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INSIDE TODAY
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ALSO INSIDE
Statistics lacking on deaths
involving police officers
National, 4A
Denton Record-Chronicle
Vol. Ill, No. 128 /18 pages, 3 sections
Monday, December 8, 2014
Denton, Texas
One dollar
David Minton/DRC
Denton County Precinct 4 Commissioner Andy Eads stands in front of a pile of road sand last week at the county’s Road and Bridge West yard on Masch
Branch Road. A year after an ice storm crippled the area for days, county officials say they’ve been planning in case another major storm hits.
Cold, hard reality
Last year’s ice storm
has officials on their
guard this winter
By Bj Lewis and Megan Gray-Hatfield
Staff Writers
blewis @ dentonrc.com
mgray @ dentonrc. com
Should Mother Nature choose to
dump a slew of winter precipitation on
top of Denton County, she will find
county officials decidedly more pre-
pared for it than last year.
After evaluating issues dealt with
this past winter, Jody Gonzalez said his
emergency services office and other
county departments have been working
to have a plan ready to keep Denton
County residents safe.
It was a year ago this week that
North Texas residents were digging out
from a major ice storm that hit the re-
gion, closing highways, schools and
businesses for several days.
“We sat down and re-briefed what
happened last year and what measures
to take to prevent it from happening
again and worked out communication
between the city, county and AGL Con-
structors,” Gonzalez said.
Those internal meetings included
county road and bridge staff, Commis-
sioners Hugh Coleman and Andy Eads,
County Judge Mary Horn and repre-
sentatives from the Texas Department
of Transportation and AGL Construc-
tors. AGL is the construction company
for the expansion of Interstate 35E/35
between Interstate 635 in Dallas and
U.S. Highway 380 in Denton.
Gonzalez said TxDOT has different
approaches it will take to mitigating
any future winter storms, but said the
county stands ready to assist with clear-
ing thoroughfares and sheltering peo-
ple from the weather.
Ryan LaFontaine, spokesman for
TxDOT, said the department’s Dallas
District, which covers Denton County,
spent about $468,000 on materials to
help motorists during the ice storm that
began Dec. 5 of last year, blanketing
roadways with ice for several days.
He said 140,050 pounds of salt,
7,342 cubic yards of sand and 12,002
gallons of liquid salt-base for pre-treat-
ing roads were used from the material
purchase.
And while LaFontaine wasn’t able to
break down how much overtime was
specifically used in the department’s
budget for the icy event, he did mention
the agency used more manpower and
resources during that one week than
See PREPARING on 7A
Eatery
and pub
set for
Square
LSA co-owner has
plans for former
Cafe Herrera spot
By Jenna Duncan
Staff Writer
jduncan @ dentonrc. com
Right after Cafe Herrera on
the downtown Square closed in
September, the building owner
knew the first call to make.
Greg Johnson, managing
partner of Verus Real Estate Ad-
visors, called John “Sparky” Pear-
son to see the space. Pearson, co-
owner of Lone Star Attitude Bur-
ger Co., walked in and immedi-
ately had a vision that will be-
come Barley & Board, abrewpub
and restaurant.
“When the guys at LSA had
the success that they had opening
and we saw what happened, we
thought, ‘That’s the kind of
unique, non-chain vibe we want
downtown,”’ Johnson said.
Set to open in the spring, the
spot in the Texas Building at the
corner of Oak and Locust streets
will feature slightly higher-end
food and craft beer and may also
have a brew beer on site. The chef
from LSA Burger, Danny Bays, is
working on developing the menu
now, featuring items like a beef
tip tenderloin sandwich on a ba-
guette with horseradish sauce
and melted blue cheese, Pearson
said.
“We’ll have multiple craft
beers, very delectable finger
food-type appetizers, shared
plates and great salads and won-
derful, creative chef-driven dish-
es,” he said.
For the space itself, Pearson is
working to revamp the interior
by adding tri-fold windows and
hardwood floors and re-exposing
See BARLEY on 5A
TODAY
IN DENTON
Mostly sunny and dry
High: 63
Low: 39
Three-day forecast, 2A
STATE
The emergency-room
doctor who initially treat-
ed a man infected with
Ebola said he didn’t know
the patient had a 103-
degree fever shortly before
he left the hospital.
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FIND IT INSIDE
CLASSIFIED
1C
COMICS
6C
CROSSWORDS
2C, 6C
DEAR ABBY
4C
DEATHS
7A
OPINION
6A
SPORTS
IB
TELEVISION
5C
WEATHER
2A
7
5
NATIONAL
Twice in less than four
months, police in Ohio
have opened fire with real
bullets on young people
carrying lookalike guns,
raising anguished ques-
tions about what could
have prevented the deadly
encounters.
Page 4A
INTERNATIONAL
Six prisoners held for 12
years at Guantanamo Bay
have arrived as refugees in
Uruguay, a South Amer-
ican nation with only a
tiny Muslim population,
amid a renewed push by
President Barack Obama
to close the prison.
Page 8A
St. Mark dedicates new southern site
Catholic parish
moves to 30 acres
bordering Argyle
By Christian McPhate
Staff Writer
dmcphate @ dentonrc.com
A statue of the Savior wearing a
crown of thorns looks down upon
the draped altar being blessed
Sunday morning by Bishop Mi-
chael Olson, whose white robes
seem otherworldly as he slowly
performs the dedication ritual.
More than 1,200 Catholics
from across North Texas fill the
temporary parish hall, the over-
flow area, the offices, the hallways
and the entry way while others mill
about outside near the front doors
listening as the bishop of the Cath-
olic Diocese of Fort Worth blesses
the altar.
See CHURCH on 7A
Christian McPhate/DRC
A parishioner walks toward St. Mark Catholic Church’s new multipurpose building, where Bishop
Michael Olson of Fort Worth conducted a dedication ceremony earlier Sunday.
Les Cockrell
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