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THE CLIFTON RECORD — BOSQUE COUNTY, U.S.A.
FRIDAY, JUNE 23,2006
CLSH Announces
$10 Million Expansion
CLIFTON - Officials
with Clifton Lutheran
Sunset Home have an-
nounced a $10 million ex-
pansion project at the
local healthcare cam-
pus. According to Chief
Executive Officer the
Rev. Cal Goerdel, CLSH
hopes to move into the
new facilities by mid-
2007.
“It’s going to be a
pretty active place up on
the hill the next three to
five years,” said Goerdel.
The project includes
the construction of a new
96-bed nursing facility, a
32-bed care center for
persons with dementia
and Alzheimer’s, a 24
partment assisted living
facility, a chapel, and an
administration building.
Goerdel said the board
has been planning for
the expansion in an ef-
fort to address future
long-term care and re-
tirement needs in the
area.
“We already know we
need fewer nursing home
beds. We have more in
the county than we
need,” Goerdel said, not-
ing that an estimated
330 beds currently exist
among the three provid-
ers. He said that need
will continue to decline as
the tendency shifts to-
ward assisted living fa-
cilities.
The major portion of
the expansion — two
nursing care structures,
one with 96 beds, the
other with 32 beds will be
located behind the cur-
rent building, which
Goerdel said is around 35
years old. Once the new
facilities are complete,
residents will be moved
in, and the old 180-bed
structure will be razed to
make room for other
projects.
The 96-bed unit will be
JIM LEVEL AND CAL GOERDEL (from left) SHOW OFF
THE ENTRANCE to proposed renovations and expansions
at Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home. CLSH officials recently
announced a $10 million expansion project to plan for
future healthcare needs of the area's older citizens.
basically split into two
sections, one with 64
beds dedicated for 24-
hour nursing care, the
other with 32 beds for
patients in need of reha-
bilitative therapy.
The second area, also
with 32 beds, will be de-
signed to serve patients
with Alzheimer’s and
other dementias.
Goerdel said that the
improvements to the
campus will be wide-
spread, and include a
main entry point from
College Hill Drive off West
9th Street. He also said
there will be many
changes to the landscape
of the area.
The new chapel will be
based on a Norwegian Stave
church design. Along with
new administration facili-
ties, the project will include
a community room for use
by not only the residents but
for organizations in the city,
as well as landscaped court-
yards for the enjoyment of
the residents and their visi-
tors.
Projecting into the future,
further plans include a
three-stoiy independent liv-
ing building on the campus.
Goerdel said the new con-
struction will incorporate
features of the Bosque Con-
servatory and the Bosque
Memorial Museum, and
that the plans seek to make
the buildings appear
“home-like rather than in-
stitutional-like.” He also
said the plan seeks to route
as much vehicular traffic
onto the campus, keeping
the city streets surrounding
the area as clear as pos-
sible. He said the project is
designed to, when complete,
give the feel of a neighbor-
hood.
CLSH’s mission has al-
ways been to address the
needs of the aging, and
Goerdel said that even with
the changes, that focus will
not change. He said,
though, that the project will
set the stage for CLSH to
be the primary provider of
care and services to seniors
in and around the county for
many years in the future.
*Velkommen In Welcomes
Visitors To Bosque County
CLIFTON — The Velkommen Inn
Best Western in Clifton began welcom-
ing visitors to the area in the fall of2005.
The 40-room motel is a two-story struc-
ture and includes a meeting room, and
a swimming pool
Other amenities ofthe attractive facility
include free high speed Internet; free conti-
nental breakfost; non-smoking rooms avail-
able; free HBO, ESPN, and CNN; a coin
laundry, a fitness room; a hot tub; and a 27-
inch remote colorTYarefrigeratoi; an AM/
FM alarm dock, a coffee/tea maker; and a
microwave in each room.
The motel is the culmination of a mas-
sive group effort to help increase tour-
ism in Clifton and Bosque County. The
groups included the City of Clifton Eco-
nomic Development Corporation, the City
of Clifton, First Security State Bank, The
Clifton Chamber of Commerce and its
Endowment Rind, UP Brothers Invest-
ment Corporation, and the Patel family
of Cleburne, owners of the facility.
Located at 1215 North Highway 6, the
facility can be contacted at (254) 675-8999
or toll-free at 800-937-8376. Check-in time
is 2 p.m., with check-out by 11 a.m.
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 2006, newspaper, June 23, 2006; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth790015/m1/58/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.