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and $19,600 in what they called bled as security access cards,
"illegal gambling proceeds." Customers had to use the cards
According to a statement to enter.
issued by the attorney general's Melissa Phillips was a part-
press office, the pleas grew out ner in The Warehouse opera-
of an undercover investigation tion, according to investigators,
by DPS. Undercover officers Ethridge, who cooperated
visited the business to collect with investigators, was paid a
evidence of illegal gambling, percentage of the profits from
To get inside, officers obtained the eight-liner machines, they
membership cards that dou- said.
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cular issues and stroke, Denn
said.
"It's one phone call to the
nurse and we take care of the
rest," Denn said. "It's also in
case they need any help with
orders, to discuss a patient,
anything."
Prior to last week, a pro-
gram had been in place since
September called Cardiac
One Call, which set up a
direct line to address heart
patients only, but over time
Denn said she began to get
requests for a stroke com-
ponent.
Before September, the
standard procedure for any
hospital transferring a patient
to a higher level of care first
had to get administrative
approval, then at times had
to make call after call to find
a physician willing to take
the patient, Denn said. This
process could be detrimental
to a patient needing time-sen-
sitive treatment.
"A patient could sit there
for hours while they are try-
ing to get them taken care of,"
Denn said. "That's how the
One Call was born—to facili-
tate the transfer of patients
so that the end outcome is a
better patient outcome."
Nancy Garza, emergen-
cy room nurse manager for
Lakeside, said the program
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helped a stroke patient get
preliminary treatment and
a quick transfer to Austin
on the first day of its onset.
Garza said that in the past
she has used the One Call
program seven or eight times
to get the ball rolling with
patients needing critical care
for serious cardiac issues.
"We were impressed with
it," Garza said. "It decreas-
es the length of time the
patient is in the E.R. here,
and according to what we've
heard here, the patients had
some positive outcomes from
that."
Garza said the emergency
room gives preliminary treat-
ment to about one or two
stroke patients per month.
"It's all about the patient
and what we can do to reduce
the neural deficit," Garza
said. "We make that one call
to St. David's instead of us
hopping around to find a doc-
tor to take the patient."
Smithville Regional
Hospital is expected to get
fully on board with the pro-
gram within weeks, and the
program will be offered to a
total of seven rural hospitals
surrounding Austin, Denn
said. Lakeside was the first
to take on the new stroke
component for One Call, she
added.
After the close of regu-
lar filing on March 10, the
words "candidate apathy"
could have summarized the
lack of signups for the Elgin
City Council's May election.
Several Elginites infor-
mally interviewed downtown
Tuesday by the Advertiser,
including former Mayor Eric
Carlson, thought the appar-
ent lack of interest in running
for office was not a good sign
for the city.
Four council races, includ-
ing the mayor's position,
had only one candidate who
filed.
No one had filed for
the Ward 2 post of Sylvia
Ramirez, who declined to
seek reelection. A special
election would have been
necessitated in November
had not write-ins been filed
by this week.
The lack of candidates
changed somewhat — but
not as much as some would
have preferred — after the
close of Monday's write-in
deadline.
Three council still posi-
tions remain uncontested.
The mayoral race now has
two contestants. And two
people filed for Ramirez'
council seat.
In the mayor's race, Sue
Prinz Brashar filed as a
write-in to challenge Marc
Holm. In Ward 2, Stacey Van
Landingham will face Scott
Mackay.
Former Mayor Eric
Carlson, who was enjoy-
ing lunch at the City Cafe
on Tuesday, said too many
uncontested races "disap-
pointed" him.
"I don't understand why
there aren't more candidates
in Elgin," Carlson said. "I
don't know why more people
aren't involved in city affairs.
It's extremely important for
citizens to be involved in
(running) for office."
Carlson said the national
political races might be tir-
ing out interest in local elec-
tions.
"There's so much atten-
tion at the national level
— the war in Iraq and the
economic situation — and as
a result there's not as much
interest in getting involved
in local politics," Carlson
said.
Bert Schreiber, a down-
town businessman, said a
lack of candidates for Elgin
political offices could mirror
of a lack of voter turnout in
previous elections. He cited
a past Elgin council race in
which the winning candidate
ill one ward received less
than two dozen votes.
Irvin McCorkle described
this spring's pool of candi-
date filings as "unusual. The
last mayor's race was pretty
contested. Gladys Markert
just barely pulled it out."
Lynda Pryor, visiting
Elgin from Thrall, said she
believed citizen participa-
tion in politics was also low
there.
She said in Williamson
County, the low voter turn-
out for the recent primaries
"concerned me. I chalked it
up to overall apathy."
Final Elgin city council filings noted
By Terry Hagerty
Assistant Editor
Three candidates for
Elgin city council positions
remained unchallenged
after the write-in candidate
deadline passed Monday.
The regular filing deadline
was March 10.
Incumbent Theresa
Hatch-Scott, Ward 1, incum-
bent Stephen Kyleberg,
Ward 4, and Keith Joesel —
who filed for the unexpired
term of councilman Joey
Miller — will be uncon-
tested in the May election.
In the mayor's race,
Marc Holm, an Elgin busi-
ness owner, will face Sue
Prinz Brashar, a profession-
al planner. Mayor Gladys
Markert chose not to run
again.
David Bell, Acting
Principal at Elgin Middle
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School, withdrew from the
mayor's race on March 7
after learning he had been
named principal of Elgin
Middle School.
In Ward 2, Stacey Van
Landingham will face Scott
Mackay.
Ward 3 incumbent
Patricia Frenzel will be
challenged by Sonya Sims,
an office credit manager.
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