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Volume 112 No. 15 75 Cents Thursday July 15, 2010P.O. Box 278 •105 W. Main Street • Boise City, Oklahoma 73933-0278 • Cimarron CountyPhone 580-544-2222 • Fax 580-544-3281 • e-mail [email protected]
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BOISE CITY WEATHER Hi Lo Prec
Tues. July 6 90 58Wed. July 7 84 61Thur. July 8 73 59 .90Fri. July 9 80 59Sat. July 10 88 62 .05Sun. July 11 89 64Mon. July 12 90 64MARKETSWheat $ 4.37Milo $2.96Corn $3.44 (spot prices subject to change)
BORN ON JULY 15
THIS DAY IN HISTORYJULY 8
CIMARRON COUNTYJAIL BLOTTER
BILL LEE- 47
1935 Alex Karras Gary Ind,NFLer (Detroit Lions)/actor(George-Webster)1939 Patrick Wayne LA Ca-lif, actor (Rounder, Shirley,Beyond Atlantis)1944 Jan-Michael VincentDenver, actor (Hooper,Tribes, Buster & Billie)1945 Gene Upshaw NFL of-fensive tackle (OaklandRaider)
1869 Margarine is patentedin Paris, for use by FrenchNavy1870 Georgia becomes lastconfederate to be readmit-ted to US1904 1st Buddhist temple inUS established, Los Ange-les1922 1st duck-billed platy-pus publicly exhibited in US,at NY zoo1933 Wiley Post began 1stsolo flight around the world1948 Pres Truman nomi-nated for another term1964 Barry M Goldwater(Sen-R-Az) nominated forpresident by Republicans
SOMETHING TOTHINK ABOUT
ATTENTION!!DATE CHANGE!!
We give a dunce cap to:
7-9Aaron Dennis Smith- Driv-ing under suspension,speeding.
7-10Jacob Bishop- DUI, TOC,no driver’s license
Those whodump their un-wanted dogs atsuch places asthe Boise CityC e m e t e r y -
Shame on you!!
Charge abbreviations, etc.Since some might not under-stand the abbreviations andcharges sometimes listed:Contraband, any of a num-ber of items not allowed in ajail, usually tobacco; DUI-Driving under the influence,(usually alcohol, but some-times drugs- DUID; TOC-Transportation of an opencontainer; ADW assaultwith a deadly weapon; DUS,driving under suspension;APC, actual physical con-trol, being drunk in a sta-tionary vehicle with themeans to drive it, (keys);
If you are wanting to attendthe hearing on Dr. VanWormer’s License, the datehas been changed to Thurs-day, July 22, at 9:30 a.m. Ifyou need a ride to OklahomaCity call- 580-544-2921. Youmay also sign the petition atthe pharmacy.
“The public have an insa-tiable curiosity to know ev-erything, except what isworth knowing.”- OscarWilde
From left, Hospital CFO Jamie Jacoby, CEO, Ray Ma-son, and Todd Biderman, CEO of NewLight Healthcare.
By C.F. DavidJamie Jacoby, of San Angelo,
Texas has been brought toCimarron Memorial by contrac-tor NewLight Health Care, tohelp with the planned resurgenceof the hospital.
Jacoby, a former auditor andpresently a C.P.A., with a taxpractice, said he has been work-ing with hospitals since 1986.
Asked what was needed atCimarron Memorial, he quicklyreplied, “We need to catch up onour bills and build up some cash.”
“We have our tax problemresolved; we have a paymentplan set up.”
“We need to pay our localvendors first…I believe in pay-ing locally first. If we can we’lltry to pay our locals weekly tocatch up. Then we can workwith the others.”
“We need to make somechanges to be sure we are get-ting the correct amounts ofmoney on Medicare.”
The Boise City News toldJacoby that there had been com-plaints about the hospital beingstaffed when there were few ifany patients.
Jacoby replied, labor is alwaysyour largest expense, we paid outjust over a million last year, andwe have less than 34 full-timeemployees, that’s about right fora small rural hospital.”
“But you can’t expect fornurses to go home and sit around
CFO Brings Experienceto Cimarron Memorial
and wait for you to call them.If something happens, we needthem here,” he explained.
Asked how that might bedone with the limited patientpool the hospital now has, heanswered, by collecting whatwe are supposed to on insur-ance, Medicare and Medicaid;then we need to pay the bills.
Asked if in his experiencehe’d worked with a hospital insimilar situations, he replied,“I’ve seen similar small hospi-tals in this situation….it takestime.”
“We have to increase our pa-tient load. We need a NursePractitoner, and another physi-cian. We need to attract and re-train patients,” he said.
“We have a good potentialrevenue source and that’s ourswing bed unit. If you have togo to Amarillo for knee surgery,come back to Cimarron Me-morial for your rehab. It’s agood service, it’s been here along time, and it beats having todrive to Amarillo to visit yourmother every other day.”
Asked if he saw a way forCimarron Memorial to surviveits dilemma, Jacoby answered,“It’s not good, but it’s not some-thing that can’t be overcome.”
“It’s Mr. Biderman’s [ToddBiderman, CEO of NewLightHealth Care] goal and our goalto make Cimarron MemorialHospital secure.”
By C.F. DavidNewLight Health Care, a
new company out of Austin,Texas, and led by Founder andCEO Todd Biederman, hastaken over the managementrole in Cimarron Memorial.
It is Biederman andNewLight, which have broughtInterim CEO Ray Mason andCFO Jamie Jacoby to BoiseCity to work on the strugglinghospital’s problems.
Biederman explained thatNewLight is one-third ownedby a company calledSysInformation, also an AustinCompany with offices in, (ac-cording to its website), Boston,Mass, Houston, Texas andBangalore, India. They offerHealthcare and Litigation Ser-vices.
NewLight’s website ex-plains that the company wasformed to help rural hospitalswith management problemsand as a consultant.
Biederman explains that hehas prior experience withSysInformation a consultingcompany that worked withjoining revenue cycles. Thatcompany owned and operatedhospitals.
“I wanted to move intomanaging critical care hospi-tals, those with about 25 beds.
He pointed out that with his
Austin Texas Company Takes ManagementRole at Cimarron Memorial Hospital
connections with SysInformation,he had contact with men andwomen with experience in rev-enue compensation and that hecould bring financial experts suchas Jacoby.
He brought his people intoCimarron Memorial and did a twoday analysis, “The hospital hasbeen in a tough bind by not havinga CEO on site. People need dailyleadership, and someone who isinvolved in the community,”Biederman said. “The board hasn’tbeen getting the reports theyneeded,” he continued.
Biederman explained that hewas creating, with his team a per-formance matrix for the hospital,and was trying to build up cash onhand fund, which should be about60 days of what the hospital wouldneed to run without anyone usingthe facility.
“Ideally, we’ll grow beyondthat,” Biederman smiled.
Asked how he planned to dothat, Biederman said first of all, theclinic needed new faces and ser-vices to draw patients. “We arelooking at a Physician Assistant;also we are looking at putting in asleep lab and a CT scanner.
Reminding Biederman that thehospital had once had a large im-aging device that hadn’t pannedout, he quickly answered.
“This will be a new CT Scan-
ner with a really good servicecontract,” he insisted.
Biederman then pointed outit wasn’t just about new faces,programs and equipment, butalso in getting all the money forservices provided.
“In the past, we, (the hospi-tal), have had a lot of missedopportunities in coding,” he ad-mitted.
“Kathy [Kathy Roberts] hasdone a great job of holdingthings together. She’s been fivejobs, four of which she wasn’ttrained for,” Biederman ex-plained.
“The first phase will be fi-nancial stability. We need toshift the culture of the hospital.We have tools that will help ourpeople to use their values atwork. We are going to creategreat patient care, and then thehospital will flourish.”
“We, (NewLight), wantmore for the hospital than wewant for our selves,”Biederman declared.
“We are looking for a full-time CEO, we have a candi-date, but we can’t name himbecause he is employed.”
“We feel blessed to havebeen selected to manage thehospital, and we want to be ofservice.”
By C.F. DavidKelly Marsh has taken over the
Boise City branch of XIT Ford asgeneral manager.
Marsh has worked for a vari-ety of automobile sales companiesand in 2007 had come from Dal-las, Texas, and consulted with theDalhart, Texas branch of XIT.
Then last April, the XIT man-agement, remembering Marsh’swork, called him in Butte, Mon-tana, and asked him to take overthe Boise City dealership. He ar-rived here on May 8.
“I’ve been a general managerin every branch of cars, sometimesthey were new dealerships or slowdealerships. I was hired to comein and make them efficient, Marshsaid.
Asked which he tried to buildfirst sales or shop service, Marshreplied, “Sales”.
“It’s all about customer service.Keeping the customer satisfied istop priority. If you take care ofpeople, they’ll come back around.”
The people here have beenphenomenal. “
“I am leasing a house from Janand Bill Terry, and there are nonicer people anywhere.”
Asked what he did first, Marsh
XIT Manager comes from Montanato Take over Boise City Dealership
KELLY MARSH
replied, “Well I had three peoplein here every day to square upour parts department. Now wecan find things. Now when wehave to order parts, we canhave next day delivery.”
Next, was just to clean it up.We’ve put benches out front,flower pots. We want peopleto know we are open.”
Marsh motioned toward thecar lot, “Also, our inventory isbetter.”
“We do Ford Certified war-ranty work.”
“In Andy, [AutomotiveTechnition Andy Hegwood] wehave as to-notch diesel me-chanic as you’ll ever find.”
“The shop has been busy andAndy has been working his tailoff,” Marsh explained.
“I am looking to hire anothertop notch Ford Certifiedtecnition, but it’s hard to findpeople that want to live in BoiseCity. I’m not going to hire justanybody. I want to hire some-one who is looking to live in asmall town, to move away fromthe city.”
Asked how if any, the gov-ernment take over of GM hadaffected the brand name here,Marsh said, “I’ve sold a newChevy in this town. Ford actu-ally increased its sales by notdoing that, but so far it hasn’taffected us here. But they areall good vehicles.”
“We’ve got a long ways togo to get things perfect, andtheir intention is to keep thisplace open forever. And my in-tention is to be here for quitesome time.”
“I want everyone to keeptheir eye on the paper for spe-cials, and to come and talk tous we’ll work with you. Also, ifyou have a car to sell I’ll buycars too,” Marsh said.
Less than a week remainsfor registered voters inCimarron County to apply forabsentee ballots to be mailedto them for the July 27 GeneralElection County Election BoardSecretary Vicki Turner said to-day.
Applications for absenteeballots must be in the hands ofthe County Election Board nolater than 5 p.m. on Wednes-day, July 2l, to be processed.
Any registered voter eligibleto vote in the election may voteby absentee ballot without stat-ing a reason, Turner said. Ab-sentee voters may apply in per-son at the County ElectionBoard office or they may sendtheir applications by mail, byfax, or by telegraph.
Voters also may apply forabsentee ballots for the follow-ing reasons:
— Registered voters whoare physically incapacitated andvoters who care for physicallyincapacitated persons who can-not be left unattended may ap-ply for absentee ballots only bymail, by fax, or by telegraph.
— Registered voters whoare confined to nursing homesin the county may apply onlyby mail, by fax, or by telegraph.
— Military personnel, resi-dents of Cimarron County liv-ing overseas and the spousesand dependents of each groupare entitled to vote without be-ing registered. They may ap-ply only by mail or by fax.
For more information onabsentee voting, contact theCounty Election Board in thebasement of the Courthouse.The telephone number is 580-544-3377. The County Elec-tion Board’s fax number is 580-544-3377.
Information on absenteevoting in Oklahoma also maybe found on the Internet atwww.elections.ok.gov.
TIMERUNNING OUTON ABSENTEE
BALLOTS
By C.F. DavidCimarron County Sheriff Keith
Borth told the Boise City Newsthat he has two brown FordCrown Victoria prowl cars, do-nated to Cimarron County fromChoctaw County. The county lostan SUV in a fire two weeks agoafter a pursuit ended in a wheatfield.
“I’ll take what ever anyone willgive me,” Borth said.
“They seem to be in good
Sheriff’s Office Receives Two Used Fordsshape, they were transfer ve-hicles, and they have 140,000highway miles on them he con-tinued.
“I am still getting offers fordonated equipment from sev-eral gracious Oklahoma Sher-iffs,” Borth added.
Borth said his officers aredriving one of the cars but thedoor badges haven’t beenchanged yet and all the equip-ment hasn’t been installed.
By C.F. DavidReferring to the count-down
on the Bush tax cuts, Rep. FrankLucas asked a small crowd atthe P.T.S.I. Building, “What is theworld going to be like in sixmonths? This has been a verystrange one and one-half years.”
Lucas answered his ownquestion, “It’s a game ofchance.” Then he pin-pointedonly one part of the tax cuts, theestate tax. Lucas emphasizedthat if the cuts were allowed toexpire, that the estate tax couldreally be devastating.
“You’ll have ten years of in-flation piled on top of the assetvalues,” Lucas said.
Lucas then pointed to the fallmid-term elections, “Your pa-tience with us, (the combinedhouses), is getting shorter andshorter.”
Lucas expects that severaldemocrats will be swept awayin the November elections andthat as many as 14 Republicansmight join them.
He points to the Tea Partyuprising as being responsible.
“The Tea Party is a sponta-neous change. At my town hallmeetings, 90 percent of thoserepresenting the Tea Party arebrand new faces.”
“We [U.S. House Members]
have two years to make a dif-ference before we have an-other slaughter, (at the poles).The news congress has to standand deliver.”
Lucas made the point thatunless President Obama madechanges in his agenda, he toowould be swept away in 2012.
“The momentum has to staythrough 2012.”
“Do you remember? BillClinton was able to makechanges in his direction, and hewon a second term. GeorgeBush, Sr. and Jimmy Cartercouldn’t and they were one-term presidents.”
“But they [the Obama ad-ministration and congressionalleadership] are riding this horseas hard as they can.”
Lucas shook his head, andhis voice trailed off, “The moreyou distort the markets…..”
“It’s gonna get better, but it’sgoing to be a roller coaster.”
Lucas mentioned the pro-posed lawsuit against Arizonaover illegal immigration, “Whenyou sue a state, you are lookingto build a voting base for 2012.”
“Then he looked again to-ward the November electionsand worried about complacentRepublican voters, “Folks, com-
Rep. Lucas, Makes Stop in Cimarron County
placency in October will be likepaddling a canoe off NiagaraFalls in November.”
“When you vote this No-vember you can’t cull by ear-tags, but by characteristics.
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Attention!!! Numerous
rattle snakes have been seen
at the Boise City Cemetery.
