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Denton Record-Chronicle
Vol. 110, No. 104 / 32 pages, 4 sections
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Denton, Texas
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University House set to go modern
“The site is always the best thing — that site is just
wonderful over there. ”
— Harold Johnson, Texas Woman’s University associate vice president for
facilities management and construction
By Jenna Duncan
Staff Writer
jduncan@dentonrc.com
It’s not exactly a presidential palace,
but the new home for the soon-to-be-
hired president and chancellor of Texas
Woman’s University will feature 5,500
square feet with four bedrooms, three-
plus bathrooms and an outdoor fire-
place.
The stone, wood and brick home —
which will become the third University
House — will cost up to $500,000
when the cost of demolition of the old
home is included. It is set to be complet-
ed by May when the new president is
expected to be on the job, according to
the construction contract, a copy of
which was obtained by the Denton Re-
cord-Chronicle.
Construction is set to begin any day
once the weather improves, said Harold
Johnson, associate vice president for fa-
cilities management and construction.
“It’s a very nice design. We picked up
some of the motif by using some stone
finishes that are similar to the Little
Chapel-in-the-Woods,” he said. ‘We
just thought it would be nice to pick up
some character.”
Key Custom Homes Inc., which sub-
mitted the winning bid to build the
home, has built the forms for the sup-
porting structure and is waiting until
the weather improves to pour the con-
crete, Johnson said.
The home will be built on the edge of
campus on Administration Drive, adja-
cent to the TWU golf course, at the
same location as the previous home.
The home’s exterior will feature
stonework, as well as wood and brick
blends similar to other buildings on
campus, Johnson said. A private, three-
car garage will be hidden in the back,
unlike the garage at the previous presi-
dential home.
“The site is always the best thing —
that site is just wonderful over there,” he
said. “The approach to the house brings
See TWU on 5A
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Preparations to pour the foundation of the new University House continue
on the Texas Woman’s University campus on Wednesday in Denton.
TODAY
IN DENTON
Mostly sunny
High: 60
Low: 28
Weather report, 2A
INSIDE TODAY
The University of North
Texas A Cappella Choir
sings songs of peace to
mark its 75th year.
Denton Time
PET OF
THE WEEK
Sweet Mamas, a 2- to
5-year-old female Chi-
huahua, is available at
the Denton Animal
Shelter. She has a scar
on her back from the
past, but she still loves
everyone she meets and
would be a perfect lap
dog. She loves to interact
with other dogs and
doesn’t mind cats.
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6B
CROSSWORDS
6B, 3C
DEAR ABBY
4B
DEATHS
5A
OPINION
4A
SPORTS
IB
TELEVISION
5B
WEATHER
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Hugh Mason, CareFlite senior vice president and director of flight operations, gives a tour of the company’s fixed-
wing aircraft to Adelaide Roth, 4, and her mother, Bethany Roth, of Krum at the ribbon-cutting for the company’s
new hangar at Denton Enterprise Airport on Wednesday.
CareFlite opens Denton base
By Megan Gray
Staff Writer
mgr ay @ dentonrc.com
CareFlite has landed safely in Den-
ton, joining 65 other companies operat-
ing out of Denton Enterprise Airport.
The nonprofit ground and air ambu-
lance service officially opened its new
operations base at the airport Wednes-
day as local business leaders, city offi-
cials, pilots and emergency personnel
looked on.
CareFlite president and CEO Jim
Swartz said he is happy to be part of the
community, saying Denton always has
been a large CareFlite market. He said
about 20 jobs have been added because
of the new facility.
‘We have big advantages being
“In our business, every
second is crucial."
— CareFlite President and CEO Jim
Swartz
housed here,” Swartz said. “Our re-
sponse — from time of call to when we
are in the air — is four minutes, as op-
posed to 10 minutes when we aren’t lo-
cated directly to a helipad.”
Swartz said he has six helicopter bas-
es and 24 ground ambulance bases. One
helicopter has been housed in an airport
hangar and one ground ambulance has
been stationed at Texas Health Presbyte-
rian Hospital Denton since the begin-
ning of October, he said.
There will be a helicopter and an am-
bulance stationed in Denton 24 hours a
day, seven days a week to ensure ade-
quate response for emergency person-
nel, officials said.
“In our business, every second is cru-
cial,” Swartz said. “If we have our Denton
helicopter or ambulance out on a call, we
will just move one not in use from our
next closest base, which would be Fris-
co.”
Wesley Pearce, a mechanic at CFDI
Aero, said he was there to show his sup-
port for the latest business to join the
growing airport community.
“It really is a community here. Every-
one knows everybody, and it’s always
See CAREFLITE on 5A
DISD to
dedicate
middle
school
Ceremony tonight
to put spotlight on
longtime educator
By Britney Tabor
Staff Writer
btabor@ dentonrc.com
The Denton school district will formal-
ly dedicate its newest middle school to-
night as its namesake looks on.
Longtime educator Bettye Myers said
she plans to be on hand
for the dedication of Bet-
tye Myers Middle
School, which opened its
doors to students on
Aug. 26.
Myers, 87, served on
the Denton school board
from 1985 to 1991, in-
cluding four years as
president, and has been a professor at Tex-
as Woman’s University for more than 50
years. She is a sports management profes-
sor there, and is active with many commu-
nity organizations.
“It’s an unbelievably amazing thing
that has happened,” Myers said Wednes-
day. “I never in my fife dreamed that a
school would be named after me. If I were
a sixth-, seventh- or eighth-grader, I would
love to be a student out there.”
Events will begin at 6:30 p.m. with stu-
dent-led tours of the school, followed by
the dedication at 7 p.m. The school is lo-
cated at 131 Garza Road in Shady Shores.
Myers said she will attend the ceremo-
Myers
See SCHOOL on 5A
Bazaar to offer handmade gifts for holidays
hoppers seeking handmade holiday
gifts may want to check out the Blue
Ribbon Bazaar planned from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Denton Senior
Center, 509 N. Bell Ave.
The annual arts and crafts show will
feature about 35 vendors, all senior citi-
zens, who have created a selection of
handmade items, organizers said.
Crafts on display will include crocheted
and knitted hats, scarves, afghans, baby
hats and blankets, pillows and other cre-
ations. There will also be decorative
carved wood items, children’s toys, reli-
gious pieces, handmade jewelry, necklac-
es, earrings and bracelets.
The sale will feature Thanksgiving and
Christmas decorations, and there will also
Les Cockrell
OUT & ABOUT
be small selection of baked goods, includ-
ing cakes, cookies and brownies.
The annual event features a festive at-
mosphere and Christmas music, and Jeff
Gilbert, center manager, is scheduled to
serve as master of ceremonies. Vendors
donate items for door prizes to be given
away during the sale.
For more information, call 940-349-
8720.
Park to feature program
on animals, guided hikes
Area families can learn more about an-
imals and participate in several guided
hikes this weekend at Ray Roberts Lake
State Park.
A program titled “The Fast and the
Furriest,” rescheduled for 5 p.m. Friday at
the park’s Johnson Branch Unit, will teach
participants how to identify mammals
found in the park based on tracks and oth-
er signs. The program will be offered in Pa-
vilion L
The first of three hikes to be offered at
the park will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday at
Johnson Branch’s Pavilion 1. Hikers will
look and listen for birds as they cover just
over a mile on paved and unpaved trails.
Binoculars are recommended, and the
park will have a limited supply of binocu-
lars and pocket field guides available.
A second hike at Johnson Branch will
be offered at 10 a.m. Saturday and partici-
pants will study birds and trees along the
Vanishing Prairies Trail. The hike will be-
gin at Pavilion L
The park’s Isle du Bois Unit will host a
guided hike titled “Lost Pines Adventure”
See COCKRELL on 5A
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