Wednesday's Internet Edition, September 08, 2010.
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- For the employees of Culberson Hospital, National Hospital Week is a time to celebrate their hard work throughout the year. To mark this year’s Hospital Week, held May 10-16, the Culberson Hospital administration planned something special each day for the hospital staff.
“Our employees work diligently 52 weeks each year to keep the community healthy,” said Culberson Hospital Administrator Ladelle Bates. “Hospital Week is special because it gives us a chance to show our appreciation for everything they do.”
To help its employees get in the spirit of Hospital Week, Culberson Hospital planned a wide range of events for each day this week. Everyday had a special dress theme, including Sports Day, Crazy Hat Day, Hula Hoop Day and even a Spa Day where a BeautiControl consultant visited and gave free spa treatments. There were games and contests throughout the week with gifts distributed to the winners.
In addition, each employee was encouraged to bring a baby picture for the cutest baby contest. All pictures were placed at the end of the hall, and had a change bucket underneath. The employees voted for the cutest baby by putting change in that bucket. At the end of the week, a King and Queen were announced, and the change in all the buckets was set aside for the next December party.
Food was also an exciting addition to Hospital Week, with menus that ranged from finger foods and breakfast potlucks to a Friday afternoon cook out. But Culberson Hospital still made sure the week had a purpose. On Color Day each area of the hospital wore a different colored shirt to honor and bring awareness to a health related issue. These included multiple sclerosis, breast cancer, diabetes awareness and genetic disorders to name a few. The employees didn’t let a fun week stop them from showing they were still committed to work towards solving health care problems.
“National Hospital Week has always been about our people. Our people want the very best for our patients and that’s what they bring to the hospital every day of the year,” said Bates.
Founded in 1921, National Hospital Week is held each year in May. Over the decades, the week has helped revolutionize the public view of the hospital. Today it is the nation’s largest annual health care event, with participants in every state.
Voters Decide....
Voters in Van Horn’s city officer election last Saturday made their choices known for city council.
And, they had a field of six candidates to select from. By the time the poll closed last Saturday at 7 p.m., the choice had been made. Two incumbent councilmen and one new councilman had been elected.
Voters opted to return incumbent Mark Molinar to council with some 299 votes. They also returned incumbent councilman Nuny Morriss who received some 291 votes.
The new councilman elected was Marcial Gonzalez who received some 235 votes. Gonzalez beat the other incumbent in the race, Dennis McBride, by 5 votes.
Voters also gave candidate Ruben Mendez some 208 votes and candidate Javier (Harvey) Corralez some 195 votes.
Council is expected to ratify the election results at a meeting next Tuesday and then the newly elected councilmen will take their seats on the council.
Voters last Saturday also elected two trustees to the school district’s Board of Trustees. When the last vote was counted, voters had re-elected one of the incumbents and they had voted in a new member.
Voters gave the majority of the votes cast for school district trustee to Robert Morales. He received some 321 votes. Morales will take his seat on the board after they canvass the election results Monday evening.
The other winner was incumbent Lisa Cottrell who received some 253 votes from voters. She’ll be re-seated following the canvass at Monday evenings board meeting.
The other three candidates received votes as follows: Rosie Humphries received 178 votes; incumbent Joe Morales received some 162 votes; and challenger David Onate received 122 votes.
In last Saturday’s election, voters within the city were also asked to decide the fate of a 1/4 cent sales tax specifically devoted to street repairs within the city.
Voters passed the sales tax by a 295 to 162 vote margin.
What that means to citizens is that the city will continue to receive sales tax money dedicated for the specific purpose of street maintenance in Van Horn.
It will mean citizens will pay less in property taxes and part of the street maintenance will be born by folks who may not pay property tax, but who do pay sales tax.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
May 14th - Directors of the Clark Hotel Historical Museum Association are slated to meet this evening at 6 p.m. at the Clark Hotel Historical Museum.
May 15th -
May 16th - The Van Horn Eagle baseball team will play a bi-district game against Miles today in Odessa at 1 p.m. The Van Horn High School Junior-Senior Prom is tonight at 8 p.m. at the Convention Center.
May 17th - Attend the church of your choice.
May 18th - Trustees of the Culberson County-Allamoore Independent School District are scheduled to meet this evening at 6 p.m at the District Administration Building.
May 19th - Members of the Van Horn Rotary Club are slated to meet today at noon at Chuy’s Restaurant. Members of the Van Horn City Council are scheduled to meet this evening at 7 p.m. at City Hall.
May 20th - Nothing scheduled at press time.