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LOCAL
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Denton Record-Chronicle
Thursday, July 30, 2015
abound in Denton
garage sale
Items
garage sale is planned
from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
Saturday inside Erwin
Hall at Denton’s First Presbyte-
rian Church.
Members of the Presbyterian
Women’s group have just about
filled the facility with items col-
lected for the sale, an event orga-
nizer said, and proceeds have
been earmarked to benefit Den-
ton Christian Preschool.
The event will feature every-
thing from clothing to electron-
ics. Shoppers will find home de-
cor items, tools, books, games,
toys and a small selection of fur-
niture. There will be some holi-
day items and a few vintage
items have been set aside, she
said. One part of the sales area
will be devoted to craft supplies,
including sewing items and fab-
rics.
this is time is especially impor-
tant because many regular do-
nors may be unavailable due to
travel and other summer activ-
ities, and the Red Cross must
collect 15,000 blood donations
every day to meet the needs of
patients at approximately 2,600
hospitals and transfusion cen-
ters across the country, the press
release stated.
To make an appointment,
visit www.redcrossblood.org or
call 1-800-733-2767. People who
are 17 or older, weigh at least 110
pounds and are generally in
good health are eligible to do-
nate blood. A blood donor card
or driver’s license or two other
forms of identification are re-
quired at check-in.
day, Aug. 8.
The activity is open to ages 16
and older and prior kayaking ex-
perience is required. Paddlers
will receive only a brief intro-
duction to kayaking on dry land
before the event which will be
held from 8 to 10 p.m.
All equipment is provided
and cost is $25 per paddler. Reg-
istration is required at 972-219-
3930 or lisa.cole@unt.edu.
Some trails at LLELA were
damaged by recent flooding and
repairs are being made. Current
trail conditions are posted week-
ly on LLELAs website.
The environmental learning
area is open to the public every
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
For more information, call 972-
219-3930 or visit www.ias.
unt.edu/llela.
The entrance is at the inter-
section of Jones and Kealy
streets in Lewisville.
nity volunteer J.W. “Bill” Giese,
who will celebrate his 90th
birthday Aug. 30.
A native of Idaho, Giese
holds a Ph.D. in accounting,
joined the faculty of the Univer-
sity of North Texas in 1966 and
retired in 1985 as professor
emeritus, according to the proc-
lamation.
During his years in Denton,
he has served on the school
board, the public utility board,
the Denton Housing Authority
and many other community
boards and has volunteered
with numerous groups and or-
ganizations, the proclamation
stated.
event announcement. Custom-
ers can also buy a book bag for
$15 and fill it up with books at no
additional charge.
The North Branch Library is
located at 3020 N. Locust St.
A
A-
Registration now open for
tamale eating championship
Registration is now open for
the 11th annual World Tamale
Eating Championship sched-
uled for Saturday, Sept. 26 dur-
ing the Western Days festival in
Old Town Lewisville.
The event, organized by the
Lewisville Convention and Visi-
tors Bureau and officially sanc-
tioned by Major League Eating
(MLE), will pay a total purse of
$3,500 to the top six finishers,
according to an event press re-
lease. This year’s contest will
start at 1:15 p.m. on the front
steps of Lewisville City Hall, 151
W. Church St. Contestants can
register at www.ifoce.com.
The current world record of
102 tamales in 12 minutes is held
by Joey “Jaws” Chestnut of San
Jose, California, who has won
the event each of the past three
Les Cockrell
OUT & ABOUT
temational, will lead the session,
the press release stated.
Washburn has worked regu-
larly with Seniors in Motion and
Good Samaritan Society in Den-
ton, participated in university
health fairs and done presenta-
tions for those with diabetes and
Parkinson’s diseases, the press
release stated.
The library is located at 501
Bolivar St. in Sanger.
For more information, con-
tact the library at 940-458-
3257, www.sangerlibrary.org or
check out the library’s Facebook
page.
Red Cross schedules blood
drive Aug. 6 in The Colony
The American Red Cross has
scheduled a blood drive from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6
at The Colony Community Cen-
ter, 5151N. Colony Blvd.
Donors of all blood types —
especially those with types AB,
O negative, A negative and B
negative — are needed, accord-
ing to a press release from the
Red Cross.
The need to donate blood at
Don’t forget
Denton’s American Legion
Senior Center, 629 Lakey St.,
will host a social for all seniors
ages 50 and older from 11:30 to
1:30 p.m. Friday.
During the social, Catherine
Bell will be honored. The Den-
ton school board voted unani-
mously in May to name its new-
est elementary school after Bell.
The new school, the district’s
23rd, will open for the 2016-17
school year. The social will fea-
ture free food and fellowship, or-
ganizers said.
Senior center to host Doc
Gibbs for First Friday dance
The Lewisville Senior Activ-
ity Center will host a dance from
7to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, and
music will be provided by Doc
Gibbs
The church is located at 114
W. University Drive. Denton
Christian Preschool serves low-
income children who are at-risk
of not succeeding in public
school without intervention
during their preschool years.
Friends of the Denton
Libraries sets book sale
Members of the Friends of
the Denton Public Libraries
group will host their quarterly
big book sale from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8 at Den-
ton’s North Branch Library.
Customers can stock up on
bargain reading materials and
help support library programs at
the same time — the sale raises
money for library programs,
materials and equipment.
Admission will be $1 or free
for members of the Friends
group. Most items will be priced
at 50 cents or $1, according to an
Admission to the First Friday
dance will be $5 at the door, and
refreshments will be provided.
Free dance lessons will be of-
fered at 6:30 p.m.
The Lewisville Senior Activ-
ity Center is located at 1950 S.
Valley Parkway.
Sanger library announces
Laughter Yoga session
The Sanger Public Library
will host a session of Laughter
Yoga at 6:30 p.m. Monday fea-
turing exercises suitable for all
ages, according to a press release
from the library.
Laughter Yoga is a combina-
tion of breathing, stretching and
laughter exercises, and Anita
Washburn), a certified laugh
leader with Laughter Yoga In-
years.
For more information about
activities planned in conjunc-
tion with Western Days, visit
www.LewisvilleWestemDays-
.com or call 972-219-3710.
LES COCKRELL is in-
terested in your input for Out
& About. Help share informa-
tion about Denton County
events and people by calling
him at 940-566-6887. His
e-mail address is leock-
rell@dentonrc.com.
Environmental learning area
offers twilight kayaking
The Lewisville Lake Envi-
ronmental Learning Area is
open once again for regular
summer hours, and a twilight
kayak tour is planned for Satur-
Denton mayor proclaims
Saturday ‘Bill Giese Day’
Denton Mayor Chris Watts
has proclaimed Saturday, Aug. 1
as “Bill Giese Day” to honor
longtime resident and commu-
Sanders reaches supporters in Denton
First positive
West Nile sample
found in Denton
By Dalton LaFerney
Staff Writer
dlaferney @ dentonrc.com
President Barack Obama in
2008 was the first presidential
candidate to engage a national
audience with social media and
web chats, hosting virtual cam-
paign rallies using file networking
power ofthe Internet Wednesday
nighfi Bemie Sanders, who is
seeking the Democratic presiden-
tial nomination, was “live” in Den-
ton, rallying voters for a national
grassroots campaign for the Oval
Office.
breeding grounds by remov-
ing standing water on their
property. Standing water can
collect in open trash carts,
boats and pool covers, foun-
tains and bird baths, clogged
rain gutters, water bowls for
pets, buckets and barrels,
flower pots and saucers, toys,
tires, piles of trash and near
leaky hoses.
In places where residents
have difficulty draining stag-
nant water, such as ponds,
pools and low areas, the city
offers Bti briquettes to kill
mosquito larvae.
Residents can pick up bri-
quettes (limit two per resi-
dent) while the supply lasts.
Bring a driver’s license or a
current city utility bill to ei-
ther the Utility Service Center
at Water Administration,
901A Texas St., weekdays be-
tween 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. or the
City of Denton Composting,
in the Pecan Creek Water
Reclamation Facility, 1100 S.
Mayhill Road, Tuesday
through Saturday from 7 a.m.
to 3 p.m.
Other information on how
to combat mosquitoes and
prevent the spread of West
Nile virus can be found on the
city website, and the Denton
County Health Department
website at www.dentoncount
y.com/wnv.
By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe
Staff Writer
pheinkel-wolfe @ dentonrc.com
A mosquito sample has
come up positive for the West
Nile virus, the first this year
within the Denton city limits.
City officials confirmed
that a trap collected on July
22 near Highland Park Road
and University of North Texas
athletic facilities has tested
positive. The finding increas-
es slightly the risk of a person
contracting the disease.
A team will continue to set
traps and sample for the virus
in the coming weeks, accord-
ing to city officials.
Any positive findings are
mapped on the city’s website,
www.cityofdenton.com.
Crews also will increase their
application of larvacide in
certain areas ofthe city where
stagnant water is known to
collect.
Denton has an established
risk management plan for
West Nile virus that includes
ground spraying for mosqui-
toes only when the virus is de-
tected in humans as well as
mosquito pools.
No human cases have
been reported this year, either
in the city or in Denton Coun-
Sanders, who has positioned
himself as the anti-establishment
candidate, spoke before an esti-
mated 100,000 people at parties
hosted in bars, libraries and coffee
shops across the United States to
push voters to spread his grass-
roots message.
Attendees Wednesday night
were asked to text ‘Work” to
82623 for instructions on how to
share the grassroots effort, what
Sanders is calling a political revo-
lution.
Al Key/DRC
Bernie Sanders speaks via video feed to his supporters around the nation during the Denton for
Bernie Sanders meetup at Hailey’s Club on Mulberry Street on Wednesday in Denton.
back from those in attendance.
Proctor spoke of Citizens United,
and the crowd jeered. He contin-
ued along, bringing up Hillary
Clinton, Sander’s Democratic
competition, to grunts of disap-
proval and tired boos.
The Denton audience reflect-
ed a national sentiment toward
Sanders, the candidate opposed
to super PACs and billionaire do-
nors. According to media reports
and speeches from Sanders, he
has raised $15 million from what
Sanders said came from 135,000
individual citizen across the na-
tion, rejecting contributions from
Wall Street bankers and opera-
tives like conservative donors
Charles and David Koch, who
have promised billions of dollars
in the 2016 election.
“The American people are say-
ing loudly and clearly, ‘Enough is
enough,”’ Sanders said, playing on
his most prominent campaign
rhetoric. “This great country and
our government belong to all of
us, and not just a handful of bil-
lionaires. We cannot, as a nation,
continue to have the most un-
equal distribution of wealth and
income of any major country on
Earth.”
ton County Democratic Party
were at the rally Wednesday eve-
ning, but attended as private citi-
zens, because the party is not sup-
posed to take sides during the pri-
mary.
Keeping with local tradition,
Denton Sanders supporters were
hosted by Hailey’s Club, orga-
nized by Matthew Proctor, direc-
tor of Denton for Bemie Sanders.
‘We gave trillions to Wall
Street, and what did they give us?”
Proctor said, warming the full
crowd before Sanders spoke. ‘We
got a big ‘thank you’ and then a
big middle finger behind it. That’s
what we got from Wall Street
when we bailed them out with
our taxes. But that’s not fair. Fair-
ness is what we need in this coun-
try now.”
Proctor continued, receiving
lighthearted but passionate feed-
“There are people that are very
active and have various roles in
the Democratic Party that, yes,
have volunteered for the Bemie
Sanders campaign, and they are
working, but not as party officials,”
Denton County Democratic Party
Chairwoman Phyllis Wolper said.
“The party has to stay neutral. I’m
here tonight Ifthere was a Hillary
rally somewhere else, I would be
at that as well.”
But if he wins the primary,
Proctor said there will be multiple
Sanders campaign headquarters
around North Texas.
Sanders, an independent from
Vermont, is one of five candidates
seeking the Democratic nomina-
tion. Across the aisle, a crowded
Republican field has received the
most media attention through the
primary so far, with candidates
like Donald Trump stealing head-
lines almost daily.
Many officials from the Den-
ty
Officials urged residents to
help eliminate mosquito
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Travis
turn calls for comment about
include those amounts in their
reports.
Travis declined to be inter-
viewed by the Record-Chroni-
cle. Instead, he asked his public
information officer, Sandi
Brackeen, to coordinate his cor-
respondence.
In an email response, Brack-
een forwarded Travis’ quote:
“My personal funds were
used in my first campaign for
sheriff,” Travis wrote. “My suc-
cess in business provided me
this opportunity. Since the 2012
election, the remainder of my
personal funds has been carried
over in the campaign funds and
accounts for the $80,000.”
But three years of periodic
campaign finance reports make
no mention of Travis lending
money to his own campaign
fund.
sion’s reporting rules say a can-
didate’s campaign finance re-
ports must disclose not only the
amount of each contribution but
also donors’ names and address-
es and the date of the contribu-
tion.
The requirement is among
the so-called “sunshine laws”
passed in the wake of the Water-
gate scandal. The Texas Ethics
Commission reports that state
law prohibits “very little political
activity outright, so disclosure is
the only way an informed elec-
torate can monitor its democrat-
ic processes.”
Travis’ first campaign finance
report covered Dec. 1 to Dec. 31,
2011, when he was preparing his
campaign to run against incum-
bent Sheriff Benny Parkey in
2012. It listed political expendi-
tures of $23,827 but failed to
show contributions or loans that
Travis made to his own cam-
them anything.
Travis said in this week’s
email response that he lent him-
self the money because “I knew
when running against an in-
cumbent, it would be difficult to
raise money for a county-wide
election.”
In 2012, Travis reported only
$750 in his campaign account
by the end of the reporting peri-
od, which ran from May 21,
2012, to July 15, 2012.
In the next report, covering
July 15,2012, to Jan. 15,2013, the
$750 fund balance from the pre-
vious reporting period disap-
period and total principal
amount of all outstanding loans
as of the last day of the reporting
period.
During the next two years,
Jan. 15,2013, to July 15,2015, the
reports say his campaign bal-
ance grew to $55,630. But they
show no source for the bulk of
the money.
The latest report does list
contributions for $2,130 and ex-
penses of $2,126.
The $2,130 in contributions
came from a fundraiser at Lan-
tana Golf Club on April 28. Do-
nors included Denton County
Deputy Constable Barry Minoff,
Denton County District Attor-
ney Paul Johnson and Flower
Mound Mayor Thomas Hayden.
Travis has designated his
campaign treasurer as John Tor-
res, a Denton County security
consultant. Torres did not re-
apparent discrepancies on Tra-
vis’ campaign finance reports.
Craig McDonald, the direc-
tor of Texans for Public Justice,
Austin-based
campaign
watchdog group, said candi-
dates usually take great pains to
comply with campaign finance
reporting laws.
“It’s extremely rare for some-
one not to fill out the reports
properly,” he said.
Sometimes, the reports fail to
mention a tangenti al fact about
contributors, such as their occu-
pation, McDonald said.
But failure to be clear about
an
If a candidate is depositing
personal funds in an account in
which his or her political contri-
butions are maintained, he or
she must report that amount as
a loan on the “Loans” schedule
(Schedule E), according to the
“Reporting Expenses From Per-
sonal Funds” page on the Ethics
Commission website.
A candidate who fails to fill
out a report properly could face
civil fines and/or misdemeanor
criminal charges. Political can-
didates have been legally re-
quired to disclose their political
contributions and expenditures
for more than 40 years.
pears.
contributions and sources of
loans is unusual, he added.
The report lists “zeroes” in
the blanks for total political con-
tributions of $50 or less, total
political contributions, total po-
litical expenditures, total politi-
cal contributions maintained as
paign.
Travis won the election. At
the time, he said he had not ac-
cepted any campaign contribu-
tions because he didn’t want
anyone claiming that he owed
CHRISTIAN McPHATE can
be reached at 940-566-6878
and via Twitter at @writeron
theedge.
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