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FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS: In December of 2008, West Texas Family Medicine broke ground on their clinic. The 12,000 foot clinic features 25 patient exam
rooms and will also have a pediatric clinic, their own laboratory equipment and allergy department. The clinic features four doctors — Mark McClanahan, Travis
King, Brianne Williams and Jon Watkins.
Gordon Zeigler/Plainview Daily Herald
CLINIC START UP: Dr. Jon Watkins visits with Angela Garcia, business office
manager and receptionist Stacey Escamilla.
Cravings
substitute, suggests Kendra
Glassman, a clinical dietitian
in San Antonio. Or eat a
handful of nuts; they contain
fat, protein and fi ber, which
help you feel satisfi ed.
The AHA statement’s
lead author, Rachel K. Johnson,
recommends choosing
nutrient-rich foods fl avored
Clinic
— have been in residency
together for three years and
have worked off and on with
McClanahan over the past
seven years.
Williams and Watkins
grew up in Muleshoe and
were pediatric patients of
McClanahan. King is a native
of Childress.
Because all four are from
West Texas, they decided
the name West Texas Fam-
with added sugar — such as
whole-grain cereal sweetened
with sugar — over
candy that contains no nutrients.
When it comes to yearning
for a sweet dessert after
a meal, “a lot of times I tell
people to put a piece of gum
in their mouths and take a
ily Medicine would best suit
the clinic.
The clinic will start with
four doctors, but McClanahan
hopes to convince his son
John, who is a physician in
residency, and another son,
Matt, a medical student, to
come to Plainview. The Mc-
Clanahans have one other
son, Jason.
“We wanted a place where
our two sons would be able
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walk,” Glassman says.
Chewing minty gum or
brushing your teeth helps
block the craving for sugar,
Glassman says. Mild exercise
will increase serotonin
levels and make you feel
better the same effect as
popping candy, but without
the guilt.
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to join their dad,” Robin Mc-
Clanahan said.
Hours for the clinic are
8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-
Friday, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday
and 1-4 p.m. Sunday.
For appointments call 288-
7891.
Walk-ins also are welcome.
(Contact Deborah Zacher
at dzacher@hearstnp.com
or 806-296-1360.)
Thanks!
The Realtors at Billington Real Estate would like to give a special thanks to the
doctors, nurses, and of� ce staff for locating your medical clinic here in Plainview.
Dr. McClanahan, Dr. King, Dr. Williams, and Dr. Watkins, we realize that you have
made a huge investment in Plainview; not only the cost of building the medical
clinic, but also putting you and your family�s through lots of time, effort, expense
and leaving lots of family and friends by moving to Plainview.
The number one issue that is so great for Plainview is that you support our local
Covenant Hospital. You will be showing your loyalty to the community and continued
success of Covenant Plainview by admitting your patients here.
Citizens of Plainview, I would like to express how important it is for allof us to use
our medical doctors in Plainview and our local hospital. Please have your MRI, CAT
scans, physical therapy, X-rays, and lab tests and other medical procedures done here
in Plainview. The state of the art facilities are here in Plainview and we all should use
them.
Those of us who are in business in Plainview want Plainview people to buy from us
or use our services so that Plainview will continue to grow. The hospital, the medical
facilities and the doctors that have chosen Plainview to practice medicine and take
care of their patients deserve our loyalty to them.
Thanks again, West Texas Medical Clinic, for locating your clinic here in Plainview
and also thanks to several of you that let us help you with your real estate needs while
moving to Plainview.
Billington Real Estate
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