Tuesday, February 11, 1997
HSU student critically injured
RANGER - A Hardin-Simmons University student critically injured
Sunday in a two-vehicle accident near here was moved out of the
intensive care unit and was listed in "guarded" condition
in Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene.
An HSU official said Sarah Lynn Chamblee, a 19-year-old freshman
from Denton, received a fractured skull, fractured ribs and a
punctured lung in the 4:30 p.m. accident on Interstate 20. She
was stabilized at Eastland Memorial Hospital before being airlifted
to Hendrick.
Chamblee was returning to the campus from a weekend visit with
her parents. Her father, Bill Chamblee, is minister of education
at First Baptist Church of Denton and is a former HSU baseball
player.
Investigators said Chamblee's westbound Honda went out of control
and crossed the median into the eastbound lane where it was struck
broadside by a pickup driven by Rosario Villanueva Farmer, 38,
of Mesquite. Farmer and his 14-year-old daughter were treated
at the Eastland hospital and released.
Directors may set day for closing hospital
in Albany
ALBANY - Shackelford County Hospital District directors may
set a date for closing the 45-year-old hospital when they meet
tonight.
Board president Bob Tidwell said he spent much of Monday with
Joe Peters, a former hospital administrator from Lake Whitney
who will advise the board on closure procedures. Peters will meet
with the entire board tonight.
The board reluctantly voted in January to close the hospital
after voters turned down a 178 percent tax increase. Directors
said the increase was necessary to remain in operation.
Ban on outdoor burning tabled in Baird
BAIRD - Callahan County Commissioners on Monday tabled a ban
on outdoor burning.
Recent precipitation was thought to be enough to decrease fire
danger in the county. The issue will be reconsidered at the Feb.
24 meeting, said County Judge Bill Johnson.
Whether or not the county will take over maintenance on County
Road 207 also was tabled because the agenda item was not worded
correctly.
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