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Volume 12 Issue 43
Sachse, Texas
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Body found near school By Greg Ford
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news@sachsenews.com SACHSE — The Sachse Police Department is currently investigating the death of a 24-year-old Wylie resident, whose body was found early Sunday morning along a roadway. Manley Thomas Gosselin was found in the 4000 block of Mitchell Court after a driver reported seeing a male lying in the roadway, said Sachse police spokesperson Lt. Steve Norris. Gosselin was declared dead at the scene by a medical examiner, Norris said. An autopsy was performed Monday, which should provide some clarity, Norris noted. There was trauma to the body, he said, but an autopsy is needed to determine whether or not that had anything to do with Gosselin’s death. “I think as soon as we receive the autopsy report, it will lead to the cause of death and what direction we want to go (with the investigation),” Norris said. Mitchell Court is right behind Sachse High School near the intersection of Hudson and Miles Road.
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Sachse’s football team celebrates a 10-0 record and District 10-6A championship, which came about after the Mustangs mauled South Garland 57-0 in the Nov. 4 regular-season finale at Homer B. Johnson Stadium. Sachse opens Class 6A, Region II Div. I competition 7 p.m. Friday versus Skyline at Williams Stadium. (Story, more photos, page 1B)
Veterans honored at annual celebration Artifacts displayed include 75-year-old bugle from Pearl Harbor
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Larry Quave plays taps on a 75-year-old bugle during the annual SHS Veterans Day program Saturday, Nov. 5. The antique bugle was used by a Marine Corps musician at Pearl Harbor in 1941.
About 70 people attended the annual Sachse Historical Society Veterans Day program Saturday, Nov. 5 on museum grounds. The event kicked off with the “chiming in” ceremony conducted by SHS board member Jim Mathis, officially signaling the 11 a.m. start time. Sachse resident Zach Gray led the group in the pledge of allegiance. Mayor pro tem Charlie Ross read a procla-
mation, and Councilman Paul Watkins led the invocation. The “Star Spangled Banner” was sung by Bailey Iverson. There were presentations by Bob Soule, Tricia Lindsey and SHS President Bobby Tillman. Tillman explained the meaning of Veterans Day, citing that at 11 a.m. each Nov. 11, a color guard made up of members from each of the military branches, renders honors to America’s war dead during a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. The committee chairperson for the
TI pilot program teaches students after school By Greg Ford Staff Writer
news@sachsenews.com It’s the age-old question many students ask: “How does this apply to me?” It’s one often posed when sitting through various science and math classes at the high school level. Now some Sachse High School students are engaging in just that. They are part of an after-school pilot program being done in conjunction with Texas Instruments, in which they’re using TI technology to come up with a solution to a problem. In their case, it’s droughtrelated problems, such as the one currently being experienced in Zimbabwe. Its unofficial name is the “Smart Water Project,” in which students build a program to determine what’s the best time to turn on pumps to water land and vegetation. In it, students are taking into account such factors as humidity and soil conditions, said David Santucci, a TI director of product line strategy and education technology. “They are taking the science principles that they would have learned in their
class,” he said, “and then they’re learning about (using sensors) and things like that where you can get data about (such things as) is it bright out, is it light out, what is the humidity level, how dry is the soil, what is the soil moisture level, all those kind of things. They are taking those readings in and are writing a program to decide when is the best time (to turn on) the pump.” They’re also among the first to use the TI-Innovator Hub, which was designed to assist students by introducing them to coding and engineering details they’ll be dealing with, should they pursue a career in related field. The product can be used with graphing calculators currently employed by many middle and high school students. That’s what being done during these after-school sessions, which are expected to last a few more weeks, as participants are using the calculators, the hub along with some batteries, to simulate the pumping of water; they are transferring the liquid from one bottle to another. Students work in pairs, and are assisted by computer science graduate students from the University of Texas–
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event was Diana Smith. The featured speaker was Mark Witham, curator for the Military Heritage Collection of North Texas. The museum, located in Nevada, was formed in 2008 and includes a fleet of operating military vehicles and a vast collection of military artifacts. The museum is manned solely by volunteers. The museum, said Witham, exists to collect, preserve and exhibit artifacts to honor America’s military veterans and to help educate visitors about the long See MILITARY page 8A
Natatorium gets pushed By Greg Ford Staff Writer
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Sachse senior Nelson Flores works on the battery setup for his water pumping project during the after-school session at the high school. Dallas. “They each are going to write their own software, but they are sharing an innovator and the pumps,” Santucci said. “They are each going to build their own solution.” This pilot program not only applies to what students learn in science and math, but in other courses as well, including some art, history and geography. “Our goal was to help students understand that somebody can be a math person, but they also need to work
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closely with other subject areas in order to create something more meaningful,” said Dr. Jasna Aliefendic, a technology applications coordinator with the GISD. Besides applying their classroom learning, participating students also must create a plan for what they’re doing, she said, and track their work in a journal. “They really need to keep a good track of previous assignments and planning,” Aliefendic said.
LAKE LAVON LEVELS Normal 492
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When will the Garland ISD natatorium be built? At this moment, it now appears that the multi-million dollar structure, which is part of the 2014 bond package, will have a new starting date. Garland ISD board members voted 4-3 during an Oct. 31 special session to push construction — it was originally scheduled to be a Phase 1 project but had been relegated to Phase 4 (final) — into the end of Phase 3. At the same time, they also approved moving up projects from Phases 3 and 4. Their decision means the current project bid expired — that took place Tuesday — and that new bids must go out, said Mida Milligan, the GISD’s executive director for communications and public relations. The facility is scheduled to be erected across the George Bush Turnpike from Naaman Forest High School and the new Career See OFFICIALS page 8A
Fraternal Order of Police Holiday Toy Drive Sachse Fraternal Order of Police is preparing to collect toys and nonperishable foods for Christmas. They will begin collecting on Sunday, November 27. Please donate new, unopened
toys for children ages 6 months to 16 years old. Monetary donations are welcome (payable to Sachse Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 76) and indicate Christmas Fund in the memo section.