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Seminole Sentinel
The News Leader of Seminole and Gaines County Since 1907"
14 Pages, 2 Sections, 4 Inserts Sunday, March 3,2013 Volume 104, Issue No. 044 75 0
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Gaines County Ranks
4th in December Oil
Production Report
See Page 6A
Election Called
SHD Voters
CrimeStoppers to Have Say
Seeks Info for on Pro ect in
Investigation May n Vote
The Gaines County Sheriffs Dept,
is currently conducting a criminal
investigation in reference to a
destruction of properly case.
Between unknown hours Feb. 25
and Feb.
26, an
unknown
person or
persons
damaged
wheat
fields at
Gaines Co.
roads 126
and 129, and also at county roads
107 and 126.
AGCSO investigation revealed
the person or persons responsible for
the damages used a motor vehicle
(pick-up) with "all terrain" tires.
The damage to these wheat fields
is estimated at $55,000.
A reward of up to $1,000 will be
given for infonnation that leads to
the arrest of the person or persons
responsible for the crime.
M If you have any infonnation
regarding this investigation, contact
the Gaines County Sheriffs Dept, at
K (432)758-9871.
All infonnation given is
confidential and callers will remain
■ anonymous.
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Published in Seminole
(Gaines County), Texas, 79360
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By Dustin Wright
Sentinel Managing Editor
The decision on whether to fund
a $48.5 million bond for a proposed
expansion/renovation project at the
Memorial Hospital and Memorial
Health Care Center facilities for the
Seminole Hospital District will be
brought before district voters in a
May 11 election
This story
was
initially
published
Thursday
morning,
at 10:43
a.m., at
WWW.
Seminole
Sentinel.
com
process.
The vote to
consider the bond
issuance was
approved with a
unanimous 6-0
vote of the SHD's
Board ofDirectois,
following the
resignation of
Board President
Troy Ratilff at
the opening of
Wednesday
evening's special
meeting and a
presentation of revisions to the
project by officials with McKinshy,
which included the addition of
seven new patient rooms and the
construction of a second floor shell
above the revised addition.
"I personally feel this is a good
thing for the future of our hospital
district," said Geoff Gray, SHD
Board Vice President, who presided
over Wednesday's meeting following
the resignation of Ratliff.
The proposed bond project will
See ELECTION, Page 7A
Seminole Hospital District's
Proposed $48.5 Million
Expansion/Renovation Project
Project Details
• 128,450 sq ft total
• 81,020 sq ft new construction
• 47,430 sq ft for renovation
Patient Care Services
• Total Beds - 41, expansion room for 7-8
additional beds
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Mammography
• Bone Density
• Physical Therapy - additional space
• Dining Room
• Emergency Room/Urgent Care
• Outpatient Surgery
• Labor and Delivery Rooms
• Space for Future Patient's Needs
Hospital Support
• Increased storage
• In-House Laundry Services
• Training/Multi-Purpose Room
• Technology -- IT Server Room, IT
Workspace, In-Room IT Capabilities,
System Interface
• Centralized Administration Offices
• Patient Registration - Privacy and
Additional Registration Bays
Critical Access Benefits
85-percent of the project is Hospital specific
and therefore cost reimbursable, estimated
50-percent cost reimbursable over the life
of the building
(Example: $41,225,000 x 50% =
$20,612,500 cost reimbursement)
Increased Revenue
• New Physician -- $3 million annual
revenue (Aug. 2013 start date)
• Mammography - $125,000 annual
• MRI -- $600,000 annual
• Sleep Studies - $10,000 annual
• Outpatient Surgeries - $3-to-$5 million
annual
• MHCC Additional Revenue -- $70,000 to
$100,000 annual
• Conservative Estimate of New Revenue
- $6,735,000
Expected Changes in Expenses
• Additional Staffing - $1.5 million annual
• Reduction in laundry expense to cost
savings of approximately $140,000
annually
• Estimated Operating Expense Increase
-- $1.8 million
"Source -- Seminole Hospital District
Renderings Furnished by McKinstry and Seminole Hospital Dist
A PROPOSED VIEW OF CHANGES
Seminole Hospital District officials will placethefunding decision of $48.5 million bond proposal before SHD taxpayers on May 11, to fund
a scope of work at the Memorial Hospital and Memorial Health Care Center campuses, which include the addition of 81,020 sq ft of new
facilities and renovation of 47,430 sq ft of current space at the district's facilities, located in the 200 block of N.W. 8th St.
SHD Board
President
Steps Down
Prior to Vote
Ratliff Cites Cost
Concerns, 'Unified
Vote' of Board as
Reason for Resigning
By Dustin Wright
Sentinel Managing Editor
After reading a prepared statement
shortly following the opening of
Wednesday evening's special
meeting of the
This story Seminole Hospital
District's Board
of Directors,
SHD Board
President Troy
Ratliff stepped
down from the
seven-member
governing panel
in a move which
came as a surprise
to many in
attendance.
Ratliff, who
served as the Place
2 representative
for the SHD, was appointed to the
post last May after he opted not
to seek re-election to the board
during the May 2012 municipal filing
process. No other candidates filed
intentions to serve in the Place 2 seat jyj
in the May 2012 process, opening
the door for Ratliffs re-appointment,
which he accepted from SHD Board K
members.
Ratliffs statement reads as follows,
See RESINGING, Page 3A
was
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Thursday
morning,
at 8:43 a.m.
at
WWW.
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2 Entities to Host Elections
Contested Races Seen for
Seminole Hospital Dist Seminole
ISD; Early Voting Starts April 29
Gaines Co. Municipal Election Filings
(As of Friday, March 1,5 p.m.)
Contested Races Seagraves Independent School District
Seminole Independent School District District 1: Grady Billings (I)
Place 3: Rex Darby, Trey Duncan District 2: Tim Carmichael (I)
Place 4: Jacob Loewen (I), Kyle Freeman District 3: Suelema Cortez (I)
Voters with both the Seminole Independent School District and Seminole
Hospital District - both of whom share the same district voting boundaries
- well see contested elections for seats upon their respective boards, as part
of the May 11 municipal elections process.
As of Friday's 5 p.m. tiling deadline, four candidates had tiled for three' 'At-
Large positions upon the Seminole Hospital District's Board of Directors.
On Friday, Seminole resident James Lavender filed his intentions to seek
See FILINGS, Page 3A
Seminole Hospital District
3 At Large seats: Gary Dugger, Tina Siemens
(I), Geoff Gray (I), James Lavender
Uncontested Filings
Seminole City Council
District 1, Place 1: Rey Saldana (I)
District 2, Place 1: Chet Clark (I)
District 3, Place 1: Michel Powers (I)
Llano Estacado Underground Water
Conservation Dist
Pet 2: Charles Roland (I)
Pet 4: Robert Warren (I)
At Large: Weldon Shook (I)
Seagraves City Council
District 1: Henry Winsor (I)
District 2: Charles Evans (I)
I -- denotes incumbent seat holder
Important Election Dates
Last Day to Register to Vote
April 11
First Day of Early Voting
April 29
Last Day of Early Voting
May 3
Election Day Voting
May 11
' aylor Appointed as New 106th Clerk
Former Clerk, Stewart, Retires After Three Decades in District Office
A veteran member of the 106th
District Clerk's Office stepped
down after 33
years and her
replacement was
sworn into office
late Thursday, in
a brief ceremony
held inside the
106th District
Courtroom.
Virginia Stewart,
106th District
Clerk, confirmed
with the Seminole
Sentinel on
Wednesday
she would be
resigning from
her post, effective
Thursday.
Her replacement, Seminole
resident Sharon Taylor, was
Sentinel Phota/Dustin Wright
Stewart
NEW 106TH CLERK SWORN IN
Sharon Taylor (right) is sworn in as the new 106th District Clerk Thursday afternoon by the
Hon. Carter! Schildknecht in a Thursday afternoon ceremony held inside the 106th District
Courtroom, at the Gaines County Courthouse.
appointed as the new 106th District
Clerk by 106th District Judge Carter
T. Schildknecht in a ceremony held
late Thursday afternoon inside the
106th District Courtroom.
"It has been a pleasure to work
with Virginia," said the Hon. Carter
T. Schildknecht, 106th District
Judge. "She always ran a business-
like, professional clerk's office and
I always found that impressive,
especially with the heavy caseload
that Gaines County carries. I
appreciate her service."
Stewart, who began work with
the 106th District's Office in Gaines
County in 1980, began work as a
deputy clerk
In 1990, Stewart was appointed
to the position of District Clerk, and
served numerous consecutive terms
as the head of the district clerk's
office, with all of her re-election bids
bang unopposed.
Taylor has been an employee of
the 106th District Clerk's Office as a
deputy clerk since April 2012 and
will hold the unexpired term through
the 2014 calender year.
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