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PMC Employees Hosting April Forum for Board Candidates
For Immediate Release: MAKE AN EDUCATED VOTING DECISION!!! A public forum and question and answer session will be held on Tuesday April 24, 2012 from 6:00-8:00pm at the Cultural Event Center for the Prowers Medical Center Board of Directors Candidates. The Forum will also be broadcast live on KLMR. The Prowers Medical Center Employees have organized this event to help have our voices and concerns heard by the candidates and to help educate you the public on … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, City, community, County, Economy, Education, Granada, Health, Holly, Lamar, News, Notice, Politics, The Journal Alert, Wiley
Letter to the Editor – From CEO at Prowers Medical Center
Re: Letter to the Editor from James Fairchild, Chief Executive Officer of Prowers Medical Center. Because of the email formatting of the letter, the first portion of the letter cannot be posted in the introductory box as are our usual articles. Readers will need to click on the read entire article disclaimer to access the letter in its entire form. Thank you- Russ Baldwin … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, community, County, Economy, Education, Employment, Health, Lamar, Letters to the Editor, News
Letter to the Editor–Just Say No to New Health Care Tax
LETTER TO THE EDITOR JUST SAY NO TO NEW HEALTH CARE TAX To My Patients, Friends, Colleagues, and Members of the Tax District, The Hospital Board of Directors and the Therapy services of Physical, OT, ST, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation services, have done a great job in pulling PMC out of the financial crisis of a few years ago. However, during times of a down economy and when families are struggling to put gas in their car, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, community, County, Economy, Education, Health, Lamar, Letters to the Editor, News, Youth
PMC Board Candidates Discuss Dollars and Sense at Public Forum
While all six PMC board of director candidates recognized the need for some form of expansion at the hospital to accommodate an outpatient rehabilitation facility, most stated their dissatisfaction with a lack of specifics on the proposed renovations and expansion to warrant the $5million bond issue which goes before the voters on May 8. Several felt the cost for the 13,000 square foot facility could be pared back, while some stated that a cost-benefit ratio … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, City, community, County, Economy, Education, Featured, Granada, Health, Holly, Lamar, News, Politics, The Journal Alert, Wiley
The Remember Foundation Begins Local Efforts
Almost any adult has had moments in their lives when they can’t remember where they left their car keys, some cordless house phones have ringers on the base unit that beeps the missing handset so you can find it buried in the sofa cushions, some of us enter a room, temporarily forgetting why we’re there. It’s a common phenomenon. It’s when you can’t remember where you’ve left the car, or can’t recall the name of … Read entire article »
Filed under: City, community, County, Education, Featured, Granada, Health, Holly, Lamar, News, Public Safety, Wiley
City Council Revises Resolution Supporting PMC Expansion
Prowers Medical Center board member Candy Ruedeman provided additional information to the Lamar City Council during their Monday night work session, April 9, as they considered a resolution of support for the $5 million expansion project, providing a 13,000 square foot Outpatient Rehabilitation Center. Last month, PMC Chief Executive Officer James Fairchild presented a hospital overview to the council, as well as plans for the proposed center. Monday, the council reviewed about two dozen hospital photos taken … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, City, community, Economy, Featured, Health, Lamar, News
Letter to the Editor-PMC
Dear Editor, I went to Prowers Medical Center on April 6, to get x-rays and an MRI to try and find out why I was having excruciating pain in my arm and shoulder. I was treated very nicely when I handed them the $3,000 they insisted upon before I could receive the services, in case my insurance didn’t cover the cost. There was also some accommodation done because of some confusion about my appointment time. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, community, County, Economy, Employment, Lamar, Letters to the Editor, News
Voices of Southeast Colorado Hosting Candidates Night
Six candidates are running for two seats on the Prowers Medical Center Board of Directors. A mail-in ballot election will be held May 8. Voices of Southeast Colorado will host a candidate’s forum at the Lamar Cultural Events Center, Tuesday, April 17 from 7pm to 9pm. The candidates have been invited to discuss their credentials and rationale for seeking to be elected to the Prowers Medical Center Board of Directors. The public will be given an … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, community, County, Economy, Education, Granada, Health, Holly, Lamar, News, Politics, Wiley
Prowers County GOP Assembly Selects Commissioner Candidates
The Prowers County Republican Party will offer a full slate of commissioner candidates for election in November. Their county assembly was held this past Saturday, March 24, at Lamar Community College. The two candidates for District I and the two candidates for District III each garnered sufficient delegate votes to be placed on the ballot. Thirty percent was the required minimum to move forward. The assembly, according to Janet Marriott, chairman of the Prowers County GOP … Read entire article »
Filed under: Agriculture, Business, College, Commissioners, community, County, Economy, Featured, Granada, Holly, Lamar, News, Politics, The Journal Alert, Wiley
PMC Board of Director Candidates Announced
Audrey Kane, Designated Election Official at Prowers Medical Center, said the public will receive their ballots for the May 8 hospital district election starting April 20. There are six candidates for two open positions. The candidates are Andrew (Andy) B. Wyatt, Julie Branes, Ronny R. Farmer, Vincent Scott Yoder, Wayne R. Hudson and Diane Marie Broyles. Gene Cruikshank and Joe Spitz, current board members, have indicated they will not run for re-election. Board Chairman Jan Hall … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, community, County, Featured, Granada, Health, Holly, News, Politics, The Journal Alert, Wiley
PMC Offers Stars for Sale
Over time, the newly painted blue walls leading to the east entrance of the New Beginnings Birth Center at Prowers Medical Center will be star-studded. Parents and grandparents are invited to purchase a commemorative star to represent the birth of a new family member. The proceeds will go to the PMC Foundation. The “A Star is Born” program features engraved four or six inch stars that will line the wall under the specially cast stars … Read entire article »
Filed under: Art, Business, City, community, Economy, Employment, Health, News, Youth
PMC Schedules Town Hall Meetings on May Bond Issue
Prowers Medical Center has begun the planning phase for a new 13,000 sq. ft. Outpatient Rehabilitation Center to be constructed on the hospital campus at 401 Kendall Drive in Lamar, CO. Constructing the new center will vacate 2,000 sq. ft. of space in the Lamar Medical Clinic allowing for a remodeling project that will provide additional space for primary patient care and new healthcare providers. In conformance with applicable laws associated with the hospital being established … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, City, community, County, Economy, Education, Employment, Health, Lamar, News, Notice, Public Safety
Notice of Special Board Meeting at PMC
Filed under: Business, community, County, Economy, Employment, Health, Lamar, Notice
PMC CEO Jim Fairchild Announces Resignation
For Immediate Release: February 23, 2012 Jim Fairchild Announces Resignation Lamar, CO – Jim Fairchild, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Prowers Medical Center has announced his resignation from the hospital effective May 23, 2012. Jim’s many years of experience as a hospital CEO and his familiarity with small, rural communities will be greatly missed. It will be difficult to fill his healthcare vision and leadership role for the facility. Jim has always demonstrated a “can do” attitude and a willingness … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, community, County, Economy, Health, Lamar, The Journal Alert
PMC Board of Director Elections Scheduled
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS §32-1-804.1; 32-1-804.3, 1-1-104(34), 32-1-905(2), C.R.S. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the PROWERS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT of Prowers County, Colorado. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 8TH day of May, 2012, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, two (2) directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms and zero (0) directors will be … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, City, community, County, Granada, Health, Holly, Lamar, News, Politics
Recall Fails for Ruedeman, Campbell
The recall election to oust Prowers Medical Center board of director members, Marge Campbell and Candy Ruedeman, failed by a more than two to one plurality. Voters in the Prowers County Hospital District rejected the recall attempt. Ruedeman received 1,481 votes to remain on the board against 624 asking for her recall. Campbell received 1407 votes to remain versus 695 seeking her recall. As potential replacements the votes cast for the board were: 794 for Karl Nieschburg, … Read entire article »
Filed under: community, County, Featured, Health, Lamar, News, The Journal Alert
Campbell, Ruedeman Recall Election Underway
A final count of mail-in ballots for the recall of Prowers Medical Center board members, Marge Cambell and Candy Ruedeman will be held tallied starting at 7pm this evening, February 7. The vote will determine if either one, both, or neither woman will be recalled from the PMC board of directors, or if the board will have one or two new members out of the three named on the recall ballot, or none. The recall … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, community, County, Granada, Health, Holly, Lamar, News, The Journal Alert, Wiley
PMC Continues Technology Update
A $2 million appropriation limit on capital improvement purchases for conversion to an electronic health record system was recently approved by Prowers Medical Center Board of Directors. They voted to apply $1,350,000 of that for the conversion during their monthly meeting, January 25. A $90,000 expenditure was approved for purchase of twelve electronic medication carts used to dispense medicines to patients in a more efficient and safe manner. The computerized cart will interface with PMC’s … Read entire article »
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PMC Regular Board Meeting Set for January 25
NOTICE OF MEETING TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PROWERS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND TO ALL OTHER PERSONS TO WHOM IT MAY BE OF CONCERN: NOTICE is hereby given that a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Prowers County Hospital District d/b/a Prowers Medical Center will be held at Prowers Medical Center, 401 Kendall Drive, in Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado, in said District, on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at the hour of 6:00 p.m., … Read entire article »
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