Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 132, No. 4, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 12, 2014 Page: 2 of 66
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POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
Sunday, January 12,2014
HOSPITAL
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“The addition of Me-
morial to CHI’s Texas sys-
tem, following the affiliation
of CHI St. Luke's Health last
year, honors our deeply held
commitment to build strong
relationships of lasting value
to better serve the people of
Texas," said CHI President
and CEO Kevin E. Lofton.
“In becoming part of CHI,
Memorial also will benefit
from CHI’s overall scale and
reach as well as the exciting
new ventures that CHI St.
Luke’s Health is undertak-
ing with the Baylor College
of Medicine and the Texas
Heart* Institute in Houston.”
The transfer will require
approvals from the Memorial
Health System of East Texas
Board of Directors and the
CHI Board of Stewardship
Trustees as well as federal,
state and Church authorities.,
CHI is a nonprofit, faith-
based health system formed
in 1996 through the consoli-
dation of four Catholic health
systems.
It bought St. Luke's Hos-
pital in Houston last spring
from the Episcopal Diocese
of Texas. It subsequently
partnered with the Texas
Heart Institute, which is lo-
cated at St. Luke’s, and the
Baylor College of Medicine.
CHI and Baylor are set to
jointly own and operated St.
Luke’s aging hospital located
the Texas Medical Center.
In deal announced Wednes-
day, CHI and Baylor plan to
move St. Luke’s from its cur-
rent location to the medical
school’s McNair campus near
the Michael E. DeBakey VA
Medical Center. It will be re-
named the Baylor-St. Luke’s
Medical Center.
One of the nation’s largest
health systems, the Colorado-
based CHI operates in 18
states and comprises 87 hos-
pitals, including four academ-
ic medical centers and teach-
ing hospitals and 24 critical-
access facilities; community
health-services organizations;
accredited nursing colleges;
home-health agencies; and
other facilities that span the
inpatient and outpatient con-
tinuum of care.
In fiscal year 2013, CHI
provided $762 million in
charity care and community
benefit, including services for
the poor, free clinics, educa-
tion and research.
For more information
about CHI go to www.cathol-
ichealthinitiatives.com.......
GOODRICH
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Council refused the
purchase of two stop signs,
a street sign, two posts and
labor. The item was turned
down because of incorrect
case lettering on the street
signs.
Alderman Nita Gokey ex-
pressed the need for four ad-
ditional stop signs. 13 street
signs, no parking signs and
signs prohibiting truck traffic.
The issue will be revisited in
next month’s meeting.
"We still do not have a stop
sign at the four-way intersec-
tion of East Street and Minor
Street," Harper said. “That
was the biggest issue, we do
not have to stop signs in that
four way intersection and
the city is at risk and it puts
citizens at risk. This has been
ongoing since June or July.
What the council could have
done was approve the pur-
chase of those two stop signs.
They were already printed;
we are inviting trouble.”
The possible purchase of
14 loads of crushed concrete
for the sewer plant road for
$3,500 was tabled to find the
volume of each load, cost of
labor and the necessity of a
culvert for the road.
The concrete would be
used to build the sjewer plant
road that will lead to a stor-
age building housing chemi-
cals and testing equipment.
Timberline, the construc-
tion company initially hired
to construct the storage
building used to shelter those
chemicals, proposed changes
in its building contract with
the city. The city will not ac-
cept the change orders from
Timberline and will instead
bid the contract.
“I am pleased about putting
the 12’by 12’cinderblock
building for bid,” Harper
said. "We can save the city a
ton of money using local con-
tractors. We are also going to
need the crushed concrete at
some point to get access to
the back pond in the waste-
water plant.”
Day-use fees waived in honor of MLK Day
I LI KIN - In honor
< >1 Martin Luther King Jr.
Dav. the National Forests
and Grasslands in Texas is
w.living day use fees Jan.
30 at Day l sc Areas in the
Angelina, Sabine. Davy
Crockett and Sam Houston
National Forests, and the
Caddo and Lyndon B. John-
son Grasslands.
"Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King. Jr. was a pivotal figure
in the Civil Riglits Move-
ment and his charismatic
leadership inspired men and
women, young and old, in
this nation and around the
world,” said Mark Van Every,
forest supervisor for the Na-
tional Forests and Grasslands
in Texas. "We hope you take
this opportunity to visit your
National Forests and Grass-
lands in Texas to help make
your Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day more memorable.”
Camping fees remain in
effect, but day-use fees will
be waived on Monday, Jan.
20 at these recreation areas
and trails:
Angelina National Forest —
Caney Creek and Townsend.
Sabine National Forest
— Ragtown, East Hamilton,
Haley's Ferry, Indian
Mounds. Lakeview and Wil
low Oak.
Davy Crockett National
Forest - Ratcliff Lake and
Piney Creek Horse Trail.
Sam Houston National
Forest - Cagle Boat Ramp.
Scotts Ridge Boat Ramp,
Double Lake, Stubblefield
and Sam Houston Multiple
Use Trail.
Caddo National Grassland
- Coffeemill and Bois d Arc
Trail.
LBJ National Grassland
Black Creek Lake, Valley
View and TADRA.
For more information, con-
tact the Angelina District Of-
fice at 936-897-1068; Sabine
District Office at 409-625-
1940; Davy Crockett District
Office at 936-655-2299; Sam
Houston District Office at
936-344-6205: the Caddo
and Lyndon B. Johnson
Grasslands at 940-627 5475.
or visit the Web site at www.
fs.usda.gov/texas.
Controlled burns planned in national forests
1 LI-KIN L.S. Forest
Serv ice fire personnel have
begun controlled burns in
the national forests and will
continue the burns during the
next few months.
"I oiks may see a helicopter
overhead, smoke columns
rising and smoke settling in
low lying areas at night,” said
Sam Houston National For-
est Fire Management Officer
Brian Gidcumb.
Despite recent rainfall,
lexas is still recovering from
its worst drought in more
than 100 years and the dead
and dying trees are endanger-
ing people, structures, roads,
and power lines.
Controlled burning dra-
matically reduces the chances
of a w ildfire spreading out of
control, and burning under-
brush promotes new growth
of tender vegetation that is
beneficial to wildlife such as
deer, turkey, and birds.
“Our primary concern is
for the safety of the public,”
Gidcumb said. "We want the
public to know what we’re
doing when we conduct bums
on the national forests. These
are controlled fires conducted
by experienced, qualified
firefighters w ho work as a
team to ignite, monitor, and
ensure that the fire stays
within the control lines," he
said.
The Forest Service con-
ducts burning only when
weather conditions are most
favorable and are based on
daily forecasts from the Na-
tional Weather Service.
For questions about the
controlled fire program,
contact Gidcumb at 936-344-
6205.
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homes by insulating walls
and attics, caulking and
weather-stripping doors and
windows. Those who use
w'ood stoves or fireplaces for
heating should remember
to have them professionally
serviced and cleaned. They
should seal up leaky areas of
their home to keep cold chills
outside.
Area residents also are ad-
vised not to forget to prepare
their cars. They need to make
time to service the vehicles
to prevent failures or emer-
gencies during the cold. By
stocking up on need supplies
and remembering their pets
and plants, local residents
will be ready and prepared
for winter's knock on the
doors.
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Peak, Greg. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 132, No. 4, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 12, 2014, newspaper, January 12, 2014; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth656322/m1/2/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.