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Local dealerships see increased car sales
By Karina Ramirez and George Joseph
Staff Writers
kramirez@dentonrc. com
Local auto dealers say abetter econ-
omy is helping sales.
Carl Anderson, general manager at
Bill Utter Ford, said business for used
and new vehicle sales has been up by 22
percent since January.
Anderson said a lot of customers
now feel comfortable buying a vehicle.
“Home building is up in this area,
and local companies are doing well,” he
said. “This is the first time in several
years when I talk to local bankers and
they tell me business is good.”
The economy depends on people
buying and selling and building houses,
he said, and Denton is in the middle of
that growth.
The Federal Housing Finance Agen-
cy reported last month that Texas home
prices were up 6.2 percent over last year
in the first quarter of 2013, although the
rapid rise in home prices may not con-
tinue, according to the latest Dallas
Federal Reserve report.
The average price of homes in Den-
ton County is $225,700, according to
the Texas Real Estate Center.
Anderson said the top seller at Bill
Utter Ford is the F-150 pickup, which
recently reclaimed its ranking as the
country’s top vehicle. The Toyota Cana-
ry had held the top spot since 2009, ac-
cording to the website cars.com.
According to officials at the Ford
Motor Company, the Dallas-Fort
Worth region had the best June sales in
six years and the Ford F-150 series is
part of the reason. An F-Series truck is
sold every 42 seconds, a spokesperson
with the company said.
See SALES on 3A
Wings of fire
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An emperor butterfly sits on top of a Firewheel off Cleveland Gibbs Road in Northlake recently.
Under investigation
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National Transportation Security Board investigators conduct a first-site
assessment overnight of the Asiana Airlines flight 214 that crashed at San
Francisco International Airport on Saturday. See story, page 3A.
Sting
curbs
sales to
minors
LLELA invites residents
to night sky program
Board to consider calling bond election
By Britney Tabor
Staff Writer
btabor@ dentonrc.com
The Denton schoolboard is expected to
consider whether to call a bond election
soon.
Co-chairs for the district’s 2013 Bond
Citizens’ Advisory Committee, established
in March, presented the board on June 25
with recommendations for future bond
projects.
Among the recommendations was
construction of a fourth comprehensive
high school, a 23rd and 24th elementary
school and an eighth middle school, a
ninth-grade center addition at Guyer
High School, school renovations at exist-
ing campuses, energy conservation pro-
jects and land acquisition. The committee
estimates the expenses for the projects
could total more than $329 million. The
recommended projects will take the dis-
trict through the 2019-20 year.
Mike Woods, a committee co-chair-
man, said the recommendations would
provide facilities that will accommodate
the increased student enrollment the dis-
trict faces.
Planning for a bond referendum comes
just two years after more than 200 district
jobs were eliminated, mostly through at-
trition, and Woods said the district can’t
afford to wait.
‘We are absolutely concerned about
the bond package in general just because
we’re putting a big number in front of vot-
ers, but everything in this package is
needs-based,” he said. “We have to have a
plan in place to be ready.
We can’t sit around and wait for the
absolute perfect time for the planning
part. We have to be doing the planning
now, so that when the economy turns
See BOND on 5A
Police utilize grant for
operation to crack down
on underage tobacco use
By Megan Gray
Staff Writer
mgr ay @ dentonrc.com
When the teenager asks for a pack of
cigarettes, the cashier replies with a ques-
tion of his own.
“Can I see your ID?” he asks.
A 16-year-old girl has just been denied a
pack of cigarettes because she has no ID,
and that’s just what Denton police were
looking for while conducting a mini tobacco
sting operation on a recent Friday night.
“When they ask for an ID, it’s good —
that means they are abiding by the law,”
said Capt. Lenn Carter.
Carter, who has been with the depart-
ment for nearly 20 years, said the mini
sting conducted Friday was funded by a
grant the department obtained last Au-
gust from the Texas Comptroller’s office.
The police department has been par-
ticipating in the Texas Comptroller’s To-
bacco Enforcement Program since the late
1990s. The $9,000 grant pays for officer
overtime, the teenage decoys and materi-
als associated with the stings.
The grant lasts for ayear, and duringthat
time, the department has to conduct 120
stings — each stop made counts as a sting.
Carter said two to three operations are
conducted a month and stores that allegedly
sell to minors are often repeat offenders.
A store employee who allegedly sells to a
minor is dted for tobacco sale to a minor,
police said. This violation is a Class C misde-
meanor with a possible fine of up to $500.
See GRANT on 5A
TODAY
IN DENTON
Partly sunny
High: 96
Low: 75
Weather report, 2A
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someone for their
contributions to
society, spotlight the
good deeds of a
stranger, or share an
inspiring story, send
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a contact number to
Managing Editor
Dawn Cobb at deobb
@dentonrc.com.
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^^■he Lewisville Lake Environmental
Learning Area invites area resi-
I dents to explore the wonders of the
night sky during a program titled, “Stars
on the Prairie” at 8:45 p.m. Friday.
Clyde Camp, a master naturalist who
has been an amateur astronomer for more
than 30 years, will lead the program, ac-
cording to a press release.
The program is for ages 5 and older,
and there is a $2 program fee in addition
to the regular gate admission of $5 per
person.
Reservations are required by calling 972-
219-3930 or e-mailing lisacole@unt.edu. If
the sky is doudy, a night hike will be held
instead of the scheduled program
LLELA will offer its monthly nature
walk at 10 a.m. Saturday. A naturalist will
lead participants in search of animal
tracks, nesting birds, butterflies and other
highlights of the summer landscape.
The hike will last about two hours and
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there is a $2 program fee in addition to the
regular gate fee of $5 per person. Reserva-
tions are not required.
Free program to offer information
about compatibility of medications
The Denton Foundation for Health
Education will offer a free program on the
See COCKRELL on 5A
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