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Page 8A — THE GILMER MIRROR, Gilmer, Texas March 30, 2017
May wedding
planned by
local couple
Misty and Ray Davidson
of Gilmer and Teresa Ray
of Hallsville and Jason Ray
of Marshall announce the
engagement of their daugh-
ter, Katelyn Brooke Ray, to
Collin Keith Sosebee, son of
Sharon and Darren Sosebee
of Gilmer.
The bride-elect is the
granddaughter of the late
Cindy G. Chapman; Linda
Davidson of Gilmer and the
late D.R. Davidson; and On-
eta Ray of Spurger and the
late Cecil Ray.
She is a 2012 graduate of
Gilmer High School and at-
tends the University of Texas
at Tyler.
She is a preschool associ-
ate at New Beginnings Bap-
tist Church in Gilmer.
The prospective groom is
the grandson of Mary Price
of Irving and the late William
Price and the late Mary and
Donnie Sosebee.
A 2013 graduate of Har-
mony High School, he at-
tends Leavell College purs-
ing a degree in religious
studies.
D
By PATSY McCURRY • 903-762-6462
KATELYN RAY AND COLLIN SOSEBEE
He is an interim junior
high minister at New Be-
ginnings Baptist Church’s
Spring Hill campus.
The couple will be mar-
ried in May of 2017.
They plan to make their
home in Longview.
Camp EMS secures new devices
Resuscitation equipment for cardiac cases
By Phillip Williams
Camp County EMS, the
ambulance service which
serves Gilmer and much of
Upshur County, has procured
four devices which perform
cardiopulmonary resuscita-
tion and increase a person’s
chances of surviving sudden
cardiac arrest.
In the first 11 cardiac arrest
cases since the ambulance ser-
vice obtained the devices, nine
regained pulses, said Mike
Reyolds, executive director of
Camp County EMS, who added
that he did not know how many
survived. Nonetheless, “our
paramedics are very excited to
see the difference these units
are making,” he said in a news
release.
The EMS firm has placed
two of the devices, manufac-
tured by Physio-Control, in
units at its Pittsburg station
and two on units at its Gilmer
station.
The battery-powered Lucas
IICPR devices, which provide
100 compressions per minute
at a depth of two inches, “per-
form much better CPR than a
person can and they don’t fa-
tigue,” said Reynolds. Terming
the devices, which cost about
$15,000 each, a “game-changer
in cardiac arrest care,” he said
only one other EMS service in
East Texas has them.
“It is almost impossible for
one person in the back of an
ambulance to provide effective
CPR while performing other
necessary procedures such
as medication administration
and ventilation,” Reynolds
explained. “At the very least,
there are interruptions in CPR
and then there are such factors
as fatigue which set in within a
couple of minutes of beginning
CPR,” Reynolds wrote..
“The physicians that have
seen our units in use are
amazed at the quality of
pulses felt while the units are
performing compressions,” he
added. “The Lucas device gen-
erates blood flow (perfusion)
Tri-County plans
board meeting
Tri-County Community
Action Inc. will hold a board
meeting on Monday, April 3,
in Center.
The meeting will be held
at the Central Office located
at 214 Nacogdoches St. in
Center.
The meeting will begin at
6:30 p.m. For more informa-
tion contact Yolanda Neal at
936-598-6315 Ext. 18.
to the brain and other organs
better than any individual can
for a prolonged time.”
Reynolds said the reason
only two EMS agencies in the
area have the devices is mainly
their “very expensive” cost.
“There have been other de-
vices out there for quite a few
years, and we have looked at all
of them, but none of them had
the success data to warrant the
large capital expenditure,” he
added. “We decided to make
this investment because the
Lucas device has the data to
back up its effectiveness.”
Namely, Reynolds con-
tinued, “The increased per-
centage of ROSC (return of
spontaneous circulation) with
the Lucas device was very im-
pressive in the studies. There
are even a few larger hospitals
that in certain situations are
taking patients to the cardiac
catheterization lab with CPR
in progress using the Lucas
and clearing a blocked ar-
tery. They have literally had
patients enter the cath lab
with CPR going and a few days
later be discharged from the
hospital with no neurological
deficits.
“We have seen a remarkable
increase in ROSC since we de-
ployed these units,” Reynolds
added.
He said the devices “can be
set up in seconds and require
a very minimal stoppage in
CPR to deploy.
“The most important factor
in cardiac arrest is to have
uninterrupted chest compres-
sions. With these devices, the
only interruption is when the
device is first applied to the
paitent and it is very minimal,”
Reynolds said. “In a normal
manual CPR call, there will
be numerous interruptions
in CPR which are unavaoid-
able.”
Noting Camp County EMS
also carries ventilators on its
units, he said emergency per-
sonnel “can apply the device,
place the patient on the venti-
lator once they are intubated,
and then the paramedic is free
to start IVs, give medications
and deliver defibrillations
along with any other skills
needed.”
The devices cannot be
used on some patients, “such
as pediatrics or very large
adults, but the vast majority
of patients fall within the pe-
rimeters of the device,” Reyn-
olds wrote. “Weight is not an
issue but rather the distance
between the chest and com-
pression device plunger.”
The following is a copy of
a letter Joyce Payne sent to
Archie McDonald who wrote
a column for The Gilmer Mir-
ror and other newspapers
each week for a long while
before he died.
To Archie McDonald, from
Joyce Payne:
“Every Saturday morning
I go to my rural mailbox,
pick up The Gilmer Mirror,
glance over the headlines,
then immediately turn to
your column. We grew up in
the same era, and it seems to
me that you write my life’s
story in many articles.
“Your recollections of
traveling to Colorado every
summer captured my heart.
When Gerald Payne and
I married in 1952, I was a
young bride who had never
been out of Texas. So, when
he told me that we were go-
ing to Colorado on our hon-
eymoon I had no idea what
to expect.
“Oh, yes, I had to be igno-
rant in regard to ‘camping
out’ in the high country, but
soon learned that a tarp for
shelter and an army cot to
sleep on were not most effi-
cient for a 10 degree tempera-
ture night. But expectations
ran high as we loaded up
the brand-new Studebaker
convertibile with supplies,
lowered the top and off we
went in 105 degree weather.
“What a trip across the
plains of West Texas in the
heat and no air-conditioner.
But I was in love, so what
the heck!
“We made it to Raton, New
Mexico where we were lucky
to find a room for seven dol-
lars a night. Horseracing
fans had taken all the other
rooms. Anyway, it was a
glorious experience and the
memory of the cool fresh air.
from the high, dry climate
stay with me, even today.
“After a delicious break-
fast we headed across Raton
Pass, on to La Veta Pass and
finally Wolf Creek Pass on
our way to Pagosa Springs,
Colorado (which you wrote
about so eloquently in your
column). That was the begin-
ning of our love affair with
San Juan Mountains and
Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
“When we arrived in
Pagosa, we were directed to
Piedra Road which took us to
Upper Piedra in the National
Wilderness area.
“We setup camp along Wil-
liams Creek, 20 miles from
civilization. There was only
one couple in the area, so we
camped nearby. We had only
the barest of necessities, a
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Teach Your Children Well... About Finances and Investing
By Chad Burkhalter
High
levels ..
debt
lack
of savings ...
the inability to
budget - these
problems all
have several
causes, but one of them is
almost certainly financial il-
literacy. Too many of us just
never developed the money
management skills necessary
to cope with our complicated
- and expensive - world. But
if you have young children,
you can teach them some
money-smart lessons - and
who knows? You could use
the opportunity to give your-
self a few valuable remind-
ers, too.
Here are some suggestions
for a financial “curriculum”:
Save for a goal. In our
highly commercialized cul-
ture, it’s almost inevitable
that your children will even-
tually become somewhat
acquisitive. Obviously, it’s
important to teach them that
they can’t have everything
- and they certainly can’t
have everything right now.
So, once they are old enough
to receive an allowance or to
earn money in some fashion,
encourage them to set a goal
for something they want,
such as a toy or video game,
and to put money aside every
week for that goal. It’s also
an excellent idea to model
this behavior yourself. So
if you are considering mak-
ing a major purchase in the
not-too-distant future, such
as a car, show your children
how you are setting aside
money regularly for this pur-
pose, rather than borrowing
as much as you can or put-
ting the entire purchase on a
credit card.
Establish a budget. It can
be challenging to create a
household budget and just
as difficult to stick to it - but
for most people, it’s worth
the effort. You’ll be doing
your children a favor by
showing them how you have
a certain amount of income
and where it goes - mort-
gage, utilities, groceries,
retirement accounts, etc. -
each month. Explain to your
kids that by staying within
your budget, you can help
avoid problems such as debt
and extra fees tacked onto
bills for late payments. You
might also want to point out
that, as your income rises,
you can gain greater flex-
ibility in budgeting. Here’s
the key point: Living within
your means pays off in the
long run.
Have fun with investing.
It might surprise you, but
even young children enjoy
learning about the invest-
ment process, especially if
you explain to them that they
can be an owner of a com-
pany that makes a product or
service they like. You might
want to pick such a company
and, along with your child,
chart its course over time.
You could give your child a
pretend $100 bill to “invest”
in this company and then see
how its value changes, ex-
plaining along the way that
various factors - such as the
popularity of the company’s
products, the skill of its man-
agers, and so on - will affect
the stock’s price. At some
point, you may even wish
to purchase real stocks for
your child and place them
within a custodial account.
And you might also want to
show your child how your
own stocks and other invest-
ments are performing. The
investment world can be fas-
cinating, and by sharing your
enthusiasm for it with your
children, you can encourage
them to invest throughout
their lives.
Knowledge is power. And
the more knowledge about
finances and investing that
you can impart to your chil-
dren now, the more empow-
ered they will be to make
smart financial moves in the
future.
If you have questions, contact:
Chad Burkhalter at
Edward Jones,
325 N Roberts St, Gilmer,
or 903-843-2023.
This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
tarp, two cots, a camp stove
and coffee pot and a couple
of pans. But there we spent
two of the best weeks of our
lives.
“On our trip back to Dallas
and our jobs we determined
that we would return when-
ever we had a chance.
“And so it was, that we
did go back for a few years.
But soon our family started
growing and we spent vaca-
tions in Red River, New Mex-
ico because it was closer.
“The years passed and
in 1983 Gerald retired from
General Electric so we left
Dallas and moved to our
ranch in East Texas near
Gilmer.
“We spent the first part of
the summer in East Texas,
but Colorado and the High
Country came calling once
again.”
Union Grove’s Baker
wins Houston scramble
Elijah Baker of the Union Grove FFA was a winner at
one of the RodeoHouston events, the calf scramble.
Under the rules, the calves are released onto the
dirt arena for 30 Texas 4-H and FFA members to chase
and catch using only a rope halter.
The number of students is always greater than the
number of calves.
With teenagers and calves darting in every direction
across the NRG Stadium floor, the calf scramble is one
of the most chaotic, unscripted events of the Rodeo.
Each student who catches a calf is awarded a $1,750
certificate to purchase a registered beef heifer or
market steer to show at the Houston Livestock Show™
the following year.
Returning as an exhibitor, the student shows in a spe-
cial competition with other calf scramble winners.
The student receives a $250 bonus if program re-
quirements are fulfilled throughout the year.
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Parker, Vic. The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 2017, newspaper, March 30, 2017; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth878413/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.