Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1993 Page: 2 of 52
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PAGE 2A - THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY APRIL 29,1993
Candidate forum' held
ONALASKA -- Although atten-
dance was embarassingly sparse,
the candidates were enthusiastic as
they reviewed their platforms at a
candidate forum in Onalaska Mon-
day night.
The City of Onalaska hosted the
forum, providing voters an oppor-
tunity to meet the individuals run-
ning in the city and school elec-
tions.
Candidates for mayor are Irene
Hamann and R.C. "Bob" Maddox.
Incumbent Don Parker is unop-
posed for the unexpired term on the
council.
Four persons are vying for the
three at-large full-term council
scats. They are incumbents Jeanne
Ann Byrd and Tom Edwards, Lew
Vail and write-in candidate John
Donalcski.
Two persons are vying for each
of the two positions to be filled on
the Onalaska school board.
Position 4 on the board is being
sought by incumbent Donald
Musgrave and write-in candidate
H.V. Davidson. Position 7 can-
didates are incumbent Sylvan A.
Smith and Steve Ray Watts.
Due to a conflict in scheduling,
candidates in the school races were
ui ble to attend due to the first
r Onalaska Sports Banquet
w1 ich was held the same evening.
Donalcski introduced himself
and said he is running as a write-in
candidate for an at-large position.
F
the increasing growth rate.
"There arc a lot of decisions to
be made, a lot of them tough, but
we have to make them," Maddox
said. "It’s what you do that counts,
that’s the bottom line."
Irene Hamann introduced her-
self, commenting on what a ."busy
time" it has been since she was ap-
pointed to fill an unexpired term of
mayor.
"We’ve had a lot of problems,
some we’ve solved, some we still
have to solve," she said. "But
things have to be taken care of, and
I’ve been putting out a lot of Fires
lately.
"I don’t think any of these things
can be solved without the help of
the council and the city staff,"
Hamann said.
"I’m just trying to look ahead
and take care of things and keep on
keeping on," Hamann said.
State president visits
\ LIVINGSTON — Texas Farm
Bureau President S.M. True, of
Plainview, met with county presi-
dents from eight East Texas
counties April 15 in Livingston.
Vefnie Glasson, executive direc-
tor, was also present to assist True
in discussion of challenges facing
Farm Bureau members in 1993.
True announced the extension of
the Ford Rebate Program that has
rebqted $2.5 million to Texas Farm
Bureau members this year. Ford
Motor Company rebates $500 to
Farm Bureau members toward the
purchase of certain Ford pickup
trucks.
The new credit card program
with no anijual fee has been very
successful, True said, mentioning
that other banking services are
being introduced during 1993.
Many programs and policies
were discussed, with the county
presidents being given the oppor-
tunity to express their concerns and
enthusiasm for the coming Farm
Bureau year.
The meeting with True, Glasson
and the local presidents assures
grass roots participation in deci-
sions concerning Farm Bureau
members, according to Wright
Baker, president of Polk County
Farm Bureau.
PRESIDENTS VISIT — Texas Farm Bureau President S.M.
True (1) and Polk County Farm Bureau President Wright
Baker (r) visit during a recent meeting in Livingston in which
the state president met with county Farm Bureau presidents
from eight East Texas counties.
Health reform discussed by board
previously served an unexpired
i on fhc council in 1988-89.
>onalcski said 1. began working
i several prr ts then, that he
\ >uld like to . "rejuvenated" if
i :ted. $uiu I t his top priority
i: childr1" fe said he would like to
see sor ,th projects.
"Th midren of our community
need jmething," he said.
'. ie said he would also like to see
a city park program started, com-
menting that funding for such an
endeavor could be obtained through
state and federal grants.
"It would enhance the com-
munity and provide a place to go,"
he said.
Another area Donalcski said he
would like to see targeted is streets.
"I want to work with the public
and private sector to benefit the
community," he said. "You can’t
please everybody, but you can
compromise.”
Lew Vail introduced himself,
saying, "I think we’re all interested
in the betterment of the city."
Vail said he served for eight
years on the Onalaska School
Board and has served for the past
six years on the Central Appraisal
District board. He said he also
served 20 years as an officer, direc-
tor and treasurer of a multi-million
dollar company.
Vail said one of his main
priorities is the fiscal condition of
the city.
"When you have a 0-basc
budget, you have to be especially
careful how you fiscally budget and
plan," he said.
"I would like to sec some citizen
to find out what the people of
Onalaska want and what they want
to sec »beir council do."
R.C Bob’ Maddox introduced
himself. Referring to when he
served as mayor in 1990-92, he
said, "I think wc proved the leader-
ship was effective.
"Wc bala iced the budget, had a
little money • he bank, updated
the police d tment and got the
gas company up and running," he
said.
"I think the team did a real good
job and I think epresented the
citizens equally the funds we
had," Maddox said.
’If I’m mayor, we will enforce
the law," he said, commenting on
from page 1
regarding presenting complaints to
the board was adopted. As a result
of the action, individuals wishing to
address the board with complaints
will be allowed to do so in accord-
ance with the following procedure.
The board asks that the in-
dividual discuss the complaint with
the hospital administrator before
talking directly to the board. The
administrator will research the
complaint and try and resolve the
problem.
If the individual having the com-
plaint is not satisfied with the
response of the administrator, he
may request to be placed on the
agenda of the next regularly
scheduled meeting.
At the next regular meeting the
individual may address the board,
keeping their complaint presenta-
tions limited to five minutes. The
board will also call on administra-
tion to present research on the mat-
ter.
However, the matter must be ad-
dressed at least eight days in ad-
vance of the meeting if action is
desired.
Health reform discussed
Deen reviewed au article recent-
ly published in the Houston
Chronicle which gives a brief
preview of the president’s health
reform plan.
"A lot of people have been ask-
ing me what is in President Clin-
ton’s plan for health care reform,"
Deen said. "The short answer is
‘nobody knows’."
However, for the long answer,
Deen said the article is insightful. It
stresses that the plan would allow
Americans to "follow their own
doctors" and the basic benefits
package would include preventive
services rarely covered by current
insurance programs.
According to the article, the
ly untouched." In addition, "local
purchasing cooperatives would cer-
tify a variety of acceptable health
networks."
Deen stressed the conclusion of
the article which states that the
package is likely to require "sub-
stantial new taxes" because it will
be offered to 37 million Americans
who now lack health insurance.
Deen reported on a couple of
programs that have been developed
over the past couple of months.
One is a mobile CAT scan unit
which comes to the hospital once a
week. Deen said the program has
been "very successful" and that ap-
proximately 11 procedures were
conducted during the month of
March. He said the program will
expand as the need presents itself.
Deen also reported on the "spe-
cial care area," which is a two-bed
area adjacent to the medical/surgi-
cal nursing station which was
recently redecorated and designed
to take.care of patients with higher
levels of acuity - patients who are
more seriously ill and need more
attention. He said the project has
been successful thusfar and that
three patients have used it.
A review of the patient/activity
statistics for the month of March
showed 77 admissions with an
average length of stay of 2.9 days
and an average daily census of 7.5.
There were 42 observation
patients during the month, 45 sur-
gcry/scopes, 1,100 emergency
room visits, 477 outpatients, 6,736
laboratory procedures, 1,103
radiology procedures and 1,865
cardiopulmonary procedures.
Financial reports reviewed
Key indicators reflected gross
accounts receivable for the month
of March were $1,585,824, a
$30,774 reduction from the pre-
vious month. Accounts payable for
the month were $365,204, a
$59,940 redtiolion from the pre-
vious month. Paid full-time equiv-
alents were 94.5, a reduction of one
from the previous month.
Chief Financial Officer Kathy
Shelly reviewed the statement of
profit and loss for the account
period ending March 31. Gross
revenues for the period were
$651,925, a $48,259 increase over
the amount budgeted. Net revenues
for the period were $480,877, a
$31,484 increase over the amount
budgeted. The net income for the
period was $23,030, a $4,826 in-
crease over the amount budgeted.
In response to a question at last
month’s meeting as to what makes
up the category of "professional
fees," one of the line items on the
statement of profit and loss. Shelly
reviewed a breakdown of the
category, giving board members an
idea of what services fall in this
category. It includes lab fees,
Quorum fees, ER fees, a nursing
contract, OB/Lamaze fees, a cer-
tified registered nurse anesthetist,
X-rays, CAT scans, AMT am-
bulance service fees for in-
digent/self-pay patients, MC
strategies, dietician, pathology fees,
and EKG fees.
Adams reported that the finance
committee met earlier and briefly
reviewed some adjustments to the
cash flow statement.
There were no reports from the
planning and quality assurance
committees.
An updated list of board mem-
bers, their spouses, addresses, com-
mittees. mq offices held was dis-
tributed for information purposes.
Other business included approval
of the minutes of the March 23
meeting.
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Dear Ann Landers: Not long
ago, my husband and 1 experienced
a parent’s worst nightmare. We
were told that one of our children
there is no treatment and we should
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The pain we are feeling is in-
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Although she is still with us, we are
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Over the years, my readers have
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1993, newspaper, April 29, 1993; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth782079/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.