The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1982 Page: 1 of 8
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"Published With Pride In Our Heritage - Faith In The Future'
April 22, 1982
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IMPROVeAieATS
Mayor Don Paschal
returned, Wednesday,
April 15, from an
extremely benefici-
al trip to Austin.
He brought home
the news that Kerens
has been approved for
$400,000 earmarked
for improvements to
the city's water sys-
tem.
Appearing before the
Texas Water Develop-
ment Board in Austin,
Paschal heard the
Board approve a
loan commitment to
the City of Kerens in
the amount of
$400,000. The loan
will be funded in
the amount of
$250,000 from the
Water Development Fu-
nd and $150,000 from
the Water Loan Assi-
stance Fund. The loan
will be evidenced by
the Board's purch-
ase of $400,000 City
of Kerens Combination
Tax and Junior Lien
Certificates of obli-
gation, maturing 1983
through 1997. This
commitment is due to
expire on April 10,
1983. The commitment
was further conditio-
ned that the bond
ordinance authorizing
the bonds make the
following provis-
ions :
1. That prior to
closing, the City
adopt water rates
and charges, which
in the opinion of the
Development Fund
Manager, are suffi-
cient to provide
amounts sufficient
to meet proposed
debt service requir-
ements;
2. That the bond
ordinance is to con-
tain a provision that
no additional prior
lien bonds be /issued
before thdse bo-
nds are paid off;
3. That the bond or-
dinance contain a
provision for
accumulation of a
reserve fund, in
five (5) years, equal
to the average annu-
al requirements of
these certificates;
4. That prior to
closing, the City
furnish an executed
copy of the contract
between the City of
Chatfield Water Sup-
ply Corporation in
such form and with
such provisions as
are satisfactory to
the Development Fund
Manager:
5. That prior to
closing, the Devel-
opment Fund Manager
be satisfied that the
city's participation
in the cost of the
transmission line
from Corsicana to
Powell is eligible
for state funding..
Mayor Paschal ex-
pects that the engin-
eering and bidding
phases of this oper-
ation will take "from
2 to 3 months" with
the construction to
begin as soon as
this is accomplished.
He states that "Nov-
ember" is the target
date for completion.
Basically what all
this means is that
an 8 inch water line
will be laid from
Elm Flat Road to
Kerens where a ground town. The line will
floor storage tank then be brought under
holding 250,000 gal- the highway on closer
Ions will be built t0 the present water
on the west side of tower.
FIRST ORGAN DONATION AWARENESS WEEK
SET FOR APRIL 26-MAY 1
The First Organ Don-
ation Awareness Week
will be held April
26-May 1, 1982, and
is a special project
of the American Medi-
cal Association Auxi-
liary and the Texas
Medical Association
Auxiliary. Mrs. Geor-
ge Bush has accepted
the National Honorary
Chairmanship for this
drive to increase
awareness of the im-
portance of the need
for people to regist-
er as organ donars
with the Living Bank.
The Living Bank, fo-
unded in Houston in
1968, is a nonprofit
service organization
which coordinates the
anatomical donations
of donors throughout
the United States.
The organization is
the only national do-
nor registry. At the
present time, approx-
imately 100,000 peop-
le are registered wi-
th the Living Bank.
The purposes of The
Living Bank are.to
(1) educate the publ-
ic about the import-
ance of organ and/or
body donations; (2)
register those who
wish to be donors;
and (3) when death
occurs, refer the
donations to the ap-
propriate medical
facilities closest
to the place of de-
ath.
The Living Bank pro-
vides a donor regis-
tration form and a
Uniform Donor Card—
the only legal docu-
ment needed in 50
states under the Uni-
form Anatomical Gift
Act. The member shou-
ld fully discuss his
wishes to be a donor
with his family, sin-
ce at the time of
death, the medical
personnel will not
remove any organ for
transplant without
the consent of the
next of kin.
The organization ma-
intains a 24 hour
telephone service,
(713) 528-2971, to
refer donations to
medical schools, eye
banks, kidney trans-
plant facilties and
other organ banks wh-
erever the donor is
throughout the United
States,
There is only a lim-
ited time following
the death of a donor
in which to retrieve
organs:
The most awesome
medical era of all—
the transplant era—
continues to advance
remarkably. There are
many among us who are
so critically ill as
to be in need of an
Continued on page 8
KIWANIANS LOOK OVER DANIEL AMBULANCE AND WELCOME TWO NEW MEMBERS
The Daniel Ambulance
Service was in the
spotlight at the Wed-
nesday meeting of
the Kerens Kiwanis
Club. Driving over
in a brand-new
$55,000 ambulance
was Mike Daniel,
president of the
company;, Mike Harmon,
Administrator of the
Ft. Worth office and
Carol Ford, super-
visor of the Navar-
ro County office.
NOTICE
NEW RATES, effective
April, 1981, will
be $5.50 per year if
paid during the month
due; $6 if paid the
following month. Sub-
scription rates out-
side Navarro County
will be $6.50 that
month and $7 the next
month. Outside Texas
the rates will be
$7.50 if paid that
month and $8 if paid
the following month.
Local subscriptions
due this month are.:
Freddie Banks, Ruby
C. Baxter, Donald
Brown, Frank Commiato
J. T. Cunningham,
Mrs. Margaret DeJar-
nett, Doane Fessenden
Larry Green, Judy's
Beauty Shop, Bert Ki-
lcrease, Glynn Lanca-
ster, Will Latta, J.
R. Layfield, Frances
Lopez, Elmer Phillips
Wade Price, Mrs.
Lucille Reese, Fred
Spivey, Nell Tram-
mell, R. M. Tyus,
Joe Ward
Mike Harmon, who
was introduced by
Commissioner Jimmie
Spencer, told Kiwan-
ians that the av-
erage response time
to a call in Kerens
was 10 to 14 minut-
es, which was below
the state average
time of 17 minutes.
He said that the
service stresses im-
mediate help to the
patient before the
speedy trip to the
emergency room of
the hospital. Harmon
said that the com-
pany hopes to haye
CPR instructors able
to teach cardiac pul-
monary resuscitation
in the near future.
Explaining that
this money was
acquired at an aver-
age interest rate of
7.3 per cent, Pasch-
al anticipates "a
small adj ustment per
thousand gallons in
the current water ra-
te."
Paschal was accom-
panied to Austin by
the City’s Engineer
Dick Pierce and a
representative of
the City's bonding
company. All agreed
that it was a "pro-
fitable trip."
LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO ENTER R. E. LOGAN IN OUTSTANDING SENIOR
CITIZEN RECOGNITION EVENT TO BE HELD MAY 7 IN CORSICANA
Also, the Kerens
Volunteer Fire De-
partment expressed an
interest in a first
response team to
work with the am-
bulance service in
Kerens.
Kiwanis president
Wayne Kittley appo-
inted Troy Rogers,
Royce Measures and
George Jett to the
scholarship committee
to recommend recipien-
ts of this year's
college scholarships
from the club.
Welcomed as new mem-
bers were brothers
Mike and Nolan Grubbs
who have recently mov-
ed to Kerens,
Members of the Ker-
ens Chamber of Com-
merce, at their re-
gular monthly meet-
ing, Monday night,
voted to sponsor the
Chamber President R.
E. Logan in the Nav-
arro County Outstan-
ding Senior Citizen
program.
It was the Chambers
feeling that Logan's
efforts with the Ker-
ens Cemetery Associ-
ation; his work with
the Chamber and oth-
er aspects of commun-
ity life deserve a
special recognition.
Nominees will be re-
cognized by the Nav-
arro County Committee
on Aging, Friday, May
7, at a covered dish
luncheon sponsored by
the committee at the
Lodge Hall I00F Home
in Corsicana.
Impartial persons
who reside out of the
county will be selec-
ted by the committee
to judge nominations.
People who have rec-
eived the top honors
in the past are not
eligible for nominat-
ion.
Persons from Kerens
who have received
this honor in the pa-
st are Joe Sheppard
in 1979 and Mrs. Fan-
nie Mae Vernon in
1981.
Membership, always
an area in need of
attention, was dis-
cussed at some leng-
th. Various members
expressed appreciat-
ion to those who have Those present for
paid the $15 to be- the meeting were Pee
come individual mem- Wee Collins, Homer
bers of the Chamber. Carroll, Wayne Kittl-
ey, Donna York, Pres-
ident R. E. Logan and
Secretary Nora Lee
May.
CARPENTER FAMILY WILL PRESENT MUSICAL PROGRAM
AT FIRST BAPTIST THIS SUNDAY NIGHT
The Carpenter Fami-
ly will present an
inspiring concert of
favorite hymns and
contemporary sacred
music at First Bap-
tist Church, in
Kerens on Sunday,
April 25, at 7 p.
m.
A talented family
of five, the Carpen-
ters combine tradit-
ional and contempor-
ary music in a pro-
gram which includes
both family and in-
dividual vocal and
instrumental music.
The children, Bar-
bara, 14, Scott,
12 and Judy, 10,
contribute to, the
concert both vocally
and instrumentally
by playing the
violins, piano, organ
and accordian.
The Carpenters have
traveled extensively
during the last seven
years, appearing in
concert before thou-
sands of people. They
capture the hearts of
everyone with their
singing and instrume-
ntal music and have
brought blessing and
inspiration to young
and old alike. It is
a presentation of
wide variety which
continues to elicit
enthusiastic response
from people across
the nation.
The church extends a
cordial invitation
to all members of the
community, stressing
that the Carpenter's
concert will appeal
to the entire family.
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