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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1993
THE TULIA (Swisher County) HERALD
PAGE THREE
News Briefs
) Physician Beats Brain Injury, Reopens Practice
COMMODITIES WILL BE DIS-
TRIBUTED Thursday, Oct. 21, from 10
to 12 noon at 126 N. Maxwell in Tulia.
Please come to the rear of the building and
bring your card.
KRESS COMMODITIES WILL BE dis-
tributed Thursday, Oct. 21, from 2 to 4
p.m. at City Hall.
HAPPY COMMODITIES WILL BE
distributed Wednesday, Oct. 20, from 10
a.m. until 12 noon at the Happy Senior
Citizen Center.
•
DIMMITT PANCAKE SUPPER BE-
FORE GAME—The Dimmltt Lions Club
will host its annual all-you-can-eat pan-
cake supper this Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at
the Dimmitt High School Cafeteria. The
supper will be held prior to the Tulia vs.
Dimmitt football game at Bobcat Stadium.
The cafeteria is at the southeast corner of
the high school building, Just north of the
fleldhouse and on the same side of the high
school as the visitors stands. The menu
Includes pancakes, bacon, sausage, tea and
coffee. Tickets, available at the door, are
$4 for adults and $2 for child len. Proceeds
will benefit local and regional Lions Club
projects, including the Christmas Coat
and Shoe Fund for Girlstown USA and the
Lions High Plains Eye Bank.
•
BREAST CANCER DETECTION
CLINIC — On Wednesday, Nov. 10, from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the Don and Sybil
Harrington Cancer Center's hospital mo-
bile mammography unit will be at Swisher
Memorial Hospital, 539 SE 2nd in Tulia
for another breast cancer detection clinic.
Exams are done by appointment only. For
information or to schedule an appoint-
ment call 1-800-377-4673 (toll free).
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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
MONTH — October has been declared as
Pink Ribbon Month nationwide for Breast
Cancer Awareness Month by the Ameri-
can Cancer Society. Interested persons can
pick up a pink ribbon at the Senior Citi-
zens Center or The Tulia Herald office.
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NAZARETH ARTS AND CRAFTS
BAZAAR — Booths for the annual Holi-
day Arts and Crafts Bazaar at Nazareth
may be reserved by contacting Lucille
Drerup, Box 3, Nazareth, TX 79063, phone
945-2562, or Rose Mary Wilhelm, HCR 2,
Box 13, Nazareth. The event will be from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, in the
school cafeteria. Cost of 8x10 booths,
which will be assigned on a first-come,
first-serve basis, Is $15. A table and two
chairs will be provided, if needed. When
reserving a booth, individuals should make
check payable to Nazareth Art Club, state
preference of wall or center booth and list
contents of booth. Last day to reserve a
booth will be Saturday, Nov. 13. Christian
Mother Society will sponsor the traditional
turkey dinner, which will be served from
11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Community Hall.
§0 40 40 40 40 40)
Happy Birthday
Still * Precious" at 40!
Love, Jerry, Sara, Nick,
Mom and Dad
§0 40 40 40 40 40)
TULIA LIONS CLUB
Meets Thurs.
at noon
at
El Camino
Restaurant
Roy Miller, President
TULIA KIWANIS CLUB
Meets Tues.
at noon at
El Camino
■ Restaurant
Mike Vinyard, President
J. E. DEEN POST #1798
VFW Meeting
2nd & 4th Tues.
7:30 p.m.
Post Home
Ron Wilfong, Commander
TULIA LODGE NO. 733
121 N. Maxwell
4th Mon.
7:00 p.m.
Stated Meetings
Sherrol Patton, W. M.
AMERICAN LEGION #214
Meets
1st & 3rd Thurs.
7:00 p.m.
310 NE 2nd
Kendall Patton, Commander
GIRL SCOUTS COLLECTING CANS
— Girl Scout Troop 246 is collecting alu-
minum cans as a service project Citizens
are encouraged to "call 995-4518 If you
have some cans to donate." All profit will
go to the Satellite Training Center.
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FRANCES SCHAFER INJURED,
WOULD WELCOME WORD FROM
FRIENDS — Francis (Schafer) Haney fell
on Sept. 3 and broke her leg and knee. She
Is currently In the Rogers Nursing Center,
New Hope Road, Rogers, Ark., 72756, and
"would love to hear from her friends." She
and her brother Fred reside in Gravette,
Ark. They are formerly from Vigo Park.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT AUXILIARY
SPONSORING DRAWINGS — Tulia
Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, made
up of firemen's wives, is conducting a giant
raffle to raise funds with which to help
purchase equipment for the Fire Depart-
ment. Nov. 16 will be the date for a draw-
ing and each $1 donation to the organiza-
tion will enable the donor to a chance on a
Maverick 12-gauge shotgun with synthetic
stock and three choke tubes (on display at
Gun & Knife on the square), a $50 shop-
ping spree at Joe Bob's IGA, a $50 shop-
ping spree at B&R Thriftway and 25 prizes
from other Tulia merchants. Individuals
are encouraged to "contact any auxiliary
member or fireman to give your $1 dona-
tion for a chance at the drawing. One
winner per household. Help these ladies
and businesses support the Fire Depart-
ment."
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SILVERTON CHRISTMAS ARTS/
CRAFTS JUBILEE — The Progressive
Extension Homemakers will be sponsor-
ing a Christmas Arts and Crafts Jubilee on
Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Briscoe County
Showbarn in Silverton. Limited booth
space is available for $5. For more infor-
mation or to reserve a booth, call Bena
Hester (day), 806/823-2131, Ext. 11, or (af-
ter 5:00), 823-2093.
•
ATHLETIC BOOSTER MEETINGS
EACH TUESDAY — Parents and other
interested fans are encouraged to attend
Tulia Athletic Booster Club meetings at 7
p.m. each Tuesday in the coach's office.
Videos of the previous week's game are
shown. "Take time to attend... your good
ideas are appreciated!," according to a
spokesperson.
A CAPItal IDEA — THS caps are now
available and on sale. Show your support
for ALL Tulia Hornets by wearing yours.
(Editor's note: Dr. Mike Hale, who was reared in
Tulia, has resumed his practice in Washington state.
This article recently appeared in his home-town news-
paper. He is the son of Wilma Hale of Tulia and the late
Lloyd M. Hale. He is the nephew of Daphne Hale and a
cousin of Richard Hale of Tulia.)
By Karen Ogden
Longview, Washington, Daily News
The prognosis was grim for Mike Hale. But five years
after a chilling car accident, the Longview doctor's determi-
nation and hard work have turned friends' fear into awe.
Hale returned to work this month at the Convenient
Healthcare clinic in Kelso, battling back from injuries that
threatened not only his ability lo practice medicine, but his
life.
Hale doesn’t remember how or why he veered off Green
Mountain Road in Kalama that chilly April evening in 1988,
just 300 yards from his driveway.
No one saw his ST Blazer slip into the darkness around 10
p.m.
After sliding down a 10-foot embankment, the Blazer
flipped and slammed into a tree, leaving Hale suspended in
his seat belt.
For the next 11 hours he hung, unconscious and bleeding,
until a truck driver spotted his belly-up vehicle the next
morning.
"He was very cold when lie got to us," said Chuck Rowles,
an emergency room nurse and longtime friend of Hales's
who was on dury at St. John's Medical Center when Hale
arrived. Rowles said his head injuries were grave.
"There are not that many happy endings for people who
have that type of injury," said Rowles.
A menacing bruise pressed on critical areas of Hale’s
brain, paralyzing the left side of his body. The doctor also
suffered a broken wrist and a fractured vertebra.
But most devastating was his loss of vision.
The impact destroyed Hale's right eye and damage to his
optic nerve sliced the vision in his left eye in half.
"We were all afraid for a long time... afraid that he would
die," said Rowles.
Back at the clinic last week. Hale joked about his accident.
"I had a major short," he said in his light Texas drawl.
Hale, 45, who founded the clinic in 1987, is also medical
director at the Cowlitz County Jail where he will work one
day a week.
A wailing room full of restless patients did not taint Hale's
trademark patience and good humor as he saw Mandi Parker
and her 7-month-old daughter, Dionna.
"If (Dionna) needed an hour, he would be here an hour,"
said Mandi, 17.
Patience was a virtue Hale used often during his lengthy
recovery.
After awaking from a six-day coma, his first memory is
asking what day it was.
"They said it was April 15 and I said, 'Oh my God I've got
to do my taxes.'"
But first he had to reclaim the entire left side of his body.
After a month at St. John's, Hale entered an intensive
occupational therapy program at Emanuel Hospital in
Portland.
Convalescence was rough for a physician used to fending
for himself.
"It was very, very difficult to accept help from other
people," said Hale. "I thought there was something wrong
with me if I had lo ask somebody something."
Hale will never forget the day his therapist handed him
wood, nails and a hammer and instructed him to build a
paper towel holder.
"I said if you arc an occupational therapist why don't we
go over lo the emergency room and see some patients," he
said.
But the same drive that frustrated Hale pulled him through.
"I couldn't just quit. I had too much invested in myself and
in learning," said Hale.
Once Hale relearned to walk his progress increased dra
matically, and six months after the accident he returned
home.
Rowles, who saw Hale on and off during his hospital stay,
will never forget his first visit to Hale's house.
"It was amazing. He was moving, he was walking, he was
talking, he was perfectly coherent," he said.
But returning lo practice posed a bigger hurdle: Obtaining
malpractice insurance.
After a five-year hiatus, Hale's insurance application was
flatly denied.
A fruitless search for an internship finally led Hale to an
intensive eight-week re-entry program at the Medical Col-
lege of Pennsylvania.
Originally designed for women who left the medical
profession to raise families, the course was Hale's final step
toward self-sufficiency.
Technology has allowed him to surmount the obstacle
created by his limited eyesight.
Although Hale's field of vision is extremely narrow, a
telescope mounted on his glasses has restored his long-
distance vision.
Hale attaches a special lens to the telescope for reading
and uses the regular lens of his glasses for conversation.
A closed-circuit television magnifier allows him to read
even the finest print. The magnifier can enlarge a single
work to fill its entire screen.
Although Hale has remastered medicine, he knows things
will never be the same.
"A lot of things are inconvenient now but they’re not
insurmountable," he said.
Hale said the highlight of his return was seeing a patient
he delivered 12 years ago.
"Getting to know (patients) as real people instead of just
that right hip I did last week or that left knee. That's where
I think the art of medicine is," he said.
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Absentee Voting Underway
For Amendment Proposals
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Oct. 6: 2:30-6:10 a.m., W. J. Crawford
residence, one-half south of Swisher Cattle
Co. House destroyed. Twenty-three men and
all units—81,82,83,84,85,86,87 and 88 —
responded.
Oct. 6: Minor grass fire in median, mile
marker 69 of interstate. Five men and Units
81 and 88 responded.
Oct. 8: 5:19-6:45 p.m., shed fire in back
yard of B. R. Gonzales residence, 312 NW
3rd. Shed destroyed, grass burned and house
scorched. Eighteen men and units 81,82, 83,
84, 85, 86, 87 and 88 responded.
Firemen had trouble reaching this fire
due to the number of spectators, who also
hampered fire-fighting efforts. Citizens
are requested to please give right-of-way
when answering an emergency.
Oct. 9: 12:30-2 p.m., Don Crooks resi-
dence, 16 miles northeast of Tulia on High-
way 146. Fifteen men and units 81,82,83,84,
86 87 and 88 responded.
TIP TO CITIZENS: Check out your
furnace before severely cold weather ar-
rives.
Early voting has opened for the constitu-
tional amendment election on Nov. 2. Ac-
cording to District/County Clerk Pat Wesley,
early balloting is possible by personal ap-
pearance or mail, which has some limitations.
Early voting starts this Wednesday, Oct.
13, and continues through Oct. 29 in the
County Clerk’s Office on the north end of the
courthouse. The office is open from 8 a.m. to
12 noon and 1-5 p.m.
Early balloting by personal appearance is
allowed for any registered voter.
Any qualified voter is eligible to vote early
by mail if that individual expects to be absent
from the county on election day or during the
regular hours for conducting early voting by
persona] appearance, has a sickness or physi-
cal condition that prevents the voter from
appearing at the polling places on election
day, is 65 years of age or older or is confined
in jail.
Those who wish to vote early by mail must
submit an application to the county clerk's
office before Oct. 26. Votes must be received
by Nov. 2 to be counted in the general elec-
tion.
A qualified voter is eligible to vote early by
personal appearance at the curb of the court-
house during the regular hours of early ballot-
ing if he/she is unable to come into the
building because of a physical condition.
Scratch the Cats
FOR WOMEN ONLY — Coach Dan
Pair is teaching a 20-minute program for
mothers, grandmothers and other female
supporters prior to the Tuesday night
Booster Club meetings. It deals with foot
ball basics (Football 101) and "No ques
tions w ill be considered too dumb to an
swer!" Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m., coaches office
Football experts are asked to stay at home
Curb-side voting is also available at the poli-
ng places on election day.
For information concerning early voting or
how to receive a ballot by mail, "please con-
tact Pat Wesley at 995 -3294."
SPECIALIST CLINIC
has moved to
911 23rd St.
Canyon, Texas
806-995-3248
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October 15-17, 1993
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The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 14, 1993, newspaper, October 14, 1993; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth507136/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.