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CHANGING THINGS—Workers continue the renovation of the old hospital
building that will provide new office space as well as a new out-patient dialysis unit
that will be leased to Shannon Medical Center.
Out-patient dialysis center part
of hospital project’s next phase
By James Stewart
Taking the next formal step in re-purpos-
ing the building that was formerly the Brady
hospital, the Heart of Texas Healthcare Sys-
tem is two months into the renovation that,
once complete, will provide new medical and
office space for the hospital as well as abrand
new seven-station outpatient dialysis facility.
The product of a brainstorming session
between hospital administrator Tim Jones
and Shannon Medical Center's administrator
Bryan Homer, the dialysis facility will be
owned by Heart of Texas Healthcare Sys-
tem but will be leased to Shannon Medical
Center to operate.
"Based upon research of the area, we
know there are at least 30 patients who live
within 30 miles of our hospital who have the
diagnosis that requires dialysis," said Jones.
"For many of these patients, they have to
make a round trip of 100 miles or even 150
miles as many as three times a week."
Currently, the closest dialysis unit is lo-
cated in Brownwood, but according to Jones,
a large percentage of the patients make the
trip to San Angelo.
Renovations on the old hospital building
began in December and are expected to be
completed by June or July of this year. Cost
of funding the project is being paid for by
revenues generated through the Heart of
Texas Healthcare System.
The renovation is the next step in a gradual
process to develop a useful and productive
facility that continues to serve the needs of
the Central Texas area. According to Jones,
plans are also being developed for an assisted
living facility on the hospital campus. That
project has been finalized and is expected to
begin later this year.
carries on Eagle Scout tradition
Brady trio
By Neal Ulmer
Fewer than four percent
of all Scouts reach the rank
of Eagle. Even fewer accom-
plish as much as three Eagle
Scouts from Brady.
Last Saturday afternoon at
the Sunset Ridge Church of
Christ, Devin Keese, Brad-
ley Coffman and Michael
DeFiore of BSA Troop 425
of Brady were honored at an
Eagle Court of Honor.
“Our national scouting
statistics show that only
four boys out of every 100
become Eagle Scouts,” stated
Rick Reeve, Scout Execu-
tive of the Texas Southwest
Council of San Angelo. “We
just honored three of them
and about six to seven more
former Eagle Scouts from
Brady stood with them.”
Across 23 counties in the
region, there were 34 Eagle
Scouts in 2012.
“The Eagle Board Review
was probably the most im-
portant interview to them to
date,” said Reeve. “Becom-
ing an Eagle Scout is the
easiest thing they have done,
but living as an Eagle Scout
will be the hardest for them.
The younger boys and com-
munity members will look to
them and to their future.”
Reeve gave the Eagle
Charge to the three young
men on stage. He said their
position is one of honor and
responsibility. He asked them
to live up to their obligations
and “bring honor to your-
selves and to your brother
Scouts.” He also charged
them to be good citizens
and leaders and to dedicate
their skills and abilities to the
common good.
Scoutmaster Orlando Ru-
bio called the ceremony to
order. Next, each of the three
candidates were escorted by
troop members to the front.
This was followed by the
invocation given by Virgil
Webb of the Sunset Ridge
Church of Christ.
Rubio then gave a wel-
come and thanked everyone
attending the ceremony to
help these young men cel-
ebrate one of the milestones
in their lives.
Next was the “Trail to Ea-
gle,” which is the principles
of Scouting: the Scout Oath
and the Scout Law. These
were presented by Boy Scout
members of Troop 425.
They begin that part of the
ceremony by lighting candles
symbolic of the three parts of
the Scout Oath:
•Duty to God and country
•Duty to others
•Duty to self
In Scouting, as in most
activities of life, there are
rules. The rules of Scouting
are found in the twelve points
of the Scout Law.
The pathway to Eagle can
be described as a steep trail
leading up to three peaks, the
highest being that of Eagle
Scout. Officially, the trail
See Eagle on Page 10 A
Standard-Herald photos by Neal Ulmer
PINNING THE PARENT—As part of the pin-
ning ceremony of the Eagle Scouts, once they have been
pinned by their parents, they in turn perform the same
task as part of the tradition. Above, Bradley Cofiftnan
(right) places a pin on his mother’s collar while his
brother, Ryan, looks on.
EAGLE SCOUTS (left to right) Devin Keese, Bradley Cofiftnan and Michael
DeFiore were honored and awarded their Eagle Scout pins last Saturday afternoon
at Sunset Ridge Church of Christ.
Group files suit asking for court
to mandate mayor recall election
By Lynn Farris, KNEL
A suit was filed in the
Third Court of Appeals in
Austin Friday asking the
court to issue a Writ of Man-
damus directing the Brady
City Council or city secretary
to order a recall election of
Mayor Gail Lohn.
The suit is a response to
the vote Feb. 5 by the council
upholding a decision by City
Secretary Christy Badilla and
Interim City Attorney Monte
Akers that the petition filed
on Jan. 25 seeking a recall
election of Mayor Lohn was
“insufficient.”
Akers told the council that
none of the allegations in the
petition met the definition of
misconduct, malfeasance,
incompetence or non-com-
pliance with the City Charter.
The suit was brought by
four Brady residents—Don-
ald Lee, Latricia Doyal, Pau-
lette Savage and Jon Chase.
The eight-page recall pe-
tition was presented on Jan.
25 with 297 signatures, with
254 ruled as valid by the city
secretary. A minimum of250
valid signatures is required.
In its argument for the
issuance of the Writ of Man-
damus, the suit contends that
the council and city secretary
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did not have the authority
to determine the legal suf-
ficiency of the allegations
supporting the recall effort.
The suit argues that the
city charter directs that the
council “shall” order an
election when a petition is
presented and the recall tar-
get has not resigned. If the
council refuses, the charter
states that the city secretary
shall order the election.
In rejecting the recall
petition, the suit argues the
city secretary and the council
mistakenly assumed they had
the authority—either under
Starting Feb. 18, the City
of Brady will begin work to
replace the gas meters in our
city. City gas crews will do
the change-out work. The
meter replacement is antici-
pated to take approximately
15 minutes per meter. In
most cases, service will not
be interrupted. However,
customers will be notified of
gas shutoffs in advance by a
door hanger, and city crews
will be available to relight
pilots if needed.
Starting the first week
of March, replacement of
electric meters will begin.
Change-out work will be
done by contract workers
the city charter or under
state law—tojudge the legal
sufficiency of the petition’s
grounds for recall.
The suit also contends the
petitioners did not have an
opportunity to dispute the
legal determination of the
city secretary.
The suit was filed as an
emergency petition with a
request for prompt judicial
action in the hope of having
the recall election included on
the ballot for the May 11 elec-
tion. The state has given the
city until Feb. 19 to respond
to the suit.
wearing brightyellow shirts,
marked with the logo “Utili-
use” and “City Contractor.”
Trucks, marked as well,
will be used during meter
swap outs. There will be an
interruption of service for
approximately 30 seconds.
Water meters will be
replaced in early spring.
Overall, the meter change-
out process is scheduled
to take about six to eight
months to complete.
Please pardon any in-
convenience during this
upgrade to your service.
If there are any questions,
please call City Hall at 325-
597-2152.
City meter replacement
begins Monday,Feb. 18
Easement, forfeiture report top
agenda for short county meeting
By Neal Ulmer
In a very short McCulloch
County Commissioners
Court meeting Monday
morning, the commission-
ers approved a county asset
forfeiture report and a buried
cable easement.
The first report was an
Asset Forfeiture Report for
the McCulloch County At-
torney’s office, which had
a zero amount and covered
from Oct. 1, 2011 to Sept.
30,2012.
The second report was an
Asset Forfeiture Report for
the 198th Judicial District
Attorney’s office, which ac-
tually was a budget showing
how the money would be
spent. No action was taken
on this report.
According to County
Judge Danny Neal the for-
feiture reports are items that
both of the offices have to
report yearly.
The third item regarded an
easement for a buried cable
for Central Texas Telephone
Cooperative, Inc. in the exist-
ing right of way for CR 138.
Precinct 3 Commissioner Jim
Quinn said there would only
be about 150 feet of buried
cable on the easement.
The commissioners ap-
provedthe minutes ofthe Jan.
28 meeting and approved the
bills as presented by County
Treasurer Kay Andrews.
The commissioners began
their short agenda by first
discussing road drainage
projects for in kind work
on TxDOT CR 214 Project.
Judge Neal urged the com-
missioners to get their proj ect
lists in as soon as possible.
Last month the commis-
sioners approved aresolution
on Waiver of Local Matching
Funds Participation on the
Federal Off-System Bridge
Program Project for CR 214.
The fund participation ration
for this program is 80 percent
federal, 10 percent state and
10 percent county. The coun-
ty requested to be waived in
the amount, but will perform
an equivalent of $101,000 of
in-kind structural improve-
ment or improving drainage.
The county has three years to
complete the work
The second discussion
item regarded the observance
of Texas Independence Day
in March. Commissioner
Brent Deeds had contacted
County Extension Agent
Jacque Behrens to see if the
county 4-Her’s were interest-
ed in doing something in ob-
servance of that day. He also
suggested the County have a
resolution proclaiming Texas
Independence Day. The com-
missioners agreed about the
resolution and Deeds said he
would get with Mrs. Behrens
about a program or something
recognizing that important
event in Texas history.
There were no citizens’
comments and with no further
business before the Court,
the meeting was adjourned
at 9:49 a.m.
Playoff action...
SENIOR SMILES—Brady Lady Bulldog seniors Taylor Neal, Allie Kubacak
and Martha Jones pose for photos after Monday’s Bi-District Championship win
over Crane. See complete write-up arid photos on Page 6A of this edition.
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