Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Page: 13 of 16
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Letter
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Heroes of Texas
Letter
to the
Editor
Panther Creek Announces
Perfect Attendance
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“An ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure”
First, this decision was not
made quickly.
Second, this decision was not
made without input from county
residents.
Community
Coalition to share findings with
these elected officials and secure
their input.
As many as 200 county residents
attended one or more of seven
public meetings in Coleman,
Novice, Lake Coleman, Panther
Creek, Rockwood and Santa Anna
in October and November 2014, to
learn about the concerns identified
and discuss options to address
those concerns.
Third, the hospital is important
to the county.
zation is a 501 c (3) where all
contributions and donations
are 100% tax deductible.
The talent show benefited the
C.H. Hale Scholarship Fund
and the We Care Cancer
Program. The We Care Cancer
Program provides immediate
service, to not only prostate
cancer victims, but also to all
cancer victims. Gasoline is
provided to those who cannot
ing a second ballot question, sub-
ject to the approval of the voters,
to raise the tax cap for the District
to $.75 rather than $.48. Based
on feedback from First Southwest,
the District’s financial advisor,
raising the cap will provide greater
credit support for the bonds,
resulting in a lower interest rate,
lower annual payment require-
ments and a lower cost to the tax-
payers.
The current M&O (Maintenance &
Operations) tax rate of $.35 is
used to fund indigent, uncompen-
sated care and undercompensat-
ed care. In any given year, should
the current District Board or a
future District Board opt to
increase above the roll back rate,
increases would subject to a roll
back election.
Fifth, we will continue to pro-
vide information to our con-
stituents, and will continue to
ask for taxpayer input.
favorite performer, excitement
was clearly in the air. There
were many great songs and
dance acts.
The oldest contestant that
participated in the show, was
86 years young!
We want to thank everyone
who participated and those
who helped in the show, in any
way. Thank you to all the busi-
nesses, that supported this
Dear Editor,
I want to say thank you to
JoAnn Eddleman for the most
informing articles on February
18,2015, in the Meandering by
Ann.
I agree totally with the idea of
putting Coleman County citi-
zens in debt of 12 million, for
an un-necessary project. The
present hospital is doing an
adaptable position as a “relay”
hospital.
In other words we have a
place to go and then passed on
to a larger place where more
specialized people can accom-
about their plan.
Finalists will attend an awards
dinner on Thursday, April 9,
where they will showcase their
ideas, and winners of each cat-
egory will be announced.
cause. We want to thank all
the judges; Mr. Joseph Haynes
KSTA, for a job well done in
singing “I Walk The Line”, we
thank the Chronicle and
Democrat Voice and YOU!!!
The winners, for the 10th
Annual Search 4 The Stars,
are as follows:
Senior Song
1st Place: Angel Gloria
2nd Place: Halie Phares
linked sitting, for long periods
of time, with a number of health
concerns; including obesity
and metabolic syndrome - a
cluster of conditions that
includes increase blood pres-
sure, high blood sugar, excess
body fat around the waist and
abnormal cholesterol levels.
Too much sitting can also
modate our needs.
What we do need is a good
ambulance service to take care
of this need.
This would be money used
more wisely and not put the
future generation into a debt as
our present President has
already done.
Keep up your meandering
Ann.
God bless you.
‘the above letter was typed exactly as it was
received, by the news office
Peggy Blackwell
Coleman
Dear
Editor:
I am writing this letter on behalf of
the Coleman County Hospital
District to help explain to our tax-
payers the District’s decision to
call for a $12 million bond election
to construct a new addition to
Coleman County Medical Center
(CCMC).
Grand Opening scheduled
for Sunday, March 1st, at
2:00 p.m.
This wall of photographs,
memorabilia and stories span
for 100 feet and is dedicated to
those Texans who have fallen,
fighting the War on Terror.
The Rock Hotel of Winters is
extremely proud to host this
display. The Z.l. Hale Museum
is extending a personal invita-
tion for everyone to come visit
The War on Terror, Fallen
Heroes of Texas, Memorial
Wall.
This wall of memorials will be
open for visitation from 10:00
AM until 4:00 PM Monday thru
Saturday, and 1:00 PM to 4:00
PM Sundays. The dates are
February 28th thru March 9th,
with a Grand Opening sched-
uled on Sunday, March 1st at
2:00 PM.
The competition is split into two
divisions: the community divi-
sion with a grand prize of
$20,000 and the student divi-
sion with a grand prize of
$10,000. All prize money is
donated by a variety of local
sponsors.
Applicants must be 18 years
old, a permanent resident of
one of the 19 qualifying coun-
ties that surround the Abilene
area, or must be attending one
of the colleges in the surround-
ing area.
Please visit acu.edu/spring-
board to register or email grig-
gscenter@acu.edu for more
information.
Remembering the War
on Terror Fallen
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ter@acu.edu for more informa-
tion.
All that is required, to apply, is
a business concept or idea.
Contest entry can be complet-
ed online.
A panel of judges will select
promising ideas from the online
applications to advance to the
next phase. Once selected,
these contestants will be
required to submit a business
plan to elaborate on their con-
cept to potential investors.
Judges will then select finalists
to move on to the finals, where
contestants will create a 10-15
minute presentation for live
judges followed by a Q&A
3rd Place: Bri Morris
Senior Dance
CJH Cheerleaders
Junior Song
1st Place: Linda Kugle
2nd Place: Bree Wright
3rd Place: Kylee Boatright
Junior Dance
Alana Young
The District Board completed an
initial study of the buildings that
house the hospital and clinic in
2000. In 2013, as a result of con-
tinued and growing maintenance
problems and costs, the District
hired Rees Associates, a Dallas-
based healthcare architectural
firm, and Fratto Engineering, a
Arlington-based engineering firm,
to complete an assessment of our
facilities from the perspective of:
state and federal building and
life/safety code compliance; com-
pliance with the Americans with
Disability Act and Texas
Accessibility Standards; the condi-
tion and capacity of our mechani-
cal, electrical and plumbing sys-
tems; operational efficiency;
patient and family satisfaction.
This most recent study concluded
that our buildings are: old; do not
meet current code; are difficult for
patients and others with physical
limitations to access; have aging
mechanical, electrical and plumb-
ing systems that are difficult to
repair and are nearing the end of
their useful life; are not adequate
to support new technology; create
barriers to efficient operations; and
do not include the patient and fam-
ily amenities that are the current
standard.
cash and in-kind prizes.
The registration fee is $10,
and deadline to register is
11:59 p.m. March 5. Please
visit acu.edu/springboard to
register or email griggscen-
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The District will be publishing a
series of “Question and Answer”
ads in the Coleman paper to pro-
vide responses to the questions
that were asked during the various
public meetings scheduled in
2014, as well as those questions
that will be raised over the next
few months leading to the election.
We will also schedule town hall
meetings that will allow residents
to ask questions and voice their
concerns in person. Dates of
these meetings will be announced
in the near future.
Finally, none of this will move for-
ward without the approval of the
taxpayers.
The District Board has spent
almost two years evaluating the
CCMC facilities, exploring options
and asking for community input.
Based on this process, the District
Board voted to place the $12 mil-
lion bond issue on the ballot for
May 9,2015, and is currently con-
sidering a second ballot question
that will increase the Hospital
District tax cap to $.75 tax.
We want to hear from everyone.
The May 9, 2015, election repre-
sents the best opportunity to hear
from all the voters in Coleman
County.
Sincerely,
Wayne Moore, President
Coleman County Hospital District
The medical and hospital staffs of
Coleman County Medical Center
provide both routine and lifesaving
care to many community mem-
bers. Because of the hospital and
clinic, residents do not have to
travel long distances or spend long
hours in waiting rooms to obtain
the services provided by CCMC,
and family and friends can spend
more time with their loved ones
who require a hospital stay.
The availability of facilities that
help hospital and staff members
provide quality care, rather than
serve as an obstacle to that care,
is also important to the retention
and recruitment of qualified health-
care professionals...and to the
recruitment of new business to our
community.
The hospital and clinic have a
major economic impact on the
county. With 120 employees,
CCMC is one of the largest
employers in Coleman County.
The majority of these employees
and their families live in Coleman
County, shop in the area, eat at
area restaurants and pay local
taxes. CCMC also spends addi-
tional money purchasing goods
and services from local business-
es. Based on economic studies, it
is estimated that CCMC has a
combined $11.8 million impact on
community income and local retail
sales.
Fourth, raising the Hospital
District property tax cap to $.75
will not give the District Board a
license to increase the actual
tax rate to that level.
It is currently estimated that
repayment of $12 million in bonds
will require a property tax increase
of $.13 per $100 of valuation.
Given the current Hospital District
tax of $.35, this would bring the
total total tax rate to $.48 per $100
of assessed value. The estimated
tax increase will cost taxpayers
$5.50 per month in additional
property taxes for a house with a
tax appraisal value of $50,000.
Agricultural exemptions applicable
to the Hospital District tax will
apply to this tax increase as well.
The District is currently consider- Jenna
afford to travel out of town to
receive treatment, for their
cancer. Also, lodging, for
patients and their spouses,
who may have to stay
overnight for treatments; food
for while they are waiting to
receive treatment and pre-
scription drugs while undergo-
ing treatment for cancer.
As a huge crowd roared, to
the beat and the songs of their
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Submitted by Barbara
Brown
The stars were shining bright,
this past Saturday, at the
Coleman High School
Auditorium. The 10th Annual
Search 4 The Stars Talent
Show was hosted by Barbara
Brown, the C.H. Hale Prostate
Cancer Foundation, Inc. and
the CKAC (Coleman Kids
Against Cancer). The organi-
ACU Griggs Center to Hold 8th
Annual Springboard Competition
Registration is open for the
2015 Springboard Ideas
Challenge.
The 2015 Springboard Ideas
Challenge, a mini business-
plan competition sponsored by
the Griggs Center for Griggs
Center for Entrepreneurship &
Philanthropy, at Abilene
Christian University, is now
open for registration.
Each spring, the Griggs
Center hosts this competition,
with the goal of providing aspir-
ing entrepreneurs at ACU, in
Abilene and the surrounding
West Texas region, an opportu-
nity to get their business up
and running; with significant
What are the risks of sitting
too long?
Studies show that if you are
sitting six hours, or more, it is
bad for you. Experts said peo-
ple now a days move around
90 percent less, than our
ancestors did a century ago.
Many of us spend a lot of time
sitting time at work, school,
home and in our cars, but doc-
tors said all that sitting can hurt
your health. Six hours, or more,
of sitting can hurt you.
Studies show that you may
have two times the risk of hav-
ing a heart attack, if you sit too
much. Researchers have
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“Soaring to
Better Health”
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Johnson, Colin Matheny, Dylan
Matheny, Alieanna Moore,
Haylee Moore, Benjamin
Olivares, Esmerelda Olivares,
Samantha Reutter, Emily
Stanford, Louden Stanford,
McKenzie
Stanford,
Panther Creek CISD 4th six
weeks perfect attendance:
Cason Ainsworth, Caitlyn
Alonzo, Cassandra Alonzo,
Chris Alonzo, Eileen Alonzo,
Arath Armendariz, Karim
Armendariz, Avery Ball, Riley
Ball, Andrew Blevins, Trevor
Brooks, Paige Butts, Kaylee
Cobb, Zachery Cotter, Ethan
Croft, Payton Garrett, Haidon
Hinds, Thad Hinds, Sean Irwin,
Jamison, Kaden
The District Board appointed a
Facility Assessment Committee
comprised of county residents to
work with the board, Rees and
Fratto during the evaluation
process. This committee met sev-
eral times in 2013 and 2014 to lis-
ten to presentations, challenge
conclusions and make recommen-
dations regarding the direction
they believed made the most
sense to the District and the com-
munity.
In June 2014, District Board con-
ducted joint meetings with the
Coleman County Commissioners
and Coleman City Council, fol-
lowed in July by meetings with the
Santa Anna Economic
Development Committee,
Coleman Economic Development
Corporation and the Coleman
SEARCH 4 THE STARS! WINNERS front row (L to R): Alana Young, Barbara Brown, Kylee Boatright and Bree Wright. Back row (L to R): Coleman Junior High Cheerleaders, Linda Kugle, Halie Phares,
Bri Morris and Miss Coleman County, Kaci Cook. Not pictured: Angel Gloria.
Stars were shining bright on Saturday!
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Stanford, Tully
Ethan Straach,
Haylee Triplitt, Elisabeth
Turner, Lean Vanpelt, Shelby
Vanpelt, Laiella Waler, Dylan
Williams and Alan Yarbrough.
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