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May 2008
State to require monitors for DaVita before it can reopen
The state health department will require a Lufkin dialysis center to appoint four staff monitors to its facility before it can be approved for reopening, according to a letter from the state to the facility.
In a May 16 letter to a division vice president of DaVita, the Texas Department of State Health Services said a licensing survey conducted May 13 found the facility had potentially serious or life-threatening risks to patients — requiring the highest level of corrective action to be carried out for reopening. The letter was released Tuesday in response to an open records request from The Lufkin Daily News two weeks ago.
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Property values continuing to rise
The taxable value of property in Angelina County is going up — despite the national downturn in the housing market.
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EDITORIAL: Presidential Race
Sen. Barack Obama is very close to winning the Democratic presidential nomination after Tuesday’s contests in Oregon and Kentucky. A few more steps — remaining primaries in Puerto Rico, South Dakota and Montana in the next few weeks — are all that separate him from making history as the first black American to be the nominee of a major political party for the country’s highest office. Obama handily won Oregon, while Sen. Hillary Clinton beat him 2 to 1 in Kentucky.
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Appraisal district board names interim chief appraiser
The Angelina County Appraisal District’s board met Monday to discuss the final chapter in the resignation of Chief Appraiser Keith Kraemer, who gave notice last Friday. After a lengthy debate over his terms and proposed severance package, an agreement was reached and a timetable was established.
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Commissioners approve $47,000 roof repair expense at probation building
Angelina County Commissioners approved a $47,000 roof repair expense Tuesday to the county’s adult probation building.
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EDITORIAL: Forest Funding
Money still doesn’t grow on trees, but for 100 years many rural communities have depended on funding from our national forests.
For some communities, the funding is incredibly important, but it stands a good chance of going away this year. If it does, the government will be breaking a promise it made in 1906.
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Lufkin’s Sellers wins state meet as sophomore
For 300-meter hurdler Amber Sellers, a state championship could mean just the beginning of her success for her Lufkin High School track career.
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Angelina’s chief appraiser resigning from post
Angelina County Chief Tax Appraiser Keith Kraemer turned in his resignation Friday to appraisal district officials, according to Robert Telford, chairman of the district’s board.
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Road closings on U.S. 59 South project challenge drivers and business owners
Motorists and business owners alike are having to find ways to deal with road construction on U.S. Highway 59 South at Wal-Mart.
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Record number of hungry knocking on CISC’s doors
Angelina County’s largest food bank has reached its limit and for the first time has had to turn people away.
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EDITORIAL: Democratic Primary
Was Sen. Barack Obama’s stunning performance Tuesday in North Carolina and Indiana enough to convince Sen. Hillary Clinton that she cannot win the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination?
Apparently not. Clinton and her supporters continue to say they will fight all the way to the August convention and on to the White House. That bravado flies in the face of the delegate math that strongly favors Obama. And those numbers grow stronger as more superdelegates, who will decide the nominee, commit to Obama.
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Carthage alcohol vote gains support from Lufkin
LONGVIEW — A second Lufkin business has contributed money in support of alcohol sales in Carthage.
Brookshire Brothers joined Polk Oil Co. with its $14,083 contribution April 25 to the Carthage Citizens for Better Business, according to campaign committee reports filed Thursday with the Panola County Elections Office. Full story.
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EDITORIAL: Bad Harvest
Congress is prepared to pass a bill that would drive up food prices for consumers, harm the environment, worsen the global food crisis, upset trade agreements and cost taxpayers a ton of money.
It’s a five-year farm bill costing upwards of $280 billion.
The bill now in a House-Senate conference committee either needs to be drastically reduced or scrapped. If passed, it deserves a veto.
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City not trashing recycling program
More than 1,000 residents had opted in to Lufkin’s new voluntary recycling program as of Thursday afternoon, a city official said.
Last month the recycling center announced changes in its recycling program. Under the new program, only those residents who choose to recycle will be provided with the blue recycling carts.
