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Vol. 113, No. 256 / 22 pages, 3 sections
Denton, Texas
Local, state issues on minds of board candidates
exander, 70, for his Place 6 seat. Incum-
bent and retired educator Dorothy
Martinez, 77, will face off against music
teacher Justin Bell, 39, and pretreat-
ment coordinator Sam Ortiz, 39, for the
Place 7 seat.
Alexander has had his spot on the
board since 1993, and Martinez has
served one term since being sworn in in
2014. Denton ISD has canceled every7
spring election since 2013 because only
one person filed to run for each open
seat.
Five hopefuls vying for
two Denton ISD seats
Election day this year is May 6, and
early voting begins April 24. For more
information, visit wwwvotedenton
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collected the candidates’ voting histo-
ries and sat down with them to talk
about issues facing Denton schools on
the local and state levels.
Their answers are edited for clarity
and brevity.
By Caitlyn Jones
Staff Writer
cjones@dentonrc.com
Five hopefuls are vying for two seats
on the Denton ISD school board in the
district’s first race in four years.
Property investor Alfredo Sanchez,
65, will challenge incumbent and Texas
Woman’s University professor Jim Al-
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Scott files
notice of
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Health clinic’s potential closure could bring grave consequences
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By Julian Gill
Staff Writer
jgill@ dentonrc. com
The court-appointed defense attorney
for Stephen Scott, who is accused of fatally
stabbing his parents at their Denton home
last year, filed a notice of insanity defense
this week ahead of lfis
May 15 j ury trial, Denton
County court records
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Leonard Terry Stans-
berry, 47, was found
guilty on Wednesday of
shooting and killing his
girlfriend in Denton in
March 2015. He was
sentenced to 25 years in
prison.
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Also this week, sever-
al subpoenas have been
issued to Denton Fire
Department officials and
medical experts, who
could testify at the trial
as witnesses, said Jamie Beck, Denton
County first assistant district attorney.
“Anyone that is subpoenaed would be a
potential witness,” Beck said.
Scott’s defense attorney, Lee Ann
Breading, did not return multiple calls for
comment.
The jury trial was imtially slated for
December and late rescheduled for Jan.
30. The trial again was canceled and re-
scheduled for May 15. It remains unclear
whether the jury trial MU be held on May
15 or rescheduled again for a later date.
‘We always have to be prepared, but
anything is possible,” Beck said.
According to earlier reports in the
Denton Record-Chronicle, Scott, 40, offi-
cially has been charged with capital mur-
der of multiple people, and the case is slat-
ed for trial in Judge Bruce McFarling’s
362nd District Court. Beck said prosecu-
tors wiU not seek the death penalty,
though Scott still could receive a life sen-
tence without parole if convicted, she said.
“That is the only option for the sen-
tence,” Beck said in January.
A Denton County grand jury indicted
Scott on Jan. 21, 2016, for allegedly stab-
bing to death his parents, Marion Scott,
75, and Linda Scott, 70, in their home Jan.
10 according to an arrest affidavit.
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Patients and community members meet Friday to discuss ways to prevent Denton Community Health Clinic from closing
amid fears of a shutdown from lack of funds.
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‘We’re paralyzed’
A week after Texas law-
makers voted to keep
state liquor regulators
from traveling out of
state, the head of the
Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission announced
she was resigning.
By Matt Payne
Staff Writer
mpayne @ dentonrc. com
The Denton Commumty Health Clinic
serves anywhere from 300 to 400 low-in-
come, often uninsured patients each
month and about 23 patients per day
If the clinic doesn’t raise about
$45,000 by May 5 — its current deficit
behind its yearly goal of $100,000 —
the clinic will be forced to close, leaving
its patients without a way to get treat-
ment.
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Alice Masciarelli, a doctor of nursing
practice and the executive director of the
Denton Commumty Health Clinic, found-
ed the clinic in November 2011 with her
husband, Filippo Masciarelli, M.D., as a
w7ay to provide affordable health care for
those with limited income or w7ho are un-
insured.
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Don’t freak out if you
haven’t finished your
taxes. The IRS is giving
you a reprieve until
Tuesday. The usual April
15 deadline falls on Sat-
urday this year, and
Monday is a holiday in
the District of Columbia.
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Rene Delcourt, 51, has attended the Denton Community Clinic for four years.
Without the clinic, Delcourt said, “It means I go back to struggling just to eat. To
find a doctor when I’m sick that I can even go to... It’s a step backwards for me.”
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Pope expresses shame, hope
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After the 90-minute-long proces-
sion ended, Francis, in a quiet voice,
read a prayer he composed that alter-
nated expressing shame for humanity’s
failings and hope that “hardened
hearts” will become capable of forgiving
and loving.
With Easter one day away, Francis
said faithful look to Christ “with eyes
lowered in shame and with hearts full of
hope.”
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By Frances D’Emilio
Associated Press
ROME — Thousands of people, in-
cluding nuns, families with toddlers, and
young tourists, endured exceptionally
tight anti-terrorism checks to pray at the
Good Friday procession at the Colosseum,
where Pope Francis expressed shame over
humanity’s failings.
Francis, wearing a plain wMte coat,
presided over the traditional, evening
Way of the Cross procession from a rise
overlooking the popular tourist monu-
ment as faithful took turns carrying a tall
cross and meditations were recited to en-
courage reflection on Jesus’ suffering and
crucifixion.
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Such shame, he said, derives from “all
those images of devastation, destruction,
shipwTecks, that have become routine in
our lives.”
Andrew Medichini/AP
Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he presides over the “Via Crucis” (Way of
the Cross) torchlight procession on Good Friday in front of Rome’s Colosseum.
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