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The Light
By Shelby County Sheriff’s Office
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2014, according to Sheriff Willis Black-
well. This is a decline from 2013 which
had a total of 9,316 calls for service.
(This number does not include walk-ins
or on view incidents).
Sheriff Blackwell states that a more
active patrol with agencies working to-
gether and complete investigations, as
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Besides Center,
other area librar-
ies participating included Diboll, Hemp-
hill, Huntington, Jasper, Kirbyville,
Livingston, Nacogdoches, Newton, and
Pineland.
“The public libraries that participated
in this project are dedicated to continue
providing activities and materials that
encourage students’ interest in science,
engineering, mathematics, and technol-
ogy.,” said Huff. “They are also commit-
ted to supporting their schools in this
effort.”
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The Shelby County Commissioners Court has made arrangements to accommo-
date unaccepted items at the Pct. 1 facility at 1306 San Augustine Street in Center
(2/10 mile north of the intersection of Hwy 96 and Old San Augustine Road) during
the recycling event. These services are provided free to the public as a service of
generous presenters and sponsors and the Shelby Beautiful Clean Committee of
the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce, chaired by Jodi Fountain.
Contact the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce at (936) 598-3682 or info@
shelbycountychamber.com for more information.
Booth Library. “Asst. Superintendent Dr.
Tammy Lemoine and Center Inter-
mediate Principal Heath Hagler have
organized, encouraged and provided
the resources to make the project a
success.”
The Science Rocks project is a result
of East Texas
public librar-
ians wanting to
provide children
with motiva-
tional activities
to encourage ca-
reers in Science,
Technology, En-
gineering, and
Mathematics
(STEM). Most
important to the
librarians was
finding a way
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Inmate charged with assaulting
public servant during scuffle
combative with jailers Ran-
dy Dickerson and Jericka
Moore.
Ealy was ordered to a
holding cell when he ran to
another door and started
beating on it. A struggle in-
sued and during the course
of the struggle Dickerson re-
ceived abrasions to his facial
area causing injury.
Ealy was subdued and
and charged with assault
on a public servant, felony
three.
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people upset about this.’
“Gene advised me of
the situation,” said Bel-
lamy, “and suggested that
I call Aetna and complain.
I ended up buying the two
antibiotics, which were
$47. The inhaler was $85
and I had already spent
all my grocery money so
there was no way I could
get the inhaler that I really
needed. What happened is
Aetna took our premium
money but has dropped
the independent pharma-
cies where a lot of people
still get their medicines.
This is a shame. You don’t
push small businesses
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Sheriff’s Office reports decline
in calls for service in 2014
well as help from the community, is cred-
ited for the decline. "When you have law
enforcement working together with the
community support, a lot can be accom-
plished," Blackwell said. "There is still
a lot that needs to be done, but we are
working on it."
The Shelby County Sheriffs Office
also recovered stolen property totaling
$129,670.00 for the year of 2014 and there
was 716 civil papers that was served.
A Shelby County Sheriffs
deputy was assaulted by an
inmate during processing
Monday, Jan. 11. According
to Sheriff Willis Blackwell.
Marquel Ealy was arrested
by Timpson Police Officer
Thomas Jernigan and was
being booked into the Shel-
by County Jail for public
intoxication.
During processing, in- I—1—
mate Ealy became very
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or what. Policyholders
who wish to continue their
business with us will have
to switch policies. I had a
customer whose caregiv-
er called recently and they
were told to give Aetna a
few more days, another
week, I guess to see if
they are going to reinstate
us in their systems. Now
other policyholders have
been told this in the past -
but nothing has ever hap-
pened. So me personally,
I’m telling my customers
until I find out that some-
one has been reinstated,
to switch plans. I feel like
our local customers who
we have worked with for
so long will want to stay.
No notice was given to
policyholders or pharma-
cies. This has definitely
affected our pharmacy.”
“The customers who
have Atena insurance
were changed into a pre-
ferred network,” said
Kenny Beard of Bussey
Drug in Timpson. “In
my opinion, this is about
money. The insurance
companies are making
deals with the chain phar-
macies. They do not tell
the policyholder what is
going on, they just change
the plan. Again, this is just
my opinion. This is affect-
ing many people. My sug-
gestion to people is to call
their insurance compa-
nies. It’s their insurance.
This is costing people
money; they have to drive
farther to get to a chain
pharmacy when they have
a local pharmacy right
here that they have been
using for years. Insurance
companies are manipulat-
ing policyholders. Call
them and complain. My
suggestion to the people
out there is now what you
are getting when you get
an insurance policy. TUI
you have to do is ask the
right questions. I have a
local pharmacy that I can
get my prescriptions. Can
I continue to use them or
do I have to use a chain
pharmacy? If the answer
is no, then go on down the
road and get a plan where
you can.”
Brenda Russell agreed to seek funding
through grant applications.
The Brown Foundation of Houston
that funded the building of the Fannie
Brown Booth Library in the 1970s, and
who has generously assisted with proj-
ects for the library in subsequent years,
agreed to fund
half of the proj-
ect. The Temple
Foundation of
Lufkin who sup-
ports many of
the TLL Temple
Library projects
also agreed to
provide half. All
area East Texas
towns with
The Light and Champion libraries were of-
the chance
Center ISO students enjoyed hands on experiences at the science trailer that visited to participate.
to support their the district Tuesday and Wednesday,
local schools’
efforts to encourage students’ perfor-
mance in these areas. Brenda Russell,
library director for TLL Temple Library,
presented to members of the Piney-
woods Area Librarians (PALS) a project
entitled Science Rocks. This project
demonstrated success with populations
similar to ours in the East Texas area.
To bring the project to the East
Texas area seemed impossible when
PALS members learned the cost would
be $27,000 according to Huff. She and
Glitch
around where hard work-
ing people are honestly
trying to make a living.
“The agent I spoke
with assured me that
Aetna would be held re-
sponsible for this,” said
Bellamy, “because they
did not inform the poli-
cyholders or the pharma-
cies. This went into ef-
fect January 1, 2015. No
one was informed of this
change until you show
up at the pharmacy and
are turned down. There
are going to be hundreds
of people who show up
to their pharmacy to get
their medicines and they
are going to be unable to
get it unless they pay out
of pocket.”
Affected beneficiaries
can take advantage of a
Special Enrollment Period
(SEP) to choose a new
Part D plan, according to
the NCPA website. Ben-
eficiaries, or their caregiv-
ers, can call 1-800-Medi-
care and explain to the
customer service repre-
sentative that they need to
select a new Part D plan
because of inaccurate
marketing information
that was presented on the
plan finder website during
the 2014 open enrollment
period.
The NCPA release a
statement regarding the
“glitch”: “Community
pharmacists help patients
every January with chal-
lenges that stem from
new or revised health
insurance policies. How-
ever, this situation is more
problematic and compli-
cated for Medicare benefi-
ciaries enrolled in Aetna/
Coventry drug plans who
may feel like the victims
of a bait-and-switch,” said
National Community
Pharmacists Association
(NCPA) CEO B. Douglas
Hoey. “As a result, we en-
courage Medicare benefi-
ciaries who feel misled to
switch drug plans by call-
ing 1-800-Medicare.”
“What happened is
that they just dropped the
pharmacies,” said Gene
Blount of Blount’s Phar-
macy. “I don’t know if this
was an error on their part
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Dolan, Leah. The Light and Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, January 16, 2015, newspaper, January 16, 2015; Center, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1279119/m1/2/?q=hamilton+county: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.