Princeton Boys Basketball claims District 12-4A title – Sports, 1B
The Princeton Herald
• Princeton, Texas, Thursday, February 19, 2015
The Official Newspaper of Princeton
•2 sections, 12 Pages
Hitting the big time
ISD talks daycare center
Local sells winning lotto ticket
By Wyndi Veigel News Editor
news@princetonherald.com Princeton Independent School District is making head way on beginning a school daycare for employees and students. Deputy superintendent Danny Folk got a nod of approval to go ahead and receive mandatory training through Child Protective Services. Preliminary information shared during the PISD board meeting Feb. 16, Folk said the breakeven cost for the district would be between $80 to $100 a week and $20 for the after school program. The daycare, once again according to preliminary information, would be open from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. “Teachers very excited about this program,” Folk said. School board president Carol Bodwell questioned if the preliminary rates were competitive with other daycares in the area. Folk assured her that the rates were very good since other daycares charge anywhere from $175 to $250 per week. The daycare would be available starting for children six weeks and up and the after school program would be available for kids through fifth-grade. After working on preliminary information, Folk said that they would most likely need to hire one full-time teacher, one to two full-time parents and one to two part-time parents. The daycare would be able to use food services through the school for lunches, Folk said, or parents could pack the See ISD page 4A
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Two car wreck under investigation
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The Valero store owner Chandra Siwakoti sold a winning lotto ticket last week garnering him national media attention. The ticket has still not been claimed.
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The owner of Appletree Food Mart in Princeton became an overnight sensation last week when the Texas Lottery Commission announced a winning ticket in a $564.1 million Powerball jackpot was sold at the store. “I got to work at four o’clock (a.m.) and the parking lot was full,” store owner Chandra Siwakoti said. Siwakoti spent a good part of Feb. 12 being interviewed by news reporters, including a phone interview with the Today Show on NBC. “I had so many calls yesterday,” he reported. The Powerball drawing was held Wednesday, Feb. 11, and three winning tickets were identified to share in the jackpot. The other two tickets were sold in North Carolina and Puerto Rico. Winners have not yet come forward. “I don’t know which person won on which day,” Siwakoti said. He explained that Powerball ticket sales picked up on Sunday, Feb. 8, after there was no winner the night before. The jackpot started at $40 million and grew every week until there was a winner. “This is the fifth largest lottery jackpot in this country,” Siwakoti said. “We sold 1,500 tickets Wednesday.” Each of three locations in
Framing a new life one nail at a time By Wyndi Veigel
Two vehicles were heavily damaged after a wreck last week. 2A.
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A whole different kind of love was shown Feb. 14 as the first walls went up on Alice Arps Habitat Home. The home, being built at 301 Bonnieview in Princeton, is definitely a labor of love, but to Arps it has been well worth the wait. She beams with pride and joy when she talks about her home being built in Princeton. She is thankful for this opportunity, which “has taken her a long time,” but is grateful to God for her season, according to information released by Habitat for Humanity. She was born in Tyler and raised in Collin County, attending schools in Frisco, Prosper and McKinney. If she has one priority in life, it would be family and she loves to gather for dinner with her three grown children and six grandchildren. Arps is certified in food
management and has worked as a manager for the Prosper ISD. She also spent 12 years with the North TX Job Corp Center. For the past 10 years she has been employed as a professional driver for TAPS in McKinney. She attends the Eternity Community Church where she sings in the choir, works with the missionaries, teaches and is on the Pastor Aid Committee. The congregation is excited and happy for Alice and gives her lots of encouragement and joy, Habitat for Humanity said. Many of these members are also planning to aid in the building of her home. During the first day of construction, Arps could be seen with her shiny new hammer given to her by the North Texas Habitat for Humanity using it like a pro to hammer in nails to the framing beams of her new home. “This is such a blessing,” she said, smiling from ear See HOMEMADE page 8A
Doubled up
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Corbin Gillespie encounters Carter’s Taylor Tennison and Courtnee Avery in the Class 4A Region II bi-district round at Berkner High School. For additional photos see this week’s Sports. This photo available for purchase at www.princetonherald. com.