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Report on proposed USDA med facility set for Thursday

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Commerce Mayor Dr. John Ballotti says Adams Engineering will report Thursday on a feasibility study for a U.S. Department of Agriculture regional medical treatment facility.  Also, the mayor says ground breaking for the Hunt Memorial Hospital District emergency-care center in Commerce will take place Tuesday, June 24.  And the city's arrangement with Texas A&M University-Commerce for Commerce citizens to use the Morris Recreation Center over the summer begins Sunday, June 15.

John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.