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Google to introduce new video service
Wednesday - January 26, 2005 - Page 4
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. is using
its popular Internet search technology to find infor-
mation and images broadcast on television, con-
tinuing a recent effort to extend its reach beyond
the Web.
The Mountain View-based company planned to
introduce the new video service Tuesday; it wil l be
operated separately from the search engine offered
on Google's home page. The feature pinpoints
content previously aired on a variety of television
networks by scanning through the closed caption
text that many programmers offer.
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Revamped bar goes automotive
(Left to right) McKinney juniors Bill Shick and Blake Baggs kick back with friends at The Garage Saturday night.
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Jonathan Whitney
Staff Writer
Some Fry Street patrons
rang in the New Year at the
grand opening of the Garage.
Formerly known as
Muther's, the 13-year-old
bar was shut down for two
weeks, and the interior was
completely gutted and re-
decorated.
The owners decided a change
was needed to attract more peo-
ple, appease the regulars, and
diversify the crowd.
"You have to change things
up to keep the kids interest-
ed," said Chad Whitworth,
bartender and business part-
ner of the Garage.
The walls are covered in
bits and pieces of all things
automotive.
Hubcaps, license plates,
and wheel hubs are combined
with more unusual motor-
cycle fairing, such as chrome
bumper shelves and tailgate
seating on the patio.
The booths are made from
old bucket seats, and bar
stools sit at high, round tables
with oil drum bases.
"I couldn't do anything
more with Muther's," said
Rick Reid, majority owner of
the Garage.
Reid found ways to expand
and change the format in the
past, but he said he reached his
limit with the old image.
The changes came about
through his customers feed-
back and necessity. The wom-
en wanted a place to dance,
Reid said, so a new dance
floor was installed.
Because live music on the
patio led to noise complaints,
Reid added an indoor stage.
He reasoned that below-
freezing weather makes it
uncomfortable for perform-
ing bands, and for the people
watching them.
"To keep a bar in Denton,
it has to be new, it has to be
changing," Reid said.
Before the renovation,
there were six pool tables in-
side, leaving little room for
much else, and all live music
was performed on the patio.
"Before, the pool tables ba-
sically got in the way," Reid
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said.
According to Whitworth,
the pool tables weren't bring-
ing people in anymore.
Reid decided that having
one pool table and adding a
corner stage inside gave the
bar more options.
Reid likes how live acous-
tic music on the weekends
and open-mic competitions
on Tuesdays adds diversity
to the bar.
Now, the indoor stage al-
lows musicians to play year
round.
The owners hope the new
image will bring in people
who overlooked Muther's in
the past.
To many Fry street regu-
lars, Muther's was known
simply as a "frat bar."
"I don't want to be labeled a
certain kind of bar," Reid said.
Even after a two-week over-
haul, the Garage isn't done.
Cups with the bar's name
are on the way, and gas station
work shirts will be ordered for
the bartenders.
"Change is always good,"
Reid said. "I get bored."
Smoke shop owners take it "easy"
Like the main character
in the movie "Office Space,"
Rob Carter, Fort Worth resi-
dent, left work one winter
evening and decided never to
go back.
Carter quit working for his
own construction company,
took some of his staff with
him and found his dream
occupation in Easy's Smoke
Shop, named after his friend
Steve "Easy" Neumann.
After spending a long day
working on a skyscraper
in downtown Fort Worth,
Carter, self-admittedly afraid
of heights, told Neumann,
his co-worker, "Man, I really
don't want to go back up
there."
Neumann promptly said
that as the owner, Carter
was required to go back "up
there."
"No, I don't," Carter said.
"Look, I have $1,500 and you
have a credit card."
And soon enough, they
were the proud owners of
Easy's Smoke Shop.
In December 2003, Carter
and Neumann opened their
first tobacco shop in Lake
Worth m a tiny building.
They brought in two show-
cases from a motorcycle shop
and a collection of personal
pipes for sale.
"We basically went home
when we ran out of stuff to
sell," Carter said.
Although the store began
modestly, in November 2004,
Carter and Neumann were
able to expand the business
by opening a much larger sec-
ond location in Denton.
The store is approximately
3,000 square feet in area and
houses 16 showcases full of
merchandise.
"So far, business looks very
promising," Carter said.
"We're increasing our cus-
tomer base every day. We're
not trying to get rich. W7e just
want to make a living."
Eddy Blayne, a friend and
former CDR Construction
employee, is a volunteer at
the Denton location.
"The best part about
this job is that it keeps Rob,
Easy and me from swing-
ing a hammer," Blayne said.
"Hopefully this will keep us
from ever having to do con-
struction again."
William Miller, Austin
senior, described his experi-
ence at Easy's as an overall
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