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Monday, June 22, 2015
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First briefing shows
growth could keep part
of property tax rate flat
By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe
Staff Writer
pheinkel-wolfe @ dentonrc.com
The City Council’s first budget briefing
for 2015-16 showed enough growth in
Denton’s sales and property taxes to keep
part of the property tax rate flat next year.
The other part of the tax rate — the
part that covers debt — likely needs to in-
crease, but not as much as projected when
voters approved a $92 million bond pack-
age in November. Rate increases also are-
likely for city utility bills, though the fi-
nance staff said it was possible the electric
rates would not increase this year.
The city’s finance staff told the council
Tuesday during a work session that the
debt service rate would likely need to in-
crease about 1.18 cents this year and anoth-
er 0.83 of a cent next year. The total in-
crease of 2.01 cents is less than the 3 cents
the staff projected to fund more street re-
construction, expanded police and fire
services, and other capital improvements
over the next five to eight years.
Property owners currently pay 68.975
cents per $100 valuation on Denton
homes and businesses. For the owner of a
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Leading the way
Students learn skills during
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
ing up and walking up the hill at the end of the day” sharpen leadership skills, enhance communication
Chuckles ripple through the crowd and controlled and forge friendships,
chaos ensues as high school juniors and seniors break
By Caitlyn Jones
Staff Writer
cjones @ dentonrc.com
Rotarian Pat Smith has one goal for the pack of up into groups to complete their service project
teenagers sitting before him in Quakertown Park
on Saturday.
“Success is not getting all these trees planted,” he 5790
said. “Success is having all 10 toes and fingers, stand-
Rotary is an international organization founded in
1905 that works to build up communities and raise
The 15th annual Rotary Youth Leadership funds to solve problems within them. Today, the orga-
Awards brought students from Rotary District nization boasts L2 million members worldwide.
stretching from Abilene to Ray Roberts -
Lake — to Texas Woman’s University last week to See LEADERSHIP on 7A
Class to focus on Alzheimer’s and dementia
$150,000 home, the annual city property
tax bill comes to $1,035.
If the City Council ultimately approves
the increase to cover the bond debt, that
homeowner could expect to pay another
$17.70 in property taxes at the end of the
year.
epresentatives from the Alzhei-
mer’s Association will visit Den-
ton’s Emily Fowler Central Li-
brary on Tuesday to provide informa-
tion about some of the challenging and
often uncomfortable topics related to
Alzheimer’s and dementia, according
to a news release from the library.
The free class from 4 to 5 p.m. will
include topics such as driving, going to
the doctor and making financial and
legal plans for the future.
Emily Fowler Central Library is at
502 Oakland St.
The program is free and open to the
public. It is part of the hospital’s
monthly community education series.
Seminars are limited to 100 guests.
To reserve a spot, email cshad
owens@selectmedical.com or call
940-297-6500. Select Rehabilitation
Hospital is at 2620 Scripture St.
Free concert series continues
with Downtown Fever
The Sounds of Lewisville concert
series will continue Tuesday with a per-
formance by Downtown Fever in the
courtyard of the Medical Center of
Lewisville Grand Theater, 100 N.
Charles St.
The free concert will start at 7 p.m.
Attendees are encouraged to bring
blankets and lawn chairs for seating.
Well-behaved pets on leashes are al-
lowed. Food and beverages will be
available for purchase.
For more information, call 972-219-
3726 or visit www.soundsoflewisville.
com.
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The city staff scheduled a full budget
workshop for Aug. 6, which comes about
two weeks after the final property tax rolls
are set to be certified.
Our Daily Bread to celebrate
landmark this week
Our Daily Bread, Denton’s commu-
nity soup kitchen, is scheduled to serve
its 600,000th meal on Thursday, and
a celebration is planned from 11 a.m. to
lp.m.
City Manager George Campbell told
the council that he and the finance staff ex-
pect about 6 percent growth in property
values next year, which means raises for
the staff and other new programs could be
considered. Mayor Chris Watts challenged
Campbell and the finance staff to put to-
gether projections that don’t show a
growth in spending to match the growth
in revenue.
Les Cockrell
OUT & ABOUT
The free seminar and dinner will
feature guest speaker Rebecca Ma, a
physical therapist, according to an
event announcement.
The seminar is designed to help
those who are at risk of falling, have a
fear of falling or experience dizziness or
vertigo.
Special guests are planned, includ-
ing representatives from the city and
an Elvis impersonator. Door prizes
supplied by local retailers will be fea-
tured, and volunteers will be recog-
nized.
Hospital to have balance,
dizziness seminar Tuesday
Select Rehabilitation Hospital of
Denton will host a seminar on balance
and dizziness from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tues-
day.
See COCKRELL on 7A
See BUDGET on 7A
They know what you’re thinking
TODAY
IN DENTON
Researchers delving deeper into human brain
By Malcolm Ritter
AP Science Writer
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — To the
untrained eye, it looked like a seismograph
recording of a violent earthquake or the gy-
rations of a very volatile day on Wall Street
—jagged peaks and valleys in red, blue and
green, displayed on a wall. But the story it
told was not about geology or economics.
It was a glimpse into the brains of Shaul
Yahil and Shaw Bronner, two researchers at
a Yale lab, as they had a little chat
“This is a fork,” Yahil observed, describ-
ing the image on his computer. “A fork is
something you use to stab food while
you’re eating it. Common piece of cutlery
in the West.”
“It doesn’t look like a real fancy sterling
silver fork, but very useful,” Bronner respond-
ed And then she described her own screen:
“This looks like a baby chimpanzee....”
The jagged, multicolored images de-
picted what was going on in the two re-
searchers’ heads — two brains in conver-
sation, carrying out an intricate dance of
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Low: 74
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Undergradu-
ate student
Jenny Park,
right, attach-
es laser
probes to
Shaw Bron-
ner, as Adam
Noah does
the same to
Shaul Yahil,
at the Yale
Brain Func-
tion Lab dur-
ing a demon-
stration of
brain map-
ping technol-
ogy in New
Haven, Conn.,
on March 13.
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