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THURSDAY 9 IULY 1998
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Canadian Record wins
first in editorials at TPA
The Texas Press Association
awarded The Canadian Record
first place in the editorial division
and fourth place in the column
writing and special section divi-
sions during its annual summer
convention June 26 in San Anto-
nio.
TPA praised Record co-editor
Laurie Ezzell Brown for her edito-
rials “Secrets in the Public Sector”
and “Bailing Out the County At-
torney.” They rated her quality
and style of writing, subject mat-
ter, local significance and lead as
“excellent.”
Judges called her “Secrets in
the Public Sector” editorial “a
very well-reasoned and well-
crafted editorial.”
“This and ‘Bailing Out the
County Attorney1 definitely are
the best of the division,” judges
stated.
Judges awarded The Record
fourth place for its Fall Foliage
section, complimenting the front
page and good use of coverage.
They criticized the supplement’s
weak cover and inconsistent photo
quality, but said the section had,
“Nice layout design...good range
of coverage.”
“The homes’ tour pages are
well done,” judges concluded. “It’s
a very good section.”
The Record also received
fourth in Column Writing for two
of Brown’s columns, “Community,
Part II” and “The Visitor.” Judges
complimented Brown on “state-
ments backed with facts and com-
mentary on what you believe.”
Calling the columns “enjoyable”
and “well-written,” they said, “We
hope people learn from them.”
Accepting the awards for The
Canadian Record was Jim Hud-
son, publisher of The Perryton
Herald.
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HCH directors give nod
to negotiations with Iqbal
Hemphill County Hospital
board members voted unani-
mously Thursday afternoon to
sign a letter of intent with Dr.
Ahmed Iqbal. The letter opens the
way for contract negotiations be-
tween the hospital and Dr, Iqbal,
who is being recruited to establish
his medical practice in association
with the Hemphill County Clinic
here.
Dr. Iqbal has practiced in
Spearman for the last three years,
where he has been under contract
with the Hansford County Hospi-
tal District. Iqbal completed his
residency at the University of
Texas-El Paso in 1995, and his in-
ternship at Brookdale Hospital in
Brooklyn, NY. He is board-certi-
fied in Internal Medicine, and re-
ceived his MBBS in 1987 from the
Dow Medical College in Karachi,
Pakistan, where he had a private
practice before coming to the
United States.
HCH Administrator Robert
Ezzell opened the meeting last
week with a brief assessment of
two other physicians who are can-
didates for recruitment. He then
reviewed his conversations with
Iqbal, saying that two issues re-
mained to be resolved: the net in-
come guarantee, and ownership of
Hemphill County Clinic. Other
than that, Ezzell said, “We are
basically in agreement,”
Ezzell explained that Iqbal had
requested a guaranteed income of
$140,000—$10,000 higher than
the hospital district has offered to
previous physicians at the
clinic—but that he had requested
no sign-on bonus or loan repay-
ments, as has been customary in
the past. The administrator did
point out, however, that there
were still some concerns: “The
board is adamant about the doc ov
taking over the clinic. I Iqbal i i«
very content to just practice medi-
cine and let somebody manage his
clinic for nun.”
In his opinion, Ezzell said,
Iqbal was “not opposed” to the
concept of an independent clinic,
but wants help while making the
transition.
The clinic’s autonomy from the
hospital was a major source of
conflict with Dr. Sheila Fenton,
the last full-time physician re-
cruited to Canadian. Fenton an-
nounced her resignation less than
a year after her contract was
signed, citing—-among other
problems—the need for greater
independence from the hospital
district in running the clinic.
Hemphill County Clinic is
presently served by a locum ten-
ens, Dr. Glenn Herman Kluge,
from Youngstown, Ohio. He fol-
lows Dr. Ward Brown who re-
cently completed his interim duty
here.
An Amarillo consulting firm,
Medical Business Associates
(MBA), is responsible for han-
dling current billing and collec-
tions for the locum tenens in
charge of the Clinic, and for train-
ing the Clinic’s office personnel.
In return, MBA receives 10% of
the Clinic’s collections.
Ezzell told the board that MBA
owner Richard Fowler had agreed
to manage the clinic for Dr. Iqbal,
and to phase himself out over a
period of time. “Let’s let 1 Iqbal ]
run it,” said Board member Glen
Bill Walker. ‘The clinic needs to
be completely divorced from the
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“If we insist on that from the
word ‘go,’” Ezzell said, “we prob-
ably will not get this doctor.”
“Does the board feel we have
some leeway in handling this, or
are we adamant?” asked Board
president Mike Gardiner.
“We need to pay Fowler to
manage the clinic,” board member
Venita McPherson replied. “We
don’t need to have our people
down there.”
Board president Mike Gardi-
ner suggested keeping Fowler as
“a middle man” for a year to over-
see the transition between a hos-
pital district-managed Clinic and
a completely autonomous one.
The board then authorized Ezzell
to negotiate a contract with Dr.
Iqbal based on the terms dis-
cussed. If those negotiations are
successful, the board may vote on
the contract at its next meeting, to
be held on Tuesday, July 21st at
5:00 p.m.
Those present for last Thurs-
day’s meeting in addition to Ezzell
and Gardiner were board mem-
bers Walker, McPherson and
Jeanne Schluterman, Director of
Nursing Kim Schroeder, Busi-
ness Office Manager Christy
Francis and Record editor Laurie
Brown.
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Ezzell, Nancy & Brown, Laurie Ezzell. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1998, newspaper, July 9, 1998; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth520213/m1/6/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hemphill County Library.