02/13/2010

Center earns excellence honor
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton’s Bariatric Surgery Center recently earned a new designation.

Karina Ramírez: Cafe Garibaldi back in town
Restaurant owner Ada W. Fort reopened her Cafe Garibaldi three weeks ago. Now located at its previous spot at 1813 N. Elm St., the restaurant was brought back from Justin by popular request, Fort said.

Personal profile: Armando Muniz

Virginia Hammerle: Family, money often don’t mix
Vanities, plots, absurdities, greed-driven mania — all apt descriptions for family behavior regarding money. 

Scott Burns: Report offers insight to improve portfolio
The devil did his job. He took the hindmost. In the six months between the end of June and the end of December, the mutual fund population fell by 499 from 23,920. Should we shed a tear?

02/06/2010

Fresh off the vine
When John and Carol Ryan embarked recently in their new business, they wanted it to remind people of going home.

Karina Ramírez: Siblings continue family tradition with restaurant
Buffet King — a Chinese, sushi and Mongolian grill restaurant — opened at the northeast corner of Loop 288 and Interstate 35E three months ago. Manager Li Peng, 26, said it seems to be a good fit for the area.

Personal profile: Anne Marie Tatum

Eddie Baggs: Pasture management differs with native grass
There are 120,000-plus acres of hay and grazing pastures in Denton County, with an estimated 16,000 in established native grasses.

Scott Burns: Suggesting the government try the right incentives
As long as the federal government is spending $1.35 trillion it doesn’t have, let’s ask some rude questions. What do we want more of? Saving. What do we want less of? Debt.

Exposed workings: Artists band together to launch First Friday
A handful of local businesses with a common interest in art launched a monthly event Friday to draw more people to downtown Denton and see them at work in their craft. Organized by Shannon Drawe and Leslie Kregel, who are husband and wife, Friday’s debut was intended to launch a monthly event that will expand into a downtown community event, Kregel said.

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