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Estes' ad knocks Fallon's attendance
also filed to run for District 30. A politi-
cal newcomer and Nocona business-
man, Carder bills himself as “the work-
ing man’s conservative.”
The far-flung district runs from
Wichita Falls to Stephenville to Anna
and covers most, but not all, of Den-
ton.
Opponents for state
Senate seat battle over
who has best record
portant votes during
the 2017 special ses-
sion because he was
“sunning himself on a
beach in Mexico.” Two
days after the video
was released, Fallon
wrote on his cam-
paign’s Facebookpage
that he took his wife to Cancun for her
birthday July 27-30.
“It was planned months before any-
one knew a special session would be
called,” he wrote, adding this was the only
time in 20 years he’d been to Mexico.
Eric Bearse, a po-
litical consultant for
the Estes campaign,
said other members of
the Legislature can-
celed vacation plans
after Gov. Greg Ab-
bott called the special
session.
In an interview, Fallon said the You-
Tube ad cherry-picked data about his
voting and attendance record, which he
says is close to 95 percent overall since
2013.
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text,” Fallon said.
Bearse said Fallon’s attendance im-
proved when he started thinking about
running for another office.
“He missed one out of eight votes in
the 2015 session,” Bearse said.
Estes has served as District 30 state
senator since 2001 Fallon, a Republi-
can from Frisco, is finishing his third
term in the Texas House as he challeng-
es Estes in the primaries.
A third candidate, Craig Carter, has
By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe
Staff Writer
pheinkel-wolfe@dentonrc.com
State Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita
Falls, came out swinging against one of
his opponents last week, criticizing Pat
Fallon’s attendance record in a 30-sec-
ond spot on YouTube.
The spot claims Fallon missed irn-
Fallon
Estes
Fallon announced his run in Sep-
tember, calling himself an “authentic
conservative.” He followed his an-
nouncement with a television advertis-
ing blitz that ostensibly helped him gain
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address
school
issues
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By Caitlyn Jones
Staff Writer
cjones@dentonrc.com
SANGER — Two Sanger High School
extracurricular clubs teamed up to put to-
gether a bipartisan candidate forum as the
March primary races kick into high gear'.
The Sanger High School Teen Age Re-
publicans and Young Democrats invited
all candidates running for state House
Districts 64 and 106, as well as state Sen-
ate District 30, to its first candidate forum
Monday at the school.
In a room with students and teachers,
candidates tackled issues related to public
education.
Candidates running for District 64
who participated included Republican in-
cumbent Lynn Stucky, Republican Mark
Roy, Democrat Andrew Morris and Dem-
ocrat Mat Pruneda. Democrat Matt Fann-
er was unable to attend.
The first question fr om moderator and
Sanger High history teacher Leigh Range
was about how to recruit and retain public
school teachers. Each candidate agreed
paying teachers more and allowing flexi-
bility in the classroom would be a good
start.
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A 16-year-old boy accused
of shooting a classmate at
a Texas high school on
Monday had a history of
aggressive actions at
school, a fellow student
said.
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Tina Seal, right, and Beth Jackson are co-owners of Bellissima Spa & Salon in Denton. The two stand in one of the rooms
Monday of what used to be the salon before a fire destroyed most of the building Saturday morning.
Businesses try to regroup
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Longtime local companies evaluate damage after devastating fire on Saturday
By Julian Gill
Staff Writer
jgill @ dentonrc.com
Beth Jackson said her beauty shop was
her life.
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Five people are missing
after a fiery explosion
ripped through an east-
ern Oklahoma drilling
rig on Monday, sending
plumes of black smoke
into the air and leaving a
derrick crumpled on the
ground, emergency offi-
cials said.
“We need less regulation at the school,”
Stucky said. “We need the teachers to be
able to make the decision about whether a
student moves on, and at the state level,
we need to increase salaries so that people
who do want to teach can provide for their
families.”
Both sides of tire aisle also expressed
disdain for state standardized testing, of-
ten referred to as the State of Texas Assess-
ments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR
test. Results from the test play a large role
in a student’s ability to advance to the next
When she opened what eventually be-
came Bellissima Spa & Salon on South
Elm Street about 12 years ago, she said her
family members helped install the floors
and tiles. Her kids grew up in the space,
and she prides herself on creating a family
atmosphere “where people would just
hang out and talk,” she said.
Now, her shop is filled with debris from
a devastating fire early Saturday morning.
The salon and a decades-old printing
business, Nu-Art Printing, are destroyed.
On top of that, Jackson’s 21-year-old son,
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Courtesy photo/KXAS-TV (NBC5)
This image from video shows the roof of the building that houses Nu-Art Print-
ing and Bellissima Spa & Salon in Denton that caught fire Saturday morning.
Also shown is the second-floor apartment that was destroyed in the blaze.
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Government shutdown
ends after Dems relent
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President Donald Trump
on Monday approved
tariffs on imported so-
lar-energy components
and large washing ma-
chines in a bid to help
U.S. manufacturers.
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By Alan Fram, Andrew Taylor
and Zeke Miller
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Donald
Trump signed a bill reopening the govern-
ment late Monday, ending a 69-hour dis-
play of partisan dysfunction after Demo-
crats reluctantly voted to temporarily pay
for resumed operations. They relented in
return for Republican assurances that the
Senate will soon take up the plight of
young immigrant “dreamers” and other
contentious issues.
The vote set the stage for hundreds of
thousands of federal workers to return on
Tuesday, cutting short what could have be-
come a messy and costly impasse.
The House approved the measure
shortly thereafter, and President Donald
Trump later signed it behind closed doors
at the White House.
But by relenting, the Democrats
prompted a backlash from immigration
activists and liberal base supporters who
wanted them to fight longer and harder
for legislation to protect from deportation
the 700,000 or so younger immigrants
who were brought to the country as chil-
dren and now are here illegally.
Democrats climbed onboard after two
days of negotiations that ended with new
assurances from Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell that the Senate would
consider immigration proposals in the
coming weeks. But there were deep di-
vides in the Democratic caucus over strat-
egy, as red-state lawmakers fighting for
their survival broke with progressives
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Courtesy photo/KXAS-TV (NBC5)
In this image from video, a fire vehicle battles a grass fire Monday
near the intersection of U.S. Highway 377 and FM1171in Flower Mound.
Nearly 100 acres of land were burned, but no structures were dam-
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