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Page 4A • The Monitor - Sunday, November 4, 2012
Emergicon expands to new Gun Barrel City facility
Special to The Monitor
DALLAS-Dallas-
based ambulance billing
services company
Emergicon marked six
years of continuous busi-
ness growth and success
Thursday night with an
open house reception and
tour of its new Emergicon
Reimbursement Services
facility in Gun Barrel City.
Local elected officials,
members of the commu-
nity and business leaders
joined current clients and
staff to celebrate the
company’s expansion.
“It’s great to see
Emergicon enjoying suc-
cess and helping to grow
jobs in Texas,” said Gun
Barrel City Economic De-
velopment Corporation
board president Steve
Webster.
“Our local communities
rely on well-managed
companies like Emergicon
to help build this economy.
We’re glad the company
chose to expand their re-
imbursement services op-
eration here,” Webster
said.
Christopher Turner is
the president and CEO of
Emergicon and is a resi-
dent of Dallas. While
serving as the chief finan-
cial officer of CareFlite,
the second oldest air
medical transportation
service in Texas, Turner
saw a great need for a
better way of processing
ambulance claims.
With only two employ-
ees, he started Emergicon
in 2006 to offer better and
more effective billing ser-
vices to EMS providers.
Today, Emergicon em-
ploys more than 25 Tex-
ans and the company con-
tinues to grow. Turner be-
lieves his expertise in
Courtesy Photo
Emergicon staff members huddle up for a group photo during an open house of its new facilities in Gun
Barrel City recently. Emergicon processess ambulance claims for private companies and municipalities.
healthcare management
supported by a knowl-
edgeable staff offering 50
years of collective indus-
try experience are the rea-
sons for the company’s
success.
“It takes human know-
how and resolve to
achieve the kind of results
we deliver. Our staff and
the top customer service
we provide continue to
raise the bar in the ambu-
lance billing services in-
dustry,” Turner said.
“We know the more re-
imbursement we secure
for our clients, the more
revenue they have to
spend on important mu-
nicipal programs or, in the
case of our private clients,
better equipment and
more staff. I’m excited to
Courtesy Photo
Emergicon staffer Lacy Conner (left) pauses in a tour
of the recently opened facility with Gun Barrel City
Economic Development board member PatCassady
during an open house Oct. 25.
Fresh Water Supply Dis-
trict and Trinidad ISD have
cancelled their elections
because the number of can-
didates matched the num-
ber of seats available.
ESD 2 Max Tax
Increase
Voters served by Payne
Springs Fire Rescue and
Enchanted Oaks Volunteer
Fire Department will vote
to raise the tax maximum
from 3 cents to 6 cents for
Emergency Service District
No. 2.
School Board Trust-
ees
Also, Malakoff ISD
property taxpayers will seat
five new school board trust-
ees with their votes. How-
■Jails
Continued from Page 1A _
Continued from Page 1A
Monitor Photo/Angela Penland
The Christmas Store at the new larger Family
Resource Center in Seven Points is open year round.
those struck by personal
tragedy in many ways.
The holiday season is
approaching, and the
Family Resource Center
needs both goods and
cash donations to fill
Thanksgiving and Christ-
mas baskets.
“Please help us help
others,” Ferrell pleads.
Donations may be
made at either the Seven
Points or Gun Barrel City
location, which is 107
Spring Valley in the Tama-
rack Subdivision, just
east of the intersection of
state higheways 334 and
198.
County Sheriff David
Byrnes stated in a press
release.
“In addition, this
achievement is a direct
result of a team effort to
commitment to excel-
lence and is an example
of dedication and pro-
fessionalism,” he added.
The jail is administered
by Chief Deputy Bryan
Beavers, assistant Chief
Deputy Carla Stone and
Capt. Lori Compton.
After the inspection in
Henderson County, the
inspector met with
County Judge Richard
Sanders and Sheriff Ray
Nutt and reported that
the Detention Center was
in full compliance.
The inspector also
gave personal thanks to
the jail staff for their co-
operation and profes-
sionalism.
Sheriff Nutt com-
mended Maj. Botie
Hillhouse, Capt. Michael
Starkey, Lt. David
Faught and all jail per-
sonnel for doing an ex-
cellent job in keeping the
facility in compliance
with Jail Standards and
State and Federal Laws.
KHS Football Sweetheart nominees presented
Special to The Monitor
KEMP-Nominees for
the 2012-13 Kemp Foot-
ball Sweetheart include
ninth grader Cortney
Crapanzano, 10th grader
Alyssa Olivarez, 11th
grader Bree Weisinger,
and 12th grader Chancie
Sivley.
The winner will be an-
nounced at 6:30 p.m. Fri-
day, Nov. 2, after Senior
Recognition at the Kemp
vs. Winnsboro football
game.
Crapanzano is the
daughter of Maria Stew-
ard and Mark
Crapanzono. She is a
member of the volleyball,
basketball and track
teams. She is on the AB
Honor Roll and earned the
Citizenship Award. She
will be escorted by her fa-
ther.
Ninth grade
sweetheart
Cortney Crapanzano
Olivarez is the daughter
of Blanco Trevino. She is
a member of the cheer-
leader, tumbling, and bas-
ketball and track teams.
She has received several
track and field awards.
She will be escorted by
Anthony Trevino.
Weisinger is the
daughter of Misty and
Pius Ferrell. She is the
FCCLA treasurer and a
Tenth grade
sweetheart
Alyssa Olivarez
member of the varsity vol-
leyball, basketball and
varsity track teams. She
earned Most Athletic in
freshman and sophomore
years, Outstanding Hur-
dler, District Champion in
100 and 300 Hurdles,
Regional Qualifier in 100
Hurdles, Mile Relay and
300 Hurdles, Qualified
for Texas Relays 100
Hurdles, 1st Team All-
Eleventh grade
sweetheart
Bree Weisinger
District and all County in
Basketball. She broke the
school record for the mile
relay. She will be escorted
by her father.
Sivley is the daughter of
Dixie and Don Sivley. She
is a member of the volley-
ball, basketball, track,
softball, cross country and
cheerleader teams. She is
the Senior Class secretary
and a member of the Cer-
Twelfth grade
sweetheart
Chancie Sivley
tified Nursing Assistant
Program.
She earned Softball
Academic All District,
Lady ’Jacket Softball
Player of the Year, Most
Consistent Server and Yel-
lowjacket Award in volley-
ball as well as
All American Cheerleader
Nominee and October
2012 Student of the
Month.
see we’re making a differ-
ence in the communities
we serve.”
Coppell EMS Chief,
Gregg Loyd reported this
week that since hiring
Emergicon, the city’s cash
receipts for ambulance
services are up by more
than 180 percent from the
previous year when the
city was working with an
Emergicon competitor.
“In 2011, the city of
Coppell saw only
$165,000 in EMS reim-
bursements. Since
Emergicon took over our
ambulance billing, the city
has seen a dramatic in-
crease in collections. We
realized more than
$462,000 in cash receipts
for the 2012 fiscal year,”
Loyd said. “We couldn’t
be more pleased with
these results.”
Emergicon bills more
than 100,000 runs each
year for its growing list of
40 Texas-based clients.
Continued from Page 1A
ever only two of them will
be listed on the ballot.
Incumbent Rick
Vieregge and Billy Sparks
will be on the ballot, and
there will be three blank
spots for write-in candi-
dates David Hennessee,
Stacey Killough, and
Michael Monroe.
Officials at the Hender-
son County Voters Regis-
tration Office said the
names of the write-in can-
didates will be posted at
the polling place, just not on
the ballot.
The names of write-in
candidates do not have to
be spelled correctly to be
counted, however it will
have to be obvious to elec-
tion officials which candi-
dates are being selected.
Cross Roads ISD has a
large slate of candidates
vying for four seats.
Voters can select be-
tween incumbents Gayle
Harmon, Darren Himes,
and
Pam Underhill Cole, and
challengers Jason Arden,
William Russell Giles Jr.,
Scott McCurley, Randy
Norwood, Shelly
Robertson and John
Weaver.
Liquor Election
Voters inMalakoffwill be
deciding whether to allow
the sale of all alcoholic bev-
erages for off-premises
consumption. If approved,
liquor stores will be allowed
in the city.
In November 2008,
Malakoff voters approved
the sale of beer and wine
for off-premises consump-
tion by a close 331-315
margin. The sale of mixed
beverages in restaurants by
food and beverage certifi-
cate holders was approved
383-248.
Bond Election
Voters in Cross Roads
ISD will decide on a
$5,995,000 bond to fund
an agricultural sciences fa-
cility and a multipurpose
building.
In Kaufman County,
just four Republican candi-
dates are running unop-
posed. They are 422nd
District Judge Michael
Chitty, Sheriff David
Byrnes, Tax Assessor-col-
lector Tonya Ratcliff, who
won a stiff fight in the pri-
maries and Precinct 4 Con-
stable Bryant Morris.
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