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Gainesville, Texas DAILY REGISTER Friday, September 2, 2016 — 3
Obituaries
Craft brewers ‘hoppy’ over
No obituaries were submitted for today, September 2.
ruling in distribution case
Man freed after
1995 double-
murder
Although they make just
conviction tossed
DURHAM, N.C. (AP)
who represented three craft-
“It feels good to get your
Brewing
“I’ll tell you the business
as Fort Worth and Denton.
Africa’s elephants rapidly
declining as poaching thrives
dignified
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Deutsch said.
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The number of independ-
ent craft brewers in Texas is
Defense attorney Barry
Scheck said he thought it
By John Austin
CNHI State Reporter
benefited
Peticolas
free.
Distributors,
and
Xi
according
nonprofit
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conviction. But prosecutors
decided not to appeal the
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Sat & Sun 11:35,2:00,4:35,7:15,10:10
Mon 11:35, 2:00, 4:35, 7:15
Tues-Thurs 2:00, 4:35, 7:15
Bart Moms (R)
Fri 2:10, 4:40, 7:40,10:15
Sat & Sun 11:10,2:10,4:40,7:40,10:15
Mon 11:10, 2:10, 4:40, 7:40
Tues-Thurs 2:10,4:40,7:40
Suicide Squad (PG13)
Fri 1:30,4:30,7:00,10:00
Sat & Sun 11:00,1:30,4:30,7:00,10:00
Mon 11:00,1:30, 4:30, 7:00
Tues-Thurs 1:30,4:30,7:00
Finding Dory (PG)
Fri 2:15,4:45,7:15,9:45
Sat & Sun 11:40,2:15,4:45,7:15,9:45
Mon 11:40, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15
Tues-Thurs 2:15,4:45,7:15
CITY HOLIDAY
No commercial, residential
carts or roll-off service.
Commercial dumpster routes
will run as scheduled.
Mechanic Resurrection
Fri: 2:00,4:30,7:30,10:00
Sat & Sun 11:10,2:00,4:30,7:30,10:00
Mon 11:10,2:00,4:30,7:30
Tues-Thurs 2:00,4:30,7:30
Ben Hur in 2D (PG13)
Fri: 3:45,7:00,9:45
Sat & Sun 12:30,3:45,7:00,9:45
Mon 12:30,3:45,7:00
Tues-Thurs 3:45,7:00
Kubo & the Two Strings in 2D (PG)
Fri 1:50,4:20,7:10,9:40
Sat & Sun 11:20,1:50,4:20,7:10,9:40
Mon 11:20,1:50,4:20,7:10
Tues-Thurs 1:50,4:20,7:10*
War Dogs(R)
Fri 1:45,4:40,7:20,10:10
Sat & Sun 11:00,1:45,4:40,7:20,10:10
Mon 11:00,1:45,4:40,7:20
Tues-Thurs 1:45,4:40,7:20
across the continent, accord-
ing to a
Wednesday.
FRIDAY
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THURSDAY
Sept. 8, 2016
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murder trial.
One courtroom observer
said it was no surprise prose-
Nannie Howard said, adding cutors decided not to retry
she's finally able to hug her the case, which would have
husband without restraints involved Howard's lawyers
on his arms. "We have a life- presenting evidence of mis-
time of memories to create conduct by the Durham dis-
and do things that we haven't trict attorney's office during
had a chance to do, so we're Nifong's tenure.
Revolver, also a plaintiff
in the case, self-distributes Texas Statehouse for CNHI’s
newspapers and websites,
him at
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agency President
A motion being considered Thornton said.
Thornton said one-time
"How can you negotiate a
deal when
you’ve got nothing to negoti-
ate with?” he said.
McElroy has yet to sign a
distribution deal, so he’s still
"We probably would have
8 percent a year, said a survey fascinated by elephants ever
funded by Microsoft co- since," he said. "They are
"Trade in ivory has been a
of destabilization
unavailable at
1995 murder trial.
The former district attor-
ney in the Duke case, Mike would have to retry Howard,
Nifong, had been expected who was convicted based
to testify Wednesday after- heavily on the testimony of
noon about his handling of witnesses at the Durham
Howard's case and whether public housing project where
misconduct from police and the slayings occurred, or
prosecutors helped win a drop the case.
The judge had first
ordered Howard's release
judge's order tossing the con- from prison two years ago.
viction, which meant Nifong But prosecutors appealed at
did not have to take the stand the time, and a state appeals
and cleared the way for court ruled this spring that
Howard to be freed. Hudson failed to
"There's no time to be enough evidence
angry," Howard said in the making a decision,
courtroom. "I'm thankful this
is over and I can move on
with my life and do other was unlikely that prosecu-
things. I'm just happy right tors would retry Howard
now." because of the contradictory
He later left the jail hand- evidence offered by witness-
in-hand with his wife, es at his original trial, signs
Nannie, whom he married of misconduct by prosecu-
three years after he was tors and police and lack of
imprisoned. Howard credit- physical evidence. The fact
ed her with pursuing lawyers that prosecutors didn't seek
who work on wrongful con- the death penalty against
viction cases; his conviction Howard for such a brutal
and 80-year sentence was crime and murder signaled
eventually taken up by the that they knew even then that
New York-based Innocence they had a weak case, said
Project. Howard said they Scheck, who also defended
look forward to building a O.J. Simpson at his 1995
life together.
"The journey has been
long, but we made it,"
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looking for that next great
A North Carolina man was chapter."
freed from jail Wednesday Howard was convicted of
after a judge tossed his con- the 1991 strangling and sex-
viction in a double-murder ual assault of 29-year-old
case tried 21 years ago by Doris Washington and her
the prosecutor who was later 13-year-old daughter,
disbarred for lying and mis- Nishonda. But DNA evi-
conduct in the Duke dence shows Howard did not
University lacrosse rape rape the women, and no oth-
case. er physical evidence con-
The judge threw out the nected him to the crime,
convictions and ordered Superior Court Judge
Darryl Howard's release Orlando Hudson said
because of DNA evidence Wednesday that evidence
Howard's would have created a reason-
able doubt for jurors.
Hudson said prosecutors
since.
In areas with a high rate of
"I took my first trip to tasked with protecting the population decline, the savan-
2014 and is declining at about Africa in 2006 and have been animals. na turns into an overgrown
U.S. President Barack thicket devoid of grasslands
Obama and Chinese that sustain other wildlife and
founder and philanthropist intelligent, expressive and President Xi Jinping becomes overrun by disease-
Paul Allen. dignified — but not to be announced their commitment carrying tsetse flies, said
"If we can't save the underestimated. So, as this lat- last year to combatting James Deutsch, director of
African elephant, what is the est poaching crisis began wildlife trafficking. The lead- Allen's Vulcan Inc. Wildlife
hope of conserving the rest of escalating, I felt compelled to ers promised to work toward Conservation.
Africa's wildlife?" elephant do something about it." a nearly complete ban on
ecologist Mike Chase, the
HONOLULU (AP) — announced ahead of the trade of ivory within countries wherever it occurs in Africa,'
The number of savanna ele- International Union for the is legal nearly everywhere,
phants in Africa is rapidly Conservation of Nature World
declining and the animals are Conservation Congress in at the Hawaii conference
in danger of being wiped out Honolulu. seeks to change that by gain- auctions of stockpiled ivory
as international and domestic Allen, who provided $7 ing international consensus to to China and Japan in 2008
ivory trades drive poaching million for the effort, said he close all domestic ivory mar- resulted in a spike in illegal
decided to launch the census kets, noting that illegal killing poaching, and the rate of
study released after hearing three years ago of elephants for their tusks decline among Africa's ele-
that there had not been a com- threatens national security, phants has been accelerating
Africa's savanna elephant prehensive count of African hinders economic develop-
population plummeted by elephants in decades. ment and endangers those
about 30 percent from 2007 to
year to
McElroy, whose Live
Oak Brewing produced
about 10,000 barrels of beer
in Austin last year, also self-
distributes to San Antonio,
group. Dallas and points in
Selling distribution rights between.
For example, Michael distributor, said “we did all is worth “probably hundreds
Peticolas, founder of we could” to persuade law- of millions” of dollars to property rights back,” he
Peticolas Brewing in Dallas, makers that the 2013 bill was Texas’ growing community said of the decision. “I was-
now may expand his the dis- a bad idea. of micro brewers, said n’t able to make rational
tribution of his beer. But it was tied to other Miller, the lawyer in the business decisions about dis-
The logistics of doing that measures that benefited case. tribution when this was
- even to Austin, a booming micro-brewers, Peticolas Under the 2013 law, how- hanging over my head,
craft-beer market 200 miles said, and the distribution bill ever, small brewers had to
south - previously convinced was the price of getting those turn over distribution - for distribution
Peticolas to limit his beer's other reforms. free.
reach to a 39-mile radius. They included increased Distributors, in turn,
His brews, which have production limits, allowing could buy and sell rights to
won gold medals at the Great brew pubs to distribute beer market the beers.
American Beer Festival, go off-site, flexibility for beer- Rhett Keisler, founder of running trucks up and down
into 31-gallon kegs sold to makers to sell their beer at Revolver Brewing of Interstate 35.
bars and restaurants as away the brewery, and more lati- Granbury, about 40 miles
tude for craft-brewers to self- southwest of Fort Worth, I’d like to get out of - that’s
Peticolas had wanted to distribute. said the law prevented him the business of suing the
strike a deal for distribution McElroy said the from expanding. state of Texas," he said.
rights, using proceeds to Wholesale Beer Distributors Revolver, also a plaintiff — John Austin covers the
finance a canning or bottling of Texas were the bill's sole
operation. supporters. The organization bottles and kegs to Dallas,
But the law constrained didn't respond to requests for Fort Worth, Waco, Austin Reach
him, along with other brew- comment about the judge's and Bryan / College Station jaustin@cnhi.com.
AUSTIN
is here for Texas craft brew- rights for free. would appeal last week's rul- the state,” without the law,
ers. The law applied to all ing. he said.
An Austin judge has brewers - including big, Although they make just And he might well have
thrown out a 2013 state law established beer-makers. But 12.8 percent of the nation’s sold distribution rights in
forcing independent brewers the bigger players long ago beer, craft brewers are bub- places where he's now self-
to give up their distribution contracted rights to distribute bling up in the world, with distributing - monetizing
rights, which clears the way their products. about $22 billion of the over- markets that the company
for them to sell beer or Chip McElroy, founder of all $106 billion beer market, has spent years developing,
arrange for others to do it on Live Oak Brewing, a plain- according to the Brewers he said,
their behalf. tiff in the case, said start-up Association.
“They’ve been wanting to brewers were the ones who
expand,” said Matt Miller, felt the impact.
Rick Donley, president of up from 59 five years ago to
brewers in the case. “You’re the The Beer Alliance of at least 189, according to the
going to see more craft beers Texas, whose members
available.” include the state's biggest
Furthermore, that land
The research team used the ivory imports and exports and becomes useless for tourism
lead researcher, said in a state- limited existing data as a base- an end to the domestic ivory when the elephants
ment. "I am hopeful that, with line for the study. But this sur- trade. removed, he said.
the right tools, research, con- vey is more comprehensive The decline in savanna "Once you remove ob-
servation efforts and political and will serve as a more reli- elephants, like the dwindling phants from parks, it becomes
will, we can help conserve able baseline for future obser- numbers of African forest ele- very hard to gain the political
elephants for decades to vations, the team said. phants, is directly tied to will to maintain those parks,"
come." Its methodology involves criminal poaching activities,
The aerial survey covered manually counting animals some with ties to terrorist
18 countries using dozens of while maintaining a specific groups, according to
airplanes to fly the equivalent altitude and following cali- Washington's
of going to the moon and part- brated strips of land below the Environmental Investigation
way back. The study, known plane. The method is widely Agency,
as the Great Elephant Census used for surveying animals on
and involving 90 scientists, large plots ofland and was the driver
estimated a population of most accurate method of three
352,271 savanna elephants. tested on a known population
Overall, researchers spot- in Africa, Chase said. The
ted about 12 carcasses for team also used video surveil-
every 100 live elephants, indi- lance when counting big
eating poaching at a high herds.
enough level to cause popula- Ivory trading that threatens
tion decline. But the rates elephants is banned intema-
were much higher than that in tionally. But the domestic
some countries.
Angola, Mozambique and
Tanzania experienced greater
population declines than pre-
viously known, and elephants
face local extinction in parts
of the Democratic Republic of
Congo, Cameroon and
Zambia, the study said. It also
says numbers of elephants in
South Africa, Uganda and
parts of Malawi and Kenya
were stable or partly increas-
ing.
Results of the study were
ers who don't make more decision. using a fleet of 15 refrigerat-
than 125,000 barrels per A spokeswoman for the ed trucks and two vans.
year. It basically forced him attorney general’s office
Happy hour to give up his distribution declined to say whether it expanded into other areas of
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