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Denton Record-Chronicle
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
White woman’s use
of Mardi Gras krewe
blackface stirs debate
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Voter ID
without photo identification to
present documents such as a
utility bill, bank statement or
paycheck. And election officers
could not question the “reason-
ableness” of the excuse for not
having photo ID.
But those found to have lied
about not possessing photo ID
could be charged with a third-
degree felony under Huffman’s
bill. Such crimes carry penalties
of two to 10 years in prison.
Celina Moreno, an attorney
for the Mexican American Le-
gal Defense and Educational
Fund, testified Monday that
Huffman’s bill was a “major
improvement” over the current
law. But she pressed lawmak-
ers to remove the felony penal-
ties, calling them “voter intimi-
dation.”
Matthew Simpson, with the
ACLU of Texas, suggested that a
third-degree felony is often re-
served for violent conduct.
More than 16,400 Texas vot-
ers signed “reasonable impedi-
ment” affidavits during the 2016
general election, according to a
tally of documents provided by
the Texas secretary of state’s of-
fice.
and the county sheriff’s office.
Some who testified Monday
said the bill didn’t go far enough
in expanding access to the polls.
Drew Galloway, executive direc-
tor of MOVE San Antonio, a
group geared at bolstering civic
participation among youth,
called for lawmakers to add col-
lege and university IDs to the list
of what’s acceptable.
On the other end of the spec-
trum, Alan Vera, with True The
Vote, said he worried relaxing
standards under SB 5 would in-
crease the likelihood of in-per-
son voter fraud. He lamented
the court rulings that spurred
the legislation, calling them the
product of “activist judges legis-
lating from the bench.”
raised concerns over the strict
penalties for false claims.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has
granted the bill “priority” status,
carving it a faster route through
the Legislature.
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled last July that Tex-
as lawmakers discriminated
against minority groups, who
were less likely to possess one of
the acceptable types of identifi-
cation: a state driver’s license or
ID card, a concealed handgun li-
cense, a U.S. passport, a military
ID card, a U.S citizenship certif-
icate or an election identification
certificate.
A lower court temporarily
softened the rules for Novem-
ber’s election. It allowed folks
without photo identification to
vote if they presented an alter-
nate form of ID and signed an
affidavit swearing a “reasonable
impediment” kept them from
obtaining identification.
Huffman’s bill would follow
that format, allowing voters
Criticism soon erupted on
Facebook.
Some were upset at the com-
ment — deeming it racially of-
fensive — but not so much at the
blackface get-up. Others were
upset at both.
“It is 2017,” said one critical
post. “No reason for adults or
anyone to still be putting on
blackface, even if tradition.”
The Tuennermans, both
white, are founders of Tales of
the Cocktail, an annual event
that draws thousands in the al-
coholic beverage industry to
New Orleans every year.
Both Tuennermans immedi-
ately accepted responsibility, ac-
knowledged the racial insensi-
tivity and the pain it caused and
tried to make amends.
In an online apology last
week, Paul Tuennerman an-
nounced his resignation from
Tales of the Cocktail. He said his
comments had been meant to
tease his “camera-shy wife” but
that he realized in retrospect
they were “hurtful and just plain
dumb.”
By Kevin McGill
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS - There’s
blackface — the racist, minstrel-
show practice of whites imitat-
ing blacks.
And there’s blackface —
black Mardi Gras revelers don-
ning outlandish garb to poke fun
at that racism.
And then there’s blackface —
modern-day whites wearing
paint and accompanying New
Orleans’ black Zulu krewe.
But as New Orleanian Ann
Tuennerman found out last
month, that third blackface can
still offend people in a big way.
It wasn’t just the picture on
her Facebook page showing her
with painted face and Zulu
Krewe regalia — an image cap-
tured by her husband, Paul
Tuennerman, as he made a vid-
eo recording at the Zulu den.
There was also the accompany-
ing comment: ‘As he said,
‘Throw a little blackface on and
you lose all your Media Skills.’
He did his best as the interview-
And an Associated Press
analysis published found at least
500 instances in which voters
signed the affidavit — and didn’t
show photo ID — despite indi-
cating they owned one.
Such voters could be harshly
penalized under Huffman’s bill.
It’s not clear how many of those
questionable affidavits were
submitted intentionally or out of
confusion.
Nueces County Clerk Kara
Sands testified that her county
had identified 40 questionable
affidavits. Some voters, for in-
stance, wrote they believed they
didn’t need to show photo ID —
even if they owned one.
Additionally, her office re-
corded six complaints last year
from people who said someone
else had voted in their place.
They’ve been forwarded to police
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Fraud
er.
“You haven’t won the lottery,
Publishers Clearing House or
anything else that requires you
to pay ‘taxes’ on that before you
receive your winnings,” Tackett
said. “None of these places con-
tact you by telephone out of the
blue. If it sounds too good to be
true, it is.”
The bill also would help pro-
tect the elderly from financial
exploitation by a caretaker or
loved one. Taylor said holds on
an elderly person’s account
would give Adult Protective Ser-
vices more time to investigate
such cases.
APS, a social service program
ment there. Folks who have
been independent and have
looked out for themselves their
entire lives all of the sudden find
themselves in a situation where
they may be taken advantage of
by someone who they care
about.”
“You haven't won the lottery, Publishers
Clearing House or anything else that re-
guires you to pay ‘taxes' on that before
you receive your winnings."
— Argyle Police Chief William Tackett
ON THE MAP
The map below shows the location below the Ray Roberts
Lake Dam on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River where local
fisherman Yue Jiang Li caught a state-record hybrid striped
bass on a fly rod Thursday. The fish weighed 9.83 pounds,
breaking the old state fly-rod mark of 8.99 pounds set in
2005.
She said the agency reported
11 victims of financial exploita-
tion in Denton County last year.
APS recorded 856 victims in the
state in 2016, with 164 of those
living in North Texas, she said.
JULIAN GILL can be
reached at 940-566-6882 and
via Twitter at @juliangill
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provided by state and local gov-
ernments across the nation,
works with disabled or elderly
people who fall victim to neglect,
abuse or exploitation. But the
agency can investigate only
fraud cases in which the victim
has a relationship with the abus-
er, not traditional internet or
phone scams, agency spokes-
woman Marissa Gonzales said.
“I think in general, APS cases
come more from other people as
opposed to being self-reported,”
said Gonzales, who works at the
agency’s Northeast District
headquarters in Arlington.
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with an average of 11.4 points per
game this season, while Wool-
ridge averaged 9.6.
Jeremy Combs endured an
injury-plagued junior season
and said late in the year he
would not consider his future
until after the season. The junior
forward averaged 10.2 points in
14 games before Benford shut
him down for the year due to an
ankle injury. Combs was a pre-
season All-Conference USA se-
lection.
McCasland will now have the
Baker and UNT President Neal
Smatresk for playing key roles in
convincing him to take over the
school’s program, in a prepared
statement announcing his arriv-
al. McCasland vowed to revive a
once-proud program in that
same statement.
“We are going to strive daily
for excellence in every aspect of
our program, do things the right
way and establish a winning cul-
ture that values relationships,”
McCasland said.
McCasland has a $500,000
buyout in his Arkansas State
contract.
That buyout to be paid by
UNT will drop to $300,000 in
the second year of the deal.
McCasland signed his original
contract with ASU on April 2.
“If you want a sitting
[NCAA] Division I coach, there
is going to be a buyout,” Baker
said. ‘We are prepared to do
what we need to do there. The
biggest cost is not having a win-
ning program.”
UNT officials are confident
McCasland will quickly get the
has a 219-56 career record.
McCasland will take over a
program that has fallen on hard
times. UNT had won at least 18
games in six straight seasons be-
ginning in 2006-07 and made
two NCAA tournaments in that
span under Johnny Jones, who
left for LSU after the 2011-12 sea-
son.
Cross Roads
Mean Green
back on track.
In McCas-
land’s lone sea-
son at Arkan-
sas State, he
led the Red
Wolves to a
20-12 finish.
He has a track record of success
and a long coaching history in
Texas that extends back before
his short stint in Jonesboro, Ar-
kansas.
McCasland started his career
as the director of operations at
Texas Tech University in 1999
before his stints at Midland and
Midwestern.
He also served as the head
coach at Abilene Christian Uni-
versity for two months before
joining the staff at Baylor.
McCasland led Midland to
the NJCAA national title in the
2006-07 season and guided the
Chaparrals back to the finals in
2008-09. He later took Mid-
western State to the Division II
Elite Eight in consecutive sea-
sons beginning in 2009-10. He
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Benford took over following
Jones’ departure. UNT went
.500 or worse in five straight
seasons and finished 8-22 this
year under the former Mar-
quette University assistant.
UNT was one of just two teams
in Conference USA to fail to ad-
vance to the league’s postseason
tournament after finishing last
in the conference standings at 2-
maybe some people who have
never been here before will
come out and continue to come
back and become regular users
of Ray Roberts,” Stewart said.
Bass must weigh at least 13
pounds to be eligible for
TPWD’s Sharelunker breeding
program, so Jiang Ii took his
trophy home after bringing it to
Parks and Wildlife personnel to
be officially weighed.
opportunity to convince Combs
to return to UNT for his senior
season and help rebuild the pro-
gram.
DANIEL BURGESS can be
reached at 940-566-6875 or via
Twitter at @DanielKBurgess.
“I am excited about what he
will bring to the program,” Baker
said of McCasland. “He knows
the state and the area.”
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UNT will have several key
players returning for McCas-
land, including sophomore
guards A.J. Lawson and Ryan
Woolridge. Lawson led UNT
OBITUARIES
BRETT VITO can be
reached at 940-566-6870 and
via Twitter at (fbrettvito.
Betty Ann Rummell
Betty Ann Rummell was born in Wilson,
Oklahoma, in 1927 to parents R.M. and
Mamie Laurence. While attending Oklahoma
University, she met the love of her life, Mike.
After graduating in 1948, the two were
married. In 1962, they settled in Denton, Texas
and established a Shell Oil Company
distributorship, of which Betty was the secretary/treasurer.
Betty’s proudest community effort was working with her
friend, Maureen Floyd, in establishing the new and expanded
Denton City County Day Nursery (currently known as the
Denton City County Day School), a non-profit preschool and
childcare facility. She saw a need within her community and
determinedly set out to meet it.
In addition to her involvement in a variety of charitable
organizations, Betty loved spending time with family and was
generous in her time and attention to them. She was an avid
snow skier for over 30 years and took great pride and joy in
sharing her love of the mountains with all seven of her
grandchildren. Each has fond memories of "Mee-Mom"
teaching them to maneuver ski runs across the U.S. and "if all
else fails, just sit down and slide", she used to say.
Betty was first and foremost, a follower of Jesus Christ.
She and her husband were faithful attendees of Denton Bible
OBITUARIES
Gwendolyn Louise Lewis
Our beloved Mother and Grandmother,
I Gwendolyn Louise Lewis, has bravely soared
I to the heavens to be with her savior, Jesus
j Christ. She left us early morning on March 6,
<A 2017. Gwen was born on January 21, 1931 in
HLa 1 .m Frisco, Texas and has lived in the surrounding
cities almost all her life. She probably felt that
Irving was her home as that was where she raised her family.
She is survived by her daughter, Vicki Lamp, of Shady
Shores, TX and her son, Joe Lewis, Jr., of Southgate, Ml.
She leaves a wonderful legacy of five grandchildren, and nine
great-grandchildren. Gwen’s son-in-law, Michael Lamp,
looked to her as a second Mom and was a comfort as he
reassured and encouraged her whenever possible.
Gwen began life in a farming family and she had 12
brothers and sisters who all grew up on the farm. In fact, her
maiden name was Farmer. Gwen was the baby girl of her
family and has a dear older sister, Imogene, still in Irving at
94 years young. Gwen also had an adopted family, Mai and
Lan Nguyen, who she loved dearly.
As you can imagine, family get-togethers and reunions
could be a houseful, but she loved to cook, and to entertain,
and wanted all of her family around her whenever possible.
The staff at Denton Rehabilitation also became her close
and loving family and their love and kindness was a blessing
to her before she had to leave us all. Gwen and her late
husband, Arthur Joe Lewis, were members of First Baptist
Euless and will be greatly missed by her church family and
friends.
OBITUARIES
Gordon Henry Hutmacher
Gordon Flenry Flutmacher was born
January 5, 1934 to Frederick John Hutmacher
and Vivian Augustine Langston Whalen in Fort
Worth, Texas. He died on March 10, 2017 in
Denton, Texas, surrounded by his loved ones.
Gordon graduated from Laneri High
School in Fort Worth. He then enlisted in the
Navy and served aboard the USS Intrepid. He received his
BA from the University of Houston. After being in the banking
industry for many years, he cumulated his career as
President and CEO of League City Bank and Trust.
Gordon is survived by his wife of 33 years, Katherine
Morgan Hutmacher, his sister Darlene McNeil, three children:
Thomas Paul, Shari Ann, and Gregory Winston, and their
spouses Esthela, Timothy, and Christine. He has four
grandchildren: Anne, Eric, Brian, and Emily plus great
grandchildren Georgia, Grant, Carolina, and Hannah.
Rosary and visitation will be at 6:00PM on Thursday,
March 16, 2017 at DeBerry’s Funeral Directors,
2025 West University Drive, Denton, TX.
Funeral Mass will be at 10:30AM on Friday, March 17,
2017 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 2301 N
Bonnie Brae St, Denton, TX. Interment will follow on the
church grounds.
During the Lenten season flowers are not allowed in the
church. We ask that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to
one of the following charities in his honor:
National Park Foundation https://www.nationalparks.org/
American Cancer Society https://www.cancer.org/
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Church. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and
great grandmother. She was also a proud member of the
Daughters of the Republic of Texas and a true American
patriot.
Betty is survived by her loving husband, Mike, daughters,
Vicki Plangman and husband, Joel; Terry Sollers and
husband, Steve; seven grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren, with her youngest great-grand baby completing
the circle of life by being born less than an hour prior to her
passing on March 10, 2017.
In accordance with her wishes, Betty’s ashes will be
scattered in the beautiful mountains of Ruidoso, New Mexico,
where she and Mike made many wonderful memories
together over their nearly-69 years of marriage. The family
will hold a private memorial service at a later date.
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Home at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, March 16th and a
Graveside Service at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens in Irving
at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, March 16th.
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