The Light and Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, January 16, 2015 Page: 1 of 16
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See CITY Page 8A
See SCIENCE Page 2A
Submited Photo
See CUCULIC Page 5A
Gail Cuculic
Electronics
Saturday, Jan. 24
10: to 2:00
Shredding
Friday, Jan. 23
11:30-2:30
See page 6A
for full obituary
Submitted by David Swanzy
The Summer 2013 issue of
We the People of Shelby County
featured the history of Shelby
Source: Google images / The Light and Champion
Aetna identified some pharmacies as network members on the Medicare plan finder website that actually are not during the
most-recent enrollment period.
situation has resulted in complications,
such as for Sue Bellamy, a homebound
resident of Joaquin.
“I had to visit the doctor last week
when I was sick,” said Bellamy. “He pre-
scribed seven medications for me to be
filled. My prescriptions are paid through
Aetna. My neighbor went to Blount’s
Pharmacy in Joaquin to pick the pre-
scriptions up for me and this is when I
became aware of the situation with Aet-
na. Gene at the pharmacy called me and
told me that Aetna was not covering my
medicines. I told him Aetna always had.
He said, ‘I am sorry. There are dozens of
CENTER
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Mobile science and
engineering trailer
conies to CISD
The Trailblazer mobile science and
engineering trailer rolled into Center
this week. The science exhibit on
wheels is a 40-foot trailer designed
as a mini science, technology, engi-
neering, and mathematics museum.
Center Intermediate students were
afforded an opportunity to experience
hands-on activities in a variety of areas
Tuesday, and Wednesday.
“We were very fortunate in having
professional and enthusiastic leader-
ship at Center ISD and at the Center
Intermediate campus,” said Joan Huff,
project manager for the Fannie Brown
Because of what is reportedly be-
ing referred to as a “glitch” by Aetna,
Medicare beneficiaries and caregivers
are finding themselves unable to fill pre-
scriptions at pharmacies promoted by
Aetna/Coventry Part D drug plans listed
on the Medicare plan finder website.
Making things even more confusing
is these same pharmacies were listed
on the 2014 Medicare open enrollment
seelctions for a 2015 drug plan.
Gene Blount of Blount’s Pharmacy
in Joaquin and Kerry Beard of Bussey
Drug in Timpson are urging policyhold-
ers to contact Medicare.
During the most-recent enrollment
period, Aetna identified some pharma-
cies as network members that actually
are not, and as a result, some people
could not fill their prescriptions at their
usual pharmacy, the National Commu-
nity Pharmacists Association (NCPA)
reported. Incorrect information was
posted on Medicare Plan Finder, Aetna
websites, and provided to the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) regarding which pharmacies
were in-network. Beneficiaries may have
signed up for Aetna plans believing the
pharmacy they wanted to patronize was
in-network, was not. Medicare open en-
rollment closed on December 7. This
Glitch shuts out local pharmacies
Medicare beneficiaries unable to fill prescriptions
Shelby County
Savings Asso-
ciation as a vice
president, com-
ing back home
from Houston
due to the en-
couragement
of James Campbell and Fred
Wulf. Gail had earlier left
his position at Sabine Valley
and was working in Hous-
ton. This return to Center by
Gail was rather important to
SCSA, since Gail would soon
become President the follow-
ing year... He would serve as
Bank President from 1985 to
1992, a time span longer than
he expected since he under-
stood his appointment was to
be for an interim period.... He
retired from the Shelby Coun-
ty Savings Association on Feb
Recycling events
offer shredding,
electronics disposal
The Shelby County Chamber of
Commerce Shelby Beautiful Clean
Committee will provide two recycling
opportunities January 23 and 24.
The third annual Document Shred
Day on the downtown Center square
will be con-
ducted by
Allied Waste
and sponsored
by Farmers
State Bank and
Shelby Savings
Bank.
Document
shredding
will be Friday,
January 23
from 11:30
a.m. until 2:30
p.m. A limit of
five file-size boxes will be accepted
for shredding. For more than five
boxes, please contact the Chamber at
936-598-3682 to make a reservation by
Wednesday, Jan. 21.
Electronics Recycling Day is Sat-
urday, Jan. 24 from 10:00 a.m. until 2
p.m. The City of Center is sponsoring
the drive-through style drop off on the
north side of the inner Center square.
Acceptable electronic items include
computers and monitors, televisions,
printers, DVD and CD players, micro-
wave ovens, copiers, fax machines,
telephones, cell phones and chargers,
GPS Units, PDA and tablets, video
and camera equipment and cables and
power cords.
Computers will be disposed of by
demolishing in a manner that ensures
nothing remains from which personal
information data can be retrieved.
Unacceptable items include large
household appliances such as refrig-
erators and dishwashers, lawn equip-
ment or anything containing gasoline
See RECYCLE Page 2A
Final payment and accepting construction for the MLK
Drive and Holland Street reconstruction was approved by the
council. The project was funded by the Disaster Recovery Pro-
gram operated by the Texas General Land Office, and accord-
ing to die city manager, was a large project requiring a great
deal coordination to manage traffic
■I and access properties.
The final payment to the
contractor, Drewery Construc-
don Company, was approved at
$95,210.55 making the total project
Bj cost $952,105.58.
T W J Athletic filed use agreements
Hr were approved, noting that the ac-
tion was already approved other-
wise in individual agreements. Nehring said, “This has become
an annual item and now that both youth leagues, as the only
organizational users of the city athletic facilities, have stabi-
lized operations and locations, were able to develop a single
format for these annual agreements. The resolution adopts the
form agreement and gives general guidelines for the annual
execution of agreements so long as they are in this format and
terms.”
Council members approved the route for the MLK Parade
set for Monday, Jan. 19 at 4 p.m. The route will be east on
Shelbyville Street to Martin Luther King Drive, and south on
MLK Drive to the Mt. Zion C.M.E. Church.
Savings Bank,
and while prepar-
ing that issue, I
got to know Gail
Cuculic quite
well. Now, with
his funeral set for
Jan. 14 and with
little time to write a formal
tribute, I can at least provide
two sets of quotes about Gail
from that issue. Perhaps his
contributions to Center, his
warm and gentle personality,
and his noble character are
at least partially reflected in
these quotes.
The first set of quotes is
from a major section of that
issue, A Concise History of
Shelby Savings Bank. (Chap-
ter 4-Chapter 5)
"At the beginning of June
1984, Gail Cuculic joined
Cuculic services conducted Wednesday
Local writer, historian offers tribute, notes contributions in quotes
28.1994....
Gail was a CPA, a business-
man, and a man with a good
knowledge of banking regu-
lations. Such qualifications
were important to the rapidly
growing bank, and he served
with distinction....
At an open house in hon-
or of Cuculic's retirement
in 1994, James Campbell
spoke about how important
Cuculic's leadership was for
over five years. ‘The Bank
has been and continues to
be fortunate to have some-
one with Gail's financial, ac-
counting, and management
expertise associated with the
institution.’"
To read these statements
about Gail Cuculic in context,
See GLITCH Page 2A
Council approves city limits, official newspaper
The Center City Council approved the established city limits
at the council’s regular meeting Monday, Jan. 12. The action
was not deemed necessary as no changes were made to the
city limits in 2014, but was recognized by City Manager Chad
Nehring as “customary” annual documentation for the city’s
boundaries.
Also approved was a resolution jM
designating the Light and Cham-
pion newspaper as the city’s offi-
cial newspaper for publishing legal IH
notices and bidder information as
required by state law, federal regu- I
lation or local statutes and policies. VB
Nehring noted that while there are (J
multiple “newspapers of general
circulation within the county, as defined by state law, the only
one with significant subscription in Center is the Light and
Champion."
A Texas Community Development Block Grant Program
(TCDP) for $275,000 approved by at the council’s December
meeting, was presented in revised form for approval. Accord-
ing to Nehring, “Unfortunately, this item has to be revisited.
The prior resolution contained an error because the increase
in funding potential increased the construction and the related
administrative fees were not included accurately.” The city
manager also said changes by the state within the last month
regarding some specific language in the resolution itself neces-
sitated the council’s re-approval.
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Mitchell signs letter with LSUS
baseball. See Sports Page 1C.
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