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Denton Record-Chronicle
LOCAL/INTERNATIONAL
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
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Submarine hunt sends Cold War chill across Baltic
By Karl Ritter
and Matti Huuhtanen
Associated Press
STOCKHOLM - Sweden’s
biggest submarine hunt since
the dying days of the Soviet
Union has put countries around
the Baltic Sea on edge.
In a scene reminiscent of the
Cold War, Swedish naval ships,
helicopters and ground troops
combed the Stockholm archi-
pelago for a fourth day Monday
for signs of a foreign submarine
or smaller underwater craft that
officials suspect entered Swed-
ish waters illegally.
While Sweden hasn’t linked
any country to the suspected in-
trusion — and Moscow suggest-
ed it was a Dutch sub — the in-
cident sent a chill through the
Baltic Sea region, where Russian
forces have been accused of a se-
ries of border violations on land,
sea and air in recent months.
“Closely following events in
the Swedish territorial waters,
may become a game changer of
the security in the whole Baltic
Sea region,” Latvian Foreign
Minister Edgars Rinkevics
wrote on Twitter.
Swedish military officials say
there have been three sightings
of the elusive craft since Friday,
just 25 miles west of Stockholm
amid the myriad of islands and
skerries that stretch from the
capital into the Baltic Sea.
On Sunday they released a
photograph taken at a distance
of what they said could be the
mystery vessel — a dark speck
surrounded by foaming water.
Military spokesman Jesper
Tengroth said more than 200
personnel were involved in the
operation, but stressed that un-
like Sweden’s submarine hunts
in the 1980s, the military wasn’t
using depth charges or other an-
ti-submarine weapons.
Speculating on whether the
suspected underwater intruder
was linked to a mother ship,
Swedish media zeroed in on an
oil tanker owned by Russian
company Novoship, which had
been circling near Swedish wa-
ters. In a statement Monday,
Novoship President Yuri Tsvet-
kov said he was “flattered” by the
attention but said the ship was
charted for transporting oil from
Russia to the U.S. and was drift-
ing on standby awaiting loading
orders.
Daily Svenska Dagbladet
has reported that Swedish intel-
ligence picked up distress sig-
nals suggesting a Russian mini-
submarine had run into trouble
in Swedish waters and could be
damaged.
Countering such claims, a
Russian Defense Ministry offi-
cial quoted by the Tass news
agency suggested that the search
was triggered by a Dutch sub-
marine that participated in an
exercise with the Swedish navy
last week. The unidentified offi-
cial suggested Sweden should
save “taxpayers’ money” and ask
the Netherlands for an explana-
tion.
The Dutch navy, in turn, said
that submarine left Sweden on
Thursday and had been in Esto-
nia since early Friday. In Swe-
den, Armed Forces spokesman
Philip Simon said the Dutch
submarine was not what trig-
gered the Swedish search.
In the final decade of the
Cold War, Sweden launched a
series of unsuccessful subma-
rine hunts after a Soviet sub car-
rying nuclear weapons was
stranded off its southeastern
coast in 1981.
From Page 1A
Hickory
ideas to bring business back to
East Hickory. Staff have also
been gathering ideas from other
communities in similar situa-
tions to see what else can help
promote the businesses.
While Glover said these ef-
forts began last year, John Ryan,
a Denton City Council member
and the owner of Vigne Wine
Shop, said he hasn’t seen much
help from city staff to promote
the businesses. Poor communi-
cation is the biggest problem, he
said, and it wasn’t resolved until
after a City Council meeting last
week.
“They’re coming in a little
late on this,” Ryan said.
The City Council briefly con-
sidered last week whether to
amend the construction con-
tract to pay for two work shifts a
day to speed up the project.
The option would cost about
$400,000 and shave about four
weeks. In other words, instead of
finishing at the end of February,
the project could be finished in
January.
Staff cautioned that the addi-
tional shift could be noisy for
downtown residents and could
also inconvenience evening and
night customers.
Since the additional cost and
inconvenience wouldn’t get the
project done before the holiday
shopping season, the council de-
cided the extra cost wouldn’t be
a good trade-off.
However, the council did ask
John Davis, the city’s director of
engineering, to look for possible
incentives to reward the con-
tractor for accelerating the work.
If something can be found, Da-
vis agreed to bring the informa-
tion back to the council for fur-
ther consideration.
Ryan also suggested that
crews work four 10-hour days, so
there isn’t construction on Fri-
days, which are busy days for the
East Hickory businesses.
Ryan said he isn’t sure if in-
creased promotion and market-
ing efforts from the city would
help boost business. Increased
communication, though, would
help business owners know how
much they should staff on cer-
tain days and how much food to
order, he said.
“I’m hopeful that we can get a
schedule we can believe in,”
Ryan said. “It’s been a constant
change all along. I’m hopeful
that after that meeting, and at
least monthly council work ses-
sions on that, it should at least
help businesses operate produc-
tively.”
JENNA DUNCAN can be
reached at 940-566-6889 and
via Twitter at @JennaF
Duncan.
EARLY VOTING
LOCATIONS
Early voting continues through Oct. 31. Voters may cast a ballot in any
election at any early voting location. On Election Day on Nov. 4, however,
voters must go to the voting location for their precinct.
EARLY VOTING SITES
The following early voting sites will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through
Friday; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday; 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday; and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday through Oct. 31.
■ Argyle City Hall, 308 Denton St.
■ Carrollton Public Library, 4220 N. Josey Lane
■ Corinth City Hall, 3300 Corinth Parkway
■ Denton County Elections Administration, 701 Kimberly Drive, Denton
■ Double Oak Town Hall, 320 Waketon Road
■ Flower Mound Police and Municipal Court Building, 4150 Kirkpatrick
Lane
■ Frisco Fire Station No. 7,330 W. Stonebrook Parkway
■ Highland Village Municipal Complex, 1000 Highland Village Road
■ Justin Municipal Complex, 415 N. College St.
■ Krum ISD Administration Building, 1200 Bobcat Blvd.
■ Lake Dallas City Hall, 212 Main St.
■ Lewisville Municipal Annex, 1197 W. Main St.
■ Little Elm Recreation Center, 303 Main St.
■ Pilot Point Senior Center, 310 S. Washington St.
■ Copeland Government Center, 1400 FM424, Cross Roads
■ The Colony Government Center, 6301 Main St.
■ Timberglen Public Library, 18505 Midway Road, Dallas
SPECIAL EARLY VOTING SITES
Some early voting sites will also be open, but with limited dates and hours.
They are:
■ Denton Civic Center, 321E. McKinney St., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through
Thursday; 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday; and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Oct. 31
■ Sanger Church of Christ, 400 N. Locust St., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through
Friday; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, Monday, Oct. 28, and Oct. 30-31; and 7
a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 29
■ UNT Sycamore Hall, 307 S. Ave. B, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Oct.
31
■ Svore Municipal Building, 100 Municipal Drive, Trophy Club, 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. through Friday; and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Monday through
Oct. 31
From Page 1A
Early voting
for a Strong Economy, a specific-
purpose committee formed
against the ban, declined to
identify themselves or answer
any questions, other than to say
the morning had been “slow.”
Carol Soph, of Pass the Ban, a
specific-purpose committee
formed in support of the ban, ar-
rived at the Civic Center at 7:30
a.m., 30 minutes before the polls
opened. She said that people
have been receptive.
“We’ll be here all week and
next week,” Soph said. “Unless it
rains.”
A record high 14,025,441
Texans have registered to vote in
time for Election Day. The previ-
ous record came in 2012 when
13,646,226 registered to vote.
In Denton County, 11,662
people have registered to vote
since July 15. About 30 percent
of those newly registered voters
five in Denton. Local efforts to
register young voters may have
contributed to that increase,
particularly at the University of
North Texas and Texas Woman’s
University.
There was a slight connec-
tion problem at one polling site,
but Noble said it did not effect
the voting process and workers
had it corrected quickly.
‘We’re one day down and 11
more to go and then on to Elec-
tion Day” he said. “Hopefully,
the voters will continue to come
out and express their opinions
and make the decisions that
have to be made on who is going
to represent us and how they
want the propositions to be de-
cided.”
BJ LEWIS can be reached at
940-566-6875 and via Twitter
at @bjlewisDRC.
PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE
can be reached at 940-566-
6881 and via Twitter at
@phwolfeDRC.
From Page 1A
Convention center
abatements from the county and
the Denton school district.
He shared some of what he
learned with the council last
week and again Monday night
with those who stopped by one
of his regular town hall-style
meetings at North Branch li-
brary.
Ryan asked that the matter
be put on the agenda for the
council’s work session today.
Pivotal for the city has been a
guarantee that O’Reilly would
pay “rent” to make up the differ-
ence between the tax money the
city would collect from the pro-
ject — property, sales and hotel
occupancy taxes — and the debt
payment.
Early on in the negotiations,
the city agreed to kick in another
$100,000 per year, and delay
the start of the “rent” until the
third year of the project.
It also agreed to ask the
county and the school district to
contribute some of their proper-
ty taxes, too, to help keep the
“rent” low.
The county has declined to
participate. The school district
has yet to vote on the matter, but
is expected to discuss it again on
Oct. 28.
Last week, the council direct-
ed the city staff to stop working
on the project until O’Reilly tells
the city whether it would go
ahead with the project without
tax breaks from the county and
the school district.
Without the county’s tax
break, Ryan found that the de-
veloper’s “rent” over the life of
the 25-year development agree-
ment could go from $3.4 million
to $4.3 million.
Without the school district’s
tax break, that number climbs to
$6 million.
If the hotel doesn’t do as well
as expected, the project could be
more costly not only for the de-
veloper but also for the city,
Ryan found.
Based on what the developer
has offered, the staff has been
OBITUARIES
Johnnie Jones, III
Johnnie Jones, III, 37, of Denton, passed away Monday,
October 20, 2014. Arrangements are pending with Terri Slay
and Slay Memorial Funeral Center, Aubrey.
www.slaymemorialfuneralhome.com
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Joseph (Joe) McArthur Hood, Sr.
Funeral Services for Joseph (Joe) McArthur Flood, Sr., 72,
of Collinsville, Texas, will be held Tuesday, October 21,2014,
at 10:00 a.m. at New Flope Baptist Church, Aubrey, Texas,
with Rev. J. Ray Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Mt.
Zion Cemetery. Visitation was held Monday, October 20,
2014, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Meador Funeral Flome
Chapel, Whitesboro, Texas. Fie died Friday, October 16,
2014, in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Fie was born to David Franklin and Eula (Cox) Flood on
December 26, 1941. Fie married Joyce Roberts September
28, 2002, in Gainesville, Texas.
Fie was a truck driver for Central Freight Lines for 38
years. Fie was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist where he
served as a Deacon. Fie loved music! Fie played banjo,
guitar, bagpipes, and any instrument he could pick up. Fie
played in numerous bluegrass bands, including the Lambert
Brothers and the Tri County Boys, and currently played with
Copper Canyon.
Fie is survived by his wife, Joyce Flood of Gainesville; son,
Joe Flood, Jr., and wife Tammy, of Aubrey, Texas; daughter,
Theresa Arnold and husband Matt, of Aubrey, Texas;
grandchildren, Traci Arnold, Kristen Arnold, J. T. Flood and
Taylor Flood; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Fie was preceded in death by his parents, David and Eula
Flood; wife, Opal Flood; brothers; David Flood and Jim Flood;
and sister, Sarah Embry.
To sign the online registry, please go to:
www.meadorfuneralhomes.com.
Michael Loring Ripple, Jr.
Michael Loring Ripple, Jr., 46, of Krum,
Texas, passed away at his home on October
18, 2014.,
Mike was born on September 10, 1968, in
Groton, Connecticut, to Michael and Karen
Sheppard Ripple, Sr. Mike attended public
school in Marble Falls, Texas, and earned his
bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Tarleton State University.
Fte married Kerry Lee Chism on November 30. 1991, in
Denton, Texas. Fie was a Deacon at the Krum Church of
Christ and a member of the Krum Athletic Booster Club, Fie
was employed by McKesson Corporation as a Sr. Account
manager in Carrollon. Texas.
Michael is survived by his wife, Kerry Ripple of Krum;
sons, Zach and Logan Ripple of Krum; one daughter,
Mackenzie Ripple of Krum; one brother, Doug Ripple and
wife Lori of Marble Falls; two sisters, Diane Ripple Kelley of
Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Jennifer Ripple of Austin, Texas;
in-laws, Jim and Brenda Chism of Krum; brother-in-law, Jake
Chism and wife Angie of Clarksville, AR; sister-in-law, Allison
Stein and husband Kurt of Flower Mound; grandmother,
Lottie Holder of Krum: eight nieces and nephews; and a host
of aunts, uncles, and cousins.
He is preceded in death by his father, Michael Ripple, Sr.,
and mother, Karen Sheppard Ripple.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, October 21,
2014, at DeBerry Funeral Directors in Denton, from 6-8 P.M.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, October 22,
2014, at 4:00 P.M. at the Sanger Church of Christ in Sanger,
Texas, officiated by Jake Chism and Zip Brazeal. Interment
will follow at Jackson Cemetery in Krum, Texas,
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presenting the council with pro-
jections that show the hotel at 78
percent occupancy by the fifth
year of the project. It also shows
the average customer paying
$159 per night for a room.
Because Tim O’Reilly head
of the Springfield, Missouri-
based company, told the council
that he believed the project
could still work with the hotel at
69 percent occupancy, Ryan
tested the financial projections
to that level.
In that scenario, the city’s
revenue would come up short by
about $3.2 million.
Ryan also found that the
staff’s financial projections cal-
culated inflation for everything
in the project except the cost of
repairs, such as replacing the
roof or carpet. Without that cal-
culation, the city could come up
another $2 million short at the
end of the 25-year agreement,
he said.
Unless such a shortage was
addressed, the city could see a
major impact on its hotel occu-
pancy tax fund, Ryan said. A
number of city programs, in-
cluding the Denton Convention
and Visitors Bureau, depend on
that fund for their annual bud-
gets.
Because construction bids
for the convention center came
in higher than expected, the city
has tentatively agreed to finance
the project over 30 years instead
of 25, without collecting “rent”
from O’Reilly those past five
years.
The latest financing model
increased the total cost of the
project from about $49 million
to about $55.7 million, city doc-
uments show.
The council is expected to
take up the matter during its
work session today starting at 2
p.m. at City Hall.
PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE
can be reached at 940-566-
6881 and via Twitter at
@phwolfeDRC.
OBITUARIES
Norma Jean Nunley
Norma Jean Nunley, 79, of Denton, died
Sunday, October 19, 2014: at her home in
Denton.
Mrs. Nunley was born on October 3, 1935,
'n Par‘s' TX, to John Garner and Beulah
(Gooch) Harvey. She was married to Herb
Nunley on March 31,1951, in Oklahoma City,
OK. She worked for many years as a clerk in the Justice of
Peace Court in Irving and was a member of the Gateway
United Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Herb Nunley of Denton;
daughters, Jan Gotten and her husband Richard of Irving,
Debra Jones of Irving; sons, Curtis Nunley and his wife
Sheila of Combine; sister-in-law, Janette Nunley of Fort
Worth; brother, John Walker Harvey and his wife Shirley of
Greenville; seven grandchildren, Patrick Nunley, Cody
Gotten, Tyler Nunley, Kalin Jones, Aubrey Jones, Colin and
Abbey Nunley; one great-grandson, Dylan Jones. She was
preceded in death by a son, Jon Nunley.
A visitation will be held Irom 6:00 P.M, to 8:00 P.M. on
Tuesday, October 21,2014, at Gateway United Baptist
Church, 2401 N. Bell Ave., Denton, TX. The funeral service
will be held at the church at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday,
October 22, 2014. Interment will follow at 1:15 P.M, at the
Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American
Cancer Society, Virww.cancer.org; or to Gateway United
Baptist Church,
Online condolences may be made at
www.mulkeymasondenton.com,
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| Harry Metzel Riegelman Jr.
Harry Metzel Riegelman Jr.. 87, from New
York City, NY, passed away at Presbyterian
Hospital of Denton on October 15, 2014. He
was preceded in death by his parents, Harry
Metzel Riegelman, Sr., and Mabel Louis
Anderson; and siblings, Virginia Heintz, Mabel
Milner, Caroline Bennetl. and Robert
Riegelman.
Ho is survived by his sister, Ann Biunden; children, Eric
Riegelman, Wendy Wright, Kristin Bradford, Todd Riegelman,
John Riegelman, and Susan Ellis. He is also survived by 8
grandchildren.
Harry attended Queens College, and served in the
Merchant Marines before moving to California in 1952. He
promptly started his own avionics design company and
designed avionics for fighter jets of the day. In 1957 Harry
moved on lo the design of windows and doors for the
booming suburban housing market. He was instrumental in
the design and manufacture of sliding glass doors, This led
him to found and serve as president of Ador Corporation
which, due to its success, was purchased by Rusco
Industries in 1965. Harry was president of the Architectural
Aluminum Manufacturers Association in 1969. After leaving
Rusco in 1981, he formed HMR engineering working as a
freelance engineer all over the country until he retired to
Denton in 2003,
Harry enjoyed his retirement visiting with children and
grand children and was cared for with love at the Vintage
Retirement Community. He will be greatly missed by friends
and family. An informal celebration of life will be held Friday,
October 24 at the Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual
Arts (400 E. Hickory St. Denton, TX 76207) at 7pm.
In lieu of flowers the family is asking that donations be
made to the North Texas Office of the American Diabetes
Association,
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