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THURSDAY 22 MAY 2DDS
NEWS PAGE
THE CANADIAN RECORD
New arrival out-of-town: A daughter, Kam-
bria Shaelynn Cox, born May 11,2008 at 10:50
p.m. to Hilary and Paul Cox of Canyon, weigh-
ing 1 lb. 6 ozs and 12" long. She is welcomed
by proud grandparents, Dennis and Amy
McPherson of Sunray, Susan and Michael
Hobson of Dumas, and Paul and Vicki Cox of
Austin; two uncles, Shawn Cox of Dumas and
Matthew McPherson of Amarillo; and great-
grandparents, Eddie George of Briscoe, Hank
and Venita McPherson of Canadian, and Bill
and Shirley Wheeler of Amarillo.
In Hemphill County Hospital on Wednesday:
Esther Ste lie, Mark Evarge, Ruby Thompson,
Thomas Yarnold, Nan Ezzell and Donnie Mor-
row.
Dismissed last week: One Do Not Publish,
Janice Scroggins, Travis Elmore, Joe Huff,
Roger Wainright and Jaylene Barrera.
In the past week there were 52 Physical
Therapy visits and 124 procedures; 32 Home
Health visits; 12 Hospice visits; 98 Out-pa-
tients; 30 Emergency Room patients; and 10
Ambulance runs.
The low overnight temperature in the past
week was 49 degrees on May 15, the same date
as the low daytime temperature of 72 degrees.
The high overnight temperature of 66 degrees
occurred on May 20. The high daytime tem-
perature of 98 degrees was on May 19.
Canadian received .14" of moisture on
May 14, .45" on May 15 and .06" on May 16.
Council issues $1 million in certificates of
obligation, okays firm to evaluate swimming pool
City council members issued $1 million In
certificates of obligation Monday evening be-
fore turning their attention to two of the four
capital improvement projects those certificates
will fund: painting the Locust Street elevated
storage tank and an overhaul of the municipal
swimming pool.
The council agreed to hire Water's Edge
Aquatic Design, a Kansas-based engineering
firm, to perform an evaluation of the swimming
pool and to develop conceptual plans for its fu-
ture uses. The company has performed numer-
ous aquatic redesigns for communities around
the country—several of them with significantly
older pools than Canadian's 32-year-old facility.
City manager Colby Waters checked off a
list of known engineering issues at the pool,
ncluding erosion under the concrete and me-
chanical problems. The City has budgeted
$250,000 for changes to the pool, and has also
set aside funds received from the sale of Ro-
tary Park for that purpose, if needed.
In addition, there have been nfbrmal dis-
cussions about enter ing a partnership with the
school district to use school bonds for construc-
tion of a water park or Indoor swimming facil-
ity.
Monday's unanimous vote to contract with
Water's Edge at a cost of $12,000 was the first
step n determining whether or not the exist-
ing swimming pool can be modified to make it
more useful. Waters said he hoped to develop a
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completed in the off-season for use beginning
next summer.
The council also voted unanimously to ac-
cept the $250,800 bid of N.G. Painting, Inc.,
of Kerrville, to paint the Locust Street water
storage tank. The bid was higher by about
$50,000 than anticipated—increased costs
company representatives attributed to wind
ssues and safety precautions that are required
to handle the 23-year-old existing lead-based
paint which must be removed.
The council also accepted the low bid of
L.A. Fuller and Sons to install city service ex-
tensions to several areas of new development
at a cost of $280,317. Sti ll plagued by shortages
in the City's workforce, the Council agreed to
contract for extension of water and sewer ser-
vices to a new home at Dogwood and Conklin,
and to property formerly owned by Hemphill
County Hospital on Fourth Street which has
now become residential building sites. The
contract also ldudes extension of sewer lines
to property lines at the new Quiet Inn hotel,
which is under construction at Cedar and Sec-
ond Streets, and to Canadian's newest residen-
tial development, the Southern Hills Addition.
Fuller and Sons outbid West Texas Utilities
and MMM Plumbing for the job.
In other discussion, the council endorsed
a plan, first posed at last week's joint called
meeting with county commissioners, to make
the City Auditorium home of the temporary
library during the WCTU remodeling. Waters
recommended that the council approve a mo-
tion to allow the aud itorium's use for that pur-
pose dependent upon the City's approval of any
needed modifications.
"Using City Hall as a temporary library is
going to save funds for our community," Wa-
ters told the Council, "but we should not just
hand over the keys until we understand what is
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needed. We are still in the preliminary phase of
[figuring that out], by far."
The auditorium will provide about 6,000
square feet of space for the library's use during
what is expected to be about a 12-month con-
struction phase. In order to free the auditorium
for that use, county commissioners have agreed
to enclose Jones Pavilion with both fixed and
roll-up doors and nstall a heating system so
that it can accommodate dances, meetings and
other large gatherings year-round.
n other business, the council:
• Canvassed the May 10 election results and
administered oaths of office to two of three re-
elected members, Bob Lusk and Rob Talley.
Milton Cooke was not present.
•Adopted a resolution approving the Tex-
STAR Investment Pool as an authorized ri-
ves tment of the City. A large portion of the
funds received from ssuance of the Certifi-
cates of Obligation are designated for transfer
station improvements, a project which has been
progressing slowly. Waters recommended that
the council consider investing those funds in
the interim, allowing the City to recoup a por-
tion of the interest it will pay for their issuance.
Hedgecoke/Northcott motion approved 4-0)
•Tabled any action on a resolution proposed
by Texas State Representative David Swinford
supporting expedited development of competi-
tive renewable energy zones in West Texas. The
resolutions were to have been presented to the
members of the Texas House of Representa-
tives' Regulated Industries Committee, which
met in Amarillo on April 24, but were not avail-
able at the council's last meeting. The council
agreed the resolution deserved further study.
Those present at Monday's meeting in addi-
tion to Waters were mayor John Baker, council
members Rob Talley, Bob Lusk, Ed Hedgecoke
and Kyle Northcott, city secretary Terry South
and director of public works Hoyt Manning.
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Brown, Laurie Ezzell. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 2008, newspaper, May 22, 2008; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth252705/m1/10/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.