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Vol. 112, No. 317 /18 pages, 3 sections
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
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Denton, Texas
Centuries-old artifacts find way back to county
4,000 historic collections to be presented to Commissioners Court today
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From left,
Peggy Rid-
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County
Judge Mary
Horn and
Kim Cupit
hold a few of
the thou-
sands of
artifacts that
will be re-
turned today
during a
Commission-
ers Court
meeting.
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lection are the Loveless Studio Photo-
graph Collection with more than
30,000 images and the Jagoe Collec-
tion, which includes Denton County in-
formation on land transactions.
For years, historians have longed to
have the artifacts back in the county’s
possession.
County artifacts once were housed
at the Courthouse on the Square by
Denton County Historical Museum
Inc. A dispute over leadership led to a
1998 lawsuit in which a county probate
judge divided the collection between
Denton County and Denton County
Historical Museum Inc., which now is
defunct.
tion.
By Britney Tabor
Staff Writer
btabor@dentonrc.com
Denton County artifacts dating to
the 1800s and once presumed lost for-
ever have found their way back home.
Today, board members from the
Collin County Historical Society and
Museum in McKinney formally will
present Denton County commission-
ers with 4,000 collections of Denton
County history, including items do-
nated from families across the county.
The presentation will be at the 9
a.m. weekly meeting of Denton Coun-
ty Commissioners Court at the Court-
house on the Square, 110 W. Hickory
St. Viewing of selected items and re-
freshments will follow the presenta-
We’re just ecstatic,” said Peggy Rid-
dle, executive director of the Denton
County Office of History and Culture.
“Seventeen years these items have been
in storage not used for their historical
value.
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“Now, it will be available for every-
one’s use, and we’re just really thrilled to
have them back — all these items that
are part of Denton County’s history.”
The artifacts include a footlocker
holding World War II uniforms, a wa-
ter pitcher from the 1936 Texas Cen-
tennial and an 1850s handwritten
notebook kept by Joseph A. Carroll, as
well as documents, photographs and
books.
Also among notable items in the col-
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By Bj Lewis
Staff Writer
blewis @ dentonrc.com
Miguel Garza was said to be a great
kid with a great personality. The 18-
year-old would have been a starter on
the Sanger High School football team
this upcoming school year.
Garza died Sunday night in a single-
vehicle wreck.
Texas Department
of Public Safety troop-
ers were called to the
crash on FM455,
about a half of a mile
west of FM2450
about 9:30 p.m.
Gabrielle Devore,
an 18-year-old from
Sanger, was at the wheel of the 1998
BMW convertible eastbound on
FM455 when she lost control of the ve-
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Jessica Naert and her service dog, Makiko, wait for a driver to pick them up Friday in Denton. At age 14, Naert was diagnosed with retinitis pig-
mentosa, a degenerative disease that destroys the rods and cones in the eye.
Four-legged phonies
The convertible went off the road-
way, skidded sideways and collided
with a tree, according to DPS spokes-
man Lonny Haschel.
Devore was flown to Texas Health
Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest
Fort Worth with serious injuries and re-
mains in critical condition.
Garza was pronounced dead at the
family pet a “service dog,” they can avoid paying a pet
deposit to rent a home or stay in a hotel.
“That is a huge problem for those of us with ser-
vice dogs who do have legitimate disabilities and de-
pend on our dogs,” Naert said. “It harms a business’s
view of people with service dogs and service dogs in
general. It makes it harder for us to have access to
those businesses in the future, even though it’s the
hadn’t had in a while.
“Makiko really is my everything,” Naert said. “I
can just do what I want to do and not have signif-
icant impediments because of my disability thanks
to her.”
By Caitlyn Jones
Staff Writer
cjones @ dentonrc.com
Jessica Naert and her pal Makiko are joined at
the hip. More accurately, they’re joined at the har-
ness.
scene.
Recently, Naert noticed some service dogs don’t
act like service dogs. People without disabilities are
buying vests online to pass off their household pets
as service dogs, she said. Then, people bring their
pets along on a flight, inside a restaurant, or almost
anywhere else that a person can go. By calling their
The investigation is ongoing. An
early report by the troopers indicated
the car was traveling at an unsafe speed
considering the wet road conditions,
Haschel said.
The 26-year-old Denton resident, who is legal-
ly blind, has used her 4-year-old black Labrador as
a guide dog for the past three years. Makiko has
been helping Naert with daily tasks, leading her
around town and giving her a sense of freedom she
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La Azteca opens new grocery in northeast Denton
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stead of having a large grand
opening, to give the staff time to
adjust and fix problems as they
arise.
By Jenna Duncan
Staff Writer
jduncan@dentonrc.com
The big store at 619 E. Sher-
man Drive is selling groceries
again after standing vacant for five
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Although the bakery isn’t roll-
ing out custom birthday cakes and
shelves aren’t 100 percent stocked
yet, Ortega said the steady stream
of customers seem happy the store
has opened its doors.
‘We feel very welcome in the
area, and we’re going to try to get
better and better,” he said.
The store features a wide range
of fresh meat and produce at low
prices, as well as a large bakery,
tortilla maker and a taqueria with
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On Friday, La Azteca Meat
Market opened its ninth location
in a former Piggly Wiggly store,
said Juan Ortega, a co-owner of
the store. The opening came after
a year and a half of remodeling
work on the 30,000-square-foot
building.
Ortega, who is also a co-owner
of the other La Azteca in Denton,
at 268 S. Interstate 35E, chose to
open the store quietly last week in-
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Debra Vance shops Monday at the new La Azteca grocery and
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