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INSIDE TODAY
Soccer season begins today for Guyer, Ryan / Sports, IB
UNT men set for first taste of C-USA action / Sports, IB
ALSO INSIDE
AI-Qaida-linked group
ramps up regional violence
International, 5A
Denton Record-Chronicle
Vol. 110, No. 160 / 26 pages, 4 sections
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Denton, Texas
50 cents
It’s not easy being green
Las Vegas mayor
wears UNT shirt after
losing bowl game bet
By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe
Staff Writer
pheinkel-wolfe @ dentonrc. com
The mayor of Las Vegas made good
on a bet over the Heart of Dallas Bowl
game, wearing a University of North
Texas T-shirt during the city’s regular
meeting Wednesday morning.
Mayor Carolyn Goodman came
down from the dais to explain her un-
usual attire to officials and residents at-
tending the meeting, which included an
employee of the year award and a short
discussion of human trafficking preven-
tion efforts along with regular city busi-
ness.
Goodman said the University of Ne-
vada at Las Vegas Rebels’ 36-14 loss to
the Mean Green also cost her $100,
having made a side bet with Denton
Mayor Mark Burroughs over the game.
The money went to support UNT ath-
letics.
Goodman told the crowd she was
embarrassed to be wearing the shirt.
“I spilled coffee all the way down and
you can’t see any spots,” Goodman said.
“There’s something going on in Denton,
Texas.”
In her brief remarks, Goodman
complimented the growth of the UNLV
football program, saying the team has
really come along.
She also mentioned the departure of
the university’s president, Neal Sma-
tresk, a Texas native, who will become
president of UNT on Feb. 3.
Burroughs said Tuesday night he
was relieved to not be wearing a red
Rebels T-shirt during the Denton City
Council’s regular meeting.
But a city proclamation commend-
ing the Mean Green for its victory was
tabled until more members of the team
could return from the holidays to be
present for the ceremony, Burroughs
said.
PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE can
be reached at 940-566-6881 and via
Twitter at @phwolfeDRC.
City of Las Vegas/Courtesy photo
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman poses with a University of North Texas
T-shirt she wore at Wednesday’s City Council meeting after losing a bet
with Denton Mayor Mark Burroughs on the Heart of Dallas Bowl game.
TODAY
IN DENTON
Mostly cloudy and cool
High: 52
Low: 39
Weather report, 2A
INSIDE TODAY
O^nlunlmte
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Joaquin Phoenix stars as
a man who falls in love
with a computer operat-
ing system in “Her.”
Denton Time
PET OF
THE WEEK
Pebbles, a 6- to 12-
month-old female pit
bull mix, is available at
the Denton Animal
Shelter. She is friendly
with everyone she sees.
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COMICS
4B
CROSSWORDS
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DEAR ABBY
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OPINION
4A
SPORTS
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TELEVISION
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SHOW OF SUPPORT
Friends rally around
family of UNT student
in critical condition
By Britney Tabor
Staff Writer
btabor@ dentonrc. com
A University of North Texas student
who is active in local theater and music
is in a Fort Worth hospital awaiting
brain surgery after suffering a rare brain
hemorrhage on New Year’s Day.
Jackson Strecher, 18, a 2013 Denton
High School graduate who is in his
freshman year studying history at UNT,
is being heavily sedated in the intensive
care unit at Texas Health Harris Meth-
odist Hospital Fort Worth, where offi-
cials say he remains in critical condition.
Friends are working around the clock
to provide support for the family.
“It’s overwhelming and humbling,”
his mother, Phaedra Strecher, told the
Denton Record-Chronicle. ‘We can feel
it from here. It really, really helps. Keep it
coming.”
An online site has been created to
raise funds for Strecher’s medical ex-
penses atwww.gofundme.com/Helpfor-
Jackson, and a benefit is in the works for
later this month, said Shane Wilson of
the rock band The Lead Pipes, for which
Jackson Strecher plays guitar.
The brain hemorrhage on Jan. 1 was
brought on by a condition known as ar-
teriovenous malformation, an entangle-
ment of arteries and veins that burst,
Phaedra Strecher said. He was first ad-
mitted to Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital Denton and later transported
to the Fort Worth hospital.
Phaedra Strecher said her son will re-
main heavily sedated to keep him stable
and reduce swelling around his brain
until doctors can operate, which the
family anticipates will occur within the
next two to three weeks. Jackson Strech-
er has had limited responses since being
admitted to the hospital and faces a long
recovery period following surgery, his
mother said.
We’re in a wait-and-see period,” she
said. “It’s pretty scary. We don’t know
how much permanent damage he has....
They told us that they usually find this
Ariel Bailey/Courtesy photo
University of North Texas freshman Jackson Strecher is shown during his
Denton High School graduation ceremony. He is in a Fort Worth hospital
awaiting brain surgery after suffering a rare brain hemorrhage on New
Year’s Day.
condition in autopsies. of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
“We’re very lucky he’s alive. We’re not website, neurological arteriovenous
out of the woods yet in any way.”
According to the National Institute See STRECHER on 5A
P&Z
vote
upsets
some
Proposed development
near school prompts
concerns in Argyle
By John D. Harden
Staff Writer
jharden @ dentonrc. com
ARGYLE — Dozens of Argyle resi-
dents stormed out of Tuesday night’s Plan-
ning and Zoning Commission meeting
angry and noticeably disappointed after
commission members voted 6-1 in favor of
a zoning change that would support a new
grocery store and other commercial devel-
opment.
The residents made it clear the town
could benefit from a new grocery store,
but said they’re concerned about the
store’s proposed location at Country Club
Drive and U.S. Highway 377, effects on
traffic flow and how the zoning change de-
viates from a previous development plan
they said residents were “promised.”
The proposed zoning change will now
go before Town Council members, who
will consider approval of the commission’s
recommendation on Jan. 28.
Paul Walker, Planning and Zoning
Commission chairman, said he believed
the zoning change falls in line with what
town leaders envision for the community.
“The time is right to select a develop-
ment that will benefit the community in
this way,” he said.
However, during the public hearing,
audience members were in support of a
new grocery store but at least half spoke in
See ZONING on 5A
Environmental area offers variety of events
ewisville Lake Environmental
Learning Area staff members have
planned an event-filled day for visi-
tors on Saturday, with a birding event, a
nature walk, a kayaking tour and a camp-
fire program on tap.
Bird watchers of all skill levels are wel-
come to join Keith Lockhart as he visits
several prime birding locations beginning
at 7:30 a.m. The walk is open to ages 10
and older and the cost is $7 per person. No
reservations are required.
The naturalist-led nature walk is
scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and will last
about two hours. Participants will search
for animal tracks, deer trails, wintering
ducks and other features along the trail.
The cost of this event is regular gate ad-
Les Cockrell
OUT & ABOUT
mission, which is $5 or free for children 5
and younger. No reservations are re-
quired.
A kayaking tour on McWhorter Creek
is planned from 1 to 3 p.m. All skill levels
are welcome and paddlers will receive an
introduction to kayaking on dry land be-
fore pushing off into the water. All equip-
ment is provided.
The event is open to ages 7 and older,
and space is limited. Cost is $20 per pad-
dler. Registration is required by calling
972-219-3930 or e-mailing lisa
cole@unt.edu.
The campfire program is planned from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and will include tradi-
tional activities such as stories, songs, a
children’s craft project and toasted marsh-
mallows. Cost is $10 per person and regis-
tration is required by calling 972-219-
3930 or e-mailing Erin.Taylor@unt.edu.
The environmental learning area in-
cludes 2,000 acres of prairies, forests and
wetlands managed as a wildlife preserve
by agencies including the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, the University of North Tex-
as, the city of Lewisville, the Lewisville
school district and Texas A&M University.
It is open to the public every Friday,
Saturday and Sunday for fishing, hiking,
camping, bird watching, kayaking, canoe-
ing, picnicking and other activities. The
entrance is at 201E. Jones St., at the in-
tersection with Kealy Street in Lewisville.
For more information, call 972-219-3930.
Denton County Genealogical Society
to meet tonight
Members of the Denton County Gene-
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