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NEWS SEPTEMBER 2010
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TxDOT DISTRICT LOCAL NEWS DATE: SINCE THE CREATION OF DISTRICTS FOR THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, LIBERTY COUNTY HAS BEEN A PART OF THE BEAUMONT DISTRICT. NOW, LIBERTY COUNTY JUDGE PHIL FITZGERALD WILL ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD MOVE LIBERTY COUNTY FROM THE BEAUMONT DISTRICT TO THE HOUSTON DISTRICT. THAT HOUSTON AREA ALREADY INCLUDES Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Montgomery and Waller COUNTIES. AUIDIO: OF THE MORE THAN $230 MILLION SPENT OVER THE 8 COUNTIES THAT MAKE UP THE BEAUMONT DISTRICT, IN 2009 BUDGET YEAR, MORE THAN $35 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE WAS SPENT ON THE STATE ROADS IN LIBERTY COUNTY. THE LARGEST RECIPIENT OF THE BEAUMONT DISTRICT MONEY WAS JEFFERSON COUNTY, FOLLOWED THEN BY ORANGE COUNTY. THE HOUSTON DISTRICT BY COMPARISON SPENT $816,655,000 IN THEIR SEVEN COUNTY DISTRICT, FISCAL YEAR 2009. THE RESOLUTION WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT LIBERTY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING SET FOR AUGUST 10TH. COUNTY JUDGE PHIL FITZGERALD, WHO FAVORS THE CHANGE TO THE HOUSTON DISTRICT, ALSO OBSERVED THAT STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN OTTO OF DAYTON FELT THE CHANGE TO THE HOUSTON DISTRICT WOULD BE APPROVED.
landowner workshop news story 08.04.10 area landowners are invited to a conservation workshop and lunch this friday. the event is sponsored by Chambers County, the Texas Coastal Management Program, Texas Coastal Partners, and the soil and water conservation districts in Chambers, Liberty and Jefferson counties. This multi-county workshop will provide private property landowners with information on available conservation and preservation management options and funding opportunities. Speakers include experts from the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Braun & Associates, texas Land Trust Council, Texas General Land Office, and Ducks Unlimited. Representatives from government agencies and nonprofit organizations will also have literature there and be available to answer questions on their programs. This landowners conservation workshop is friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Wallisville Community Center. It is free to the public, and Lunch will be provided. For information, contact Amy at 409-267-1144 or Linda at 713-703-1123. HOSPITAL SELLS LOCAL NEWS DATE: THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS OF THE LIBERTY DAYTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ON NORTH TRAVIS IN LBIERTY AND THE OFFICE BUILDING THEY ACROSS THE STREET WAS SOLD YESTERDAY MORNING ON THE COURTHOUSE STEPS IN WHAT IS CALLED A NON-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE. THEN LATER YESTERDAY THE DEAL WAS SEALED TO ACQUIRE ALL THE LICENSES, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES BY THE LIBERTY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT. IN THE COURTHOUSE STEPS SALE FOR THE REAL ESTATE THE ONLY BIDDERS WERE THE LIEN HOLDER, POTOMAC VALLEY HOSPITAL OF WEST VIRGINIA INC., WHO HELD THE NOTE AND THE LIBERTY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT #1 REPRESENTED BY PAUL HENRY. HOUSTON ATTORNEY TREY HENDERSHOT REPRESENTED THE WEST VIRGINIA ENTITY THAT HOLDS THE UNPAID LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. IT WAS HE WHO CONDUCTED THE SALE. THEN WHAT MAY BE DESCRIBED AS EVEN BIGGER NEWS WAS TO COME LATER YESTERDAY WHEN AN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE THE SALE HAD BEEN COMPLETED FOR THE LIBERTY DAYTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER TO ACQUIRE OWNERSHIP OF ALL STATE AND FEDERAL LICENSES, INCLUDING THE CRITICAL ACCESS DESIGNATION, FURNITURE, FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT. THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD MET WITH THE HOSPITAL STAFF TO GIVE THEM THE NEWS AT 4:30 PM AND THEN BRUCE STRATTON, PRESIDENT OF THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD, WHO HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM A HOUSTON HOSPITAL, FOLLOWING BACK SURGERY, ONLY FEW HOURS EARLIER WAS ON HAND TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE HOSPITAL CONFERENCE ROOM. AUDIO; WITH YESTERDAY’S MORNINGS PURCHASE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS, THE LIBERTY CO. HOSPITAL DISTRICT NOW TAKES THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAST DUE PROPERTY TAXES, AND PAST DUE UTILITIES BY THE FINANCIALLY TROUBLED HOSPITAL THAT, UNTIL YESTERDAY, WAS OWNED BY FRONTIER HEALTH CARE. IN THE AGREEMENT FOR PURCHASE OF THE LICENSES AND OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY, $235,000 WAS PAID TO GO TO THE COURT SYSTEMS WHICH WILL DETERMINE THE CREDITORS TO GET THOSE FUNDS. IT WAS THOUGHT THAT WOULD EITHER MOSTLY OR ENTIRELY GO TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. THE IRS IS OWED SOME $1.4 MILLION, AND THEY WILL TOP THE LIST TO GET THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT MONEY, WITH THE COUNTY TAXING AUTHORITIES LIKELY TO GET A LESSER SHARE. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT HAS AGREED THE LOCAL ENTITIES WILL GET THEIR PROPERTY TAXES AND THE CITY WILL GET PAID FOR DUE UTILITIES. PAUL HENRY OF THE HOSPITAL BOARD SAID IT APPEARS MOST OF THIS ISSUE WILL BE RESOLVED WITH ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT. LAST YEAR BEFORE SOME LONG AND DELICATE NEGOTIATIONS THAT FIGURE APPEARED TO BE CLOSER TO FRO $5 TO $6 MILLION. AGAIN, THE LIBERTY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT HAS BOUGHT THE PHYSICAL LOCATION OF THE LIBERTY DAYTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND THE OFFICE BUILDING THEY OWN ACROSS THE STREET AT THE CORNER OF TRAVIS AND MONTA. THAT PURCHASE CAME IN A NON-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE YESTERDAY MORNING. THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT PAID $350,000 AND FILED THE TITLE TO MAKE THAT TRANSACTION FINAL. THEN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE AGREEMENT WAS REACHED AND PAPERWORK SIGNED FOR PAYMENT OF $235,000 FOR LICENSES, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. THAT AMOUNT ACQUIRES ALL THE FEDERAL AND STATE LICENSES, AS WELL AS THE FIXTURES, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT THAT ALLOWS THE HOSPITAL TO OPERATE. HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBER PAUL HENRY AND ITS PRESIDENT BRUCE STRATTON HAD HIGHEST PRAISE FOR LOCAL ATTORNEY RON NORWOOD WHO WAS LOCAL LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE FORMER HOSPITAL OWNERSHIP, FRONTIER HEALTH CARE. MR. HENRY SAID RON NORWOOD KEPT THE NEGOTIATIONS MOVING EVEN IN THE WORST OF TIMES DURING ALL OF THIS. THERE WAS ALSO HIGH PRAISE FOR THE HOSPITAL STAFF WHO STOOD STRONG AND CONTINUED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS EMPLOYEES. BELL AND LIBRARY LOCAL NEWS DATE: 08 03 10 THE LIBERTY MUNICIPAL LIBRARY, HAVING UNDERGONE A MAJOR RENOVATION AND EXPANSION, IS OCCUPYING THE ENTIRE AREA TO THAT INCLUDES THE REMODELED OUT SECTION AND THE NEW ADDITION. THAT MEANS ACCESS IS AGAIN THROUGH FRONT DOORS AND FOYER. IN ADDITION, THE LIBERTY BELL, THE ONE THAT HAS SINCE 1976 HAS HUNG IN THE BIG BELL TOWER BEHIND THE CULTURAL CENTER UNTIL IKE DAMAGED IT, IS BACK FROM THE REFURBISHING JOB IN AN OHIO BASED RESTORATION COMPANY. IT IS ON DISPLAY PROUDLY IN THE FOYER OF THE GERALDINE HUMPHREY’S CULTURAL CENTER. LIBERTY CITY MANAGER GARY BROZ SAID THEY WOULD HOLD A DEDICATION CEREMONY OF THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR RESTORATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25. AUDIO; THE REFURBISHED BELL, WEIGHING JUST OVER ONE TON, IS FRONT-AND-CENTER AT THE ENTRY DOORS OF THE FOYER OF THE GERALDINE HUMPHREY’S CULTURAL CENTER, DISPLAYED ON A CARPETED RAISED PLATFORM. EVENTUALLY, THE CITY PROMISES TO HAVE IT BACK IN A NEW RAISED BELL TOWER, BUT THAT COMES LATER. AGAIN, THE DEDICATION CEREMONY FOR THE RENOVATED AND EXPANDED CULTURAL CENTER IS SET FOR WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25. THE ORIGINAL WAS BUILT IN 1970 BUT THIS EXPANSION IS RIGHT AT DOUBLE THE FLOOR SPACE AND AN ELEVATOR TO THE SECOND FLOOR HAS BEEN ADDED. PHONE SCAMS AND THE ELDERLY LOCAL NEWS 08/ /10 WE HAVE AIRED REPORTS WARNING OF VARIOUS PHONE AND INTERNET SCAMS MAKING THE ROUNDS AS THIEVES KEEP DEVELOPING NEW WAYS TO SEPARATE US FROM OUR MONEY. THE FACT IS, MOST OF THOSE TARGETED PHONE SCAMS ARE DIRECTED AT SENIOR CITIZENS. ACCORDING TO CLEVELAND ATTORNEY MOLLY LAMBERT OLDER PEOPLE TEND TO HAVE BANK ACCOUNTS AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO LISTEN POLITELY TO PHONE SCAMMERS PITCHES. MS. LAMBERT SAID THESE SCAMS CAN TAKE VARIOUS FORMS, BUT THE POINT IS THE SAME, TO FOOL THEIR VICTIM INTO GIVING THE CROOKS MONEY OR ACCESS TO MONEY. AUDIO. CLEVELAND ATTORNEY MOLLY LAMBERT REMINDS US ALL, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES- SOCIAL SECURITY, THE IRS OR WHOEVER, WILL NOT CONTACT YOU BY PHONE OR E-MAIL. BE EXTRA WARY OF ANYONE CALLING TO TRY AND GET PERSONAL INFORMATION OR MONEY FROM YOU, FOR WHATEVER THE REASON. SCAMS SUCH AS THESE CAN BE REPORTED TO POLICE, SHERIFF OR THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ELDERLY ABUSE AT 1-800-677-1116.
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