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February 8, 1999
State to rebuild I-20 westbound ramps
By PEGGY McCRACKEN
Staff Writer
PECOS, Feb. 8, 1999--Truck drivers who stop at Flying J Travel Plaza
near the Interstate 20/U.S. 285 intersection should find a new entrance
ramp to I-20 to their liking.
The current entrance ramp, known as a circle type ramp, forces trucks
to ease across the north service road, turning a little bit east, to enter
the ramp. Not only is difficult for trucks to maneuver, it stops both eastbound
and westbound traffic on the service road while they cross.
A new entrance ramp to the west of the current ramp would be the diamond
type, which gives traffic a straight shot onto I-20, said Jerry Tschauner,
director of regional services for the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission.
Tschauner said that the commission will consider a proposal from the
Texas Department of Transportation to replace that entrance ramp and the
exit ramp just to the west of it, known as the Country Club Drive exit
ramp.
Both ramps will be moved to the west if the proposal meets approval
PBRPC directors and others.
Tschauner said the estimated cost of the project is $331,849, and the
work is scheduled to begin in October.
"It is part of the Rural Area Transportation Improvement Program for
the Odessa District," Tschauner said. "It is a scheduled project that's
been in the works for some time."
A direct entrance from the Flying J straight across the service road
to the I-20 on-ramp was closed several years ago for safety reasons, after
several accidents in the area of the I-20/U.S. 285 interchange. Flying
J sealed off a driveway across from the ramp and truck now have to make
a quick left-then-right turn from the parking area to reach the westbound
lanes of the interstate.
Cser returns to job at rural health clinic
By PEGGY McCRACKEN
Staff Writer
PECOS, Feb. 4, 1999 - Michelle Cser has returned to the Pecos Valley
Clinic as physician assistant, a position she held for three years before
joining Dr. Orville Cerna in his private practice in March, 1997.
Reeves County Hospital operates the rural health clinic, with Dr. Cerna
as Cser's supervisor. It is located in rooms 103-6, just off the hospital
lobby.
"Just look for the Pecos Valley Clinic sign," Cser said.
Office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 9
a.m. to noon on Tuesday and Thursday.
Cser works out of the Balmorhea clinic Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
That clinic is located at 125 N. Main Street.
Cser came to Pecos in 1994 to open the Pecos Valley Clinic for the hospital.
When the hospital gained approval for a rural health clinic, she moved
operations to the hospital proper.
Busy from the beginning, Cser continues to treat patients of all ages.
"I am very happy and very pleased that my patients followed me," she
said. "It really humbles me. I appreciate their loyalty and love them all."
Cser said that she treats all ages, from 0 to 100 "and beyond."
"I see a lot of kids," she said. "I treat a lot of allergies and asthma."
She also does physicals, including sports physicals.
"We are so pleased that Michelle is back with us," said assistant administrator
Iris Rives. "She is an excellent practitioner."
As a department head, Cser's supervisor is Chief Executive Officer Charles
Butts.
Obituary
William Kingston III
William "Bill" Lewis Kingston III, 79, formerly of Balmorhea, died Thursday,
Feb. 4, 1999 in a Fort Worth hospital.
A rosary will be held at 7 p.m., at the Geeslin Funeral Home in Alpine.
Services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10, at Christ
The King Catholic Church in Balmorhea with burial in Balmorhea Cemetery.
He was a member of the Catholic Church, retired from the United States
Army and a former manager of Kingston Hot Springs.
He was preceded in death by his parents, W.L. Jr. and Iola Halcomb Kingston,
one brother, Walter Kingston, one son, Frank Briggs (MIA in Vietnam), and
his wife, Dot Kingston who died in 1989.
Survivors include four sons, William Walter and Joe V. Kingston, Edward
Bruce and Ray Bruce; one daughter, Martha Ann Gragg; one sister, Bea Paul
of San Antonio; one brother, George L. Kingston of Balmorhea; numerous
grandchildren and great-grandchildren and other family.
Geeslin Funeral Home of Alpine is in charge of arrangements.
Weather
PECOS, Feb. 4, 1999 - High Sunday 78; low last night 48. Tonight, fair
and mild. Low in the mid 40s. Light southwest wind. Tuesday, partly cloudy
and continued warm. High around 80. southwest wind 5-15 mph.
Pecos Enterprise
York M. "Smokey" Briggs, Publisher
Division of Buckner News Alliance, Inc.
324 S. Cedar St., Pecos, TX 79772
Phone 915-445-5475, FAX 915-445-4321
e-mail news@pecos.net
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