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ELECTRA, TEXAS
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City of Eicctra moved from
phase two of a earlier water
conservation plan to stage live
of a drought contingency plan
adopted in December by the
commissioners’ action on Tues
day night, Electrans can expect
to be notified of the provisions
of the plan which go into effect
on Tuesday.
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Other business Thursday in
a discussion of the 2000
dent; Bill Osborne, president
elect, Curlis Weddle, lirst vice
president, IaJune Lewis, sec
ond vice president, and Jean
Helle Miller, treasurer. Man
agvr Dawn Dunsmore serves
as sccrctarv ol the board, and
Shcrrv Strange, retiring presi
dent, remains on the executive
board and will continue lochair
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New directors are Lx a Reed,
Heath Neel, Julie Ray, .Shirlev
Craighead, Greg Lynn and
Charlotte I luffstutlcr. Patty
Kay Bruce is a new honorary
director Beth Hodges, Beverly
Stump and 'leddie Miller were
businesses on Thursday, Febru-
ary 10, 2000.
Ms. Harvey-Mosley is a reg-
istered interior designer, and in
addition to her administrative
responsibilities with the Texas
Main Street program, she pro-
vides design and merchandising
assistance to businesses in Main
street communities. She advises
merchants on improvements to
their store interiors and demon-
strates innovative ways to dis-
play merchandise effectively.
Local retailers have enjoyed
her previous visits, which have
included a mix of group discus-
sions and private consultations.
The format for Feb. 10’s visit
will be determined by the num-
ber of individual consultations
requested. To make an appoint-
ment for this free service, call
the local Main Street office at
495/3758.
For Chamber Banquet
Tickets for the 80th annual
banquet of the Electra Cham
bcr of Commerce and Agricul
ture arc now available from or
ganization directors as well as
the office at 112 West Cleveland.
Cost is SI2 per ticket.
The banquet will be held Sat
urday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. in
the cafeteria of Eicctra Ju-
nior High School with Wichita the Bingo and Building commit
County Precinct 4 Commis
sioncr Bill Presson as speaker.
Theme for the banquet, “z\
New Century, A New Begin-
ning,” was announced at the
Thursday, Jan. 13, meeting of
chamber directors. Menu will
feature steak and baked pota-
toes prepared by Eicctra Chuck appointed to fill board vacan
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In other business on '1 ties
day night commissioners voted
to retain Bob Lambert at $600
a month as a consultant con
corning the city’s electrical sys
tern, and approved a resol u
tion authorizing an application
with Nortcx Regional Planning
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sonnel had been substantially
upgraded during the past 15
months
Administrator Inn Rood dis-
cussed monthly revenues and
the signing of the contract
with Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center for
health care services Ibr the
Allred Prison that was ap-
proved al the November board
meeting. Hospital officials have
met xx ith /Mired staff on a num
bcr ol occasions to assure that
Mired patients will be segre
SHOW PREPARATIONS - Gcting ready for the 1999 Electra Junior Livestock Show
are from left Brandon Davis, Michael Bradshaw and Brian Peterson. The annual livestock
show will be staged Saturday beginning at 8 a.m. Annual sale will be held a 6:00 p.m.
BENEFIT DRAWING - Mike Roach displays the
barbecue cooker made by NATCO for a benefit drawing
for Head Start students. The cooker will be given away
in a drawing. Tickets for the drawing are available from
Head Start parents.
Commission lor a grant with the
Criminal Justice Division of the
(iov ernor’s ()llice.
Commissioners tabled adv er
tising Ibr a city administrator
after a motion by Commissioner
Bill Davis to approve a job de
scription similar to the City of
Seymour with changes as needed
died Ibr lack of a second. Ap-
pointment of an alternate mu
nicipal judge was also tabled.
Mavor Lewis conducted the
meeting with Commissioners
Glen Branch, Jim Gibson, Bill
Davis ami Billy Walker in
attendance along with City
becrvtarv Iracey Lowe and
Citv Mtornev Paul Havers.
should be commended for lower
ing taxes and showing a profit
when most hospitals are losing
money.
In other business the board
approved training Ibr the am
balance personnel to continue
to upgrade their skills. Three
EMI’s will begin paramedic
training. Upon completion of
the training, the emergency
medical service will have five
intermediates and fix e paramed ic
on staff. The board noted the
skill level of ambulance per
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Wagon Gang. Annual awards
will be presented, and each ban
quet ticket holder will be eli
giblc for a $100 gift certificate eluded
drawing. The certificate w ill be Goal Barbecue which will be
in S25 increments and will be re held May 12, and participation
dccmable at any' local business, in the Spring Sw ing 287 (iarage
A door prize drawing will also Sale from I Extra to Quanah on
be held with tickets available al April 1.
the door. President Strange announced
New officers and directors 9| children representing 36
will assume their new du families were recipients of
tics at the banquet. Officers Santa’s Toy Box in December,
for 2000 were elected at the Donations totaling $2,200 were
Thursday board meeting and received for this project and
include Jay Palmer, presi q)cnt jn iOCal businesses
Auditors Compliment District
On Hospital Annual Report
Annual audit report Ibr Elec
Ira 1 lospital District was pre-
sented by William M. Parish,
CPA, Parrish, Morxlv, anil
Fikes, CPAs, during the Mon
day, Jan. 24, meetingo!’ the dis
trict board of directors.
Parrish complimented the
board and administration on
maintaining the hospital’s fi
nancial stability while bear
ing the brunt of Medicare cut
backs implemented through the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
These cuts cost the hospital
some$268,000 in the 1999 fiscal gated from other patients and
year. He slated that the hospital that strict securitv measures
will be in place.
Reed points out that
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SEIZED — Electra Police officers discovered these and other items while executing a
search warrant at a residence in the 200 block of West Glisson on Wednesday, Jan. 19,
which led to the arrest of two subjects. Arrested were Ramona L vnn Garrett, charged with
manufacture and delivery- of a controlled substance penalty group one over four grams
and under 200 grams, $20*0,000 bond, and Jeffery Lynn Winget Sexton, same charge with
the addition of a possession ol a firearm by a felon, bond $50,00(. Officers reported finding
several plastic zip lock bags containing a white powder subst nee, field tested positive
for methamphetamine as well as various chemicals and compounds used in conjunction
with Nazi Type Meth labs.
City of Electra moved into
the most stringent phase of its
drought contingency plan and
put the wheels in motion to
expand the well field on Red
River with a reverse osmosis
treatment plant as its primary
source of water in action
taken by commissioners meeting
in regular session at 5 p.m.
Tuesday. Cost was estimated
from $800,000 up to$2,000,000.
Mayor LaJunc Lewis said
portions of phase five of the
drought contingency plan will
go into effect Tuesday, Feb. 1,
with the goal of reducing weekly
consumption by 40 percent.
Outside watering, washing of
motor vehicles, filling or adding
water to private pools or hot
tubs are all prohibited under the
plan.
Don Rauschuber of DGRA,
Inc., engineering firm retained
by the City, brought commis-
sioners up to date following
a workshop held last Tuesday
noting that three options had be-
come one as West Texas Utili-
ties had rejected a proposal for
Eicctra to tap its line from Lake
Diversion and lack of water in
Beaver Creek vetoed exercising
the City’s water rights in that
area leaving the well field on
Red River.
He recommended an eight-
month plan beginning with
testing capped wells and test
drilling, and presented commis-
sioners an time line which could
show completion of the project
by October 1, noting that this
expansion would mean contin-
ued use of Lake Eicctra but
not as the City’s primary water
supply. Several citizens in the
new
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ogy personnel. I he board also bers for the meeting suggested a
letter vv riling campaign to West
Texas Utilities requesting an-
other look at the City’s request
to use the Lake Diversion line.
Mayor Lewis said she will be
contacting the chairman of the
WTU board.
Mayor Lewis said that por-
tion of the drought contingency
plan having to do with house-
hold limitation is not being put
into effect at this time, and will
not be if the 40 percent reduc-
tion can be achieved by citizens
complying with the remaining
provisions.
Main Street
Coordinator
. To Visit Electra
Kay Harvey-Mosley, State
Program Coordinator and de-
sign specialist for the Texas
Main Street Program will be
in Eicctra consulting with local
other small hospitals with sim-
ilar contracts, such as Chil-
dress, Breckenridge, Brown-
field, Brownwood, Colorado City
Dalhard, Snyder and Tulia,
have received a positive eco-
nomic impact form their con-
tracts. Board members noted
this would be good for the com-
munity and contribute to keep-
ing taxes as low as possible.
In other business board mem-
bers approved the purchase of
ultrasound equipment as
as training for radiol- crowd filling commission cham-
approved employee educational
assistance Ioans for Christy
Holder, Brandi Lankford and
Laura Malone. In addition, dc-
v elopmcnl of a web site was ap-
prox cd and bad debts totaling
$34,787.37 xverc assigned to the
collection agency.
Those in attendance were
John Prickett, Francine Roxvc,
Johnnv Millr, Bob Moore, Billy
Don Clark, Janet Gilbert, Jan
Reed, CEO, Rebecca McCain,
(JTO, and Paul 1 layers, Board
Attorney. Board member Tcd-
die Miller was not present.
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