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SENIOR RESOURCES

The New

Lubbock VA Super Clinic

Is Almost Finished!

by Brigadier General (Ret.) Gary Harber

The new VA Super Clinic the Lubbock VA Clinic
Construction is almost complete and is Mr. Antron Patton
is about two football fields long and is expected that the number will from the Dallas VA,
one football field wide! Tentative increase when the Clinic is opened with Dr. Missy Rosalez, MD, as Chief
plans are to have the Ribbon Cutting for serving veterans in May 2021. Medical Officer.
Ceremony on April 29 and the first
patients served on May 1, 2021! Construction Team and Dr. Keel spent many days working
Subcontractors have been excellent with the contractor team in assuring
Our thanks to the contractor Jacobsen in all areas and were very positive that the equipment and support
Construction Corporation of Salt in the construction, recognizing that areas are the very best to support the
Lake City, Utah, for the exceptional the VA Clinic was not just another Veterans and staff.
work that their team has done in building, but the construction was
building the new Lubbock VA Super for our brothers, friends, family and The VA has done a great service by
Clinic! Not only is the construction especially for the men and women letting us go forward with this new
outstanding, but the Construction veterans who have given so much for facility. Many people helped to make
Team captured the very essence our country! this project happen, including former
of what this project is about and U.S Rep. Randy Neugebauer; U.S.
the meaning of what the project Key members of JACOBSEN Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the
represents – the service and sacrifice Construction whom our Committee House Veteran Affairs Committee;
of the men and women who have worked with are Cory Hawke - U.S. Senator John Cornyn; Tech
served our country, the United States Project Manager, Eli McQueen Chancellor Tedd Mitchell; Mr. Ted
of America! - Project Manager, Dirk Zenger - Welch and other leaders at the
Project Superintendent, and Darcy Amarillo VA.
It has been a pleasure for our Zenger - Project Assistant.
Veterans Healthcare Committee Our Committee is so very thankful
to work with the Construction General Mittemeyer stated, “The for the work that has been
Team over these past months!! The Veterans will see the Lubbock VA accomplished by all involved on
Construction Team are all to be Super Clinic as theirs! They will be in this project; the completing of the
commended for the excellent work a facility that will honor their service project is an example of what can be
that has been done toward building to our country and know that they provided to support the many men
the new VA Super Clinic to support are appreciated.” and women who have served this
the Veterans of Lubbock, TX and the great country, the United States of
surrounding areas. The leadership team of the new America!
VA Lubbock
The planning for the new Lubbock Clinic includes Dr.
Clinic began in 2009 when Dalton Keel, who
Lieutenant General Bernhard is responsible for
Mittemeyer organized a committee to Lubbock and all the
investigate the requirements to have community-based
a VA Clinic in Lubbock to support clinics outside of
our veterans. Our Committee Motto Amarillo TX. The
is: “Committee for the Improvement satellites of the
of Veteran’s Healthcare – Promises Lubbock Super Clinic
Kept”. The new VA Super Clinic will are located in Clovis
serve approximately 323,000 veterans NM and Childress
in the West Texas and New Mexico and Dalhart TX. The
areas, as reported in 2016, and it new Administrator for

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