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Denton Record-Chronicle
Monday, May 19, 2014
AT&T agrees to buy DirecTV
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7 think she sees
the potential and
motivation that
people have... and
she wants to
encourage people to
go further in life. ”
— Jorge Vargas, 22,
on Audrey Staniszewski
Principal
$48.5B deal would
create 2nd biggest
pay TV operator
eo from Netflix and other online
services, with download speeds
of at least 6 megabits per second
where feasible.
■ AT&T would expand high-
speed broadband access to 15
million more homes — beyond
the 70 million that could now
get AT&T service — within four
eke out $1.6 billion in annual
cost savings in an increasingly
expensive and maturing pay TV
business. The extra cash flow
gives AT&T more ability to in-
vest in its landline and mobile
networks for broader reach and
faster speeds in a market where
it risks falling behind a bulked
up Comcast-Time Warner Ca-
to be negotiated.
White said that, for example,
DirecTV’s exclusive deal for its
signature product, NFL Sunday
Ticket, expires at the end of the
coming season. He said he was
“confident” the deal would be
extended with the NFL on an
exclusive, long-term basis, and
noted that in the past, DirecTV
has sold the football package di-
rectly to online platforms, such
as to users of Sony’s PlayStation.
“This positions us well to
compete in the 21st century,”
White said. “I think our future is
bright together in ways that
make both of our companies
stronger.”
Analysts have questioned the
strategic benefits of a deal, par-
ticularly because it would give
AT&T a larger presence in the
mature market for pay TV.
Last year, pay TV subscribers
in the U.S. fell for the first time,
dipping 0.1 percent to 94.6 mil-
lion, according to Leichtman
Research Group.
While AT&T and DirecTV
are doing better than cable com-
panies at attracting TV subscrib-
ers, DirecTV’s growth in the U.S.
has stalled while AT&T is grow-
ing the fastest of any TV provid-
and parents alike as “Ms. Stan.”
She joined the Denton school
district in the 1980s. In her 28
years with the district, she’s
served as a resource teacher and
cheer coach at Denton High
School and assistant and lead
principal at Wilson Elementary.
She’s led Wilson for about half
her years working in Denton.
In her time leading Wilson,
the school has undergone a shift
in population — it’s become a
Title I campus, meaning it has a
high number of low-income
students, and a dual English-
Spanish language campus.
“It was probably the high
point of my career transitioning
... to a bilingual campus and still
maintaining the high excellence
and quality instruction. It’s tak-
en a lot of hard work, no excus-
es,” she said.
It’s that “no excuses” attitude
Staniszewski is known for by
staff at Wilson Elementary.
Her mantra, which she has
posted in two areas of her office
and on her Twitter page, is:
“Challenge the status quo. Be-
lieve that mediocrity is a sin. Es-
tablish a sense of urgency. Make
a positive difference. Be faith-
By Ryan Nakashima
AP Business Writer
LOS ANGELES - AT&T
Inc. on Sunday agreed to buy
satellite TV provider DirecTV
for $48.5 billion, or $95 per
share, a deal both companies de-
scribed as transformational as
they seek to take on cable com-
panies and online video provid-
ers, delivering content to multi-
ple screens — on living room
TVs, PCs, tablets and mobile
phones.
With 5.7 million U-verse TV
customers and 20.3 million Di-
recTV customers in the U.S., the
combined
would serve 26 million. That
would make it the second-larg-
est pay TV operator behind a
combined
Warner Cable, which would
serve 30 million under a $45 bil-
lion merger proposed in Febru-
years.
ble.
■ AT&T vowed to abide by
the open Internet order from
2010 that the Federal Commu-
The companies promised
consumer benefits like more
economical bundles that tie mo-
bile phone, pay TV and Internet
service together on a single bill.
But the deal could face
unique regulatory scrutiny from
the Federal Communications
Commission and Department
of Justice. Unlike the cable com-
pany tie-up, the AT&T-DirecTV
merger would effectively cut the
number of video providers from
four to three for about 25 per-
cent of U.S. households. That’s a
situation that could result in
higher prices for consumers and
usually gives regulators cause
for concern.
Stephenson said those con-
cerns would be addressed with a
When asked to describe their
principal, fifth-grade students
described her as “nice,” “sup-
portive,” “concerned” and “spec-
tacular.”
One former student attest-
ing to their claims is Jorge Var-
gas, 22, of Denton. He met Sta-
niszewski in 2002 when he was
a 9-year-old student at Wilson.
Vargas describes their rela-
tionship as “one of a kind.”
“She’s done a lot for my fami-
ly. Even though we’re not relat-
ed, she has really helped out my
family a lot,” he said.
Over the years, Staniszewski
helped him establish legal status
and residency in the United
States and helped him in apply-
ing for and receiving a Habitat
for Humanity home that he and
his family will move into next
month. Vargas said she’s also
helping his younger sibling pre-
pare for college this fall.
“I think she sees the potential
and motivation that people have
... and she wants to encourage
people to go further in life,” he
said. ‘When we go through hard
times, she’s there. When we go
through good times, she’s there.”
In addition to Vargas, Stanis-
zewski has mentored other stu-
dents and helped them navigate
immigration issues, obtain a
driver’s license and apply for
college, she said.
Upon retiring, Staniszewski,
an avid runner, said she’s regis-
tered to participate in five half-
marathons. She said she also in-
tends to commit more time to
family, volunteer at area schools
and possibly pick up part-time
work. The future is an open can-
nications Commission is now in
the process of revising after a
court struck it down.
■ AT&T vowed to sell its
roughly 9 percent stake in Latin
American wireless carrier
America Movil for about $5 bil-
lion.
“This is going to prove to be a
pro-competitive and pro-con-
sumer transaction,” Stephenson
said.
AT&T-DirecTV
AT&T and DirecTV expect
the deal to close within 12
months. Under the terms an-
nounced Sunday, DirecTV
shareholders will receive $28.50
per share in cash and $66.50
per share in AT&T stock. The to-
tal transaction value is $67.1 bil-
lion, including DirecTV’s net
debt.
Comcast-Time
ary.
number of what he called “un-
commitments.
“What it does is it gives us the
pieces to fulfill a vision we’ve had
for a couple of years — the ability
to take premium content and
deliver it across multiple points:
your smartphone, tablet, televi-
sion or laptop,” AT&T’s Chair-
man and CEO Randall Stephen-
son said on a conference call
with journalists Sunday.
The companies are aiming to
precedented”
Among them:
■ DirecTV would continue
to be offered as a standalone ser-
vice for three years after the
deal’s closing.
■ AT&T would offer standa-
lone broadband service for at
least three years after closing, so
consumers could consume vid-
ftfi.’
Stephenson and DirecTV
CEO Michael White both said
the merger would allow the
combined company to offer vid-
eo over multiple screens, but ac-
knowledged that deals with con-
tent providers to expand service
on multiple platforms still need
er.
DirecTV offers neither fixed-
line or mobile Internet service,
and its rights to airwave fre-
quencies for satellite TV are not
the kind that AT&T can use to
improve its mobile phone net-
work.
“She has very high expecta-
tions of her students, her staff
members and herself,” fifth-
grade teacher Vanessa Arispe
said. “That really affects the cli-
mate. Failure is not an option.”
Arispe calls Staniszewski “te-
nacious,” someone who doesn’t
give up on a child or a family.
The principal’s relationships
often went beyond the school
doors, teachers said.
She’s shared her personal
phone number with students
and at times has picked up a stu-
dent herself who did not have a
ride to school or missed the bus,
teachers said.
“There’s nothing she
wouldn’t do for her students
and her families,” fifth-grade
teacher Edie Johnson said. “She
will truly be missed, really.”
Staniszewski is warm, Arispe
said. Whether it’s dancing
alongside student folklorico
dancers, attending a graduation
or a quinceanem or sitting with
a staff member in the emergen-
cy room after a loved one was
brought in, Staniszewski has
been there.
‘We’re going to miss her, but
I think her legacy really will con-
tinue,” Arispe said. “I think what
she started will continue.”
Willis, Robison to perform
Lewisville concert Saturday
Kelly Willis and Bruce Robi-
son will perform at Medical
Center of Lewisville Grand The-
ater on Saturday as part of the
fourth annual Texas Tunes con-
cert series.
The two Texas music per-
formers are scheduled to pre-
view their new CD, Our Year,
which will be released May 27
on Premium/Thirty Tigers Re-
cords.
found at a cleanup site. Other
unusual items found included
swimsuits, a refrigerator door,
the top of a telephone pole, pic-
ture albums, debit cards, a wick-
er chair set, a motorcycle hel-
met, Marcus High School metal
signs and several wigs, accord-
ing to the press release.
For more information about
Keep Lewisville Beautiful, call
972-538-5949 or email info
@keeplewisvtilebeautiful.org.
ticipate in ROTC programs at
Texas colleges and universities
and to become commissioned
officers in the U.S. Armed Ser-
vices or members of the Texas
Army National Guard, the Texas
Air Force National Guard, the
Texas State Guard or the U.S.
Merchant Marine force.
Each member of the Texas
Legislature is able to appoint
one qualified student for the an-
nual accolade.
To apply for Fallon’s nomina-
tion, students must meet the
minimum qualifications set
forth by the coordinating board
and claim residency in House
District 106.
For more information about
the program and to obtain an
application packet, call Fallon’s
office at 469-362-0500. The ap-
plication period will close June
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Cockrell
will start at 6:30 p.m., and the
program will begin at 7 p.m.
Johnson is leader of the
Weston A. Price Foundation
Chapter in Wise County. She
will discuss why sprouted grains
enhance nutritive value and re-
duce digestive distress, accord-
ing to a meeting announcement.
The meeting is free and open
to the public. For more informa-
tion, call Mike Mizell at 940-
382-8551 or visit http://denton
organicsociety.org/events.html.
vas.
Applications accepted for
armed services scholarship
State Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Fris-
co, recently opened the applica-
tion period for the second annu-
al Texas Armed Services Schol-
arship Program for House Dis-
trict 106 in Denton County.
The Texas Armed Services
Scholarship, administered by
the Texas Higher Education Co-
ordinating Board, was created
by the Legislature in 2009 to as-
sist promising students from
throughout the state who are
committed to education and
service, according to a news re-
lease.
“I kind of feel like I’m young
enough to do something else. I
don’t know what that ‘else’ is
yet,” Staniszewski said. “I’m
leaving with a full heart. I think
we’ve accomplished great years
here, and I think I’ve taken the
ship as far as we can go.
“Full heart, no regrets.”
The show will start at 8 p.m.
in the Performance Hall of the
MCL Grand, 100 N. Charles St.,
and will include a brief intermis-
sion. Tickets cost $15 for general
admission, $10 for seniors 60
and older or children 12 and
younger, and can be purchased
at http://MCLGrand.tix.com.
Lewisville residents can pur-
chase single-show tickets for $5
each, either in advance at Lew-
isville City Hall or on the perfor-
mance date at the MCL Grand
box office. Discount tickets are
not available online. A current
driver’s license or utility bill will
be required to verify residency.
Library seeks volunteers to
help with summer program
The Denton Public Library is
seeking teenagers and adults to
help with its Summer Reading
Club, according to a news re-
lease.
BRITNEY TABOR can be
reached at 940-566-6876 and
via Twitter at @BritneyTabor.
10.
LES COCKRELL is in-
terested in your input for Out
& About. Help share informa-
tion about Denton County
events and people by calling
him at 940-566-6887. His
e-mail address is lcockrell@
dentonrc.com.
The library needs volunteers
to help register participants for
the club, which is the library’s
largest program of the year, and
to hand out prizes. Applications
are available at the reference
desks of all three Denton Public
Library locations. No prior expe-
rience is needed, but attendance
at an orientation session is re-
quired.
Here is a schedule of the ori-
entation sessions:
■ Emily Fowler Central li-
brary, 502 Oakland St.: Orienta-
tions are scheduled at 7 p.m.
May 29 and June 12 and 4 p.m.
June 21. For more information,
contact Grace Smart at 940-
349-8759 or grace.smart@
cityofdenton.com.
■ North Branch Library,
3020 N. Locust St.: Orienta-
tions are planned at 7 p.m. May
27 and June 17, 4 p.m. May 31
and 3 p.m. June 11. For more in-
formation, contact Greg Fowler
or Dana Tucker at 940-349-
8715 or gregory.fowler@city
ofdenton.com or dana.tucker@
cityofdenton.com.
■ South Branch Library,
3228 Teasley Lane: Orienta-
tions are scheduled at 2 p.m.
May 31 and June 21 and 1 p.m.
June 13. For more information,
contact Jess Turner at 940-349-
8256 or jess.turner@cityof
denton.com.
OBITUARIES
The scholarship program en-
courages young leaders to par-
Shirlee Ruth Long
Shirlee Ruth Long, 74, passed away on Saturday May
17, 2014 at her home.
Services are pending with Slay Memorial Funeral Center
Keep Lewisville Beautiful
draws record participation
Keep Lewisville Beautiful
celebrated its 28th annual city-
wide cleanup recently with re-
cord-breaking participation, ac-
cording to the organization.
Nearly 700 volunteers par-
ticipated in the event, picking up
more than seven tons of litter
from streets, parks, historic
cemeteries and creeks, a news
release stated. Volunteers con-
tributed 2,456 volunteer hours
valued at $55,383 in litter abate-
ment services for Lewisville.
Five teams were awarded
trophies. Youth group winners
included members of Girl Scout
Troop 3533/4910, who picked
up 45 bags of trash, and mem-
bers of the Lewisville High
School ROTC, with 52 bags of
trash.
OBITUARIES
in Aubrey.
At. _
Carol Yvonne Petersen
Carol Yvonne Petersen, 80 of Aubrey, Tx.,
passed away on Friday May 16, 2014. She
was residing at the Vintage Rehabilitation
■ ' ’V Center following complications of Parkinson’s
1,1 disease. She was born September 29, 1933 in
Garland, Utah to Kenneth and Venna (Hales)
Hess. She was married to Leland Burke
Petersen on November 26, 1952 in Logan, Utah. She was a
member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
She was a homemaker. Mrs. Petersen is survived by her
husband Leland Burke Petersen of Aubrey, daughters, Carol
Testerman of Collinsville, Tx. Julie Watson of Georgetown,
MA., Kristine Eliason of Southlake, Tx. and Jennifer Williams
of Chesapeake, VA., sons, Steven Petersen of Denton, Tx.
Rick Petersen of Aubrey Tx., and Robert Petersen of
Duncan, OK. She also has a brother, Neil Hess, living in
Spartanburg, SC. She has twenty-eight grandchildren and
twenty-nine great grandchildren. A funeral service will be held
on Tuesday May 20, 2014 at the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, 3000 Old North Road, Denton, Tx. with
State President Steven Petersen presiding. Burial will follow
in Roselawn Memorial Park in Denton. In lieu of flowers
Yvonne requested that donations be made to the LDS
missionary fund. On line condolences may be left at
www.mulkeymasondenton.com
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Bobbylea Fortenberry Lindley
Bobbylea Fortenberry Lindley, 86, of
Denton passed away on May 17, 2014 in
Denton, Texas.
She was born October 16, 1927 to William
and Pauline (Sinclair) Baxter in Krum, Texas.
She graduated from Krum High School and
attended Texas State College for Women and
North Texas State Teachers College.
She married James Fortenberry in 1950 and moved to
Slidell, Texas where they lived on Whites Creek and later
moved to Krum, Texas. She taught at The Denton State
School from 1965 to 1972. Mr. Fortenberry preceded her in
death in 1993, she later married George Lindley on January
31, 1996.
Bobbye and James had a baby one year and a garden the
next for 6 years. After three babies, they stuck with
gardening. She was a wonderful cook and collected
hundreds of cookbooks. She created beautiful projects with
cross stitch and crochet. Many babies were wrapped in her
beautiful baby blankets.
She is preceded in death by her mother and father;
husbands, James Fortenberry and George Lindley.
She is survived by her son, Jim Fortenberry and wife,
Sally of North Richland Hills, Texas, two daughters; Cynthia
Hall and husband, Jack of Ponder, Texas and Leisa
Fortenberry of Denton, Texas, three grandchildren; Steve
Hall, Corrie Migneco and Mary Fortenberry, and six
great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at DeBerry Funeral
Directors in Denton, Texas on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 from
6PM - 8PM. The funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM
Wednesday, May 21, in the Chapel of DeBerry Funeral
Directors with David Bradshaw officiating, an interment to
follow at Jackson Cemetery in Krum, Texas. Pallbearers will
be Bert Pruett, Duane Pruett, Phil Hancock, Randy Knight,
Skyler Riley and Steve Hall.
In lieu of flowers the family request that memorials be
made to Slidell Baptist Church Building Fund P.O. Box 104
Slidell, Texas 76267
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In the adult group category,
the Hlatky family won with
more than 85 bags of trash col-
lected by just three team mem-
bers, and the Lewisville Texan
Journal team and EA Engineer-
ing won with more than 162
bags trash collected from a local
cemetery.
Blue Anjou Yoga Studio won
the trophy for the most unusual
trash item by bringing back an
uncashed check for $8,183.19
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Lewisville set to dive
into summer pool season
Lewisville’s summer pool
season will begin with a splash
day planned from 1 to 6 p.m. Sat-
urday at Sun Valley Aquatic
Center, 801S. Valley Parkway in
Lewisville.
Admission is free for the day,
which marks the opening of the
Sun Valley facility for the Me-
morial Day weekend. Sun Valley
also will be open for the May 31-
June 1 weekend. Both Sun Valley
and the Old Town Aquatic Park,
535 W. College St., will begin
regular operating hours at 4:30
p.m. June 6.
For more information, visit
www.cityoflewisville.com.
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