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Report: Torture devices
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Denton Record-Chronicle
Vol. 109, No. 289 / 24 pages, 3 sections
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Denton, Texas
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Unemployment rates continue to drop
By Karina Ramirez
Staff Writer
kramirez@dentonrc. com
Denton city and county unemploy-
ment figures show decreases over the
first four months of this year.
In April, the county rate dropped by
four-tenths of a percentage point from
5.7 percent in March to 5.3 percent and
the city’s jobless rate also dropped by
one-tenth of a percentage point last
month to 4.9 percent after remaining
unchanged in February and March.
A year ago, the city had a 5.2 percent
unemployment rate, while the county’s
rate was 5.8 percent.
The nonadjusted unemployment
figures remain below the state and na-
tional averages.
Natalie Moffitt, workforce develop-
ment manager with Workforce Solu-
tions of North Central Texas, said Den-
ton County’s diverse industry is the key
reason that unemployment figures con-
tinue to decline.
“In Denton County, there is not just
one industry,” she said. ‘We have health,
government, construction and trans-
portation, so that helps us,” she said.
Statewide figures show a decline of
four-tenths of a percentage point from
March to April. The year-to-year com-
parison also showed a decrease from
6.5 percent to 6.1 percent.
Andres Alcantar, Texas Workforce
Commission chairman, said in a state-
ment that all major industries in the
state added jobs during the last 12
months.
One of the state’s largest workforce
segments — trade, transportation and in-
dustries — has added 58,400 jobs since
last year, the numbers show. Last month,
it added 16,000jobs. The state said in the
past month that eight of the 11 major in-
dustries in the state showed growth, in-
cluding professional and business servic-
es and leisure and hospitality.
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TODAY
IN DENTON
Partly sunny with
isolated showers and
thunderstorms
High: 93
Low: 70
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STATE
Texas lawmakers
reached a deal Friday on
a two-year spending
plan that would restore
$3.93 billion to public
schools and clear the
way for taking $2 billion
from the state’s rainy day
fund for water projects,
the leader of House
Democrats said.
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NATIONAL
Senior Treasury officials
were made aware in
June 2012 that investiga-
tors were looking into
complaints from tea
party groups that they
were being harassed by
the Internal Revenue
Service, a Treasury in-
spector general said
Friday, disclosing that
Obama administration
officials knew there was
a probe during the heat
of the presidential cam-
paign.
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Working on the car wash
Construction work-
ers assemble scaf-
folding as they
build a new loca-
tion for the Wash
Factory on West
University Drive on
Friday in Denton.
Photos by Al Key/DRC
Regents
approve
housing
plans
UNT working toward
adding hundreds of new
beds at Denton campus
By Jenna Duncan
Staff Writer
jduncan@dentonrc.com
The University of North Texas is begin-
ning to plan for additional on-campus
housing by 2015 to accommodate an an-
ticipated need of 600 to 800 new beds.
During a meeting this week, the Board
of Regents authorized university officials
to begin planning for that. That includes
hiring consultants for the projects using
up to $1.2 million from the UNT housing
and auxiliary services that will be reim-
bursed with bond funds.
“[On-campus housing] is just a better
educational environment, and the de-
mand for it is increasing,” UNT President
Lane Rawlins said. “We’re looking at this
not only as just where somebody is going
to sleep but as part of the future of UNT.”
In an introduction to the board, John
Maguire, vice chancellor for facilities plan-
ning and construction, said university offi-
cials will hire consultants to conduct mar-
ket research, financial analysis, project
type and architectural design in the com-
ing months. Maguire will present the re-
sults during a meeting in August with a
recommendation for how many beds and
residence halls would accommodate the
need.
The building or buildings will most
likely be located on one of several current
parking lots near the center of campus and
house primarily freshmen and sopho-
mores, Maguire said.
To help fund the project, Andrew Har-
ris, vice president for finance and adminis-
tration, estimated that room rates for stu-
dents would need to increase 8 percent to
9 percent each year for several years.
While the department’s reserve for
housing maintenance and renewal fluctu-
ates between $15 million and $25 million,
these funds are needed for continued im-
provements to existing buildings.
The annual average room rate increase
is 3.5 percent. Elizabeth With, vice presi-
dent for student affairs, said university
housing costs would still be reasonable
compared to peer institutions. UNT is one
of the cheapest and this increase, which
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Top police officers honored at annual banquet
By Megan Gray
Staff Writer
mgray @ dentonrc.com
Six annual awards were presented over
a roast-beef dinner inside the Denton
Country Club on Thursday.
The Denton 100 Club, a nonprofit or-
ganization of area businesses and resi-
dents supporting Denton police officers,
played host to the annual Denton Police
Department Appreciation Banquet.
Officers of the year are broken up into
two categories — special assignment and
patrol. After handing out various other
awards and prizes donated by local spon-
sors, the time arrived for the winners and
runners-up to be announced.
Jay Seiler, a warrant officer with the de-
partment, won Officer of the Year — Spe-
cial Assignment.
Hank Dickerson, master of ceremonies
and University of North Texas senior asso-
ciate athletic director, said Seiler uses his
previous experience as a patrol officer, an
investigator of juvenile and child abuse
cases, as a SWAT officer and as a hostage
negotiator to assist and advise other offi-
cers in their assignments.
Seiler, a 31-year veteran, was described
as a hard worker known for seeking excel-
lence in all that he does.
“I’m honored and humbled to have re-
ceived this award, especially considering
so many hard-working and deserving offi-
cers,” Seiler said. “It’s always a great honor
to be recognized by your peers. A special
thanks to the sponsors and to the 100 Club
of Denton.”
The rounds of applause died down and
the final award of the evening was an-
nounced.
Randy Bohn, who said he will have
served with the department 18 years this
August, won Officer of the Year for patrol.
Dickerson described Bolin as a “cop’s
cop.”
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