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TRMC hires new Chief Executive Officer
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John Allen
18th.
strong leadership, and John trauma center in Robbins-
dale, Minnesota, and Maple School of Management at tunity to be ambassadors
sota, and a Bachelor of Arts community.
Hospital graphic designer wins national
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Relay for Life t-shirt design contest
graphic designer with Ti- he continued. “The hospital
When asked about his
design competition.
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Society’s Relay for Life by Chris Rodriguez (who didn’t always wanted to submit a to 6 a.m. Finally in the E is
want his picture in the paper).
County forced to swallow $74K loop design change
from the original plan.
vs. 6’) under the ends of the
a few thousand dollars.
271, continuous through the
Obama sets high bar for US military action in Iraq
moving Islamic insurgency.
aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Iraq’s leaders to set aside sectarian deserted en masse because they were
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Allen earned a Master of relocate to Mount Pleasant
Business Administration in this summer and are look-
Finance from the Carlson ing forward to the oppor-
spite that design being used
on segments of the loop al-
biggest things about win-
ning this contest to me is
• Liam Clinton Gage
• Randy “Pinky” Smith
-See Obituaries page 3A
By BRANDI PHILLIPS
Tribune Staff Writer
Christopher Rodriguez, a
©2014 Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune
140THYEAR, NO. 117
By JULIE PACE
and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press Writers
ated from the Dallas Insti-
tute of Art in 1995.
By LOU ANTONELLI
Managing Editor
Commissioners
plan special
meeting Monday
There will be a special
called meeting of the Ti-
tus County Commissioners
Monday, June 16, at 9:00
a.m., in the Titus County
Courthouse. There are two
action items on the agenda:
• Consider and possibly
take action regarding the
continued use of the Senior
Meal Center by Senior Citi-
zens Services of Texarkana,
Inc.
• Open bids and possibly
award contract for property
and casualty insurance con-
sultant.
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“John brings a proven track brings that.”
in Economics and Theater
from Concordia College in
Moorhead, Minnesota. He
also holds certification sta-
tus through the National
Incident Management Sys-
tem (NIMS).
Allen is a member of the
American College of Health-
care Executives (ACHE) and
is a former board president
of the Minneapolis School of
Anesthesia.
John and his wife, Ju-
lie, have four children, two
in college and two in high
school. The Allen family will
“I really want all the ing to further give hope,
credit to go to our Relay for faith and strength to those
(ACS) Relay for Life T-shirt the fight against cancer.”
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Life Team here at TRMC,”
still fighting.”
“It only took me a few
135 immigrant
children expected
at Oklahoma base
LAWTON, Okla. (AP)
- Federal officials say
135 children who were
detained while trying to
enter the U.S. illegally
are expected at Fort Sill,
-See Children page 3A
Lee explained to fellow change order. “These kinds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
commissioners, when the of changes are tough things tribune photo by Lou Antonelli
subject came up at their to swallow at times,” he con- Judge Lee was unhappy with the unexpected change and increased cost. “These kinds of
meeting May 27, that de- eluded. changes are tough things to swallow at time,” he said.
tus Regional Medical Cen- has been very supportive days to come up with my
ter (TRMC) for the past 14 throughout this whole con- designs and finalize them
years, has won the 2015 test and in every opportu- for submission,” said Ro-
American Cancer Society nity to help the cause for driguez. “Really, the two
ti
vie ,1
inforcing steel tying the up- want to get reimbursed.”
per and lower slabs together He recommended, and
for support.” commissioners approved, the
considering a range of other options Bush strike group have been operat- “And in the absence of this type of
drawn up by the Pentagon. Admin- ing in the Persian Gulf. The ships political effort, short-term military
istration officials said those include carry Tomahawk missiles, which action, including any assistance we
WASHINGTON - President Ba- strikes using drones or manned air- could reach Iraq, and the Bush is might provide, won’t succeed.”
rack Obama vowed Friday that the crafts, as well as boosts in surveil- carrying fighter jets that could also U.S. intelligence agencies assess
United States would not be “dragged lance and intelligence gathering, in- easily get to Iraq. that Baghdad is unlikely to fall, ac-
back” into military action in Iraq as eluding satellite coverage and other Still, the president appeared to cording to officials who were briefed
long as leaders in Baghdad refuse to monitoring efforts. leave himself a clear off-ramp by on the matter but could not be quoted
reform a political system that has The U.S., which routinely has an making military action contingent by name because the briefings were
left the county vulnerable to a fast- array of ships in the region, has the on a “serious and sincere effort by classified. Iraq’s Shiite soldiers who
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record of successful hospital Strudthoff gave the search Grove Hospital, a 90-bed the University of Minne- for the hospital and to seek
leadership and physician committee chairman credit community hospital in Ma- sota in Minneapolis, Minne- opportunities to serve the
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County Judge Brian Lee, concrete and not have the
speaking at a recent meet- slabs connected by reinforc-
ing, noted the original tran- ing steel.”
sition where the new bridge He continued, "Addition-
for Hwy. 271 meets with the ally, TxDOT required addi-
new FM 4000 that heads tional strips of concrete to
east toward Chapel Hill was be placed under the concrete
six inches wide and cost only paving along the edge of US
Titus County commis- ready completed, TxDOT
sioners recently approved had a change of heart.
a $74,530 increase in an el- Heidaker concurred, stat-
ement for the loop bypass ing “The revised plan re-
nearing completion after quired by TxDOT is to place
TxDOT changed the design a wider strip of concrete (2’3”
His HOPE design will be meaning survivors have unteer, and later became
printed on four million t- lived another year to cele- captain of our TRMC team
shirts and all promotional brate despite what they’ve this cause grows closer and
materials for next year’s had to overcome. In the closer to my heart.”
Relay for Life. “I am very O there is a luminary to The T-shirts are not for
excited about this career honor and remember those sale and the only way to
milestone, and proud to who have lost the battle earn one is to join a Relay
represent the American against this devastation team and raise at least $100
Cancer Society because it disease. The P is decorated for the ACS next year.
is an honor,” said Rodri- with a moon and nighttime Rodriguez has been artis-
guez. “Relay has been a stars to represent the re- tically inclined almost all
courtesy Photo very important part of my lay itself because the event his life and said he enjoys
The winning design for next year’s American Cancer life for 12 years and I had runs overnight from 6 p.m. what he does. He gradu-
City Council
meets Monday
The next regular meet-
ing of the Mount Pleasant
City Council will be Mon-
day night, June 16, at 6
p.m. at city hall.
Action items on the
agenda include:
• Consider Award of Bid
for Old Paris Road drain-
age channel improvements
to East Texas Bridge, Inc.
• Consider Approval of
Economic Development
Corp. Board (MPEDC) ac-
tion to award a contract to
Leetex Construction, LLC
for construction of a 40,000
square foot industrial spec
building in the Mount
Pleasant Business Park
and to establish a budget
for construction, permit-
ting, testing, inspection
and other contingencies.
alignment, with a strong for the smooth and timely pie Grove, Minnesota.
There were originally inspiration for the design, the scope of this all, know-
168 designs submitted he said, “The ACS wants ing that my design will be
from all over the US, said to spread the message of worn at Relay events all
Rodriguez, and he had four HOPE via the upcoming across the globe on four
of them; after winnowing Relays for Life and that is million or more T-shirts to
the designs, he had two exactly what I tried to do raise awareness and funds
of the three finalists, and here.” to battle cancer is Number
when the on-line vote was He further explains, “In One, and the second is that
tabulated, he had both the the H there is a candle to every year for 12 years
first and second place fin- represent being able to cel- since I began supporting
—J L
Engineer Mark Heidaker intersection, that were not
with PTP Transportation previously included in the
concurred. “The original project.”
plan called for supporting Lee said he was unhappy at
the ends of the concrete pav- the change, but he didn’t feel
ing with a narrow strip of the county had any choice,
concrete under the end of since TxDOt has the final
the concrete paving with re- approval of the project; “We
The president ruled out the possi- Bush and an accompanying Navy differences” between the nation’s unwilling to fight and die for Sunni
bility of putting American troops on cruiser in the northern Arabian Sea, Sunnis and Shiites. towns such as Tikrit are much more
the ground in Iraq, but said he was while two Navy destroyers from the “We can’t do it for them,” he said. See Obama, Pg. 3A
design, so this year I did.” the cancer survivor walk-
ebrate another birthday, Relay for Life as a vol-
WWW.DAILYTRIBUNE.NET 140th Year, No. 117
By BRANDI PHILLIPS dedication to providing qual- search. “I have to give major
Tribune Staff Writer ity, cost-effective healthcare credit to Cappy and thank
Following a 45-minute services to Titus Regional,” him for a great job and all he
special called meeting in said Rick Strudthoff, chair- has done.”
executive session Friday, man of the TRMC Board of Formerly, Allen served as
the Board of Managers of Managers. “We are pleased Chief Executive Officer at
the Titus Regional Medical to have someone with John’s Regency Hospital in Golden
Center (TRMC) approved expertise leading the TRMC Valley, Minnesota, provid-
the hiring of John Allen of team.” ing leadership and strate-
Minnesota as the new Chief TRMC conducted a na- gic direction for the 92-bed
Executive Officer. tionwide executive search long-term acute care facil-
A healthcare executive led by healthcare leader- ity. Allen previously served
with more than 25 years ship solutions firm B. E. as Vice President of Patient
of leadership experience Smith Strudoff said, “When Care and Support Opera-
in healthcare, operational we started this search we tions at North Memorial
management, technology had over 145 candidates to Healthcare, a two-hospi-
and workforce engineering, choose from. We are excited tal system which includes
Allen will assume his new to have him join our team North Memorial Medical
duties at TRMC on August in this time when we need Center, a 500-bed level 1
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