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USPS NO. 171-340 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1999
[ Volume 93 Number 08
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Phase two of the city’s water
Scarecrow Festival
Planned For Oct. 30
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KID FOOTBALL LIONS
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will be Oct. 22 at 3:30 p.m.
Booths are $5 per space with
only one activity per space.
Included in the festival will
be a residential yard decorat-
ing contest. Those wishing to
be judged should contact the
A wide variety of activities
for all ages is being planned for
the annual Scarecrow Festival
to be staged here on Saturday,
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Ruby Coats measured .86 of
an inch of rainfall for October
on Tuesday morning, Oct. 5, fbr
the preceding 24-hour period.
Sept. 20 “finding a lot of prob
lems which the facility was not
able to correct.” DI IS invest!
gators found: insufficient staff
to provide basic services to res-
idents, untrained staff respon-
sible for the care of residents,
failure to identify and treat
pressure sores, failure to pre-
vent the spread of infection,
failure to provide basic bathing
and grooming care fbr residents,
and failure to provide inconti-
nent care.
Immediate Jeopardy to pa
tients at Electra Healthcare
Center was determined on Sept.
28 after a nurse surveyor in
vestigated four complaints and
three incidents at the center.
DUS Program Manager Loyd
Nicholas said the survey team
was in the facility three days
the week of Sept. 20 monitor-
ing the center over the week-
end and back in the facility the
week of Sept. 27. The adminis-
trator was notified on Sept. 27.
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grade. Coloring sheets will be
distributed the schools. Persons
desiring coloring sheets for their
children who do not receive one
may pick them up at the cham-
ber office.
New fbr 1999 is a poster
contest for junior high students.
Blank posters eight and a half
inches by 11 inches will be
available at the junior high
library for those wishing to
participate. Each poster should
have student name and grade on
the back side. Theme for the
poster contest is “Halloween In
Electra.”
The pumpkin decorating con-
test will be open to all ages.
Painting, carving and other
types of decorations are wel-
come. Pumpkins should be
brought to the Chamber of
Commerce between 1 and 3 p.m.
on Saturday, Oct. 30.
A costume judging contest
will also be included in the
activities.
Long Term Care Surveyor Deb-
orah Marrs said in an affidavit •
signed Sept. 30, “It is my pro-
fessional opinion that the con-
ditions related to the existence
of undiscovered and untreated
pressure sores, insufficient di-
rect care staff, both in num-
bers and in competency, and the
lack of infection control prac-
tices constitute an immediate
threat to the residents’ health
and safety.” Other memers of
the survey team were Kim Stew-
art, R.M.; Claude Hoff, Gener-
alist, and Sylvia Hemphill, R.
D.
Street office at 102 N. Wag-
goner street, phone 495-3758.
Architectural services to build-
ing owners available at no
charge through the Main Street
program include building main- October *30, by the Electra
tenanceand repair consultation, Chamber of Commerce.
Chairman Marilyn Johnson
tenanceand repair consultation,
preservation assistance, facade
drawings, sign and graphics de- said activities wilf be staged
in front of the chamber office
beginning at 6 p.m. Groups
and organizations who have
participated in past Halloween
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Bill Lindstrom from the Texas
Main Street Center will be in
Electra on Tuesday, October
26, 1999 to consult with owners
’ of buildings within the down-
Grand Theatre Project
Crews resumed work Mon
day morning on the exterior en
hancement grand contract on
the Grand Theatre with an es
timated completion date of I ri
day, Oct. 15, according to Bud
die Rivers of Vernon, area en
gineer for Texas Department ol
Transportation. T 15ol awarded
the City of Electra grant funds
for the project in December,
1994, and the contract is being
administered through the I Dot
office in Vernon.
Contract for the work was ex
ecuted in August, 1998, between
TDot and Marco Services,
L.C., Fayetteville, Texas. Since
that time work hits been spo
radic, and Marco represents
tive Mike Goebel and a crew
of workers arrived in Elec
tra on Monday to resume work
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License Suspended
State Takes Control
Of Nursing Home
Operation of Electra Health-
care Center, 511 South Bai-
ley, remains in the hands of
a court-appointed trustee as a aQ
result of an investigation by |fl
Texas Department of Human M
Services which found that res- Ql
idents of the facility were ex- nH
posed to conditions posing an
immediate threat to their health Sp
and safety. DI IS determined the EjS
facility was in violation of the _
I leal th and Safely Code and or
dcred emergency suspension of cS?
In response to Friday’s action
by the DHS, Robert Caird, Ad-
ministrator of Electra Health-
care Center since May, 1998,
said, “In the recent season,
staffing problems at the Electra
Healthcare Center became very
severe. In the spring, we had
requested a substantial pay in-
crease for certified nurses aides
and licensed nurses. After sev-
eral months of waiting, a pay
increase far short of our request
was granted.”
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Rainfall Monday
Electrans welcomed .87 of an
inch of rainfall here Monday
bring cooler temperatures which
were on the rise again on
Tuesday.
conservation plan remains in ef-
fect as officials continue efforts
to formulate a long term answer
to the local water supply. Com-
missioner Glen Branch said Sat
urday a meeting is planned be
tween Electra and Iowa Park in
the near future.
Level of the city’s reservoir
continues to fall with feet above
sea level reported as 1098.42 on
Sept. 30, down from 1098.71 on
Sept. 23.
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<>n the pro ject Gochel met
with Risers, Architect Charles
Harper of Harper Perkins Ar
chitects, I lectra Main Street
Director Jannis I layers repre
senting City of l-Tectra, and
Chamber of Commerce Di
rectors leddie and Jeannette
Miller representing the cham
ber’s Preservation Committee
which has helped raise match
ing local funds li>r the grant.
It was agreed that work still
to be done includes installation
ol windows, trimming of exte
rior doors and some roof and
brick work. Goebel, Harper
and Ricers were to conduct an
inspection of the roof work on
Wednesday.
Original estimate of comple
lion lor the exterior work was
December, 1998.
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MR' goner to accommodate Wag-
goner National Bank’s Loan
Production Office benefited
from professional design ser-
vices of the Texas Main Street
Center staff.
Building owners arc urged to Chamber of Commerce,
take advantage of these ser- Annual coloring contest for
vices by calling the Main Street thc festival will be open for chil-
dren pre-school through fourth
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WORK RESUMES — Work resumed on the exterior
grant contract at the historic Grand Theatre on Tuesday
after a Monday rain-delay. Work on the project is
expected to be completed next week.
Work Resumes On
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sign and color consultation.
Mr. Lindstrom’s visit to
Electra in June resulted in
consultations on five downtown
buildings. To date, architect’s festivals have first choice for
renderings of ten local build- booths. Deadline for this is 3:30
ings have been done through the p.ra. on q^. 15. other booths
program. In addition, new sig- arc available on a first come
nagc at City Hall and exterior basis. Deadline for new booths
improvements at 118 N. Wag-
town historic district. Appoint-
ments are now being sched-
fejnS? uled through the local Main
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David French arrived in
Electra late Friday to take con
trol of the facility. Rosemary
Patterson, public information
officer with DI IS, said Tuesday
French will be responsible to the
court to protect residents of the
center and eliminate immediate
and serious threat to the rcsi
dents’ health and safety. He is
also charged with the oxersight
of the operation of the facility
until the state determines that
the facility has management ca
pabilities to ensure compliance
with minimum standards or, if
required, until the safe and or
derly transfer of the residents
can be accomplished.
The temporary restraining
order lists Senior Living Prop
ertics L.L.C., dba Electra
Healthcare Center as defen
dant, and sets a hearing on the
state’s application for tempo
rary injunction for CX:t. 14 at
2 p.m. French will report to
the court ex cry two weeks docu
menting conditions at the facil
it). He has xvas accompanied to
Electra by two nurses trained in
nursing home work, and has at
his disposal S30,()0() disbursed
from the Emergency Nursing
and Convalescent Trust bund
under the Texas Health and
Safety Code.
Patterson said the DHS in
vestigated complaints beginning
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