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Group practices Europe’s martial arts
able study of the topic.
“It is the study of the fighting arts of
the Renaissance and late medieval Eu-
rope ” said study group leader and UNT
graduate Ben Morgan. “We aren’t a live-
action role-play group or a cult — we
have materials that we study and tech-
niques that we develop.”
The Medieval Art of Swordsman-
ship, a textbook of sorts, is according to
Morgan the oldest complete manual
showcasing the skills of age-old knights.
“It was likely a very expensive under-
taking to compile all of this together,” he
said, flipping through the pages to point
out various positions a budding sword-
fighter might encounter.
Patrick Grigg, a 19-year-old NCTC
student, remembers the first time he
was exposed to the world of ARMA.
“I was in eighth grade and saw them
practicing at a gym,” he said, pausing
from the drills he was performing with
Sword replicas and
historical research part
of ARMA’s activities
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a sword grab
Sunday at
South Lakes
Park in Den-
ton. The local
group prac-
tices tech-
niques in the
art of fencing
and in the
use of the
long sword.
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By Harrison Long
Staff Writer
hlong@dentonrc. com
On Sunday, a group of men wielding
long swords, some of them clad in very
distinctive regalia resembling perhaps
the knights or squires of medieval Eu-
rope, gathers in South Lakes Park in
Denton.
Although Halloween is less than 24
hours away, these are not trick-or-treat-
they’re members of Denton’s
chapter of the Association for Renais-
sance Martial Arts, or ARMA.
A study group meant to delve head-
first into the age-old tradition of
swordsmanship and sizzling prizefight-
ing, ARMA is unique in its ability to
blend practical application with verifi-
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Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton speaks with travel-
ing political adviser Darren Peters
after an early voting brunch Sunday
in Miami.
Clinton
says she
won’t get
off course
FBI’s new email inquiry
will review adviser’s
emails, source says
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Misty-Roze Krukoski and Dave Howard sit last week on the front porch of their house, decorated for Halloween, near the corner of Panhandle and
Amarillo streets. This is the second Halloween they’ve decorated their home with handmade UFOs, made from repurposed scrap material. They
took their inspiration from cult film director Ed Wood and his low-budget movie “Plan 9 From Outer Space.”
By Julie Pace and Ken Thomas
Associated Press
WILTON MANORS, Fla. - Hillary
Clinton vowed Sunday that she would
not be “knocked off1 course” in the elec-
tion’s final days, as she sought to push
past a new FBI email inquiry in a sexting
probe that delivered a late jolt to her race
against Republican Donald Trump.
“I’m not stopping now, we’re just get-
ting warmed up,” Clinton declared dur-
ing a packed rally with gay and lesbian
supporters in battleground Florida.
‘We’re not going to be distracted, no
matter what our opponents throw at
DPS site still confuses
Texas’ wannabe voters
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A powerful earthquake in
central Italy spared hu-
man life but struck at the
country’s identity.
he Watchdog worries that
thousands of Texans will
not be allowed to vote be-
cause of a major flaw in the Texas
voting system.
I first discovered and report-
ed the flaw before the 2012 elec-
tion, but it wasn’t fixed. It hap-
pened again in 2014. It’s still go-
ing on.
When people go to the Texas
Department of Public Safety
website to either apply for or re-
new their driver’s license, they
are asked whether they want to
register to vote. If they check yes,
many assume the information
will be transferred to the secre-
tary of state and then to their
county voter registration office.
That’s a safe assumption be-
cause in more than half the states
that allow online registration,
that’s the way it goes down.
Not in Texas.
hurt by this byzantine process.
The group sued DPS Director
Steven McCraw and Texas Secre-
tary of State Carlos H. Cascos
this year in federal court. Dallas
lawyer Peter A. Kraus is handling
the case for free to help the cause.
It is scheduled for trial next year.
The Watchdog will show you
how to check your registration
status before you vote. That’s
easy. The issue here is that state
leaders failed to fix this problem,
further tarnishing Texas’ reputa-
tion for voter fairness.
My angst is nothing, though,
compared to the language in a re-
port last month by the U.S. Civil
Rights Commission. Chairman
Martin R. Castro mocked Texas:
“Texas, Texas, Texas, what are
we to do with you?” he wrote. ‘As
always, Texas is at the heart of
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Meanwhile, Trump continued to
spread baseless doubts about the integ-
rity of the American voting system, this
time taking aim at Colorado’s vote-by-
mail system. Suggesting that mailed-in
ballots might not be properly counted,
Trump told supporters at a Greeley rally
to vote in person instead of relying on
the state’s mail-in system — even if
they’ve already submitted their ballots.
“They will give you a ballot, a new
ballot,” he said. “They’ll void your old
ballot and give you a newballot and you
can go ahead and make sure it gets in.
Now in some places they probably do
that four or five times. We don’t do that.
But that’s great.”
Clinton’s advisers and fellow Demo-
crats pressured FBI Director James
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Unlike other states, Texas
doesn’t allow online registration,
but many who apply don’t know
that. There are extra steps in the
process. You must go to a differ-
ent website and print a registra-
tion form. Then you fill out the
form and mail it to your county
voter registration office.
The Texas Civil Rights Project
believes that makes it unneces-
sarily difficult to register. The
group found almost 2,000 voters
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A nonprofit says about 15
sexual assault victims said
they were turned away
while seeking a rape kit
exam at a hospital in El
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