CLOUDY TODAY....
A LITTLE SNOW IN FORECAST TONIGHT, VERY LITTLE....
JASON STANER, A RESIDENT OF BELLEVUE, HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
HE WAS APPOINTED AT THE HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING TUESDAY AND WILL BEGIN SERVING JANUARY 1ST. HE REPLACES MIKE NICKESON OR RURAL
MAQUOKETA WHO RESIGNED EARLIER THIS YEAR. HE IS A VOLUNTEER PARAMEDIC WITH THE BELLEVUE AMBULANCE AND IS SECRETARY OF
THE AMBULANCE BOARD. HE IS A CRITICAL CARE PARAMEDIC AND WORKS OUT OF MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.
OFFICERS OF THE HOSPITAL BOARD WERE RE-ELECTED FOR ONE YEAR
TERMS. KEVIN BURNS, PRESIDENT....GLORIA JORGENSEN, VP....EILENE BUSCH, SECRETARY AND DUANE TRENKAMP TREASURER.
IN PERSONELL MATTERS....HOLLY ROMER OF MAQUOKETA IS RETURNING
TO WORK AT THE HOSPITAL AND WILL BECOME THE DIETICIAN AND DIABETIC
EDUCATOR. CURRENT DIETICIAN KARA DEMOSS RESIGNED.
ALSO, TERRY HUTCHROFT WILL BE RETIRING DECEMBER 31ST AS THE
HOSPITAL ANESTHESIA CARE PERSON. A SEARCH IS UNDERWAY FOR
HIS REPLACEMENT AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS.
AND RHONA MILLER, A 30-YEAR EMPLOYEE, WILL RETIRE AT THE END
OF THE YEAR.
THE BOARD ALSO HEARD THE ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE HOSPITAL
AUXILIARY, CELEBRATING THEIR 60TH YEAR IN 2016. THERE ARE 69 ACTIVE MEMBERS.
JENNIFER HAYWARD WHITE, AGE 48, OF FORTH WORTH DIED DECEMBER 15TH. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER PARENTS, JIM AND JANICE HOVEY-HAYWARD OF MAQUOKETA, AND A BROTHER, JEFF HAYWARD, IN MAQUOKETA.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
DENNIS VOY
