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INSIDE SPORTS
QB race goes through
workout as ‘sloppy’
as UNT expected
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Denton Record-Chronicle
Vol. Ill, No. 8/36 pages, 4 sections
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Denton, Texas
One dollar
Crash kills
from Argyle
Family was in N.M. for vacation; woman
spoke with son minutes before collision
SOURCES: Denton Record-Chronicle; ESRI Tom Setzer/The Dallas Morning News
By Jenna Duncan
Staff Writer
jduncan@dentonrc.com
ARGYLE - Cory Dixon, 24,
was mowing the lawn at his fam-
ily’s home as the sun set Friday,
but a little after 8 p.m., the lawn
mower broke.
He called his mother, LeAnn
Miller, who was in New Mexico
on a road trip with her husband,
Michael, and their two children,
Miles and Zoey. They had been
up to Colorado and to Yellow-
stone Park, Idaho and Utah and
were in New Mexico.
Dixon spoke with his mother
for about 10 minutes before
hanging up at 8:31 p.m.
Eight minutes later, the first
call came in to authorities about
a head-on collision that killed all
four of his family members.
“I think God just had a plan,
and he allowed me to talk to her
one last time, and that’s all I can
ask for in a situation like this —
just the fact I got to talk to her,”
Dixon said Saturday evening
outside the family home.
LeAnn Miller, 48; Michael
Miller, 47; Zoey, 12; and Miles, 7,
were killed instantly when a
pickup collided with the family’s
van on U.S. Highway 550 about
20 miles south of Bloomfield,
New Mexico.
The truck’s driver, Brian Lee,
24, became fatigued while driv-
ing north and crossed the center
line of the highway, crashing
head-on into the van, according
to New Mexico State Police. At
the time of the crash, police said,
Michael Miller was the only one
in the van wearing a seat belt.
See ACCIDENT on 16A
Argyle resi-
dents LeAnn
and Michael
Miller and
their children
Miles, 7, and
Zoey, 12,
were killed in
a vehicle
accident
Friday night
on U.S. High-
way 550
south of
Bloomfield,
New Mexico.
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Family and friends of graduates fill seats during a summer commencement ceremony Saturday at the University of North Texas Coliseum. Next year,
UNT plans to include summer graduates in May commencement ceremonies.
Sendoff
for the
summer
UNT marks its last
August graduation
ceremony, for now
By Jenna Duncan
Staff Writer
jduncan @ dentonrc. com
More than 1,000 students graduat-
ed from the University of North Texas
on Saturday, in the two final summer
commencement ceremonies for UNT
— at least for now.
The 1 p.m. ceremony for the College
of Merchandising, Hospitality and
Tourism, College of Engineering and
College of Arts and Sciences was the
last of three summer ceremonies that
graduated more than 1,800 students.
Next year, President Neal Smatresk
hopes the summer graduates will be
able to participate in a larger May cere-
mony instead.
“You never say it’s the last forever,
but for now, we’re discontinuing
See UNT on 16A
TODAY
IN DENTON
Heat advisory, with a
small chance of rain
High: 102
Low: 78
Weather report, 2A
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ARTS & COMMUNITY
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BUSINESS
ID
CLASSIFIED
4C
COUPLES
6D
CROSSWORD
5D
DEAR ABBY
5D
DEATHS
15A
OPINION
14A
REAL ESTATE
1C
SPORTS
IB
TELEVISION
4B
WEATHER
2A
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STATE
A proposal to allow alco-
hol sales at guns shows in
Texas got a mostly unfa-
vorable reaction at a gun
show in Houston on
Saturday.
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NATIONAL
There are reasons to be
concerned about the
Ebola outbreak, and
reasons not to fear it. In
the U.S., the risk of con-
tracting the deadly virus is
close to zero.
Page 7A
INTERNATIONAL
The U.S. military’s return
to fighting in Iraq “is
going to be a long-term
project,” President Barack
Obama said Saturday.
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David Minton/DRC
A new retail space will be opening on West Hickory Street at the corner of Welch Street near the
University of North Texas. Mr. Chopsticks owner Chai Tamprateep recruited three restaurants
— Viet Bites, Sushi Cafe and Seoul Wings and Beer — to fill some of the storefronts.
Accidental Asian fusion
Retail strip to offer mix of cuisines, though not by design
By Adam Schrader
Staff Writer
aschrader@ neighborsgo.com
This fall, whether it’s after a
late night of studying or a night
on the town, University of North
Texas students and Fry Street
loyalists will have some new
places to grab abite and a pack of
cigarettes.
Chai Tamprateep, owner of
I Mr. Chop-
sticks, is be-
hind a small re-
tail strip at the
mA comer of Hick-
k yW ory and Welch
_Jjy streets featur-
Tamprateep restaurants
and a conve-
nience store. Sushi Cafe, relocat-
ing from Oak Street, will fill Suite
100. Seoul Wings and Beer will
fill Suite 101 and Viet Bites will
open a second location in Suite
102.
The strip will also include a
3,000-square-foot convenience
store, which Tamprateep said
will be called C-101, and there is
one more storefront available
See RESTAURANTS on 15A
Seasons
combine for
rough year
for allergies
By Michael E. Young
The Dallas Morning News
myoung@ dallasnews. com
DALLAS — Blame it on an icy win-
ter, a slow warm-up in spring and sum-
mer heat that didn’t arrive until early
July. Together, they’ve made this a
tough year for allergy sufferers, who
need to prepare now for an early arrival
of hay fever season in North Texas.
“We’ve already had the appearance
of a traditionally fall-season pollen in
July — that’s cedar elm, which usually
pollinates around Labor Day,” said Dr.
Robert W. Sugerman of Dallas Allergy
and Immunology at Medical City Dal-
las Hospital.
And Dr. Jeffrey Adelglass of Plano
found the first bit of ragweed pollen —
a primary cause of early fall allergies —
in a recent pollen count. Ragweed pol-
len usually shows up around mid-Au-
gust.
“It’s hard to say exactly why it’s so
See ALLERGIES on 13A
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