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Monday, November 24, 2014
Denton Record-Chronicle
CALENDAR
TODAY
EVENTS
4 to 6 p.m. — Write-in ses-
sions for National Novel Writing
Month participants, at Emily Fowler
Central Library, 502 Oakland St.
Work on your book, meet fellow
novelists and get help from writing
coaches. Free. Call 940-349-8752
or visit www.dentonlibrary.com.
8 p.m. — UNT Concert Orches-
tra in Winspear Hall at the Murchi-
son Performing Arts Center, on the
north side of I-35E at North Texas
Boulevard. Tickets cost $8-$10, free
for UNT students. Call 940-369-
7802 or visit www.thempac.com.
CLUB MEETINGS
Chess Night at 6 p.m. at North
Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St.
Players of all ages and skill levels
welcome. Free. Call 940-349-8752.
Conservative Toastmasters
meets at 7 p.m. at Denton Regional
Medical Center's Educational Build-
ing, 3535-A I-35E. Email lebbo@
miaincusa.com or mzerger@earth
link.net.
Denton County Amateur Radio
Association meets from 7 to 9
p.m. on the fourth Monday of each
month at the Denton County Emer-
gency Services building, 9060
Teasley Lane.
Denton Lions Club meets at 6
p.m. on the second and fourth
Mondays of the month at the
Smokehouse, 1123 Fort Worth Drive.
Call 940-497-3989.
Denton Senior Center exercise
classes are from 11 to 11:40 a.m. at
509 N. Bell Ave. Those age 50 and
older are invited. No advance sign-
up required. Call 940-349-8720 or
940-566-5242.
Denton Toastmasters public
speaking club meets from 7 to 8:30
p.m. at Lake Forest Good Samaritan,
3901 Montecito Drive, in the activity
building. Call 940-458-4669.
North Texas Toastmasters
public speaking club meets from
noon to 1 p.m. in Room 324 of
Chestnut Hall on the UNT campus.
Visit http://420.toastmaster-
sclubs.org or call Navin Singh at
940-595-1151.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Back to Basics Al-Anon, for
family and friends dealing with the
effects of someone's drinking,
meets at 7 p.m. at First Presbyteri-
an Church of Denton, 1114 W. Uni-
versity Drive. Call 940-368-3605 or
310-291-8243.
Compulsive Eaters Anonymous
meets at 7:30 p.m. Call 940-395-
3334.
Denton County Gamblers
Anonymous chapter meets from
10 to 11 a.m. in Room 214 at First
United Methodist Church of Denton,
201S. Locust St. Meetings are open
and nonsmoking. Call Waunita at
940-390-9419.
Drug Addicts Anonymous (Faith
in Action Group of Denton) meets at
8 p.m. at Solutions of North Texas'
Wilshire Hall, 2216 N. Bolivar St.
Visit www.sontx.org, www.sober-
dorm.org or call 940-898-6202.
NAMI Family Support Group
and Recovery International
Support Group meet from 7 to
8:30 p.m. in Room 202 at Cross-
roads Bible Church, 8101FM407 in
Double Oak. Sponsored by National
Alliance on Mental Illness Denton
County. Visit http://namiden-
ton.org, email generalinfo@nami-
denton.org or call 469-248-8789.
Narcotics Anonymous meets at
7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew Presbyteri-
an Church, 300 W. Oak St.
Serenity Al-Anon, for family and
friends dealing with the effects of
someone's drinking, meets at noon
at First United Methodist Church,
201S. Locust St.
Shalom Today group of Alco-
holics Anonymous meets at 9
a.m., noon, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. week-
days at 311S. Locust St. Call 940-
383-8252.
Show Me group of Alcoholics
Anonymous meets at 9 a.m.,
noon, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at 1622 W.
University Drive, Suite 104. Call
940-566-9989.
Unity group of Alcoholics
Anonymous meets from 6 to 7
p.m. at First Christian Church of
Denton, 1203 Fulton St. Call 940-
390-1325.
Way Out group of Alcoholics
Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. at
First Presbyterian Church, 1114 W.
University Drive. Call 940-367-7722
or 940-231-6267.
TUESDAY
EVENTS
6:45 to 8 a.m. — Rotary Club of
Denton South meets at Oakmont
Country Club, 1901 Oakmont Drive.
Call 940-368-3789.
9:30 a.m. — Mother Goose
Time at South Branch Library, 3228
Teasley Lane. Free. Call 940-349-
8752.
10:30 a.m. — Toddler Time at
South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley
Lane. Free. Call 940-349-8752.
6:30 p.m. — Teen LegoMania
for ages 11-17 at Emily Fowler Cen-
tral Library, 502 Oakland St. Free.
Call 940-349-8752.
8 p.m. — UNT Chamber Music
Studies concerts in Voertman Hall
and Recital Hall at the Music Build-
ing, at Avenue C and Chestnut
Street. Free. Call 940-565-2791 or
visit www.music.unt.edu.
8 p.m. — UNT One O’clock Lab
Band with Chuck Findley on trum-
pet in Winspear Hall at the Murchi-
son Performing Arts Center. Tickets
cost $10-$15. Call 940-369-7802 or
visit www.thempac.com.
To tell us about your event or
meeting, visit DentonRC.com and
click on “Let Us Know” for our
online forms; email to drc@
dentonrc.com; fax to 940-566-
6888; or mail to Page 2 Calendar,
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WEATHER
NBC 5’S DENTON 3-DAY OUTLOOK
NBC 5 meteorolo-
gists (from left):
Samantha Davies,
Grant Johnston,
David Finfrock,
Rick Mitchell and
Remeisha Shade.
TODAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Sunny and
cooler
High 60
Winds west at 10 to 15 mph
Overnight low: 40
Sunny and
cool
High 59, low 34
Mostly sunny and
pleasant
High 63, low 38
Forecast for noon, Monday, Nov. 24,2014
Gray bands indicate high temperature zones for the day.
ALMANAC
Denton
High
76
Low
51
PRECIPITATION
24 hours (ending 5 p.m.) 0.17”
Month to date -1.82” Normal - 2.33”
Year to date - 23.25” A year ago - 28.58”
LAKE LEVELS
7 a.m. today Year ago
Ray Roberts Lake 624.70 625.08
Lewisville Lake 514.60 513.59
Grapevine Lake 522.56 525.13
LakeTexoma 610.28 610.93
Lake Bridgeport 812.19 815.54
NATIONAL DATA
Yesterday
Today
Tomorrow
City
Hi
Lo Prec
Hi
Lo For
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Lo For
Albuquerque
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22 s
46
29 s
Amarillo
55
40 0.08
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25 pc
53
30 s
Atlanta
61
46 2.18
70
42 pc
56
38 c
Austin
82
52 -
63
35 s
63
32 s
Chicago
52
48 0.25
46
20 r
28
17 pc
Denver
44
33 Trace 43
24 s
52
31 pc
Detroit
53
44 0.07
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29 sh
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23 sf
El Paso
64
48 Trace 55
34 s
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Honolulu
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82
68 pc
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Houston
80
61 0.10
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42 s
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Kansas City, Mo 58
53 0.40
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Las Vegas
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63
44 s
Los Angeles
80
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53 s
83
55 s
Mpls/St. Paul
50
35 0.01
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15 sn
28
23 pc
New Orleans
76
62 0.38
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46 s
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40 pc
New York
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49 pc
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Orlando
86
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66 t
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Philadelphia
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51 pc
55
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Phoenix
74
48 Trace 68
45 s
68
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Portland
53
45 0.46
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49 c
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51 pc
San Francisco
66
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51 pc
Tulsa
67
56 Trace 57
28 s
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Washington, DC 57
38 0.01
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50 pc
59
40 pc
SOLAR & LUNAR
Sunrise today.......
Sunset tonight .....
Moonrise today....
Moonset Monday
7:08 a.m.
5:23 p.m.
9:02 a.m.
7:44 p.m.
911 call in deadly
leak didn’t list
plant’s chemicals
BLOTTER
HOUSTON (AP) - Four
workers killed by poisonous gas
during a recent chemical leak
were trapped inside the Texas
pesticide plant for an hour be-
fore anyone called 911, and no
one told dispatchers what sub-
stances were inside.
The DuPont plant in La
Porte typically housed as much
as 250 tons of highly flammable
methyl mercaptan, the Houston
Chronicle reported Sunday.
But it also contained at least
some methyl isocyanate. That’s
the same chemical that escaped
a Bhopal, India, pesticide plant
in 1984, killing more than 2,200
people in the world’s worst in-
dustrial accident.
On Nov. 15, DuPont’s shift su-
pervisor Jody Knowles gave no
details about the presence of
methyl isocyanate and methyl
mercaptan, an ingredient of in-
secticides and fungicides and an
odorant for natural gas, in a 911
call to the fire department.
Knowles also attempted to
downplay risk to the general
public. After he told the dis-
patcher about anticipated casu-
alties, the dispatcher asked:
“Can you tell me is this any risk
to the public? Is it gonna be a
possible escaping from your
premises?”
“No ma’am, it is not,” Know-
les responded.
The plant covers 600 acres
along the Houston Ship Chan-
nel in LaPorte and has operated
since 1956.
Federal officials are investi-
gating the accident. However,
emergency management offi-
cials say it’s already clear that the
response to the leak was inade-
quate and slow, especially given
the scope of the disaster. The ac-
cident site had been plagued
with recurring maintenance
problems, and workers lacked
quick access to breathing equip-
ment that would have given
them a better chance at survival.
No DuPont official contacted
a special emergency industrial
response network called the
Channel Industries Mutual
Aide, a nonprofit formed to deal
with potentially deadly disas-
ters. It was hours before DuPont
verified that anyone had died.
DuPont has refused to clarify
how many pounds of toxins
were released.
Officials said a valve failed on
a container of methyl mercap-
tan and the four people were
killed after inhaling too much
gas.
The incident is the worst loss
of life in an industrial accident at
the world’s biggest petrochemi-
cal complex since 2005, when a
refinery explosion killed 15
workers in Texas City.
Boy finds prescription pills
hidden inside candy box
A secret stash of hydroco-
done pills in a candy box could
have led to deadly results for a
5-year-old boy, according to a
Denton police report.
An officer was dispatched
around 6:30 p.m. Saturday to a
home in the 1900 block of North
Lake Trail after a caller reported
that the child had consumed one
of the prescription painkiller
pills.
According to the report, the
caller had recycled Halloween
candy for a pinata at a child’s
birthday party when one of the
children opened a box of candy
and took a piece before it was
discovered that the candy had
been replaced with 36 hydroco-
done pills.
“The child ate one of the pills
but was unaffected,” the police
report states.
Police believe the candy came
from the Oakmont neighbor-
hood. An investigation is pend-
ing.
Other reports
3400 block of Joyce Lane
— A 22-year-old woman was
held at gunpoint early Saturday
Managing Editor
Scott K. Parks...... 940-566-6879
sparks@dentonrc.com
City Editor
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Region Editor
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as a man rifled through her
purse and reached into her bra
before fleeing, according to a po-
lice report.
Officers learned that the vic-
tim was meeting a friend at
about 12:30 a.m. when she was
approached by a man who pull-
ed a gun and said, “Give me what
you got.” He left the scene in a
tan car, the victim told police.
3700 block of Fall Mead-
ow — A 35-year-old man was
arrested Saturday afternoon on
a charge of unlawful carrying of
weapons, according to a police
report.
Police said they found the
man carrying a club at a house
under construction and arrested
him.
Police said he was connected
with two people suspected in a
vehicle burglary two houses
down from where he was arrest-
ed.
— Christian McPhate
Denton County Crime Stoppers will
pay a reward of up to $1000 for
information leading to an arrest in
these or other crimes. Callers will
remain anonymous. Call
1-800-388-TIPS (8477). Reach the
Denton police narcotics tip line at
940-565-580L
REACH US
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Sports
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BRIEFLY
IN THE AREA
Flower Mound
Police arrest two
suspects in robbery
Flower Mound police had
two men in custody after re-
sponding to a robbery call Satur-
day afternoon.
According to police, officers
responded shortly after 3 p.m. to
a report of a robbery in the park-
ing lot of a business in the 2200
block of Cross Timbers Road.
The victim told police a man
in his early 20s pointed a gun at
him and demanded his wallet.
Police said the victim also re-
ported there was white paint on
the robber’s face.
The robber fled the scene
south on Morris Road, accord-
ing to a news release from police.
During a search, police ob-
tained a description and license
plate number of the suspect’s ve-
hicle and a second person who
was possibly involved in the of-
fense from a witness, the release
stated.
The suspect’s vehicle was lo-
cated at about 4:45 p.m. Satur-
day in the 3500 block of Long
Prairie Road. Two suspects were
taken into custody without inci-
dent.
— Megan Gray-Hatfield
Bartonville
Water tower permit
fees on council agenda
Bartonville Town Council is
holding a special meeting to-
night to discuss and consider ap-
proval of building permit fees
associated with the construction
of an elevated water tower.
The meeting will begin at 7
p.m. and will open with a public
hearing.
— Christian McPhate
ROAD WORK
Avenue D has road closures for UNT
construction between Maple Street
and Eagle Drive.
Hickory Street has street and
sidewalk construction between
Locust Street and Bell Avenue
through early February. Traffic is
one-way eastbound on this stretch of
Hickory. Hickory also has road clo-
sures for utility construction between
Bradshaw and Exposition streets.
Highland Street has road closures
for street construction between
Welch Street and Avenue C.
Jim Christal Road has utility con-
struction between Western Boulevard
and Masch Branch Road.
North Texas Boulevard has utility
construction between Eagle and
Chestnut streets.
Oak Street has drainage tie-in work
between Avenue B and Norman
Street.
Prairie Street has road closures for
utility construction between North
Texas Boulevard and Avenue G.
University Drive (U.S. Highway
380) has utility construction be-
tween Bonnie Brae and Sunset
streets.
For more information about street
construction projects in Denton,
visit www.cityofdenton.com
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BRIEFLY
ACROSS THE STATE
Hurst
Detective’s medical
leave delayed porn case
Authorities were tipped off
months ago about a man who
was arrested this week for alleg-
edly conspiring with a teen on a
scheme to sexually exploit youn-
ger children, but the investiga-
tion was delayed because the de-
tective in charge went on med-
ical leave.
Police in Hurst, near Fort
Worth, were looking into infor-
mation finking Randy Ray Wes-
son to child pornography in
June, after the National Center
for Missing and Exploited Chil-
dren forwarded details about a
photograph on Instagram show-
ing a man and a child in a sex
act.
But, when the initial case hit
a lull, the detective assigned to it
went on leave for 10 weeks, ac-
cording to Fort Worth Star
Telegram and KXAS-TV re-
ports Sunday. In the meantime,
authorities say the 28-year-old
Wesson enrolled a 17-year-old
runaway in a Hurst elementary
school under the guise that he
was his 12-year-old son, as part
of what investigators believe was
an effort to target children there.
“The detective actually got
injured and he was out for 10
weeks, so he just came back and
picked this up,” Hurst police Sgt.
Craig Teague told KXAS-TV.
Teague also told the Star-
Telegram that the investigation
initially wasn’t considered a high
priority because it came in as a
“single image case.”
Austin
Abbott promises lawsuit
over immigration action
Gov.-elect Greg Abbott is
again vowing to sue the Obama
administration for lifting the
threat of deportation from mil-
lions of immigrants living ille-
gally in the United States.
The Dallas Morning News
reported that Abbott called the
president’s executive action “the
epitome of lawlessness” while
appearing on Fox News Sun-
day with Chris Wallace.
As Texas attorney general,
Abbott has sued the Obama ad-
ministration about 30 times,
mostly over environmental reg-
ulations and the White House’s
signature health care law.
He and outgoing Gov. Rick
Perry said last week that Texas
would likely sue Obama over
immigration.
Abbott said Sunday that
Obama’s order violated the U.S.
Constitution. He said it dis-
pensed “with the immigration
law as it currently exists and is
rewriting that law.”
Dallas
Irving man charged with
killing 2-year-old stepson
Police have jailed an Irving
man accused of beating his 2-
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year-old stepson to death, then
claiming the boy had a seizure.
The Dallas Morning News
reported that 25-year-old Mi-
chael Mercado was alone at an
apartment on North Belt line
Road with his stepson for hours
Wednesday.
About 3 p.m., Mercado called
911 and said the child was having
a seizure.
He was taken to Children’s
Medical Center Dallas, where
officials found internal and ex-
ternal injuries that didn’t match
Mercado’s story. The child died
Saturday afternoon, after three
days on fife support.
— The Associated Press
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