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Denton Record-Chronicle
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
“There maybe a role there for
students to assist in identifying
weaknesses, not to publicize or
make a big deal of them, but
they might find things that we’ve
missed,” he said.
A few miles down the road
from Denton, Argyle ISD has
seen its fair share of national
media attention as President
Donald Trump advocates for
armed teachers. In the wake of
the Sandy Hook shooting, Ar-
gyle was one of several districts
that started allowing teachers
with a concealed-carry permit to
carry guns at school. Those
teachers have to undergo addi-
tional safety training as well as a
psychological evaluation to par-
ticipate.
Wilson said he doesn’t see
Denton ISD arming teachers
anytime soon. If anything, the
district would hire trained pro-
fessionals with a tactical back-
ground, he said.
“I believe our teachers get into
education to make a difference
for children and not necessarily
to do the police work of that,” he
said. “There may be individuals
we’ve employed that may be able
to make that decision to use
deadly force. I’m not sure that
that’s all teachers, and I’m not
sure that’s a responsibility that all
teachers should want or have.”
Two parents voiced their
concerns during the public com-
ment portion of the meeting.
David Harshman said he re-
ceived panicked emails from his
14-year-old son when Crownov-
er Middle School was placed on
lockdown last Friday because a
bus driver overheard a student
talking about a gun on the bus.
Police found no weapons on the
student, but Harshman said
there needed to be a better way
to notify parents.
In fact, the district is adding
text alerts to its school messag-
ing system to better alert parents
in an emergency situation. Par-
ents should receive a text mes-
sage to sign up for the service on
Thursday.
Parent Matt Marsh said he
wants to help in any way he can
to keep his community safe,
whether it’s donating money for
added security or sharing his ex-
pertise from his time in the mil-
itary.
“I want to do something
about this,” he said. “I don’t want
to see one of our children on a
stretcher. The idea that it could
happen has to be dispelled. If we
don’t do something, we have to
make the assumption that it will
happen.”
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Denton ISD
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CAITLYN JONES can be
reached at 940-566-6862 and
via Twitter at @CjonesDRC.
School board President Mia
Price asked whether substitute
teachers were trained on lock-
down protocol. Knight said sub-
stitutes undergo safety training
when they’re hired and often
partner with a “buddy teacher”
to help them when they’re on
campus.
Each campus also is subject
to a security audit every three
years per state mandates. Those
audits include checks on a build-
ing’s exterior, interior, portable
buildings, surveillance systems
and communication methods.
Staff members also are quizzed
on emergency preparedness,
and auditors attempt to get into
a school to find any loose ends.
“It’s not an everyday occur-
rence [to find a way in],” Knight
said. “It’s an anomaly. Do we
want those? No, but at least the
campus sees that and can fix it.”
The results of those audits
are given to the school board in
closed session and reported to
the Texas School Safety Center.
Following the Parkland shoot-
ing, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott au-
thorized the Texas Education
Agency to publish a list of
schools that hadn’t completed
their audits.
A few board members of-
fered suggestions outside of
bringing more security equip-
ment to campus.
Barbara Bums advocated for
more anti-bullying programs in
schools, while Jim Alexander
said the district needs to main-
tain its relationship with local
law enforcement agencies. Den-
ton County Sheriff Tracy Mur-
phree made his position on ac-
tive shooter situations clear in a
letter posted to the agency’s so-
cial media accounts.
“We do not stage and wait for
SWAT, we do not take cover in a
parking lot and we do not wait
for any other agency” Murphree
wrote. ‘We go in and do our du-
ty. We go in to engage and stop
the shooter and save lives.”
Board member Doug Chad-
wick suggested forming a student
committee that could point out
any “cracks” in campus security.
Louise Moore
Funeral services for Louise Moore, 90, of
Argyle, Texas, will be held Saturday, March 3,
at 11 a.m. at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
in Denton, Texas. Following the service, a
reception will be held in the church Parish
Hall. A private burial will be held at Sparkman
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Edith Margaret Uri
Edith Margaret Uri, 101, of Denton, Texas
went to be with the Lord on Friday, February
23, 2018 in Denton, Texas. She was born on
December 11, 1916 in Kimball, NE to Charles
Forgus and Charlotte (Driggs) Paullin.
Edith is survived by her daughters, Linda
Kinnison and husband, Lloyd, Laura Story
and husband, Darrel, sons, Lawrence Uri Jr. and wife,
Theresa, Laverne Uri and wife Tamie and many grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Uri,
parents Charles and Charlotte Paullin, one sister and two
brothers.
A funeral mass and internment will be held on Monday,
March 5, 2018 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Concordia,
Kansas. Rosary is set for 10:00 A.M. Mass will begin at 11:00
A.M.
Hillcrest Cemetary in Dallas.
Kenneth Wayne George
Kenneth Wayne George, 58 of Krum,
Texas went to be with the Lord on February
24, 2018 in Krum, Texas. He was born on
May 17, 1959 in Sanger, Texas to Bill and
Joyce (Yarbough) George. He was married to
Laura Park George.
Kenneth graduated from Sanger High in
1977. He loved the outdoors with family and friends. He was
a loving son, husband, father and grandfather. His great love
was his children and his granddaughter. Kenneth will truly be
missed.
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Kenneth is survived by his father, Bill George, wife, Laura
George, son, John W. George, daughter, Holly Jones,
granddaughter, Alexis Lawson, sisters, Kathy Johnson and
husband Ricky, Connie Odem and a very extended family.
He is preceded in death by his mother, Joyce Yarbough.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018
at 2:00 P.M. at DeBerry Funeral Directors.
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Carroll Ray Harris
Carroll Ray Harris, 80, of Denton, Texas
passed away on Monday, February 26, 2018
in Denton, Texas. He was born on April 6,
1937 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma to Roy and
Ella (Walker)Harris.
Through God, anything is possible. That
was his motto and his way of life. He spent
his life devoted to his children. He was a devout member of
St. Tabernacle Assembly of God. He was also devoted to his
life partner, Loys Sadberry of Denton, TX. Even though they
had only been dating for approx. 10 years, it was the best 10
years of his life.
Carroll is survived by his daughter, Cathy Charish, sons,
Robert Carroll, Cary Dwayne, sister, Mary Beth Fugitt,
brother, Kenneth Harris and three grandchildren, Chad, Leslie
and Matthew.
He is preceded in death by his parents Roy and Lucinda
Harris. Lois Sherwood, Veda May Scheworke, George H
Harris, and Edith Bannister
Family will receive friends on Wednesday, February 28,
2018 from 6-8 P.M. at DeBerry Funeral Directors. Funeral
services will be held on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 10:00
A.M. at Faith Tabernacle Assembly of God with Rev. Randy
Snow officiating. Burial will follow at 2:00 P.M. at Whitebead
Cemetery in Maysville, Oklahoma.
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Saralyn Judd Pinson
Saralyn Judd Pinson was born in
Washington, D.C., on June 23, 1943. She
died on February 11,2018 at Vitas Hospice in
Carrollton. She was the first child of Frank
and Anna Judd. She received a bachelor’s
degree from the University of Mary
Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia in May
of 1965. Before moving to Denton she was employed by the
U.S. Army at Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia. On September
10, 1967, she married Joseph Pinson in Arlington, Virginia.
She and Joe moved to Denton in August, 1969.
In 2009 she retired as Administrative Assistant to the
Dean of Arts and Sciences at Texas Woman’s University.
From 1969 to 1999 she was employed at Denton State
School (now Denton State Supported Living Center).
She and Joe were members of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church from 1969 until 1997, when they joined
the First United Methodist Church. She was a member of
the FUMC choir and officer/member of the United Methodist
Women.
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She was secretary of the Denton Bell Band since its
incorporation in 2000.
Her joys in life were being a part of the church,
gardening, genealogy, taking care of her husband and raising
her children.
She was preceded in death by her parents and is
survived by her husband, Joseph Pinson, brother John Judd
and wife Linda, son, Joseph Pinson III and husband, Sam
Bierner, daughter, Martha Pinson Blair and husband Rob, and
grandchildren, Sara Bierner, Hanna Bierner, Gabriel Blair and
Haley Blair.
I Ollie Dean Cox Plunkett
Ollie Dean Cox Plunkett, 94, of Edmond,
I Oklahoma passed away on Monday,
pt February 19, 2018 in Edmond, Oklahoma.
K She was born on February 28, 1923 in Jones
yM County, Texas to Samuel R. Cox, Jr. and
Vera Ellen (Harris) Cox. Ollie married the love
of her life, the late Dr. John William Plunkett,
in Abilene, Texas in 1944. He preceded her in death.
While living in Denton for almost 50 years, Ollie was active
in Faculty Wives Club, Garden Club, Gourmet Club, Aerial
Club, and several different bridge groups. She and her
husband were involved in the Mean Green Club and attended
numerous university events with their group of lifelong
friends. Ollie had been looking forward to celebrating her 95th
birthday this week. She loved telling stories about the doctor
coming on horseback to deliver her, getting out of school on
Friday afternoons when the chauffeur would pick up the
grandchildren for the family lunch at the Cox’s house and
summer adventures with her grandsons when they would
stay with her. Lately, her two great grandsons were her pride
and joy.
She is preceded in death by her parents; Samuel and Vera
Cox and a sister, Virgie Cox McGaha. Daughter, Pam
Plunkett Kuzminski and husband Dan of Edmond, Oklahoma,
two grandsons John Kuzminski and wife Jennifer of Tulsa
and Sam Kuzminski and wife Andrea of Edmond, and two
great grandsons Owen Kuzminski and Brecken Kuzminski
survive Ollie.
The family will receive friends on Friday, March 2, 2018 at
DeBerry Funeral Directors from 5-7 P.M. A graveside service
will be held on March 3, 2018 at 10:00 at Roselawn Memorial
Park in Denton, Texas
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Report: Anti-Semitic
incidents up last year
Sara donated her body to Southwestern Medical
School in Dallas. Her ashes will be sprinkled in the Pinson
plot in Fairview Cemetary in Clarksville, Texas, at a later
date. A memorial service will be held in the sanctuary of
First United Methodist Church on Saturday, March 3, at 11:00
am. Gifts in her honor may be made to the Denton Bell Band
and First United Methodist Church.
to be fueled by emboldened far-
right extremists as well as the “di-
visive state of our national dis-
course.” He acknowledged that
heightened awareness of the
problem likely led to increased re-
porting of anti-Semitic incidents.
Anti-Semitic incidents at
schools and on college campuses
nearly doubled for the second
year in a row, with 457 such in-
cidents reported in non-Jewish
schools last year, the ADL report
says.
By Michael Kunzelman
Associated Press
The Anti-Defamation League
is reporting a 57 percent in-
crease in anti-Semitic incidents
in the U.S. last year, the highest
tally that the Jewish civil rights
group has counted in more than
two decades, according to data it
released Tuesday.
The New York City-based or-
ganization found 1,986 anti-Se-
mitic incidents last year, up from
1,267 in 2016. That’s the highest
total since 1994 and the largest
single-year increase since the
group began collecting this data
in 1979.
The ADL said the sharp rise
includes 952 vandalism inci-
dents, an increase of 86 percent
from 2016. The group also
counted 1,015 incidents of ha-
rassment, a 41 percent increase
from 2016.
ADL national director and
CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said
the “alarming” increase appears
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