Daily Tribune (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 129, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 2, 2014 Page: 1 of 12
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the installation of six field ner of East 1st and Edwards the 2013-2014 Parks Im-
ect,” Heath said. “Since they light assemblies, including streets.
provement Budget.
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TRIBUNE Photo by Annette White
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uncompensated care.
its Medicaid program under the
Titus County hospital district to be a problem for the hospital.
budget of 60.3 percent,” he said, proves population health at a low- incentive payments to hospitals
(086ozries
and other providers that develop
er cost.
accountability, served.
coordination,
-See Obituaries page 3A
Scoggin
$84,000 received for electronic rently implementing a DSRIP pro- nual golf tournament, whose pro-
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
H
Uncompensated care remains serious problem
Hospital district struggles with budget
Assisted living
residents show
ize
care
DSRIP payments require par-
ticipation in a regional healthcare
not be
quired.
Rules to fight
zebra mussels
take effect
lights, instead opting for tion, and will take 60 days
bringing back lights to the from delivery of material.
cal service, and controls.
City Manager Mike Ah-
By BRANDI PHILLIPS
Tribune Staff Writer
ball.
Council members asked if
there were any local busi-
©2014 Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune
140THYEAR, NO. 129
• Jill Tooley Barkow
• Tommie Ray Harrison
• Bonnie V. Hunter
• Lawson “Barrett”
Marshall
• Arzula Royal
32
Project and opened bids on
June 11.
Only one qualified bid was
received, for $190,933.00,
Scoggin said.
There were some positives.
Federal funds are anticipated to
gross drop, he said.
TRIBUNE Photo by Annette White
Byram stands next to his prized sunflower.
N
{ May were a loss of May, compared to the budget of 9
1 $517,557, or eleven percent.”
is being modest.
"I picked out 1
seeds at Lowe’s. I didn
The purpose of the DSRIP pro- ACA, DSRIP will play a critical
gram is to incentivize improve- role in reducing the many barriers
days were down 60 percent.”
Uncompensated care continues
“The city staff is confident
that Crawford Electric Sup-
ply is qualified for this proj-
Groom chases thief
who grabbed
wedding gifts
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - A
Kansas couple who had
just renewed their wed-
ding vows got a rude
shock when a man tried
to steal wedding gifts
from the reception and
the groom ran after him
shouting “Stop! Thief!
Stop!”
Jared Lightle, of Ga-
lena, Kansas, was out-
side during the reception
Saturday after renewing
his vows with his wife,
Stephanie, at the Scottish
Rite Temple in downtown
Joplin when his mother
yelled that someone had
taken cards from a gift
table in the lobby.
Lightle said he saw a
man across the street
with wedding cards in his
hand and yelled at him to
stop. But the suspect be-
gan running and Lightle
took off after him, yelling
“Stop! Thief! Stop.”
Police who were inves-
tigating a traffic accident
~ See Groom page 3A
decline by 25 percent from the pri-
or year.”
Total operating expense for May
was $4.7 million; this included
“Current
“Charity and bad debt service are
11.7 percent of gross revenues for
consists of rens said that because R.L.
It also aligns with programs or strategies to enhance
the goals of the Af- access to health care, increase
fordable Care Act the quality of care, the cost-effec-
(ACA) to reward tiveness of care provided and the
value and incentiv- health of the patients and families
are Celebrity tomato
plants, are approxi-
mately 5 to 6 ft high.
prevention, popu-
g
re- conduit and wiring, electri- is also used for youth foot-
32
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1 SECTION, 12 PAGES
balancing its operating budget.
m Expenses ver-
, dse8h I sus revenues for
for lights at the city’s one- Heath said. Due to the bid
time high school football amount and the lack of
field so youth sports can be qualified bids, the city staff
played at night. rejected this bid.
Buck Heath, director of The bidder, Crawford
public works, reported to Electric Supply of Dallas,
the council that city staff contacted KSA and the
and KSA Engineers for- city staff and offered a bid
mally advertised and went through the Buy Board
out for bids for the Old state purchasing coopera-
Sam Parker Field Lighting tive for $141,800.
came up.” of the bed, anu JU
As he walked around 14 inches of grass clip-
the garden, though, it pings mixed with veg,
is evident Byram has etable and flower soil.”
put a lot of time and
care into his flowers.
“0 percent.
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“For the month of May, acute pa- health records, and $160,000 for gram. As Texas has the highest ceeds will benefit the Intensive
tient days and nursery days were up Delivery System Reform Incen- proportion of uninsured residents Care Unit renovations project.
15 percent compared to prior days,” tive Payment (DSRIP) funding, in the U.S. - 24 percent - and is Norfleet asked that staff come
he said. “However skilled nursing which goes towards helping with not currently planning to expand out and participate on Sept. 13.
A budget by 12.2 per-
" cent, or $1.6 mil-
lion,” CFO Terry
for old football field at the cor- The project is included in
By ANNETTE put some Miracle-Gro
WHITE Soil in there to build it Shumate searches for ripe tomatoes to gather.
Staff Writer up.
With the intense heat As Byram showed plants, which he says
of summer approaching his various displays of C 1 1 ‘
and years of too little greenery and flowering
rain behind us, farm- plants, he said how ev- auiy JIJI g1,
ers and gardeners in eryone in the complex full of thick foliage
the area struggle with has become a part of and green tomatoes,
their crops and flow- his garden. Around the perimeter
ers every season. At “I take care of it, but of the cages are red
least 2 local gardeners, everyone else worships golfballs.
however, seem to know it. Everyone gets some “They keep the birds
what it takes to grow enjoyment out of it.” from getting my toma-
some amazing plants. Fellow resident toes,” Shumate said.
Jay Byram, a resident James Shumate also “The birds think the
at Mount Pleasant As- impresses his neigh- balls are tomatoes, and
sisted Living, says that bors with his beautiful go for them instead of
he has no secrets to tomato plants. the others. You can ac-
growing his impressive “He grows the best tually see paint chips
flower garden. With a tomatoes. You have to where they’ve been
sunflower towering to come see them,” fellow pecking at the paint
an impressive 10 feet, resident Dorothy Bow- trying to get at it?
it’s hard to believe he ers said. Shumate’s neighbors
Shumate does ac- come by regularly to
the knowledge he has a see about his tomatoes,
Jn't particular method for and several leave with
raising tomatoes, but large, garden fresh to-
of flower, I just liked he was willing to share matoes in their hands
the way it looked,” By- his secrets. and a smile on their
ram said. “I planted “I put down 3 inches face.
the whole package, but of rotten chicken ma- “Can I take this one?”
that’s the only one that nure along, the bottom Bowers asked while
bed, and then glancing at his pick-
1i - mgs for the day.
Between sunflowers
furnishing Jurney Park on East 8th nesses that could do the proj-
all labor, Street, which is the head- ect, but Ahrens said there
equipment, quarters for the city’s youth wasn’t.
and materi- soccer leagues, is in a resi- The proposal is for a com-
als and per- dential area, the city has plete turn-key project includ-
forming all been reluctant to install ing permitting and installa-
____.__-_______and tomatoes, the resi-
Shumate also ex- dents of Mount Pleas-
plains he uses meal ant Assisted Living
“This bed here was and earthworms to are clearly impressive
just sand draining help maintain his gardeners and also ex-
down from the founda- healthy plants. tremely proud of their
tion.” Byram said. “I Shumate’s tomato community.
MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS 75455 WWW.DAILYTRIBUNE.NET 140th Year, No. 129
Old Sam Parker Field getting lights
Managing Editor Will benefit youth soccer and football the need for more soccer fa-
The Mount Pleasant City cilities, “the sport is booming
Council Monday night ap- which was $40,933.00 are a Buy Board member concrete foundations, light in Mount Pleasant.”
proved spending $141,800 above the budgeted amount, the formal bid process will poles, metal halide lights, The Old Sam Parker Field
lation health and partnership.
care management. In other reports, Director of Com-
Texas is one of munity Relations Shannon Norfleet
three states cur- announced the hospital’s ninth an-
AUSTIN (AP) - Newly
expanded boating rules
to fight the spread of ze-
bra mussels and other
invasive species state-
wide are now in effect.
The rules taking effect
Tuesday were proposed
by the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department.
They require boaters on
lakes and rivers state-
wide to drain watercraft
to eliminate the spread
of the pests.
The Texas Parks and
Wildlife Commission
voted in May to expand
statewide rules that had
been imposed previously
on a lake-by-lake and
county-by-county basis.
Zebra mussels were
first confirmed in Tex-
as in Lake Texoma in
2009 and spread quickly
through North Texas
and into Central Texas,
clogging pipes and dam-
aging boat motors.
Authorities believe the
infestations are acceler-
ated by people who don’t
drain and clean their
boats and trailers and
move from waterway to
waterway around the
state.
MM
Norfleet
members were told Monday night “Deductions as a percent of gross ments in care delivery and health to health care that uninsured and
the latest financial figures showed revenue were 63.6 percent, in the outcomes. The program is intend- underserved.
the hospital is still grappling with current month, compared to the ed to provide better care that im- DSRIP program payments are
Ahrens tion
essary
j month revenue of “Supplemental funding for un-
J $11.9 million was compensated care is determined
I unfavorable to the for FY 2014, but is anticipated to
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