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Vol. 110, No. 279 / 32 pages, 4 sections
Thursday, May 8, 2014
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Denton, Texas
Residents present petition to city
tition, as did Devon Energy. Officials
with the Barnett Shale Energy Educa-
tion Council could not be reached for
comment.
Ed and Carol Soph were among the
small group that descended on City
Hall as television cameras rolled. Under
the city’s home rule charter, the group
had to deliver enough valid signatures
to represent 25 percent ofthe 2,385bal-
lots cast in the city’s last election, or 596
signatures.
Denton resident Cathy McMullen,
who also helped organize the drive, said
the signatures represented people of all
If voters approve the ban, it would
Denton city Emits.
The delivery came just hours after
the Denton City Council voted Tuesday
night to put another moratorium in
place on new applications for gas well
permits or amendments to current per-
mits.
political stripes in the city.
City Secretary Jennifer Walters has be the first of its kind in Texas but not in
20 days to verily at least 596 of those the nation. Late last month, a New York
1,936 signatures. She then must present attorney, Helen Slottje, received the
the petition to the City Council at a reg- Goldman Prize, the nation’s largest en-
ular meeting. Walters said that could vironmental award, for her work help-
come as soon as June 3 or June 17.
Group seeks to force
vote on whether to
ban fracking in Denton
ing more than 170 communities in New
The City Council then has 60 days to York enact fracking bans,
take final action on the petition, after
holding at least one public hearing, and moratorium Tuesday night, council
either accept or deny the ordinance that member Dalton Gregory cited several
was part of the initiative. If the City areas for the city to rework its ordi-
Council denies the ordinance, the mat- nance, including shoring up insurance
ter would go to the voters, likely in No-
vember.
By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe
Staff Writer
pheinkel-wolfe @ dentonrc. com
Volunteers delivered 1,936 signa-
tures to City Hall on Wednesday after-
noon — or about 81 percent of the turn-
out in the last municipal election — on a
petition to force a vote on whether to
ban hydraulic fracturing inside the
The moratorium was approved
Tuesday just before midnight when a
“standstill” agreement was set to expire
with EagleRidge Energy, which has
been in a dispute with the city over its
operations near several neighborhoods.
EagleRidge declined to comment
Wednesday on the moratorium and pe-
When making the motion for the
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TWU leader becomes
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Staff Writer
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When Ann Stuart — Texas Woman’s
University president and chancellor —
learned she would be inducted into the
Texas Women’s Hall of Fame, the first
thing she did was go visit the actual exhib-
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Water holes or “cattle tanks,” dug in the 1950s during “The Great Dry Up” on the Bar V Ranch, have little water
available for the herd.
The exhibit, housed on TWUs Denton
campus, shows photographs and biogra-
phies of more than 100 women who have
made notable accomplishments in areas
such as business, public service and edu-
cation in the state.
“I stood for a minute, then walked
around and read the plaques and biogra-
phies of those that I am going to join, and
it was an amazing personal moment,” she
said. “I am so proud to be among those
that have already been chosen. It was just
a special day to go and stand and look at
who was on the wall and think that in a
few weeks, my biography will be up there
also.”
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The Denton
Record-Chronicle and University of
North Texas journalism graduate stu-
dents and faculty worked more than a
year researching the water woes facing
theDallas-Fort Worth area and across
the state.
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BORDEN COUNTY
Stuart was formally inducted, along
with eight others, into the Hall of Fame by
Gov. Rick Perry in a ceremony Tuesday at
the Texas Capitol’s Senate Chamber.
The recognition for her contribution to
Texas education comes on the heels of re-
tirement in the coming months. During
her 15-year tenure, she oversaw the per-
manent Texas Women’s Hall of Fame ex-
hibit housed at the university in 2003.
“It is near the end of my professional
career in education, so it’s certainly a hall-
mark to me of how I have loved the work I
have done, how much I appreciate being
recognized for what we have done in Tex-
as, for education and for helping young
people have opportunities,” she said. “It’s
extremely important professionally and,
of course, personally”
A crisp
breeze rips across the prairie as Ralph
Miller steps from his dirt-encrusted
Ford F-250. He adjusts a sweep of gray
hair under his black Stetson and stands
over a grave marked “The Water Well
Man.”
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with other dogs and likes
spending her time play-
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This grave, marked “The Water Well Man,” lies in the Miller family plot in
Borden County after Randell Laurence, a friend and a ranch hand, died dur-
ing a water drilling incident on the property in 1997.
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Miller’s good friend and ranch hand,
Randell Laurence, is buried here under
the Bar V’s most sacred ground. Lau-
rence played a key role in keeping the
cattle, the grass and the rest of the ranch
going for decades. But on a fall day in
1997, tragedy struck.
As Laurence lowered his water drill
into the ground, the machinery sucked
him in with it. A young boy who was
helping him backed off in fear, and as the
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derrick was raised, the rig hit a power
line and electrocuted Laurence. He was
62.
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Miller, the owner of the 32,000-acre
Bar V Ranch in drought-stricken West
Texas, was so grateful to Laurence for
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Ann’s Haven slates bereavement luncheon
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Workshop on mental health
programs set Tuesday
A free workshop and community fo-
rum on Denton County mental health
programs and future needs will be offered
from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the Den-
ton County Texas A&M Agrilife Exten-
sion Office.
Speakers will be Larry West, adminis-
trator of intellectual and developmental
disabilities services, Denton County
MHMR; Tammy Weppelman, adminis-
trator of crisis services, Denton County
MHMR; Dr. Linda Szydlik, administrator
of mental health services, Denton County
MHMR; and Pam Gutierrez, executive di-
VNA Ann’s Haven bereavement
luncheon for members ofthe com-
munity grieving the death of a
loved one will be offered at noon Tuesday
at Denton Elks Lodge No. 2466, 228 E.
Oak St.
Guest speaker will be Christy Sciferes,
manager of family services for the Greater
Dallas Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Associa-
tion. She will speak on “10 Signs of Alzhei-
mer’s.” A catered lunch underwritten by
the Denton County Medical Society Alli-
ance will be provided at no charge.
Attendees are asked to park in the lot
across the street from the lodge or on the
street so that lodge members can use the
rector, Denton County MHMR.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. in
Room 115 of the Joseph A. Carroll Build-
ing, 401 W. Hickory St. in Denton. Ad-
vance registration is requested by email to
Registration@NTADS.net or by phone at
940-202-4500, ext. 103.
For more information, visit http://
www.nctadrc.org.
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Business slates Weenie Dog Races
for Saturday
D&L Farm & Home of Denton will
have its annual Weenie Dog Races and
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parking lot. For more information, con-
tact Jerald Gamer at 940-349-5900 or
garnerj @vnatexas.org.
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