Breaking ground
City officials, area doctors and Regency Nursing officials ceremonially break ground on the new Wharton Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Located at the end of Sunny Lane, the facility will replace the current Rusk Street location and will offer 120 beds, with 30 for skilled nursing. It will employ 100 to 120 employees. Pictured are, from left, Dr. Robert Satterfield, Medical Director; Dr. David Samuelson, Mayor of the city of Wharton; Don Kivowitz, Regency Nursing Chairman of the Board; Dr. Francisco Ortiz, Medical Director; Lance Smiga, Regional Vice President; Chris Blue, WNRC Administrator; J.L. Geise, contractor; Heber Lacerda, Regency Nursing President; Sheryl Roach, President of the Wharton Chamber of Commerce; and Eddie Parades, Regency Nursing CEO.

Staff Photo by Benjamin Sharp