat-ural resources through research-based landscap-ing, gardening and agricultural productiontechniques.

Research protocol for the program excludes the useof synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, and limitssupplemental irrigation, Church said. Roses werethe first large-scale test subject, and an ongoingstate and national effort in recent years has yielded23 rose cultivars as Earth-Kind – able to bloomand flourish using program protocol.

Church and Steve George, leader of the AgriLifeExtension team that last year named the most re-cent Earth-Kind rose varieties, expanded the prin-ciples to other plant species, including theherbaceous and flowering perennials that beautifythe Myers Park landscape.

Phase I of the Earth-Kind study began in May2010, but perhaps its most-telling test came lastsummer during the state’s intense drought. Churchand his AgriLife agents and volunteers watered theresearch gardens once, the first week of August,and the Earth-Kind plants passed the test with fly-ing colors – literally.

“It was a great year to test them and see howdrought-tolerant they are,” Church said. “We hadat least 36 plants that performed very well; somewere even blooming without any rainfall for twomonths. That’s pretty impressive.”


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Soil management is a simple key to such success,he said. Earth-Kind practices call for landscapersand gardeners to amend the soil by adding threeinches of compost, tilling, planting and toppingwith three inches of mulch. Church said the mulch,which must be maintained over time, acts as aslow-release fertilizer.

“If we have healthy soil, we’ll have healthy plants,”he said.

The Collin County crew then installed a researchgarden to evaluate 25 crape myrtle varieties, repli-cated 25 times, and another to study 19 KordezRose varieties, which were developed without pes-ticides, a rarity for roses.

Church will present the area’s Earth-Kind findingsthus far to the ASHS this year in Miami, in an effortto stretch the program’s reach beyond Texas soil.

“We’re getting more scientists throughout the coun-try to follow our guidelines in testing plants,” hesaid. “The hope is that other people will catch ontothis idea.”

For now, the research gardens will at least serve asan aesthetic attraction to Myers Park visitors, manyof whom take them in during monthly tours. Thepark’s Basic Ag Field Day events teach amateursthe basics of agriculture through demonstrationsand exhibitors.

“We want everyone to benefit from these beautifulgardens, aesthetically and scientifically,” said JudyFlorence, park manager.

Trials for a research vineyard, vegetable garden,fruit and pecan orchards, and a turf-grass researcharea are all in the works, Church said. Aesthetic at-traction may be nice, but that’s not the AgriLife vi-sion.

“All the principles and practices of Earth-Kind canreally be applied to all areas of agricultural produc-tion,” he said. “The extension service was createdto take the research-based information and bring itto the public so they can use it.”

Myers Park and Event Center is located at 7117County Road 166 in McKinney. For more informa-tion about the research gardens and tours, contactthe AgriLife Extension office at 972-548-4233.




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Farmers live for them. Others live to eat andbuy from them.

Every week during prime growing-and-sellingseason, vendors from around North Texasoffer their local wares at the McKinney farm-ers markets, located at Chestnut Square His-toric Village near downtown and at Adriaticain western McKinney.

"At Chestnut Square, we usually have be-tween 35 and 40 vendors, and at Adriatica,we usually have seven to 10 vendors," saidCindy Johnson, Chestnut Square executivedirector. Vendors at both markets offer or-ganic and local foods, as well as crafts andentertainment for visitors. Wares come fromwithin eight miles of McKinney, and includemeats, eggs, yogurt, cookies, coffee, mush-rooms, Texas olive oil, nuts, bread and rolls,salsa, pies, tamales, jams and jellies, cannedpickles, gluten-free baked goods, honey,

cakes, toffee and wine. And the ChestnutSquare market couples with a unique taste ofMcKinney history.

Though not as diverse as the old Jockey Lotthat operated downtown in the mid-20th cen-tury, the market lives on in the Historic Vil-lage, a collection of old-time homes andbuildings just south of downtown, including ablacksmith shop and a chapel, with architec-ture that dates as far back as 1854. Dixie'sStore is one such piece of history preserved atChestnut Square. Originally built in 1918 offRockhill Road, it was moved to the Village in1996.

Dixie, the store’s namesake, used to give stu-dents candy as reward for a straight-A reportcard. During farmers markets, the store sellsold-fashioned items like candy, ice cream,crafts and toys, as well as timeless colddrinks like Root Beer, Coca-Cola and Dublin

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Dr. Pepper. "I think it's a combination of ourinteresting setting and our vendors that makeus so unique," Johnson said. "Our vendorsare true farmers who are very customer-orien-tated and outgoing, and I think that peoplereally appreciate that." This year, the His-toric McKinney Farmers Market at ChestnutSquare again has new vendors, like thecrafter who makes aprons and purses usingold overalls. "We have a new salsa vendorthat makes preservative-free fresh salsas,"Johnson said. "We also have a new crafterwho makes things out of old wine barrels. Alot of our crafters are recyclers, so that is areally neat concept." The Chestnut Squaremarket continues to draw large crowds every

week. After completing cus-tomer surveys last year, John-son found that one-third ofmarket customers were fromoutside Collin County. "Wewill get 1,500 people throughhere on a Saturday," Johnsonsaid. "We are getting people

into the city, and that really means a lot toChestnut Square and thedowntown economy." Chest-nut Square garners constantpositive feedback from cus-tomers about the market, shesaid. "Everyone really lovesthe vendors and loves cominghere," Johnson said. "Overand over again, we hearabout how everyone is sofriendly and helpful."

They love it so much that theChestnut Square marketagain aims to be named one

of the Top 20 farmers markets in the nationby American Farmland Trust, which annuallyholds the “America’s Favorite Farmers Mar-ket” contest. The historic market was votedNo. 2 in Texas and No. 5 in the U.S. duringlast year’s contest.

"We have a farmers market that is historicallycharming and locally grown that really reflects

McKinney and Collin County,"she added. "We view it as pre-serving the heritage of CollinCounty by having farmers hereselling their goods." The Chest-nut Square market is open 8 a.m.to noon every Saturday duringspring, summer and fall months.The Adriatica market is open 3to 7 p.m. on Thursdays. Formore information on McKinneyfarmers markets, visitwww.chestnutsquare.org.

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The McKinney Fire Department (MFD) this yearis noting 125 years of service to the community.

The fire department has a rich history, from thelate 1800s when it used hand-pulled carts tofight fires, to the modern 72,000-pound trucksthat firefighters use today.

Stacie Durham, MFD public information officer,said, “The history of the McKinney Fire Depart-ment is multi-faceted, and it is impossible tomention all of the milestones and achieve-ments.”

Among the most memorable are the burnings ofthe downtown square on three separate occa-sions.

“On Jan. 27, 1887, the McKinney square wasburned to the ground,” Durham said. “We lost15 businesses, and the town was devastated.One month later, on Feb. 15, the McKinney Vol-unteer Fire Department was organized. This in-cluded two companies: the H.C. Herndon Hook& Ladder and the Throckmorton Engine andHose.”

C.T. (Todd) Warren, who was serving as city mar-

shal, also assumed fire chief duties. He was ap-pointed for a one-year term as fire chief, but leftthe office after 11 months. A.L. Jones wasnamed the second fire chief of the town andserved from 1887 to 1890.

“Two more companies were organized as McKin-ney grew,” Durham said. “The Fred & Roy Hook& Ladder was formed on Jan. 2, 1892, and theSam Burks Hose Co. #2 on Jan. 18, 1894. Dur-ing that time, Sam Burks was appointed firechief as well as city marshal. He remained firechief until he was accidentally shot on June 11,1902, in the line of duty. He died of his woundsthe following day.”

During the first 15 years of fire service for McK-inney, many changes came upon the McKinneyVolunteer Fire Department. The first carts werepulled by hand, but eventually two horses,named Buddy and Old Glen, were bought for$150 each and were used to pull the carts.

After fires were doused using bucket brigadesfor the first 15 years, the volunteer depart-ment obtained a steamer engine that the localnewspaper said was “one of the finest fire en-gines in the state.”

A new fire station was built in conjunctionwith city offices on Kentucky Street acrossfrom the Collin County Prison. It housed fireapparatus with a bunk room and meetingroom on the second floor. A pool table wasadded to the top room around 1909. The pooltable is now located in the museum at theCentral Fire Station. The museum containsapparatus and photographs from the past thatchronicle the fire department’s history.

Around the turn of the 20th century, several menserved short terms as fire chief until J.S. McKin-ney took the post and served as fire chief for 35years, after 11 years as a firefighter. He alsoserved as city marshal most of that time. He wasvoted Fire Chief for Life by the men he led backin the 1920s and 1930s. He also led two stateconventions in McKinney in 1907 and in 1924.

“The men and women of the McKinney Fire De-partment know and understand the sacrificesmade to begin this wonderful organization andwant to keep the history alive,” Durham said.

People are welcome to visit the MFD museum atthe Central Fire Station, located at 301 N. Mc-Donald St. in McKinney. To schedule a tour for agroup, or for other information, call the MFDFire & Life Safety Education office at 972-547-2893, or go to www.mckinneyfire.org.

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“If you cannot feed a hundred people, then feed just one.”

Mother Teresa’s words this year resonated with McKin-ney North High School student council members, al-beit more the “hundred” than “just one.”

Inspired by Mary’s Meals, a global movement that setsup school feeding projects in the world’s poorest com-munities, the students raised more than $11,000 tofund another school kitchen in poverty-strickenMalawi in southern Africa.

“People ignore the fact that millions of children arestarving and being deprived of an education,” saidAbigail Gibney, the McKinney North student who or-chestrated her school’s participation in the movement.“We value our education so much, so it just seemedright.”

Their project, “A Simple Solution,” began with WorldPorridge Day, during which students and staff sat onthe floor and ate a sparing lunch to better understandhow those in poverty eat every day, if at all.

Student council (STUCO) sold bracelets and T-shirtspromoting the Mary’s Meals mission: “a simple solu-tion to world hunger.” The group received a Top 10

Project award at the state STUCO convention, and wasone of 12 STUCO groups in Texas to receive the Na-tional Association of Student Councils’ Gold Council ofExcellence Award.

But perhaps their most welcomed recognition came inApril. Mary’s Meals founder Magnus MacFarlane-Bar-row came all the way from Scotland just to applaudtheir efforts.

“Every time we’ve made a plea on behalf of people suf-fering, we’ve just been overwhelmed with kindness allover the world,” Magnus told students, staff and par-ents in the McKinney Performing Arts Center’s Court-room Theater. “I couldn’t believe what I was hearingabout the amazing things happening here.”

That says a lot coming from a world icon who has ex-tended Mother Teresa’s words to “thousands” for morethan a decade. In 2010, CNN recognized Magnus as aWorld Hero for his continuous aid in the face of globalpoverty.

Motivation for Mary’s Meals came in 2002 through anencounter with an AIDS-stricken family in Malawi, anAfrican country hit hard by famine. Soon, Magnus andvolunteers were setting up school kitchens all over.

Mary’s Meals (named after Jesus’ mother), grew vil-lage by village, nation by nation. Mary’s Meals beganby feeding 200 children in Malawi, and now, dailyfeeds more than 600,000 children in 16 countriesacross the world.

Through Mary’s Meals, it costs just less than $17, onaverage, to feed one child for an entire school year,and only $11 to feed a Malawi child, which is whyMcKinney North STUCO members sold shirts thatread “Eleven Dollars.”

The movement is starting to build up in the U.S., andMcKinney North “wanted to start it here in Texas,”Gibney said. Few recognize that more than Magnus.

One school working together for one kitchen mayseem insignificant. But in Mother Teresa’s and Mag-nus’ experience, “just one” is often all it takes fortrue change.

“When I think about Mary’s Meals, I always thinkabout it as just a series of lots of little acts of love,”Magnus said. “It’s only when you put all those smallthings together that you create something beautiful.”


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Nothing says “heal” like a historic flour mill. Orlike flower petals, leaves and landscapes.

Hospital art, when scattered all around, dis-tracts and detracts – quite healing for a pa-tient lying in agony.

“Sometimes it helps to change their percep-tions of pain,” said Lydia deJong, director ofnursing at Baylor Medical Center at McKin-ney. “When things are not going their way,

they get the ability to escape.”

The 95-bed, full-service hospital, which openedJuly 6 at U.S. Highway 380 and Lake ForestDrive in McKinney, prides itself on state-of-the-art design and amenities, like its neonatal inten-sive care unit (ICU) private suites. But its décormay stand out most, at least to its temporary resi-dents.

“It just creates that positive distraction, makesthe patient and family feel like they’renot in that clinical, institutional envi-ronment,” said Dori Mommers ofRTKL Associates, Inc., the facility’sarchitecture and interior design firm.“You don’t feel like you’re in a hospi-tal.”

Rather, you step into an art galleryfilled with paintings, photos and sculp-tures. With aid from Select Art con-sultants, Mommers picked out 800pieces of art to adorn the hospital’swalls, lobbies and rooms.

More than 100 works were commissioned tolocal and Texas artists, tasked specifically forhospital corridors. Floral art – paintings andphotography of abstract flowers – dot thewalls of the second floor, where women andinfants receive treatment.

“It reminds me of life and growth,” deJong said.“Flowers bloom, and babies are being born.”

Seasonal landscapes and Texas scenery coverthe third floor, reserved for medical and sur-gical patients of all ages. And more than adozen photographs, many that Mommers andher husband captured around downtownMcKinney, line the walls around pre-opera-tional and post-surgery waiting areas, just in-side the healing garden.

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Blown-up metal leaves descend behind the en-trance desk in the main lobby, a backdrop to“The Nurturing Dancers” sculpture that pro-motes its name to incoming patients and fami-lies. Glass art welcomes elevator riders to eachfloor, providing them beauty and direction, andnature themes dominate throughout.

Where there’s canvas, there’s color. Wherethere’s pain, there’s aesthetic pleasure.

“There is art in every space in the hospital,”Mommers said. “When you’re in the hospitaland waiting for a patient in surgery for six hours,it helps ease your mind and pass the time.”

The McKinney location is just the newest ofBaylor medical facilities containing purposefulartwork, and joins a trend widespread in modernhospitals, said Susan Hall of Baylor Health CareSystem. Baylor Medical Center at Plano andBaylor’s Fort Worth and Dallas centers all havesuch art.

Nearly 400 employees were on-site prepping for

the recent opening, and many took notice of theartwork’s prominence around the hospital, de-Jong said.

“Every time I go to a new hospital, the artworksurprises me,” she said. “The art reminds me ofa hospital that’s on the cutting edge. They cometo get better; it’s not where they come to die.”

Yet the art may bring relief even in death. Mom-mers once selected for another facility artwork ofa butterfly on a flower, which happened to deco-rate the room of a mother who lost her baby. Thepicture touched the mother so much, she had a

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M I S D S U P E R I N T E N D E N TKennedy began his role as McKinneyISD Superintendent of Schools in Janu-

ary 2010. Currently in his 37th year as an educator,Kennedy serves with the board trustees at everyboard meeting.

Before coming to McKinney, he was superintendentfor Midlothian ISD for seven years. During histenure there, many of the schools in the districtearned “Recognized” or “Exemplary” status.Kennedy initiated the Midlothian Education Foun-dation, which awards funds to district staff for inno-vative teaching grants.

He has also served as superintendent for Decatur ISDand assistant superintendent for Waco-Midway ISD.

Kennedy acted as head of individual schools beforeentering the top district position. He was a princi-pal and assistant principal in Allen ISD, a teacherand counselor in Richardson ISD and a teacherand coordinator in North East ISD in San Antonio.

He received his Doctorate in Education Adminis-tration from Texas A&M University-Commerce, acollege McKinney ISD partnered with this year toopen the Harold Murphy Counseling Center inMcKinney. Kennedy earned a Master of Arts inCounseling from the University of Texas at San An-tonio and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science andSecondary Education from Baylor University.

He and his wife, Pam, have two sons, who are alsoBaylor University alumni, and one granddaughter.

M A R I A M C K I N Z I E , P L A C E 1 S E C R E TA R YMcKinzie was born and raised in McK-inney, graduating from McKinney High

School in 1977. She is a supply chain specialist forthe Raytheon Company in McKinney, where she’sworked for more than 20 years.

McKinzie and her husband, Johnny, have beenmarried for 23 years. She raised a son who gradu-ated from McKinney North High School as well asa niece and nephew, who both also graduated fromMcKinney ISD schools.

McKinzie’s term expires in 2013.

B O B B Y A M I C K , P L A C E 2The McKinney ISD trustees appointedAmick to the board in July 2011 to re-place former Place 2 trustee MarkRude, who had resigned June 20.

Amick, a 13-year McKinney resident, is an at-torney with local law firm Francis Orr & To-tusek, LLP, a practice that focuses oncommercial disputes and transactions. As amember of the Dallas and Collin County BarAssociations, and as an associate in the newlyformed Curt B. Henderson Inn of Court, Amickcombines his vocation and avocation – assistingarea junior-high school students in CollinCounty’s annual mock trial competition.

“I think I bring a different approach and back-ground to the board,” Amick said of his legalexperience when appointed.

He is an active member at Crosspoint Church,and serves as a mentor through the school dis-trict’s affiliation with 3e McKinney, a local non-profit.

Amick earned a Bachelor of Science in indus-trial engineering from Northwestern University,then spent two deployments to the Middle and

Far East as an officer in the U.S. Navy. Follow-ing his military service, he later attended lawschool at Baylor University, where he receivedhis Juris Doctor, magna cum laude.

He and his wife Mindy have three children, allof whom attend McKinney schools. Mindyserves as a campus secretary at a Title I ele-mentary school in McKinney.

Amick was appointed to serve the remainder ofRude’s term, which would have ended this year hadthe city and school district not shifted their electioncycle dates. Amick’s term thus expires in 2013.

K AT H I L I V E Z E Y, P L A C E 3Livezey was elected to the board in2010. Though she’s now retired, Livezeyspent much of her youth and profes-sional career in McKinney ISD.

She graduated from McKinney High School and re-ceived a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Educa-tion from Southern Methodist University. Livezeyearned a Master of Library and Information Sci-ence from Texas Woman’s University.

Livezey taught fourth and fifth grade at J.W. WebbElementary School in McKinney for seven years.She spent more than 23 years as the library mediaspecialist at McKinney High School.

She served on the McKinney Ex-Students Associa-tion board from 2003-2009 and is a member ofFirst Christian Church in McKinney.

Livezey and her husband, Mike, have been marriedfor 32 years and have two daughters, Katie andKara.

Livezey’s term expires in 2013.

The McKinney ISD Board of Trustees is formedby seven members who are elected every May foroverlapping three-year terms. Board membersrepresent the entire school district, yet run forPlace 1 through Place 7 on the board. Trusteeselect a president, vice president and secretary ofthe board every year.

Board members are not compensated for theirservice and are expected to provide the best pos-sible education for McKinney ISD students. Theymake final decisions on district policies, prioritiesand personnel as well as adopt a yearly budget for

maintenance and operations at every school.

Due to lack of public education funding acrossTexas, the board must help provide students withthe same level of education with a smaller districtstaff and a much lighter budget.

The board is in the process of directing the ad-ministration of funds from a $191 million bondthat passed by citizens’ vote May 14, 2011. Muchof the bond will go toward expanding McKinneyHigh School and McKinney North High School toaccommodate a projected increase of more than

1,000 students over the next several years.

Unless otherwise noted, as in the case of a spe-cially called meeting, the board holds a regularmeeting the fourth Tuesday of each month in theMISD Board Room at No. 1 Duvall St. in McKin-ney. It typically holds work-study sessions on theTuesday prior to the fourth Monday of eachmonth, during which trustees discuss specificpersonnel and budget items with district staff.

The board attends continuing education coursesthroughout the year.

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A M Y D A N K E L , P L A C E 4Dankel is the second-newest addition tothe board, elected in May 2011 whenvoters chose her over incumbent DickStevens for the Place 4 seat.

“I’m excited to have been elected and honored tobe able to serve the students of McKinney ISD inthis capacity,” she said when elected. “I’m lookingforward to working with our board members andsuperintendent to ensure our school district contin-ues in excellence.”

Dankel and her husband, Roger, moved to McKin-ney in 1997. Dankel spent 10 years teaching atFinch Elementary and Eddins Elementary in McK-inney and has been an educator for 22 years.

Her son, Nick, graduated from McKinney NorthHigh School in 2008, and her daughter, Stephanie,graduated from McKinney Boyd High School in2010. Dankel said she ran for a position on theschool board because she felt it was the best way togive back to a school district and community that’sgiven so much to her and her family.

She wishes to help the board “explore options formeeting the needs of students who are dropping outof school” and keep excellence in classroom in-struction as a top priority.

Dankel earned a Bachelor of Science in educationfrom Millsaps College before obtaining a Master ofEducation, with an emphasis in curriculum and in-struction, from Virginia Tech University.

Her term expires in 2015.

LY N N S P E R R Y,P L A C E 5B O A R D P R E S I D E N TSperry is a constant in McKinney ISDeducation, serving as a board trustee for

more than 26 years. She was re-elected to theboard last year after running unopposed. Her fellowtrustees again elected her as board president forthis past school year.

Sperry is a graduate of the Texas Association ofSchool Boards (TASB) Leadership program, desig-nated Master Trustee for the class of 2000. She pre-viously served 12 years as a director for TASB.

She received a bachelor’s degree in music educa-tion from The Ohio State University and taughtvocal and instrumental music for grades 1-8 forseveral years. Her community involvement in-cludes roles as the founding and current boardmember emeritus for the McKinney Education

Foundation, board member for the Crape MyrtleTrails of McKinney, and McKinney ISD liaison tothe advisory board for Serenity High, an alternativecampus for students with past substance abuse is-sues.

She and her husband, Neil, own Neil Sperry’sGARDENS Magazine, and her three children allattended McKinney ISD schools.

Sperry said that the board’s biggest challenges forthe next few years will be dealing with a reducedbudget and a quickly increasing student popula-tion.

Her term expires in 2015.

W A D E J O H N S O N , P L A C E 6 – AT L A R G EJohnson is a former board presidentwhose family has grown up with aMcKinney ISD education. All five of

his children have graduated from or are attend-ing McKinney schools.

Johnson has worked for Allstate Insurance formore than 20 years and now owns an Allstateagency. He is former chairman of the McKinneyChamber of Commerce board and the McKinneyConvention and Visitors Bureau board.

Johnson played football at Southern MethodistUniversity, where he earned a Bachelor of Sci-ence in Sociology.

His interest in mentoring students served as hismotivation to get involved with the school board.He and several other men also founded the or-ganization, Christian Men of Vision and Princi-ple, to provide positive male role models forchildren who need them.

Johnson said that the board continues to makehiring and retaining quality teachers a top prior-ity each year. He consistently pushes boardtrustees to figure out ways to provide quality ed-ucation for students from all different back-grounds, realizing the board’s ability to makethat happen.

“The McKinney community has high expecta-tions for their children,” he said. “And with thatcomes high expectations for their education andlearning environment. We see this as a positiveand work hard to provide the high standard ofeducation that the board, district and commu-nity at large expect for all students.”

Johnson’s term expires in 2015.

C U R T I S R I P P E E , P L A C E 7 ( AT- L A R G E )V I C E P R E S I D E N TRippee came to McKinney later thanhis fellow board trustees, but he’s al-

ready made a mark with his involvement. Theyelected him as vice president for this year, justeight years after he moved to the city.

With more than 20 years of financial manage-ment experience, Rippee is the Managing Part-ner and chief financial officer (CFO) of ACIS,Inc., a commercial HVAC and plumbing servicecompany. Before joining ACIS earlier this year,he was the founder and principal of StratiFiPartners, LLC, a consulting services firm. Be-fore starting the firm, he served as the CFO forseveral small- to mid-sized private companies,and as chief accounting officer and vice presi-dent of finance and administration for a publiclytraded company.

But his professional career began at PriceWater-houseCoopers, an accounting firm, after he ob-tained a Bachelor of Science in Accountancyfrom the University of Missouri and earned hisCertified Public Accountant (CPA) license.

“I believe my background and experience as afinancial professional and business owner, aswell as my perspective as a parent of elementaryand middle school children, give me the toolsneeded to represent the citizens of McKinney onthe MISD Board of Trustees,” he said.

Rippee serves on the McKinney EducationFoundation board and on the finance committeefor First Baptist Church of McKinney, where heand his wife, Deeann, are members. He andDeeann have three daughters, Emma Grace,Abigail and Ellie, who attend Faubion MiddleSchool and Walker Elementary School in McK-inney.

Though he’s only lived in the city for about 10years, Rippee commends the education that hischildren and others receive in McKinneyschools.

“McKinney ISD is well-known for its excellenceand innovation,” he said. “My family came toMcKinney specifically because of its heritageand reputation as a community and its outstand-ing school system.”

His term expires in 2013.



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B R I A N L O U G H M I L L E R ,M A Y O RLoughmiller was elected as mayorin May 2009, after representing Dis-trict 4 on the city council from 2002

to 2008. He was appointed mayor pro tem-pore for three of his six years on the council.

During his tenure on the council, he servedas the liaison to the McKinney CommunityDevelopment Corporation board, McKinneyAirport Board, McKinney Parks Board andthe McKinney Housing Authority.

Loughmiller is managing partner at Lough-miller Higgins P.C., a McKinney law firm thatspecializes in family law. He is also presidentof the Collin County Bar Association and afellow with the American Academy of Matri-monial Lawyers.

When he’s not involved with city gover-nance or managing his law firm, Lough-miller volunteers at church and participatesin city athletic events. He competes in an-nual races such as the Historic McKinneyKiwanis Triathlon and Run Races, startedfive years ago, and the Bike the Bricksdowntown bike race.

Last year, he declared May as “Get Fit

Month” in McKinney to encourage citizens tolive a healthier, exercise-oriented lifestyle. “The wellness of our community and its citi-zens is very important,” he said, “and beingon a path to good health makes everyone feelgood.”

His work in the community began long beforehe served on the city council. Loughmillerand his wife, Donna, moved to McKinneywith their three children in 1989. Before his2002 election to the council, he served on theMcKinney Board of Adjustments and servedon the McKinney Independent School DistrictCommunity Redistricting Committee.

Loughmiller is in the final year of his term asmayor.

D A V I D B R O O K S , AT L A R G EBrooks was elected in May 2009 asone of two at-large representativeson the city council. He is chairman

and CEO of the McKinney-based Indepen-dent Bank group, which operates 20 Indepen-dent Bank locations across north and centralTexas.

Active in community banking since the early1980s, Brooks is a former board member for

the Independent Bankers Association ofTexas and served as the chief financial officer(CFO) at Baylor University from 2000 to2004.

His financial experience has proved a vitalasset for community and civic involvement.Brooks served three years on both the McKin-ney Economic Development Corporationboard and the McKinney Chamber of Com-merce board. He is a former McKinney Ro-tary Club president, and his family was one of17 families that founded Crosspoint Churchin McKinney in 1996.

Brooks has bachelor’s and master’s degrees inbusiness from Baylor. He and his wife, Car-olyn, have two sons, Reece and Ryan. Hishobbies include marathon running, skiingand mountain climbing.

Brooks is serving the final year of his term inthe at-large seat.

D O N D A Y, D I S T R I C T 1Day, elected in May 2009 to repre-sent District 1 on the council, ownsDFA, LTD, a real estate investment

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A builder for more than 45 years, Day main-tains a special interest in preserving HistoricDowntown McKinney. He assisted in the ren-ovation of 22 commercial historic buildingsand invested in several downtown businessesincluding Sauce on the Square, Rick’s Chop-house, Uptown and The Grand Hotel.

Day has also served on eight city boards andcommissions. He is the former chairman ofthe McKinney Planning and Zoning Commis-sion.


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G E R A LY N K E V E R , D I S T R I C T 2Kever is in her second-straight termas District 2 representative on thecouncil. She was re-elected to the

seat after winning the May 14, 2011 electionover opponent Tracy Rath.

First elected in 2008, Kever remains eager tohelp carry McKinney through the economicdownturn.

“As I look ahead, I do see us at sort of a tip-ping point,” she said. “I’ve served in a reces-sion, and I’m ready to serve in a recovery.”

Kever began her public service in McKinneyin public education. She was elected to theMcKinney ISD Board of Trustees in 1997 andre-elected in 2000 and 2003. She served asboard president for six of her years as atrustee.

Kever received a Bachelor of Science degreein electrical engineering from Texas A&MUniversity and her M.A. degree in interna-tional management from the University ofTexas at Dallas.

Her education led to a career at HewlettPackard, with a focus on telecommunications.She works as a corporate communication con-sultant, helping clients develop communica-tion strategies and manage complex issues inhigh-risk situations.

Before her election to the city council, Keverserved multiple terms on the McKinney Eco-nomic Development Corporation and McKin-ney Arts Commission boards. She representsthe city on the Regional Transportation Coun-cil.

Kever has lived in McKinney with her hus-band, Mark, since 1982. They have threechildren, Megan, Matt and Erin.

T R A V I S U S S E R Y,D I S T R I C T 3 , M A Y O R P R O T E MUssery was elected in 2009 to rep-resent District 3, the same district

where he was born and raised. In June, the

council elected him to serve this year asmayor pro tem, designating him to act asmayor in the absence or disability of MayorLoughmiller.

“I’m certainly honored and extremely hum-bled,” he said after his designation. “I’vebeen fortunate to serve on this council, so Ilook forward to continue doing so in this posi-tion.”

A McKinney High School graduate, Ussery isa second-generation council member in McK-inney. His late father, Leon, served as mayorpro tem and mayor in the 1960s.

After graduating from Texas Christian Univer-sity, Ussery returned to McKinney to work forhis father’s accounting business. He nowowns the business, Travis Ussery CPA, lo-cated in District 3.

Ussery has used his financial experience toserve the city for nearly 21 years. He’s spenttime as chairman for the McKinney Planningand Zoning Commission and the McKinneyParks Board, and was a member of the McK-inney Main Street Design Committee in 2004.Ussery has also served on the Chamber ofCommerce Finance Committee.


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He enjoys history, reading classical literatureand playing golf in his time away from workand city governance.

R A Y R I C C H I , D I S T R I C T 4Ricchi is representing District 4 onthe city council for a second straightterm after citizens re-elected him to

the seat in the May 14, 2011 general elec-tions. Currently the executive vice presidentand general manager of The Ballfields atCraig Ranch in McKinney, he is glad to beserving a city that is quickly expanding.

“I think the next three years are going to besome of the most exciting,” he said. “Timelyevents are going to happen in McKinney thatare going to set us on course for the next 30.”

Ricchi, the father of three children who at-tend McKinney ISD schools, has been a resi-

dent in the city since 1991. His business ex-perience includes executive positions withMaster Lock, AlliedSignal and Black &Decker.

Ricchi also has an extensive background inpublic service. He formerly acted as chair-man of the McKinney Economic DevelopmentCorporation board and the McKinney Cham-ber of Commerce, the latter for which he’sbeen an executive board member since 2005.

Ricchi is also a member of the Public Rela-tions, Intergovernmental and LegislativeCommittee, a partner with the Chamber ofCommerce that monitors state and nationallegislative action.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree inbusiness administration, with an emphasis ineconomics and finance, from the University ofSouth Carolina.


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R O G E R H A R R I S ,AT L A R G EHarris became the newest councilmember when he won the June 18,2011 runoff election, defeating his

opponent and former McKinney City Council-man Steve Bell to secure the other at-largeseat.

Harris remains eager to join the city’s well-established governing team.

“Our city council has made tremendousprogress in many areas which I believe willyield great results in the near future,” hesaid. “I want to work with our new city man-ager's office to make McKinney a citizen-friendly, development-friendly city we are allproud of.”

Harris has owned and operated the linencompany, Metro Linen, since 1987. His pub-lic service began in 1992, when he startedserving on the McKinney Airport Board (nowthe McKinney Airport Development Corpora-tion board). He was on the board for six years,including two as board chairman.

Harris is has served on the McKinney Cham-ber of Commerce board and on the McKinneyEconomic Development Corporation board.

Harris has fairly large shoes to fill as the re-placement for former Councilman Pete Huff,who served three straight terms in the District2 and at-large seats. Harris is confident theentire council can together continue movingthe city in the right direction.

“McKinney is very poised to be one of theleaders coming out of this economic down-turn,” he said.


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