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Hoochie’s Oyster Bar to open on Bell Avenue

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When the A-train goes by or sirens can be heard wailing from the nearby fire station, visitors to Hoochie’s Oyster Bar will be treated to $1 beer when the restaurant opens on Bell Avenue in the next few weeks. Owner John Blackwood said Thursday that Hoochie’s will offer a relaxing atmosphere where people can just hang out, listen to live music and enjoy seafood. Blackwood has been working on revamping the old yellow house since last October with his business partner, Sam Solomon. Building the new patio took about a month and half, Blackwood said, but construction was simple otherwise. The only difficult thing about opening his business, he said, is not having a business phone line just yet. Twelve employees were hired

to man the restaurant. For more information, visit Hoochies on Facebook.

El Chapparral Grille celebrating 10 years The owners of El Chaparral Grille are celebrating 10 years in business this month. The business, co-owned by Manuel Perez and his wife, Belinda, has been at 234 E. McKinney St. since 2008, when it moved from its Cedar Street location. In an e-mail, Belinda Perez expressed her thanks to the community for its support. 3-6

DCTA officials begin public meetings Denton County Transportation Authority officials began a series of public meetings Monday night to discuss recent community survey results. The results gave the

agency customer feedback about bus and rail services as well as suggestions for changes. Agency officials spent the meeting, held in the community room of the Downtown Denton Transit Center, going over some of the suggested changes and what they could do and would have to do to make them happen. Recent ridership stats were highlighted as well as results from the community survey. There were nine key findings in the survey summary pertaining to bus and rail services, and customers’ level of satisfaction with a number of areas, along with proposed future actions for the agency to take, such as adding midday rail service. 3-7

City Council to buy land near City Hall East The Denton City Council voted Tuesday to buy land across from City Hall from the county in a deal city leaders hope leads

to more economic development opportunities downtown. The council voted 6-1 to spend $1 million on a 2-acre property at the southeast corner of McKinney and Oakland streets. The property is home to several buildings, including the former Denton County tax office, an adult probation intake office and a vacant home. City officials have no set plans for the property but were interested in it because of its proximity to City Hall, the Civic Center, Quakertown Park and the downtown transit station. The city could end up building its own facilities there, selling the land or using it as leverage in negotiations to attract private development, City Manager George Campbell said.

Kurz Group offers tips for property appraisals

business property, it serves to know the property well and to provide appraisers with as much information as possible before a review. As owners of a commercial tax consulting firm, the Kurz brothers know this better than anyone. “Make sure that before you go into the appraisal district, you have the documentation to support what you are trying to achieve,” said Jeff Kurz, principal at the Dallas-based Kurz Group, which serves clients throughout the North Texas area. Brothers and company owners Jeff Kurz, 51, and Rick Kurz, 53, have seen big changes over the company’s 25 years. In the past, they had to visit the Denton Central Appraisal District office and search through microfiches of tax rolls to find what they needed. Now, the Kurzes say, technology has improved their work, bringing

When it comes to getting the right appraised value for any

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Career Advancement Guy Jones of the Guy W. Jones Insurance Agency was named the 2011 Multiple Line General Agent of the Year on the Gold Level by the American National Insurance Co. on Feb. 16. “I was proud to represent our agency in receiving this award, but we would never have received it without the outstanding agency team we have assembled,” Jones said in a news release. The award is the highest honor a multiple line general agent can earn, and it is presented for overall sales excellence by the agency in 2011. Chartered in 1905, the American National Insurance Co. has more than 5 million policyholders in the U.S., Puerto Rico and American Samoa. The Denton agency is located at 1421 N. Elm St. For information, call 940-5660377 or visit www.guylynnfinancial.com. I The North Texas State Fair Association announced this week the election of a new slate of directors. R.D. Martin, president of the association, last year announced plans to retire. He has served in the role since 2005. “The retirement presented the associa-

tion with the task of forming a new executive board,” association officials said in a recent news release. The North Texas State Fair Association’s new officers are: Carl Anderson, president; Mark Foster, Layne Brewer and Jim Fykes, vice president; Mickie Blagg, secretary; Harry Hall, treasurer; and R.D. Martin, past president. The association’s board includes Bill Allen, Eddie Ary, Robert Bell, Danny Brumley, Don Fischer, Richard Fisher, Walt Garrison, Richard Hayes, Wayne Johnson, Bobby Jones, Larry Kish, Jeff Kruger, Mickey McNary and Dale McNight. Glenn Carlton, the association’s executive director, said in the release that the board has “always worked very well together and within this community,” which he doesn’t expect to change. For information, visit www.ntfair.com I Roxanne Wilson will be the executive director of the Rosewood Assisted Living and Memory Care Community that will open in Flower Mound later in the fall. Wilson has 20 years of experience working with seniors, most recently own-

ing and operating two personal care homes in Lantana. Before joining Rosewood, Wilson opened Rambling Oaks Courtyard Assisted Living Residence and Atria Flower Mound Assisted Living, now known as Flower Mound Assisted Living, a news Wilson release said. Wilson graduated from Central Michigan University in 1983 with bachelor’s in social work. She moved to Del Rio to work at a community hospital, and five years later, took on an administration role at Colonial Hills Hospital, a satellite community center in San Antonio. She was promoted to program director of the hospital’s addiction program. Wilson managed the partial hospitalization program at Twin Lakes Hospital, a sister hospital to Colonial Hills. By May 1992, she began her career working with seniors from nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and then assisted living. In her new position, Wilson will also work with Judy Foree, director of community sales for Signature Senior Living,

the parent company of Rosewood Assisted Living and Memory Care, and Kim Lyles, the community’s sales director. Rosewood Assisted Living and Memory Care Community will be located at 4141 Long Prairie Road in Flower Mound and is expected to make at least 40 hires. I The Crouch Group announced this week Kim Burns has joined the company as business development representative. Burns will specialize in customized traditional and new media strategies while working with new and existing Crouch Group clients. A graduate of University of North Burns Texas, Burns earned her bachelor’s in merchandising and a minor in business in 2003, according to a news release. She is also a certified educator in business and physical education, having spent the last five years with the Denton school district. The Crouch Group is located at 300 N. Carroll Blvd., Suite 103.

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Calendar of Events Altrusa International Inc. of Denton meets for its monthly dinner and program at Vigne Wine Shop & Deli, 222 W. Hickory St. Cost is $10 per person. Call 940-387-5031 or visit www.altrusadenton.org. Tuesday, April 24, 6:30 p.m.

The American Association of University Women, Denton Branch will meet at Fremauxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Metropolitan Catering, 932 W. University Drive. Call 940-898-3797 or e-mail scomptonaauw@gmail.com. Wednesday, May 2, 6 p.m.

Association of Business Contingency Planners, North Texas Chapter has its monthly luncheon at H5 Colo, 2712 Park Central Drive in Dallas. Cost is $35 per person. Visit http://northtx.acp-inter national.com/Meetings.htm.

Home Builders Association of Greater Dallas, Greater Denton Division has its monthly meeting and luncheon at the Prairie House restaurant, 10001 U.S. Highway 380 in Cross Roads. Cost is $15 for associates and builders with reservations and $18 for walkins. Call 940-383-0853. Tuesday, May 22, 11:30 a.m.

Investment Perspective Seminar, hosted by financial adviser Kathy R. Bauer of Edward Jones, held at 2925 Country Club Road, Suite 101A, in Denton. Coffee is complimentary. Call 940-382-0280. Thursday, March 15, 9 a.m.

Krum Chamber of Commerce holds its monthly meeting at Northstar Bank, 1101 E. McCart St. in Krum. Call 940-482-6093.

Aubrey 380 Area Chamber of Commerce meets at the Prairie House restaurant, 10001 E. U.S. Highway 380 in Cross Roads. Cost is $12 per person. Reservations are required. Call 940-365-9781 or e-mail chamber@aubreycoc.org.

Wednesday, May 16, 11:30 a.m.

April 2012 | Vol. 8, No. 2 Publisher: Bill Patterson The contents of this free publication are copyrighted by Denton Publishing Company, 2012, a subsidiary of A.H. Belo Corp. (www.ahbelo.com, NYSE symbol: AHC), with all rights reserved. Reproduction or use, without permission, of editorial or graphic content in any manner is prohibited. Denton Business Chronicle is published monthly by Denton Publishing Company, 314 E. Hickory St., Denton, TX 76201. E-mail: drc@dentonrc.com

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Who to contact

Denton Black Chamber of Commerce meets at the Denton Housing Authority, 1225 Wilson St. Tuesday, May 8, 6 p.m.

Denton Hispanic Chamber of Commerce meets at Quality Inn & Suites, 1500 Dallas Drive. Friday, May 4, 7:30 a.m.

Sandra Hammond Advertising Director 940-566-6820 | shammond@dentonrc.com Shawn Reneau Advertising Manager 940-566-6843 | sreneau@dentonrc.com

North Texas Society for Human Resource Management meets at Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Denton, 1434 Centre Place Drive in Denton. Cost to attend is $18 for members and firsttime guests and $23 for returning non-members. Visit www.northtexasshrm.org. Thursday, April 26, 11:30 a.m.

Pilot Point Chamber of Commerce meets for their quarterly business breakfast at Lone Star Hall (Red Barn) at Lantana Resort located at 2200 FM 1192 in Pilot Point. Cost is $12 per person payable at the door. Visit http://pilotpoint.org. Thursday, April 19, 8 a.m.

Lake Cities Chamber of Commerce meets for coffee at Corinth City Hall, 3300 Corinth Parkway in Corinthand Rave Motion Pictures, 8380 S. Stemmons Freeway in Hickory Creek. Wednesday, April 18, 7:15 a.m. at Corinth City Hall Wednesday, April 25, 7:15 a.m.

SCORE, the Service Corps of Retired Executives, offers free management counseling for prospective new business owners or existing businesses in trouble. Confidential, one-hour counseling sessions are available by appointment every Wednesday at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Call 940-349-8752.

at Corinth City Hall

Wednesday, April 18, 9 a.m.

Wednesday, April 11, 7:15 a.m.

Wednesday, April 25, 9 a.m.

in Hickory Creek

Wednesday, May 2, 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 9, 9 a.m.

Lake Cities Netweavers business networking group meets at the IHOP restaurant off Interstate 35E in Hickory Creek. Cost is $12 and includes breakfast. Email info@lcnetweavers.com. Thursday, April 18, 8 a.m.

Small Business Breakfast meeting sponsored by the North Central Texas College Small Business Development Center at the Denton Chamber of Commerce building, 414 W. Parkway St. A light breakfast is provided. Call 940-380-1849.

Denton League of United Latin American Citizens No. 4366 meets at Quality Inn & Suites, 1500 Dallas Drive.

Thursday, April 25, 8 a.m. Thursday, May 9, 8 a.m.

Tuesday, May 8, 7:15 a.m.

Saturday, April 21, 9:30 a.m.

Lake Dallas 4A Economic Development Corp. meets at Lake Dallas Municipal Complex, 212 Main St.

Women Business Owners of Denton County will hold its monthly luncheon at Oakmont Country Club, 1901 Oakmont Drive in Corinth.

Denton Planning and Zoning Commission meets in the council chambers at City Hall, 215 E. McKinney St. Wednesday, April 25, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, 6:30 p.m.

Dawn Cobb Managing Editor 940-566-6879 | dcobb@dentonrc.com

Thursday, May 10, 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 3, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 1, noon

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Hickory Creek Planning and Zoning Commission meets at Hickory Creek Town Hall, 1075 Ronald Reagan Ave. Wednesday, May 2, 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 2, 8 a.m.

Monday, May 7, 7 p.m.

Lake Dallas 4B Community Development Corp. meets at Lake Dallas Municipal Complex, 212 Main St. Monday, May 14, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 1, 11:30 a.m. Please tell us about your event or meeting by contacting Karina Ramirez at kramirez@dentonrc.com or 940-566-6878; by fax at 940-566-

NAACP, Denton County Chapter meets at the Denton Housing Authority, 1225 Wilson St.

6888; or by mail to DBC Calendar, Denton Record-Chronicle, 314 E. Hickory St., Denton, TX 76201.

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s value investors, my business partner and I are voracious readers of many publications and viewers of financial media. Keeping well-informed is crucial for identifying risks and generating new investment ideas. At the same time, we must always be skeptical in how we consume financial news. The sensationalist financial news media thrives on stoking investors’ emotions of greed and fear rather than truly informing them. It’s no coincidence that CNBC got its best

Jonathon FITE | ratings in the height of the 2000 dot-com bubble and in the depths of the 2008 financial crisis. Furthermore, since the media’s bread is buttered by advertisements from Wall Street brokers, they deliberately feed an irrational urge for excessive and wasteful trading activity. While most of the inane chatter is quite forgettable, there are

moments that are ridiculous enough to cause us to chuckle. Consider the following exchange about Microsoft a few weeks ago between the host of a CNBC program and a Citigroup financial analyst. Host: “Microsoft is at 4 1/2 year highs and powering ahead…Why the push into the 30s? Can it stay there?” Citigroup Analyst: “Institutional investors told me they were happy to see the stock move up 10 to 15 percent before they jumped onboard. You’ve seen that move and folks are using the stock to keep up with their benchmark… Perhaps there is more forced buying.” Think about it: If you were looking to buy a car, would you

insist on waiting for the auto dealer to raise the price by 10 to15 percent before you agreed to buy? No, because that would be crazy! What the Citigroup analyst inadvertently admitted is that most institutional investors are lemmings. Rather than stick their neck out and buy an unloved company when it’s a bargain, they wait for it to become more popular and expensive. Even more absurd is the fact that these institutional investors feel “forced” to buy a stock just because its price has gone up a lot! Such muddled thinking is commonplace in the financial industry and actually gives clear-headed, long-term

oriented investors a real edge over the so-called Big Money. A more harmful situation is created by financial news hosts who fail to be critical when their viewers need them to be. By early 2011, Netflix stock had skyrocketed to the overpriced level of over $200. At that price, Netflix was valued at a lofty 80 times its annual earnings, and five times sales. (As a point of comparison, the stock of Time Warner Cable was trading at about 13 times earnings, and 1.2 times sales at the time – close to the fair value of its underlying business.) Netflix’ high stock price could not be rationally justified based

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on the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s profits and growth prospects, as readers of this column will recall. Yet Jim Cramer, the host of CNBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mad Moneyâ&#x20AC;? show, and a big promoter of the company, took the speculative mania around Netflix stock to a ridiculous new level when he gushed: â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is going to be a valuation revolution in new media stocks like Netflix! Once the social media companies come public, their sky high prices will affect so many other valuations. The animal spirits are really going to kick in and take a whole bunch of tech stocks to a new level of momentum. When LinkedIn comes public, it will be trading at 10 times sales. Compare that to Netflix, a better business than LinkedIn, is only at 5 times sales! So when people start using LinkedIn as a comparison, Netflix stock should double! Facebook might IPO at 20 times sales! But letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s be conservative and use 10 times sales for Netflix â&#x20AC;Ś Netflix should be at $415.â&#x20AC;? Rather than warning viewers about Netflixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; overvaluation, he chose to excite their greed by comparing it to stocks that were even more ridiculously overpriced! The story did not end well. Reality eventually caught up with Netflix, and the stock cratered to under $70. Cramerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s later issued a mea culpa that was little consolation for his viewers who bought into his cheerleading for Netflix. Some of the most dangerous utterances we have heard on CNBC are those stated solemnly and authoritatively by top public officials. Consider the following exchange between CNBC host Maria Bartiromo and Ben Bernanke, the powerful Chairman of the Federal Reserve, about rising house prices in mid-2005: Bartiromo: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many economists say this is a housing bubble, and that this bubble could burst and even cause a recession. What is the worst case scenario if we see prices come down substantially across the country?â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;They continue to insist that inflation is low even though gas prices and rents are soaring.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jonathon Fite

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many ridiculous segments on CNBC to do otherwise. Unfortunately, we need to rely on the financial media to get relevant market information. But the above points should make it clear that financial media commentators and policy makers are often deluded by the

market sentiment of the day. Program hosts seldom probe issues rigorously, and fail to ask critical questions. So we must think for ourselves and do our own due diligence when investing. It is crucial for investors not to passively take media chatter at face value, because there are lots of ridiculous things you can

“So we must think for ourselves and do our own due diligence when investing.”

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Jonathon Fite is a Managing Partner of KMF Investments, a hedge fund based in Denton, Texas and an adjunct professor for the College of Business at the University of North Texas. This column is provided for general interest only and should not be construed as personal invest-

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Sterling Fry Street nets first retailer By Dawn Cobb Staff Writer

Potbelly Sandwich Shop was on Denton’s list of businesses to attract, and now it can be checked off. The eatery, with more than 200 locations, including 38 in Texas, will open in the Sterling Fry Street development at Fry and Hickory streets, said Brian Dinerstein, executive vice president of developer The Dinerstein Cos. The restaurant is the first retailer to announce plans to move into the multistory complex. Sterling Fry Street will feature 194 apartment units with 614 beds and 38 retail locations — all expected to be open by August and the start of the fall semester at the University of North Texas. Restaurants likely will fill most of the six slots, Dinerstein said. “That’s where the bulk of the demand has been,” he said, “considering it’s a student project.” Retailers are interested in tapping into the estimated 34,000 students attending UNT, which sits diagonally across the street from the complex, he said.

Renting at Sterling Fry Street is on the rise as crews brick the exterior of the complex. “We’ve had a real uptick in the last 10 days,” said Brian Dinerstein, executive vice president of The Dinerstein Cos. The complex is about 45 percent leased, he said, and the company expects leasing activity to be fast-paced through June. The project replaces an eclectic block of shops and restaurants razed in 2007 as part of an ill-fated development proposed by Houston-based United Equities Inc. The project died after a divided City Council rejected a drive-through lane for a proposed anchor tenant. Dinerstein picked up the property, and a new proposal was approved in 2010 for the four-story apartment buildings with ground-level retail surrounding a five-story parking garage on the 4.3-acre lot.

“All of the retail is kind of interesting, student centric-type stuff,” Dinerstein said, adding that the focus on restaurants was anticipated. “We’ll create a mini restaurant row for the students,” he said. Potbelly offers sandwiches, soups and salads, catering to those who want it all as well as those who’d like less fat or prefer a vegetarian fare. Prices range from the $4 “Skinnys” sandwiches to the $6.95 Uptown Salad, with a variety of sides, shakes, malts, smoothies and drinks. Erica Sullivan, economic development analyst for the city of Denton, says she’s

been to one of the 22 Potbelly shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. “I really liked it,” she said. “We’ve also tried to recruit them.” The restaurant’s concept, which includes live music performances, works well in Denton, Sullivan said. “It’s a good asset for Denton.” The premise behind Potbelly, started in 1977 in a Chicago antique store, is stated simply on the back of its menu: “It’s a place where folks gather to grab toasted sandwiches and freshly prepared salads, catch a local musician, enjoy a handdipped shake and maybe even make

some new friends.” While traveling, Karen Dickson would make it a point to get a Potbelly sandwich at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. “I am thrilled to death to get one so I don’t have to go to O’Hare Airport to get a Potbelly sandwich,” said the vice president of economic development for the Denton Chamber of Commerce. “It’s a nice place for the students to go.” About four years ago, Dickson traveled to the annual International Council of Shopping Centers conference in Las Vegas, where she picked up Potbelly’s corporate contact information. Upon returning to Denton, she contacted the company. “I got contact info and wrote them a letter and asked them to put Denton on their radar screen,” Dickson said, adding that while she never heard a reply, she’s glad they’re coming to town. “I’ve wanted a Potbelly Sandwich here for quite a while.” DAWN COBB can be reached at 940566-6879. Her e-mail address is dcobb@dentonrc.com.

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Enterprising Voices Business expo now open to general public Chamber members have an opportunity to promote their products and services direct to literally hundreds of fellow business representatives, all under one roof during the chamberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Business-to-Business Expo on Thursday, May 3, at the Denton Civic Center. Because this event is typically for chamber members only, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve decided to expand the format to make the afternoon open to the general public. The evening segment, including a mixer from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., will continue to be exclusively for chamber members. With their graduation during the chamber membership luncheon on April 27, the total number of individuals to complete Leadership Denton will be 471. Included among these graduates are the present mayor, Mark Burroughs, as well as his predecessor, Dr. Perry McNeill, plus, current City Council member James King. Initiated by the chamber in 1985, this program offers a series of comprehensive training sessions designed to help make interested Denton

Chuck CARPENTER | area citizens better aware of opportunities for community and philanthropic service, as well as all levels of public office. Any individual who is a U.S. citizen, and of voting age, and has resided within the boundaries of the Denton Independent School District for at least one year as of Sept. 1, 2012, is eligible to apply for the next Leadership Denton class. Applications are now available on the chamber website. All qualified applicants may be subject to a personal interview; sessions will convene in August.

Chuck Carpenter is president of the Denton Chamber of Commerce. He can be reached at 940- 382-9693 or via email at dcoc@denton-chamber.org.

Wanted: Your feedback We are always looking for feedback from you, our readers. The Denton Business Chronicle, now in its 8th year, continues to showcase many lists and topics related to business. However, you are in the business field day in and day out. And your input on what you would like to see in these pages is important. We plan to continue to expand our business coverage both in print and online. Let us know what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to read about. Just give me a call at 940-566-6879 or send an e-

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Texas Health Resources announces changes Officials with Texas Health Resources announced this week changes in its leadership and governance structure with the addition of two positions and a new model for the hospital system. The two new positions chief operations officer and chief clinical officer - will have joint responsibility for executing the next phase of the 10-year strategic plan launched in 2006, according to a news release. In addition to new positions, the hospital system also launched a new dyad leadership model that transformed the organization from a hospitalcentered system to a well-connected and coordinated system of health services; one that will strive to help people to be healthy and also expertly treat disease. “This is a significant step in our 10-year journey to become a health care system that excels at managing the health of groups of individuals by tailoring individual care plans that treat the whole person and emphasize prevention, well-being and expert medical care when needed,” Doug Hawthorne, CEO of Texas Health Resources, said in the release. Hospital officials said Texas Health Resources started the transformational path years before federal health care reform legislation passed.

The hospital system will also create operations leaders and clinical leaders at each of its three geographic zones - North, Southeast and Southwest. “The Texas Health Resources Board of Trustees - all volunteers chosen from among the leaders of the community - will continue to be responsible for financial and operational strategies and success measures as it has since the company was formed,” the release said. Hospital community boards will continue to focus on overseeing local quality, safety and medical staff credentialing requirements, as well as community health, community advocacy and philanthropic efforts. Additionally, the Texas Health Presbyterian Foundation and the Texas Health Harris Methodist Foundation will be consolidated into one Texas Health foundation, the release stated. Texas Health Resources is one of the largest faith-based, nonprofit health systems in the United States. The health system includes 24 acute care and short-stay hospitals that are owned, operated, joint-ventured or affiliated with Texas Health Resources. It includes Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton, Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital and Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, a large physician group, outpatient facilities, home health, preventive and fitness services and an organization for medical research and education. For more information, visit www.texashealth.org. I

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pring arrived a bit early this year but local nursery and greenhouse owners aren’t complaining. After last year’s drought, the lush green grass, fairly regular rainfall and bold bluebonnets lining the highways are a welcome sight to both homeowners and the businesses who supply them. And people are ready to get back out in their gardens to make up for last year’s dry, dead look. “I can’t get stuff ready fast enough,” said Robert Strawn, who grows the flowers and plants for Four Seasons Nursery on University Drive. What Strawn would normally be getting ready for April he sold a month ago and he is trying to turn around more products as quickly as he can grow them.

A Meader Nursery employee carries a flat of Mexican feather grass, one of the many plant selections available at local nurseries experiencing a heavy business this spring.

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BLOOMING BUSINESS Michael Nack II, the Four Seasons Nursery owner’s son who works in sales, calls it a “weather-generated” business and last year’s drought took a toll, he said. But the early spring season has made nursery and greenhouse owners hopeful. On a recent Friday afternoon, people were buying cartfuls of brightly colored plants from the nursery. Nack said business has been coming in waves. And business is going well compared with the month of April in previous years, he said. “This year sure was sped up,” he said. “It really took a lot of people off guard.” Across town, phones were ringing almost non-stop on the same afternoon at Noles Enterprises LLC, which sells rock and stone as well as sod, plants,

shrubs and trees. People were calling and stopping in to see if they could get sod, but the store was out until the next day’s truck, owner John Noles said. During the first week of April, Noles sold 12 semi-truck loads of sod—216 pallets. “We try to sell it [the sod] every day so it’s fresh,” Noles said. He doesn’t sell the annual color but makes 30 percent of his gross income off of his sod sales. “We hope to make up what we lost last year,” he said. He’s had more business during the first week of April than he did in January and February, Noles said. Many people come to Noles Enterprises, which has been open for 35 years, to redo the landscaping that was

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across the board — from vegetables to annual color, he said. In the middle of town, stationed in front of the Golden Triangle Mall, where it’s been for 13 years, Rainbow Plant Sales is selling the colorful annual plants that dot many a homeowners’ landscapes across the city. Kimberlee Miner, the nursery manager, said this year she opened the store a week early because of spring’s early arrival. And she was happy to do so after the heat and drought of the previous year. “It was a little rough last year,” Miner said. Business this year has been a little bit more than usual, she said, but not much. HEAT RISING The good news is an early spring doesn’t necessarily signal an early summer. There is no correlation between the two, said Jesse Moore, meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The Dallas-Fort Worth area tends to have between 15 and 20 days of 100 degree temperatures, he said. The first one is usually sometime in July and those temperatures will last through August, he said. Once those temperatures hit the 100-degree mark, people’s motivation to get out and garden diminishes. And along with that the business for local nurseries and greenhouses diminishes. Farmer, with Meador Nursery, said last year the weather turned hot earlier in the season. “As long as the weather doesn’t get to 105 [degrees] by May, I think we’ll be OK,” he said. Rainbow Plant Sales is open for two seasons, from March to July and September to December, when it is selling mums, pansies, cabbage and hanging baskets — the fall foliage favorites among buyers. And Miner will stick to those months unless the weather gets hot fast and business slows way down, she said. Business usually starts to slow in mid-June, she said.

Business at Four Seasons Nursery also begins to slow in June, Nack said, adding he understands why some nursery close completely for a couple months before the fall season begins. Even when it starts to get hot people continue to landscape but it’s usually xeriscape, Nack said. For Noles Enterprises, business normally starts to slow down around the Fourth of July. But it’s not the heat that affects business — it’s lack of rain, Noles said. “That’s the most scary thing to my business,” he said. WEEDS Rain hasn’t been scarce this winter season like it was the previous year. And while increased rain is good, especially after last year’s drought, it has caused weeds to be a real problem this spring, said Moore, the meteorologist. The wet ground helped the seeds germinate, Moore said, “thus you get lots of weeds.” The Dallas-Fort Worth area also didn’t have the normal number of freezes this past winter. An average winter for the Dallas-Fort Worth area has 33 freezes between the months of December and February, Moore said. At the DFW Airport, the National Weather Service clocked 14 freezes for that time frame, Moore said. “One of the fewest freezes we have had in a season,” he said. The area was three degrees above normal for the winter months, Moore said. Four or five degrees above or below the norm is significant, he said. Denton tends to be colder and therefore had more freezes, Moore said. What kills most outside vegetation is when it is 28 degrees or below, he said. In January and December, Denton had seven days each of temperatures 28 degrees and below, according to data from the National Weather Service.February tallied a total of three days.

The added rainfall and the lack of regular freezes means weeds are bad this year, local greenhouses and nursery owners say. But that means more people are buying herbicides. And there’s a likelihood of more bugs this year, they said, which means more people buying pesticides. Nursery and greenhouse owners are enjoying the increased business of a longer spring season but because it’s a luxury item, the rest of the season will not only depend on the weather but the state of the economy. Strawn, with Four Seasons, said gas prices could affect business if they continue to rise because people will buy gas and food first. But he’s hopeful, “as long as the economy continues to slowly improve,” he said.

Precipitation this winter December: 3.9 inches January: 5.4 inches February: 1.91 inches

RACHEL MEHLHAFF can be reached at 940-566-6889. Her e-mail address is rmehlhaff@dentonrc.com.

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The theme of the recent Denton Chamber of Commerce banquet centered on “Set Sail on the Waves of Success.” Among those attending at the University of North Texas Gateway Center are (below, left to right) Kerry Goree, John Baines, Robert Hicks, Reggie Hill and Ron Johnson; (top right, from the left) Larry Parker, Erik Clark, Missy Buetel and Amanda Crocker; and (bottom right) Cheryl and Chuck Fremaux, who is incoming chair.

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the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of economic development to say adding a new hotel to the currently â&#x20AC;&#x153;fragileâ&#x20AC;? lodging environment would pull revenue away from existing ones. The proposed project would be built on property owned by the University of North Texas and include a 250-room, fullservice hotel, which would either be a Hilton Embassy Suites or a Marriott, and a second 100-room hotel. It would also include a city-owned convention center. The project would be a partnership between UNT, Missouri-based Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Reilly Hospitality Management LLC and the city of Denton. No agreement has been reached. In their February letter to Linda Ratliff, hoteliers said that under different circumstances, they would welcome the proposed hotel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, the Denton market is not ready for such a project,â&#x20AC;? the letter stated. Hotel ownersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; concerns are that the new hotel will add to an already overabundant supply of rooms in Denton and draw prospective customers from the existing hotels. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Denton market is running only at 54 percent occupancy,â&#x20AC;? according to the letter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This means that, on average, there are over 1,000 empty rooms in Denton every night.â&#x20AC;? 3-20

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Enterprising Voices Downtown Denton â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;living roomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of community Everything Old is New Again There have been many exciting changes to the retail and restaurant landscape in downtown Denton in the past year. If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been downtown lately, you might not recognize it. Since last spring, 19 new stores and restaurants have opened or relocated within walking distance of the Courthouse-on-the-Square, including: Atomic Candy, Bellisima Spa, Burguesa Burgers, Cartwrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ranch House, Campus Barber Shop, Cellar 22, Denton Square Donuts, Hickory Street Lounge, Hoochieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oyster Bar, Impressions by DSSLC, Love Shack Burgers, Loco CafĂŠ, Mad World Records, Mellow

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our identity. When you say â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dentonâ&#x20AC;? to most people, the Courthouse-on-the-Square is usually the first image that comes to mind. So why are these downtown businesses important to the health of the city as a whole? A healthy, viable downtown is crucial to economic health, heritage and civic pride of our community. It is a good incubator for new small businesses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the building blocks of a healthy economy. A vital downtown retains and creates jobs, which means a stronger tax base for the entire city. Since Denton was designated as a Texas Main Street City in 1990, we have tracked more than 1,400 new jobs created and almost $48 million reinvested in the

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SALES TAX The following sales permits were issued by the State Comptrollerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office for March. The list includes the owner, name of business and address within the area codes of 75034, 75065, 75068, 76201, 76205, 76207, 76208, 76209, 76210, 76226, 76227, 76234, 76249, 76258, 76259 and 76266. 75034 Golf Cart Solutions Inc., Golf Cart Solutions Inc., 15222 King Road, Suite 702, Little Elm 75065 Blas R. Romero, Evenlawn, 405 Lakeway Drive, Lake Dallas Blueline Technology Inc., Blueline Technology Inc., 510 E. Hundley Drive, Lake Dallas Carol J. Harris, Hillbillys, 274 Main St., Lake Dallas Comco Product Innovations Inc., Comco Product Innovations Inc., 306 W. Overly Drive, Lake Dallas Hinges & Hardware Inc., Hinges & Hardware Inc., 103 Folly Beach Drive, Lake Dallas Jorge A. Rosales, JR & Associates, 736 Harbour Town Drive, Lake Dallas Joshua Don McCoy, Sounds of the Future, 223 Red Bluff Drive, Hickory Creek Kathryn D. Brownlee, Embroidery and Gifts, 748 Main St., Lake Dallas Rica H. Potenz, Seeds of Life, 100 Barkley Drive, Hickory Creek Third Eye Communications Inc., Third Eye Communications, 1031 Hickory Creek Blvd., Hickory Creek Travis James McAdams, McAdams Mobile Enterprises, 300 Wallford Lane, Lake Dallas 75068 7street Apparel LLC, 7street Apparel LLC, 2802 Waterfall Lane, Little Elm Carrasco of Little Elm Smoothie Factory Inc., Carrasco of Little Elm Smoothie Factory Inc., 2700 E. Eldorado Parkway, Suite 401, Little Elm Claudia Villanueva and Liliana Cuellar, Villar Tots Creations, 14625 Riverside Drive, Little Elm Eric Noe Silva, E3 Premier Used and Refurbished, 1604 Fieldstone Drive, Little Elm Holmes Service Company LLC, Holmes Service Company LLC, 1337 Shell Beach Drive, Little Elm Ionela Monica Fodor, Attika Kalacs Traditional Bakery, 228 Willowlake Drive, Little Elm Joshua Hawkins, Texas Bug Team, 137 Meadow Bend Trail, Little Elm Keidra Church-Norwood, Fearless By Design, 3020 Sweetleaf Drive, Little Elm Patricia Anne Boswell, Stitch This, 2605 Wilderness Drive, Little Elm Ray S. Padilla, RSP Motorcycle Mobile Tire Service, 2836 Evening Mist Drive, Little Elm Redbox Automated Retail LLC, Redbox Automated Retail LLC, 416 W. Eldorado Parkway, Little Elm Sevilo Inc., Sevilo Inc., 2745 Wild Valley Drive, Little Elm Stephine Hill and Eleni Sobers, Findyournecklace, 2612 S. Wavecrest Court, Little Elm Techknow Connect LLC, Techknow Connect, 2700 E Eldorado Parkway, Suite 201, Little Elm Thomas S. Carroll, Tin Shed Tees, 1720 Lake Wood Trail, Little Elm Tracey Lynn McEntyre-Schofield, Urban Luxe Home Staging, 1712 Nighthawk Drive, Little Elm 76201 Armand J. Kohandani, Burrito Baron, 117 Ferguson St., Denton Emily Schwarting, Fuzzy Muffins, 1003 Eagle Drive, Apt. 112, Denton Juan Rolando Chavez, Streetart Signs, 901 Sunset St., Denton Kristen M. Gomez, Sweet Serenity Boutique, 913 Sunset St., Denton Low Hanging Apples LLC, Low Hanging Apples LLC, 1913 Sena St., Denton Monitor Medical Inc., Monitor Medical Inc., 525 Fort Worth Drive, Suite 201, Denton Rusty A. Chapman, Tatercake, 1402 Bolivar St., Denton Van Go Imaging Inc., Van Go Texas, 811 Hillcrest St., Denton 76205 21st Century Gunfighter LLC, 21st Century Gunfighter LLC, 201 Inman St., Apt. 3203, Denton Angel Briceno and Claudia Echeverri, B&E Investments, 905 Dudley St., Denton Antebellum Design LLC, Antebellum Design, 3210 Carmel St., Denton Denton Gold and Silver Exchange LLC, Denton Gold and Silver Exchange LLC, 1207 Knight St., Denton Derrick Powell Morgan, Derrick Powell Morgan, 3300 Carmel St., Denton

Dwight Carter, D&D Sharpening, 605 Ticonderoga Drive, Denton Elhai H. Grosman, It's All About Hair, 2201 S. I-35E, Denton Elite Hood & Ventilation LLC, Elite Hood & Ventilation LLC, 2122 James St., Denton Emile Jones Stewart, Wildflower Art Studio, 2102 Camellia St., Denton Eyemasters Inc., Eyemasters, No. 24, 2215 S. Loop 288, Denton Glenn Curtis Jacobs, Spirit Station, 2318 San Jacinto Blvd., Suite 104, Denton Harbor Freight Tools USA Inc., Harbor Freight Tools USA Inc., No. 385, 2231 S. Loop 288, Suite 131, Denton Klein Pickups LLC, Klein Pickups LLC, 122 Daugherty St., Suite 5, Denton Michael John Powell, Powell Custom Interiors, 1973 Colorado Blvd., Apt. A, Denton Nowx Now Corp., Nowx Corp., 2436 S. I-35E, Suite 376153, Denton Richard L. Pate III, Frames and More, 2201 S. I-35E, Suite S6, Denton Rohid's Corporation, Chill Mart, 1724 Bernard St., Denton Sno2Go LLC, Sno2Go, 1804 Wisteria St., Denton The Circuit Breaker Store Inc., The Circuit Breaker Store Inc., 2220 San Jacinto Blvd., Suite 310, Denton Western Global Materials Handling LLC, Western Global Materials Handling LLC, 2205 Jefferson Trail, Denton 76207 Carrie Buller, Cuppa Color, 2220 Lookout Lane, Denton 76208 Axiom Services LLC, Merit Services, 204 N. Mayhill Road, Denton Candy B. Fernandez, Wicked Blinks, 4210 Creek Falls Drive, Corinth Denton Power LLC, Denton Power LLC, 1527 S. Mayhill Road, Denton DPS Developments LLC, DPS Developments LLC, 2504 Ravinia Drive, Corinth Eduardo Soriano, Sorianos Kitchen and Bath, 5315 Fishtrap Road, Suite 104, Denton Jemilat A. Ofokaire, Jewels By Jem, 4211 Creek Falls Drive, Corinth Ronny Kee, Dependable Services, 64 Hidden Valley Airpark, Shady Shores Ryan S. Cook, Market America, 905 Raleigh Path Road, Denton Shop 24 Global LLC, Shop 24 Global LLC, 5201 Par Drive, Denton Spangle Media LLC, Spangle Media LLC, 4703 Indian Paint Way, Denton Terry Alan Smith, Spectrum 7 Productions, 3804 Red Oak Drive, Corinth Weir Appraisals Inc., Peacocksso, 3917 Morse St., Denton Y-Fi Tech Communications LLC, Y-Fi Tech Communications LLC, 110 Paradise Cove, Shady Shores 76209 Alfred Van Weese, SMK Products, 1617 Churchill Drive, Denton Kris Nixon Berg, Kris Berg Jazz, 2513 Hillview Court, Denton Little Khakwani's LLC, Horizon Food Mart, 1205 E. University Drive, Denton Mary Dorwaldt, Gill's Lawn Service, 3101 Inglewood St., Denton Michael L. Porter, Oil & Gas Reporting Service, 1012 Redwood Place, Denton Michael L. Porter, Oil & Gas Reporting Service, 1912 Redwood Place, Denton O'Reilly Automotive Stores Inc., O'Reilly Auto Parts, No. 3996, 3601 E. McKinney St., Denton RRJ Fit LLC, RRJ Fit LLC, 719 E. Sherman Drive, Denton Sno2Go LLC, Sno2Go, 700 E. Sherman Drive, Denton Sullivan's Prime Rib Inc., Sullivan's Prime Rib Inc., 601 E. College St., Denton Thomas J. Richards, Richards Janitor Service, 2201 N. Locust St., Denton Todd F. McDonald, Rancho Deluxe Carpet Service, 3404 Sunnydale Lane, Denton 76210 America Home Services LLC, America Home Services LLC, 1705 Redwood Drive, Corinth Amy Binns, Amy Binns Photography, 3502 Chelsea Court, Corinth Chad B. Tieszen, Lonestar Motorsports, 3811 Monte

Carlo Lane, Denton Christy Monte-Rosa, Christys Photography, 3496 Riverview Drive, Corinth Dave's Car Care Inc., Dave's Car Care Inc., 1727 Vintage Drive, Corinth Dwight A. Fairweather, Detex, 6816 Crenshaw Lane, Denton Happy Dog Spa LLC, Happy Dog Spa LLC, 4451 FM2181, Suite A100, Corinth Jack Russell Naughton, SNJ Land & Cattle, 1410 Hidden Oaks Circle, Corinth Juan F. Lopez, LLS Snacks Mex, 3939 Teasley Lane, Lot 331, Denton Kerry Lynn Williams, Kerbi Jewelry, 2824 Southridge Drive, Denton Paul Douglas Brown, Mr. Brisket BBQ, 3522 Fairview Drive, Corinth Pelpina Trip, Pelpina Trip, 1518 Nightingale Lane, Corinth Reeder's Cleaning Inc., A Time To Shine Event Design, 2301 Miranda Place, Denton Robert Michael Brey, Pyramid Masonry, 5709 Thoroughbred Trail, Denton Suburban Sweet LLC, Suburban Sweet LLC, 2501 Shepard Lane, Corinth TCR Roofing LLC, TCR Roofing LLC, 8208 Swan Park Drive, Denton 76226 Argyle Family Fitness Inc., Argyle Family Fitness, 2126 Hamilton Drive, Suite 210, Argyle Brite Water Pools Inc., Brite Water Pools Inc., 1440 Rolling Acres Drive, Argyle Hidden Valley Dairy LLC, Hidden Valley Dairy LLC, 402 Old Justin Road, Argyle James Derk Arnold, Swag, 715 Stonecrest Road, Argyle Joseph Dominguez, Joseph Dominguez, 4000 Vinyard Way, Denton Kippi L. Halfin, K-Eventus Weddings & Events, 804 Pioneer Circle E, Argyle Learning Potentials Publishers Inc., Learning Potentials Publishers Inc., 411 Whispering Trails St., Argyle Nina C. McCauley, Nina's Nails, 303 Collins St., Argyle Sandra Kay Mattox, Sandra Kay Mattox, 4008 Vinyard Way, Denton Titan Sand USA LLC, Titan Sand USA LLC, 12890 Hilltop Road, Argyle William K. Kersey, Snappy Snow, 508 Highway 377S, Argyle 76227 Jason Todd Jones, Priority Investigations, 4300 W. Oak Shores Drive, Crossroads Larry J. Harn, Sonlife Books, 192 Las Colinas Trail, Crossroads Massage Chair Pro LLC, Massage Chair Pro LLC, 1006 Karen St., Aubrey Rumble Pest Solutions LLC, Rumble Pest Solutions, 1893 FM1385, No. 623, Aubrey Simpson Enterprises, H&R Block, 26735 US Highway 380E, Suite 119, Little Elm Tommy L. Payne Sr., Tejas Trading Company, 7270 Zackery Road, Aubrey Uchennah Cletus Okafor, Okhauls, 8827 Eastwood Ave., Crossroads William David Avery, Avery Allotments, 9108 Wagon Trail, Crossroads 76234 April Reicheneker, Yesterdays, 100 S. Highway 287, Decatur Exceptional Bride LLC, Exceptional Bride LLC, 301 S. Washburn St., Suite D, Decatur Marco Polo Palomo, Sandmarcos, 119 Private Road 4228, Decatur Pamela Ann Bell, Three Cats Jewelry Designs and Accessories, 146 Private Road 1178, Decatur Penny Pierce and Julie Pierce, The Swanky Shack Boutique, 114 W. Walnut St., Decatur Phyllis Howard-Nobles, Tangles, 114 E. Main St., Decatur Pipeline Plastics LLC, Pipeline Plastics LLC, 1453 FM2264, Decatur Sara Nichole Nelson, Handspun Whorled Yarns, 480 County Road 4270, Decatur 76249 Bertha A. Gourley, Squeaky's, 206 W. McCart St., Krum Claudia Hernandez, 77 Tire Shop & More, 1200 E.

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Highway 377, Pilot Point Rafael Colon-Sacarello, Royal Ducklings, 9424 Oak Meadow Lane, Pilot Point Stacey M. Harris, Get Fit Health & Fitness, 1216 S. Highway 377, Pilot Point Tammie L. Jones, Nu Image, FM455, Pilot Point

76258 Arthur L. Mintz, Art's Air Conditioning & Heating, 1008 E. Wayside Circle, Pilot Point Byron L. Leffingwell Jr., Leffingwell Offset Repair, 501 S. College St., Pilot Point Empire Countertops LLC, Empire Countertops LLC, 1137 Enterprise Drive, Pilot Point Gregory G. Hawley, 123PCR, 13500 Strittmatter Road, Pilot Point Michael Skelton & William Stevens, Kwik-T Designs, 9625 Stiles Road, Pilot Point Milton L. Duesman, Milton Duesman, 11712 FM455E, Pilot Point Pineywoods BBQ LLC, Pineywoods BBQ LLC, 8080

76259 AAA Denton Fire and Safety Inc., AAA Denton Fire and Safety Inc., 103 N. FM156, Ponder Cheryl E. Stewart, Pampered Lady, 206 E. Bailey St., Ponder Lindsay Stone, Blue Door Paperie, 400 Madison Place, Ponder Nancy Louise Grantham, Steel Stories Metal Memories, 5534 Amber Road, Ponder Sonja Ann Goodman, Cheveux Salon & Spa, 1003 N. FM156, Suite C, Ponder Veronica L. Abraham, MCA Bargain, 1320 Stoneway Drive E., Ponder

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76266 Angela Marie Hansard, The Lily Pad Florist & Gifts, 512 N. 5th St., Sanger Bradley Jay Bell, T&T Flowers and Gifts, 807 N. 5th St., Sanger Earl E. Schafer, Sanger Storage, 703 S. Stemmons Freeway, Sanger Elmer R. Burbo, Pickers Club, 1106 N. Stemmons St., Suite B, Sanger Elmer R. Burbo, Pickers Music Co., 1106 N. Stemmons St., Suite A, Sanger Jerry Thomas, Kamo Kowgirl, 10199 Burke St., Sanger K2 Creations LLC, K2 Creations, 11866 FM2153, Sanger Nicholas B. Eggert, Prepacked Supplies, 212 Southside Drive, Sanger Redbox Automated Retail LLC, Redbox Automated Retail LLC, 1006 N. 5th St., Sanger Robin Christa Dumas, Hairsay Salon, 800 N. 5th St., Sanger Sno2Go LLC, Sno2Go, 901 N. Stemmons Freeway, Sanger

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ASSUMED NAMES The following names (followed by DBA and address) were posted in March in the Denton County Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office. Bethanie J. Babb, Something Blue Weddings and Events, 2952 Stockton St., Denton Chris Flemmons and Chris Hawley, 35 Denton, 109 Industrial St., Denton Cindi S. Jefferson, KED Logistics, 8821 Desert Drive, Denton Cody R. Matlock, Lone Star Pool Care, 3329 Bentgate Court, Denton David Grant, 5 Star Rental-Weddings and Events, 2701 Hartlee Field Road, Denton Dennis R. Lang Jr., Denny's Handyman Service, 3117 Saranac Circle, Denton Dennis R. Whitehead, Whitehead's Pest Co., 2413 Charlotte St., Apt. 17, Denton Diana L. Eason, Divine Inspirations Make-up Artistry, 2016 Belmont Park Drive, Denton Duane White Ministries Inc., Community Life, 625 Dallas Drive, No. 450, Denton Franklin P. Smith, TravelBook USA, 2801 Spencer Road, Apt. 14107, Denton Jason P. Schreiber and Alexandra A. Spoor, Lion Bear Naked Clothing Company, 314 Texas St., Apt. 1, Denton Jason P. Schreiber, Bearbytes, 314 Texas St., Apt. 1, Denton Joseph Peng, 7 Eleven Convenience Store, No. 34356, 4005 Teasley Lane, Drive, Denton Joshua H. Butler, DADA, 5012 Pebble Beach Trail, Denton Joshua P. Gulley, Isengard Records, 312 Tanglewood, Denton Kristina D. Durham, Fast Stripes, 1840 Parkside Drive, Denton

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MIXED BEVERAGE TAX The following mixed beverage tax information was issued by the State Comptrollerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office for March. The list includes the name of the business, address, and reported tax. 119 Loophole Private Club, 119 W. Hickory St., Denton, $7,313.46 American Legion Post, No. 550, 905 N. Foundation, Pilot Point, $2,111.34 Andy's Private Club, 122 N. Locust St., Suite B, Denton, $10,223.22 Angelina's Mexican Restaurant, 1400 N. Corinth St., Suite 111, Corinth, $1,643.18 Applebee's Neighborhood Grill, 707 S. I-35E, Denton, $12,130.02 Applebee's Neighborhood Grill, 672 FM423, Little Elm, $6,160.42 Ashton Gardens, 2001 Ashton Gardens Lane, Corinth, $637.84 B.P.O.E. Denton, No. 2446, 228 E. Oak St., Denton, $1,476.16 B.P.O.E. Denton, No. 2446, 228 E. Oak St., Denton, $1,252.02 Best Western Atrea Crown Chase, 2450 Brinker Road, Denton, $448 Black-Eyed Pea, 2420 S. I-35E, Denton, $280 Bono's Chop House & Saloon, 2025 N. Highway 287, Decatur, $4,486.72 Brunswick Zone â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Denton, 2200 San Jacinto Blvd., Denton, $3,536.96 Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar, 1400 S. Loop 288, Suite 110, Denton, $5,686.80 Bully's Bar and Grill LLC, 400 S. Highway 377, Pilot Point, $0 Cabana Beverages, 1300 N. I-35E, Denton, $304.92 Casa Torres Mexican Restaurant, 2708 FM51, Decatur, $1,450.96 Chili's Grill & Bar, 600 S. Highway 287, Decatur, $6,404.30 Chili's Grill & Bar, 8394 S. Stemmons Freeway, Hickory Creek, $3,586.38 Chili's Grill& Bar, 2406 N. I-35S, Denton, $4,006.10 Chilitos Private Club Inc., 619-623 S. Denton Drive, Lake Dallas, $194.46 Chuy's, 3300 Wind River Lane, Denton, $11,301.64 Cool Beans, 1210 W. Hickory St., Denton, $7,597.38 Courtyard by Marriott, 2800 Colorado Blvd., Denton, $495.60 Cow Camp Steakhouse, 3142 N. Highway 287, Decatur, $288.12 Cow Camp Steakhouse, 3142 N. Highway 287, Decatur, $173.04 Cow Camp Steakhouse, 3142 N. Highway 287, Decatur, $160.30 Crazy Horse Saloon and Dance Hall, 508 S. Elm St., Suite A, Denton, $1,920.10 Crossroads Bar, 1803 N. Elm St., Denton, $3,604.02 Dan's Silverleaf, 103 Industrial St., Denton, $5,778.36 Denton Country Club, 1213 Country Club Road, Argyle, $2,913.54 Denton Country Club, 1213 Country Club Road, Argyle, $3,062.50 Denton Side Bar, 109 Ave. A, Denton, $3,313.66 Don Jose Mexican Food & Cantina, 301 N. Highway 287, Decatur, $557.90 El Fenix-Denton Texas, 2229 S. I-35E, Denton, $1,693.72 El Guapo's, 419 S. Elm St., Denton, $2,502.78 Ernesto's Mexican Restaurant, 10279 FM455E, Suite 1, Pilot Point, $2,646.14 Frilly's, 1803 S. Highway 287, Decatur, $3,893.12 Fry Street Public House, 125 Ave. A, Denton, $12,152 Fry Street Public House, 125 Ave. A, Denton, $12,231.38 Fry Street Tavern Club, 121 Ave. A, Denton, $9,451.12 Fuzzy's Taco Shop, 1044 Maple St., Suite 101, Sanger, $384.30 Genghis Grill - The Mongolian, 2416 Lillian Miller Parkway, Denton, $754.04 Hailey's, 122 W. Mulberry St., Denton, $4,024.86 Hannahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 111 W. Mulberry St., Denton, $5,533.92 Hickory Street Lounge, 212 E. Hickory St., Denton, $4,845.82 Hilton Garden Inn â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Denton, 3110 Colorado Blvd., Denton, $826.70 Hooligans Private Club, 104 N. Locust St., Denton, $9,992.36 Hooters, 985 S. I-35, Denton, $0 Hooters of Denton, 985 S. I-35E, Denton, $6,827.52 Hooters of Denton, 985 S. I-35E, Denton, $7,178.50 II Charlies Private Club, 809 Sunset St., Denton, $10,301.76 JR Pockets Club, 1127 Fort Worth Drive, Denton, $5,284.72 Jackie's, 201 Main St., Lake Dallas, $3,979.92 Jag Private Club Inc., 119 S. Elm St., Denton, $5,573.12 Joey's Ristorante Italiano, 26735 US Highway 380E, Little Elm, $1,382.08

Johnny Carino's Italian, 1516 Centre Place Drive, Denton, $2,231.46 Johnny G's, 130 Canyon Oaks Drive, Argyle, $881.44 Johnny G's, 130 Canyon Oaks Drive, Argyle, $1,554.98 Keiichi, 500 N. Elm St., Denton, $694.40 Kobe Sushi & Steak LLC, 2832 Eldorado Parkway, Suite 208, Little Elm, $492.94 La Milpa Mexican Restaurant, 820 S. I-35E, Unit 1, Denton, $1,079.82 Lake Cities Post No 88 America, 105 Gotcher Ave., Lake Dallas, $2,637.74 Lake Dallas Point Restaurant, 303 Swisher Road, 100, Lake Dallas, $3,926.16 Lake Ray Roberts Area Elks Lodge, 1601 Marina Circle, Sanger, $358.26 Lantana Golf Club, 800 Golf Club Drive, Argyle, $2,010.40 Los Charros, 2763 E. Eldorado Parkway, Suite 105, Little Elm, $981.54 Los Jalapenos Restaurant, 420 W. Eldorado Parkway, Little Elm, $177.38 Los Toreros Restaurant, 2900 Wind River Lane, Suite 134, Denton, $1,987.30 Love Shack, 113 E. Hickory St., Denton, $2,386.02 Lowbrows Beer and Wine Garden, 200 W. Washington St., Pilot Point, $459.06 Lucky Lous, 1207 W. Hickory St., Denton, $21,794.08 Mable Peabody's Beauty Parlor, 1125 E. University Drive, Suite 107, Denton, $3,421.74 Mellow Mushroom, 217 E. Hickory St., Denton, $4,523.26 Meritt Ranch Beverage LLC, 2946 Ganzar Road W., Denton, $685.02 Meritt Ranch Beverage LLC, 2946 Ganzar Road W., Denton, $206.22

Metzlers Food and Beverage Inc., 1251 S. Bonnie Brae St., Denton, $357.28 Mexi-Go Restaurant, 2831 Eldorado Parkway, Suite 112, Little Elm, $929.18 Mexi-Go Restaurant, 2831 Eldorado Parkway, Suite 112, Little Elm, $1,109.50 Mi Sueno Club, 2648 FM407E, Suite 150, Bartonville, $2,780.26 Mi Taza Latin Tex-Mex CafĂŠ, 5017 Teasley Lane, Suite 101, Denton, $66.22 Miguelito's, 1521 E. McCart St., Krum, $1,230.88 Miguelitoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 1412 N. Stemmons St., No. 178, Sanger, $2,248.82 Norman Heitz Memorial Post 104, 501 Thompson, Lake Dallas, $1,848.98 Oakmont Country Club, 1200 Clubhouse Drive, Corinth, $2,548.28 Ollimac Company, 1400 Corinth Bend, Suite 103, Corinth, $772.38 Ollimac Company, 1400 Corinth Bend, Suite 103, Corinth, $934.22 On the Border, 2829 S. I-35E, Denton, $5,755.54 On the Border, 2829 S. I-35E, Denton, $6,351.80 Outback Steakhouse, 300 S. I-35E, Denton, $4,661.44 Papi's Cantina Private Club, 421 Highway 377S, Argyle, $753.06 Papi's Cantina Private Club, 421 Highway 377S, Argyle, $737.52 Pei Wei Asian Diner, 1931 S. Loop 288, Suite 130, Denton, $148.40 Phil Miller Post, No. 2205, VFW of Denton, 909 Sunset St., Denton, $1,759.10 Phil Miller Post, No. 2205, VFW of Denton, 909 Sunset St., Denton, $1,644.02 Pilot Point Columbus Club, 221 N. Prairie St., Pilot

Point, $11.90 Pilot Point Columbus Club, 221 N. Prairie St., Pilot Point, $69.44 Pourhouse Sports Grill, 3350 Unicorn Lake Blvd., Denton, $5,599.58 Prairie House Restaurant, 10001 Highway 380, Cross Roads, $1,563.94 Red Lobster, No. 6349, 2801 S. I-35E, Denton, $3,035.76 Ringers, 807 Eagle Drive, Denton, $2,449.02 Riprock's, 1211 W. Hickory St., Denton, $11,299.26 Rockin' Rodeo, 1009 Ave. C, Denton, $11,909.66 Rocky's Sports Bar, 2000 W. University Drive, Denton, $5,842.06 Rooster's Roadhouse, 113 Industrial St., Denton, $4,478.88 Rosa's Cafe & Tortilla Factory, 1275 S. Loop 288, Denton, $388.22 RT's Social Club Inc., 1100 Dallas Drive, Suite 124, Denton, $13,015.66 RT's Social Club Inc., 1100 Dallas Drive, Suite 124, Denton, $12,939.08 Rubber Gloves, 409 E. Sycamore St., Denton, $2,114.98 Ruben's Ballroom, 1982 E. Highway 380, Decatur, $0 Ruben's Ballroom, 1982 E. Highway 380, Decatur, $119.98 Ruby-Jeans Social Club Inc., 309 N. FM156, Ponder, $878.22 Schmitty's, 407 W. Eldorado Parkway, Suite 1, Little Elm, $524.58 Scooters Tavern, 6481 FM455 W., Sanger, $2,787.82 Simone Club, 222 W. Hickory St., Suite 104, Denton, $1,260 Simone Club, 222 W. Hickory St., Suite 104, Denton, $0 South Beach Taco Factory, 113 N. State St., Decatur,

$198.24 Sushi CafĂŠ, 1401 W. Oak St., Denton, $131.46 Sweetwater Grill & Tavern, 115 S. Elm St., Denton, $7,815.22 Swishers, 501 E. Swisher Road, Lake Dallas, $74.90 Swishers, 501 E. Swisher Road, Lake Dallas, $160.58 Texas Land & Cattle Steak House, 8398 S. Stemmons Freeway, Hickory Creek, $2,778.44 Texas Roadhouse, 2817 S. I-35E, Denton, $6,085.94 The Abbey Inn Restaurant & Pub, 101 W. Hickory St., Denton, $6,997.62 The Abbey Inn Restaurant & Pub, 101 W. Hickory St., Denton, $8,333.36 The Aztec Club, 720 W. University Drive, Denton, $2,687.16 The Garage, 113 Ave. A, Denton, $6,931.96 The Green House, 600 N. Locust St., Denton, $4,072.18 The Labb Club, 218 W. Oak St., Denton, $5,857.32 The Lion's Den, 2700 E. Eldorado Parkway, Suite 250, Little Elm, $2,208.08 The Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, 2809 S. I-35E, Denton, $4,018 Three Fins Seafood Grill, 2303 S. I-35E, Denton, $2,119.32 University Lanes, 1212 E. University Drive, Denton, $2,518.04 Verona Pizza Italian Restaurant, 201 Loop 81/287N, Decatur, $168 Villa Grande Mexican Restaurant, 12000 US Highway 380, Suite 100, Crossroads, $2,442.44 Vitty's Club Inc., 1776 Teasley Lane, Suite 102, Denton, $5,973.38 Wild Horse Grill, 9400 Ed Robson Blvd., Denton, $2,142.28 Wing Town, 4271 FM2181, No. C316, Corinth, $0

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Vital Statistics OIL AND GAS LISTINGS The following oil and gas reports for the month of March were posted by oilandgasreports.com LLC, P.O. Box 1540, Corpus Christi, TX 78403. For more information, visit www.oilandgasreports.com. DENTON COUNTY

Total Depth: 8840'

Lease: Blalock-PKF-Stevens (SA) Operator: Devon Energy Production Co. LP Location: 1278.65-acre lease, F. Davis Survey, A-371; 1.1 miles SE of Ponder Field: East Newark (Barnett Shale) Total Depth: 9000'

Lease: Jean Young Operator: Burlington Resources O&G Co. LP Location: 540.95-acre unit, S. Winfrey Survey, A-1319; 2.7 miles N of Ponder Field: East Newark (Barnett Shale) Total Depth: 8614'

Lease: DCCO "3" Anna Beth Burns Operator: Devon Energy Production Co. LP Location: 3263.65-acre unit, T&P RR Co. Survey, No. 101, A-1630; 3 miles SW of Ponder Field: East Newark (Barnett Shale) Total Depth: 8121'

Lease: Krum Joint Venture Operator: Burlington Resources O&G Co. LP Location: 254.63-acre unit, BBB&C RR Co. Survey, A167; 3.8 miles W of Krum Field: East Newark (Barnett Shale) Total Depth: 8670'

Lease: Great Expectations Unit Operator: Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. Location: 781.157-acre unit, C. Cooksey Survey, A-270; 2 miles W of Hickory Creek Field: East Newark (Barnett Shale)

Lease: Piper Operator: Enexco Inc. Location: 53.83-acre unit, MEP&P RR Co./M. Caldwell Survey, No. 66, A-319; 3.5 miles E of Argyle Field: Wildcat

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Vital Statistics BUILDING PERMITS The following building permits were issued by the Denton Planning and Development department in March. Commercial alterations and commercial permits reflect the owner or tenant and the address of the business. Residential permits include the address and the total valuation of the home.

CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPATION Bookish Coffee, 101 Elm St. Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wireless, 728 Fort Worth Drive Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Advocacy for Denton County, 235 W. Hickory St., No. 201 Clear Star Aviation Denton, 4650 Lockheed Lane, No. 102 and 105 DPF Cleaning Specialists, 2820 Virginia Circle, No. 109 Eagle Sticker & Lube LLC, 421 Eagle Dr. Family Development & Behavioral Health, 3300 Sundown Blvd. Gary Franks, 4824 Lockheed Horizon Food Mart, 1205 University Drive Pedron Aircraft Works LLC, 4736 Lockheed Lane, No. 101 Sweet Serenity Boutique, 913 Sunset St. The Republic at Denton, 500 Inman St., Bldgs. 1-125 COMMERCIAL ALTERATION AKS Food Corp., 300 N. Bell Ave. Bates Architects Inc., 1332 Teasley Lane City of Denton, 601 E. Hickory Street Columbia Medical Center of Denton, 3535 S. I-35E Ed Cananda, 207 N. Elm St. En Pertignus Holding Corp., 2201 S. I-35 S-19 Ennis, Billy M. & Anna J, 219 W. Oak St. Fast Trak (GC), 1610 Teasley Lane, No. 102 and 104 Four Cornerstones IV Ltd., 1400 Dallas Drive GS Denton LP, 1400 Bernard St., No. 194, 218, 232, 244, 2021, 2027 Helland, Eric L & Pamela, 414 S. Elm St., No 102

Kelly Moore Paint Co., 920 Dallas Drive Land, Lawrence Retail, 708 N. Locust St. Nelson, R. John & Orr W.C., 1026 and 1028 Shady Oaks Drive. Pioneer Ort Investments Inc., 3601 E. McKinney St., No. 101 and 111 RR Marketplace LP, 2530 W. University Drive, No. 1100 S2S Colorado Court Association, 1937 Colorado Blvd. Sean Stokes, 3309 Unicorn Lake Blvd., No. 161 Sunstone Investments LLC, 3301 S. Mayhill Road Verizon, 3568 Teasley Lane Verizon Wireless, 813 S. Elm St. Wind River Est. Homeowners, 2212 Wind River Lane COMMERCIAL Mayhill Hospitality, 3761 I-35E S. Dr. Talbot Medical Office, 3020 Scripture RESIDENTIAL DR Horton 3013 Pecan Tree Drive, $303,725.82 4505 Remuda Lane, $184,858.99 4509 Remuda Lane, $286,376.99 3124 Stonecrop Trail, $229,942.66 3125 Stonecrop Trail, $210,889.83 First Texas Homes 8100 Bishop Pine Road, $495,688.23 8205 Bishop Pine Road, $330,261.05 8416 Bishop Pine Road, $324,044.55 Key Custom Homes Inc.

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Monthly News Roundup keep mud from pooling at well sites and spreading onto public streets. In split votes, the task force voted down proposals from member Vicki Oppenheim to require baseline soil testing at gas drilling and production sites and maintenance plans for seals on gas storage tanks, after a majority said the measures were unnecessary or covered under previously approved action items. The panel also voted 3-2 against asking city leaders to meet with the county government about enhancing regulations in part of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extraterritorial jurisdiction, land outside the city limits where the city and county have an agreement to share certain rulemaking authority.

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