North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 2012 Page: 11 of 12
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Bearded men take pride in their uzzy 5aces
StrangeSCENE
Friday 2.17.2012
Alison Matlock
Staff Writer
For a group of fuzzy-faced
Dentonites, No Shave November
never ended.
Among the bearded crowd
are Kellen Capps, 27, owner of
Ringoboy Screen Printing in
Denton, and Mike Frazier, 38, pres-
ident and founder of Dallas club
Lone Star Beards.
Frazier founded Lone Star
Beards in April 2010. With about
20 active members, they meet at
a local bar or pub each month to
discuss competitions and events,
Frazier said.
I've always liked being different,"
Capps said. "You catch everybody's
eye."
Capps, Frazier and the rest of
the Lone Star Beards bunch will
head to Austin on Feb. 24 to take
part in the next season of "Whisker
Wars," an IFC reality series that
follows a group of men as they
travel and compete to have the
best beard.
" It's a big deal for us because as
far as big competitions go, that's
pretty local for us, so we're going
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Photo by Colin Dobkins/Staff Photographer
Kellen Capps is planning to grow out his beard over the next seven years to donate it to
charity. "I have more combs than my girlfriend does,"Capps said. His car is littered with
plastic combs of different sizes for his red beard.
to take as many people of our clan
as we can down there and debut
ourselves," Frazier said.
Capps, with his red beard, and
Frazier, who sometimes wears
his beard in pigtails, are showing
people that it's okay to be distinc-
tive.
"It's a big community of
friends," Frazier said. "We even
refer to it as family, because we
have something in common, and
we all appreciate each other for
what we have and what we do."
Capps' girlfriend, political
science senior Laurie Garber,
doesn't mind his beard.
"To me he's just not the same
person without it," she said. "It's
just a different face. It's just not
normal to me."
Capps and Frazier said they both
let their beards grow naturally and
don't worry about grooming.
"It's a lot less upkeep," Frazier
said. "It's a lot easier to not shave
than it is to shave. "
When Capps or Frazier go out,
their beards surprise people and
mesmerize children, they said.
"A lot of times in our everyday
lives, the way people react to us
is very friendly and engaging,
Frazier said. "As long as people
are like that toward you, it kind of
keeps you in a good mood."
One of the challenges Frazier
and Capps run into with their
beards is eating. They have had
to change how they eat certain
foods.
"With a PB&J, it's easier if you
cut the sandwich in triangles so
that you can attack from the corner
instead of the side," Frazier said.
One of the hardest foods to
eat is cereal, they said. The main
problem is that their mustaches
push the cereal off the spoon.
"I get pretty serious about my
cereal in the mornings," Capps
said. "So the other day I actually
bought two little barrette clips."
Simple utensils are seen as life-
savers to the bearded crowd.
"Straws are like hammers to
nails," Frazier said. "You have to
For more information
on Lone Star Beards go
to their Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/
groups/LONESTARBEARDS/
Did You Know?
Pogonophobia is an
abnormal and persistent
fear of beards. Symptoms
typically include short-
ness of breath, rapid
breathing, irregular heart-
beat, sweating, nausea and
overall feelings of dread.
have straws."
They're also going to a competi-
tion Sept. 29 at the Texas Theater
in Oak Cliff.
Whether they're entering
competitions or clipping back
their mustache to engulf a bowl
of cereal, they enjoy sharing their
love of beards.
"We kind of all have the Santa
effect, because we're just happy,
jolly people," Frazier said.
Denton keeps it weird with its past and present
Katie Olson
Intern
Denton is known as a hot spot for
music festivals, theater venues and
local historical sites.
However, there are some strange
and interesting facts about this city
that people may not know about.
1. Hula-Hooping Hero
Local resident Kym Coberly hula
hooped for seventy-two hours from
October 17th through the 20th in
1984, the longest recorded hulahoop
time until 2009.
2. Infamous Outlaw
For local history buffs, the Lacy
Hotel's claim to fame comes from
employing a young man named
Sam Bass as a livery stable boy.
Bass later worked for the Denton
County Sheriff William F. 'Uncle
Bill' Egan. He became enamored
with gambling and horsing racing
in the city and went on to become
a famous outlaw. Before his death,
his pursuers followed him through
the Square in Denton during his long
crime wave.
3. Turn the Headlights On
Denton is home to the Alton
Bridge, also known as as "Goatman's
Bridge." The bridge is said to be
haunted by a demonic satyr who
allegedly inhabits the nearby forest
surrounding the area. The story told
is that an African-American goat
farmer was murdered by a group of
Ku Klux Klansmen. After the murder
they returned to the scene, but the
goat farmer's body was not found.
Today, locals warn that if a person
drives without headlights across the
Alton Bridge they will encounter the
Goatman on the other side.
4. Bruce Hall's Ghostly
Experience
Two spirits possibly roam Bruce
Llall at UNT. The spirit of a woman
named Wanda is said to live on the
fourth floor in the attic, where she
was rumored to have died. Another
visitor called the "boiler room ghost"
haunts the basement. Students and
workers report that occasionally
both spirits pull pranks.
5. Write All About It
Author Howard Allen Francis
O 'Brien attended her freshman year
at Texas Women's University before
transferring to UNT, known as North
Texas State College at the time.
However, most people know her by
her pseudonym, "Anne Rice".
6. Save the Squirrels
In the spring of 2002, the UNT
chapter of the Albino Squirrel
Preservation Society rallied to make
the albino squirrel a secondary
mascot. The student body narrowly
denied the motion.
Weird Places to go in
Denton
What: The Lacy Hotel
Where: 102 West Oa k St.
What: Goatman's Bridge
Where: ExitTeasley Lane from
I-35 and go west, away from the
7-Eleven.
Drive past Eureka Park and even-
tually reach a CVS.
Turn right at this CVS, onto
Teasley Lane.
Drive past John H. Guyer High
School,
Turn right on Old Alton Road.
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