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March 19, 2014
This Week In Grimes County
1974,1984,1994,2004
1974
• A cornerstone laying
ceremony was held for the
new Iola Lodge 313 A.F.
& A.M. building.
• Steve Whitmarsh, 18,
announced his candidacy
for the Anderson-S hi ro
CISD School Board.
• A street argument
turned into a shooting in-
jury for Timothy White
outside of Railroad Street
Tavern.
1984
• Historic Anderson
Inc. Board members
adopted a resolution in
support of continued in-
corporation of the City of
Anderson.
• Anderson city offi-
cials unanimously ap-
proved a resolution asking
the Texas Legislature to
abolish the town’s incor-
poration status.
• First National Bank
announced the appoint-
ment of Marge Cummins
as director of the bank’s
First Ladies Division.
1994
• Interstate Southwest
made its largest, single in-
vestment in the plant’s 21-
year history in Navasota.
• Navasota Police De-
partment made progress in
its efforts to rid the streets
of junked cars.
• A delegation of un-
happy golfers attempted to
persuade the Navasota
City Council to eliminate a
$4 trail fee, which would
be added after every 25
rounds of golf.
2004
• Navasota Police Chief
Joe Hester named Jerral
Johnson to the newly cre-
ated lieutenant position.
• Rodney Dale Gray of
Louisiana, 36, was
charged with the shooting
death of Jeffrey Guy
Pierce of Bedias, 29.
• Julian Melchor de-
feated Incumbent Com-
missioner Zac H.
Falkenbury during the Pri-
mary Election.
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National service helps
strengthen Navasota
Bert
Miller
Navasota
Mayor
You may not see their
face on the nightly news, in
the newspaper or hear their
name on the radio, but
someone unloads food at
the Christian Community
Services food pantry, an-
other delivers a meal out-
side of town to someone
who hasn’t seen anyone in
weeks, another spends the
day at the First United
Methodist Church helping
donors with blood dona-
tions. You regularly see an-
other visiting with patients
and helping staff at Grimes
St. Joseph Health Center.
A retired educator takes
time to tutor one of our
children with their school
work. Another builds a
wheelchair ramp for a
homeowner in desperate
need. Then there is the vol-
unteer who just drove a
neighbor to a doctor ap-
pointment, traveling over
ninety round trip miles and
another that simply knocks
on a neighbor’s door, just
to see how they are doing.
These are the unsung he-
roes that serve our commu-
nity without fanfare...
..every day.
These are just a few ex-
amples of how Navasota
citizens and groups are
making a difference
through national service.
Altogether, more than fifty
Senior Corps and many
other volunteers are serving
in Navasota, tackling tough
challenges including health
issues, disaster prepared-
ness, neighborhood revital-
ization, and bridging the
education gap.
As mayor of Navasota, I
am grateful for the dedica-
tion and sacrifice of these
citizens, who are helping
make our great city
stronger, safer and health-
ier. I have seen their impact
first-hand, and know that
community service is a
cost-effective strategy to
meet critical city needs.
That’s why I am pleased
to join mayors across the
country on April 1, for the
Mayors Day of Recogni-
tion for National Service.
We are taking time to rec-
ognize the impact of com-
munity & national service
and thank those who serve.
Given the many social
needs facing our communi-
ties - and the fiscal con-
straints facing government
at all levels - mayors are in-
creasingly turning to na-
tional service and
volunteerism to help meet
local needs. We know that
engaging citizens is a smart
strategy to make progress
on city challenges.
A key partner in our ef-
forts is the Corporation for
National and Community
Service, a federal agency
that oversees AmeriCorps,
Senior Corps, and other
programs that engage more
than five million citizens in
service each year. This
agency works hand-in-
hand with cities, nonprof-
its, and other local partners
to support high-impact na-
tional service at more than
60,000 sites in 8,500 cities
across the country.
The efforts of numerous
community organizations
like our churches, Lions,
Kiwanis and others provide
for the needs of our chil-
dren, keep the city clean,
providing scholarships,
sponsorships and more.
National service shows
the best of the American
spirit - people turning to-
ward problems instead of
away, working together to
find community solutions.
Strengthening that of my
goals as mayor. Today, as
we thank national service
members for their commit-
ment, let us all pledge to do
our part to strengthen
Navasota & Grimes
County through service and
volunteering. Navasota
city council will recognize
all those that serve with a
proclamation on March 24,
at 6 p.m., in council cham-
bers at Navasota city hall.
Bert Miller is Mayor of
Navasota, Texas. To find a
volunteer opportunity, ask
a member of a local com-
munity group, your church,
the chamber of commerce,
call 211 or visit volunteer -
brazosvalley.org. To learn
more about AmeriCorps,
Senior Corps, and other
national service programs,
visit NationalService.gov.
Doctors, seniors and
the Imperial Presidency
Brady
Briefing
“The doctor won’t see
you now.”
For too many seniors in
Medicare, that statement is
all too true. Fewer and
fewer doctors can afford to
see America’s elderly.
One reason is the bil-
lions of dollars cut from
Medicare Advantage to
fund the president’s Afford-
able Care Act. That forced
a Houston area plan to drop
over 1,100 local doctors.
Another big reason is the
unfair way Medicare pays
local doctors. It’s been a
growing problem over the
past decade - now it’s be-
coming a crisis.
In Texas less than half of
family physicians will see
new Medicare patients.
Due to poor reimburse-
ments when they treat our
seniors, many doctors are
being chased out of
Medicare and out of private
practice.
With 10,000 new seniors
signing up for Medicare
each day - a trend that will
continue for another 17
years - that’s terrible news
for doctors and our seniors.
When I took over the
leadership of the Health
Subcommittee of Ways &
Means last year, one of my
top priorities was to solve
this growing problem once
and for all. After 14 months
of hard work, last week the
U.S. House of Representa-
tives passed legislation
which creates a fairer way
to reimburse local doctors
when they treat Medicare
patients.
Developed with the as-
sistance of Texas doctors,
for the first time since 1997
this bipartisan solution per-
manently ends the yearly
threat of massive cuts to
local doctors, provides sta-
bility and rewards doctors
for high quality care and
begins to streamline the red
tape that local physicians
face.
I’m convinced our sen-
iors need to see a doctor
they know and who knows
them. This proposed law is
a solid foundation from
which to build an even bet-
ter Medicare system. And it
has overwhelming support
from physicians.
I’m pleased the House
has acted but we have more
work to do. The Senate now
needs to act and we must
pay for it in a way that
doesn’t add to the deficit.
The clock is ticking, but
I’m optimistic we can finish
the job. Our seniors and our
local doctors can’t afford to
wait any longer.
The Constitution matters
Whether you are Demo-
crat or Republican, Liber-
tarian or Independent, no
President can decide which
laws he wants to enforce,
which to ignore and which
he simply directs his ad-
ministration to make up
without the approval of
Congress.
Faced with a series of
historically unprecedented
actions by the White House
to circumvent Congress and
the rule of law, last week
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