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Thursday, January 2, 2014 Page A9
Da r i s
H o w a r d
Acting On Good Intentions
My dad used to say that
good intentions are never
enough; they must be acted
upon. Still, I find myself
too often with good inten-
tions which I don’t follow
through on. That was what
was happening that holiday
season. I was busy with
preparation for Christmas
when I had a feeling that I
should go visit my friend,
Stan, who was in a nursing
home.
I couldn’t find time in
my schedule, so I decided
I would visit him right after
Christmas. But Christmas
came and went, and it
seemed like instead of
having more time, I had
less. As the new year ap-
proached I still hadn’t vis-
ited Stan.
Then, one Sunday, I felt
a very strong feeling that
I needed to visit him that
very day. The feeling grew
stronger as the day pro-
gressed. By evening time I
could not get it to go away.
My wife, Donna, was hav-
ing a choir practice, and I
was the only bass that was
going to be there. But, not
long before practice was
to start, I could ignore the
feeling no longer and told
her I needed to visit Stan
before he went to bed.
“But what about choir?”
she asked.
“Start without me,” I
replied, “and I will do my
best to get back for part
of it.”
My youngest daughter
said she wanted to go with
me, so together we made
the 20 minute drive to the
nursing home. Once there,
we made our way to Stan’s
room and looked through
the open door.
Stan was sitting on the
edge of his bed with the
television blaring. But
he had his back to it and
was paying it no attention.
Instead, he was sitting
motionless, dressed in his
pajamas, his head bowed.
“Hey, Stan,” I called
from the doorway. “How
are you doing?”
He looked up, and I
could see that he had tears
rolling down his cheeks.
He stared at us for a mo-
ment, and after he real-
ized who we were, a smile
spread across his face and
seemed to engulf him.
“I thought my friends
had forgotten that it was
my birthday,” he said. “I
had been praying all day
that someone would re-
member and come, but
no one did, so I decided
I would just get ready for
bed.”
I knew his family would
have remembered, but he
had apparently hoped his
friends would, too. He
struggled to his feet. He
was a tough, old farmer,
not one to show emotion,
but when we walked over,
he threw his arms around
me. “Thanks for remem-
bering,” he said.
I didn’t tell him I hadn’t
even known it was his
birthday, but I did feel
strange as I thought about
the feeling I had felt all
day.
Stan sat back down on
his bed, and my daughter
and I pulled up chairs. We
visited for a long time.
He told us stories about
his service in World War
II, priceless stories from
a generation that was
quickly fading away. I
had heard most of them
over the years, but my
daughter hadn’t, and she
was enthralled by them. He
talked about meeting and
marrying his wonderful
wife who had passed on not
too long before he came to
this place. He talked about
his years of farming and
raising his children. He
proudly told us what each
of them was doing.
I knew that choir prac-
ticed had already been run-
ning for quite some time,
but I felt a need to stay with
Stan, and I knew my good
wife would understand.
Stan talked until he grew
tired, and the attendant
came to help him get ready
for bed. He asked us to stay
until he was tucked in for
the night, and we did. As
we prepared to leave, he
took one of our hands in
each of his and thanked us
for coming. He then laid
back on his pillow, and
drowsed off with a smile
on his face as we tiptoed
from the room.
As we drove home,
thinking of the events of
the day, I made a commit-
ment for the new year to
try more often to not let
my good intentions go by
without me acting on them.
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Shelby County Arrest Report
DATE NAME
AGE
ADDRESS
CHARGE
AGENCY
12/23/13 Swindle, Delicia
27
Shelbyville
Failure to Appear (DWI)
SCSO
12/23/13 Swindle, Delicia
27
Shelbyville
Driving While License Invalid
SCSO
12/23/13 Swindle, Delicia
27
Shelbyville
Forgery
SCSO
12/22/13 Atcheson, Bryan
32
Grandbury
Failure to Appear (DWLI
with Preconviction)
Tenaha Marshal
12/22/13 Kellum, Jami
35
Timpson
Securing Execution of Document
by Deception
SCSO
12/21/13 Tapley, Michael
29
Center
Order of Confinement
SCSO
12/20/13 Barrett, Scotty
29
Shelbyville
Manufacture/Delivery/Possession
of Control Substance
SCSO
12/20/13 Hewitt, Jimmie
69
Shelbyville
Manufacture/Delivery/Possession
of Control Substance
SCSO
12/20/13 Hewitt, Jimmie
69
Shelbyville
Manufacture/Delivery/Possession
of Control Substance
SCSO
12/20/13 Rogers, Kelly
39
Logansport, LA Driving While Intoxicated
DPS
12/20/13 Williams, Joey
27
Joaquin
Public Intoxication
DPS
12/19/13 Jernigan, Michael
20
Center
Furnishing Alcohol to Minor
DPS
12/19/13 Brock, Radley
44
Center
No Insurance
DPS
12/19/13 Brock, Radley
44
Center
Driving While License Suspended DPS
12/19/13 Brock, Radley
44
Center
Driving While Intoxicated
3rd or More
DPS
12/19/13 Holloway, Jeremy
39
Center
Public Intoxication
DPS
12/18/13 Perry, Christopher
28
Center
Public Intoxication
DPS
12/18/13 Perry, Christopher
28
Center
Possession of Marijuana
DPS
12/18/13 Bell, Jerry
55
Nacogdoches
Criminal Trespass
Timpson PD
12/18/13 Rushing, Brandon
27
Center
Driving While License Invalid
with Previous Conviction
l DPS
12/18/13 Rushing, Brandon
27
Center
Possession of Marijuana
DPS
12/17/13 Garrette, LutriciaD.
41
Tenaha
Violation of Probation (DWI-Nac Co) Timpson PD
12/17/13 Garrette, LutriciaD.
41
Tenaha
False Report to Peace Officer
Timpson PD
12/17/13 Brock, Reginald D.
45
Tenaha
Failure to Register as Sex Offender SCSO
12/17/13 Ratcliff, Maria L.
28
Center
Theft
Center PD
12/01/13 Denby, Brent
20
Center
Theft
SCSO
12/17/13 Brevard, Jennifer L.
33
Joaquin
Theft
Center PD
12/17/13 Doggett, Billy Lee
45
Shelbyville
Theft
SCSO
12/16/13 Keele, Taylor
20
Center
Criminal Trespass
Center PD
12/16/13 Ratcliff, Johammed
31
Center
Resisting Arrest
Center PD
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Shelby Co. Emergency
Medical Update
Press Release - City and
County officials, members
of the local medical com-
munity, and state health
services met for a second
time on Wednesday, De-
cember 4th, to discuss
ways to partner together to
provide for the emergency
medical needs of Shelby
County. The intention of
the meeting was to open
communication between
all service providers both
current and future, as well
as lean on the expertise of
state leaders in how to ap-
propriately provide care for
the County.
In light of the closure of
Shelby Regional Medical
Center, local EMS pro-
vider, Ace EMS, has seen
an increase in the number
of calls and the acuity of
their patients. They, along
with meeting attendees,
and County Judge Rick
Campbell, have developed
an action plan to appro-
priately meet the needs of
those they serve.
Currently, Shelby Coun-
ty EMS services is under a
mutual aide agreement
with Timpson,TX, San
Augustine, TX and Desoto
Parrish, LA. Mutual aid
is an agreement among
emergency responders to
lend assistance across ju-
risdictional boundaries.
This may occur due to an
emergency response that
exceeds local resources,
such as a disaster or a
large fire.
Local EMS dispatchers
have also undergone ad-
ditional training on how to
appropriately gather infor-
mation related to medical
emergencies, how to pro-
vide assistance and instruc-
tions over the phone prior
to the arrival of emergency
medical services, and the
appropriate dispatch and
support of EMS resources
responding to an emer-
gency call.
Meeting attendees also
agreed that public educa-
tion on the appropriate use
of EMS was imperative
to the success of this pro-
gram. Residents of Shelby
County should be educated
on what constitutes a true
emergency and when they
should call for help. First
aid and CPR classes should
also be available to the
community providing them
with the skills necessary to
respond immediately in the
event of an emergency.
An update on the prog-
ress of Nacogdoches Medi-
cal Center's free standing
emergency room was also
given. The satellite depart-
ment of NMC will pro-
vide emergency services
for adults and children
24 hours a day, 365 days
a year. It will be staffed
by experienced, board-
certified physicians with
direct access to surgeons
and specialty physicians.
The facility will also have a
fully staffed laboratory and
imaging services. Proto-
cols will be in place for im-
mediate transfer of patients
requiring a higher level
of care, or other special-
ized services. Construction
drawings have been com-
pleted and went out for bid
in November. NMC hopes
to have a contractor chosen
in December. A ground-
breaking ceremony will
take place soon thereafter.
The construction timeline
is expected to be 8 months,
with doors opening in Sep-
tember of 2014.
Finally, Joey Ancelet,
EMS Specialist with the
Department of State Health
Services, suggested first
responder certification for
local law enforcement and
firefighters. A First Re-
sponder Organization is a
group of certified personnel
that works in cooperation
with a licensed emergency
medical services provider
to routinely respond to
medical emergency situa-
tions and provide on-scene
patient care to the ill and
injured. Mr. Ancelet also
noted that grants were
available to help cover the
expense of the training for
those interested in com-
pleting the certification.
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Pena, Hilda. Timpson & Tenaha News (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 2, 2014, newspaper, January 2, 2014; Timpson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth655324/m1/8/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.