January 23-29, 2020
Young folks from the Anaconda Job Corps take a break during a skating excursion earlier this week.
Contract canceled
Earlier this month Granite County Medical District Board Chair John Barbara received an e-mail from St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula informing him that were canceling the contract which provides for the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director of Nursing (DON) for the Granite County Medical Center (GCMC). Maria Stoppler has served as both DON and CEO for the Medical Center since 2014.
Barbara said that the message that he received from St. Patrick Hospital stated that the reason given for the contract cancellation was that the CEO/DON contract with GCMC was the last managed services agreement that they had in effect, and they had decided that it was no longer the business model that they wanted to have.
The GCMC contract with St. Patrick Hospital has a 90 day cancellation notice, giving the hospital district until April 9 of this year to make a decision about how to move forward with the position of CEO/DON.
'Ski with a Pro' weekend at Discovery unites
This weekend, almost 30 sponsored ski professionals will be at Discovery Ski Area for the annual Billy Poole Foundation’s “Ski with a Pro Weekend.” The foundation was started in 2008 by Billy Poole’s mother who resides in Anaconda and lost her son, Billy, while he was filming for a professional skiing movie in the backcountry of Utah.
According to Ciche Pitcher who is the president of Discovery Ski Area, “Billy had a lot of friends in the ski industry and his mom wanted to help with those connections and give kids access to skiing.”
Pitcher went on to explain that what Discovery Ski Area provides is the space and the gear which is “deeply discounted.” He said that the event used to be held at Big Sky Ski Resort, but it was later established that because most the students are from Anaconda, Discovery was a better fit. He also wanted to credit the Billy Poole Foundation whose volunteers he said put in a lot of time and effort to help the 100-plus students that are expected during the “Ski with a Pro Weekend.”
Teddy bears have a pic-a-nic at the Library
Sans Howe of Gold Creek recently donated over 60 teddy bears from a collection to the Drummond Library. “Story Time” coordinator Megan Miller thought this was a reason to celebrate. So Saturday the Drummond Library held a “Teddy Bear Picnic.” All the teddy bears were gathered into the children’s section and the children chose which bear they wanted to “adopt.”
“Give a bear a good home,” was the picnic’s motto.
Miller read two stories to the children while they munched on peanut butter sandwiches, fruit snacks and juice. Both the stories were about bears, one was a version of the three bears called “Goatilocks,” where the goat doesn’t just sleep in the bear’s bed but also eats their pajamas. All the kids clutched their bears as they listened. The teddy bears were meant to be reading incentives for the children.
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Contract canceled
Earlier this month Granite County Medical District Board Chair John Barbara received an e-mail from St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula informing him that were canceling the contract which provides for the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director of Nursing (DON) for the Granite County Medical Center (GCMC). Maria Stoppler has served as both DON and CEO for the Medical Center since 2014.
Barbara said that the message that he received from St. Patrick Hospital stated that the reason given for the contract cancellation was that the CEO/DON contract with GCMC was the last managed services agreement that they had in effect, and they had decided that it was no longer the business model that they wanted to have.
The GCMC contract with St. Patrick Hospital has a 90 day cancellation notice, giving the hospital district until April 9 of this year to make a decision about how to move forward with the position of CEO/DON.
'Ski with a Pro' weekend at Discovery unites
This weekend, almost 30 sponsored ski professionals will be at Discovery Ski Area for the annual Billy Poole Foundation’s “Ski with a Pro Weekend.” The foundation was started in 2008 by Billy Poole’s mother who resides in Anaconda and lost her son, Billy, while he was filming for a professional skiing movie in the backcountry of Utah.
According to Ciche Pitcher who is the president of Discovery Ski Area, “Billy had a lot of friends in the ski industry and his mom wanted to help with those connections and give kids access to skiing.”
Pitcher went on to explain that what Discovery Ski Area provides is the space and the gear which is “deeply discounted.” He said that the event used to be held at Big Sky Ski Resort, but it was later established that because most the students are from Anaconda, Discovery was a better fit. He also wanted to credit the Billy Poole Foundation whose volunteers he said put in a lot of time and effort to help the 100-plus students that are expected during the “Ski with a Pro Weekend.”
Teddy bears have a pic-a-nic at the Library
Sans Howe of Gold Creek recently donated over 60 teddy bears from a collection to the Drummond Library. “Story Time” coordinator Megan Miller thought this was a reason to celebrate. So Saturday the Drummond Library held a “Teddy Bear Picnic.” All the teddy bears were gathered into the children’s section and the children chose which bear they wanted to “adopt.”
“Give a bear a good home,” was the picnic’s motto.
Miller read two stories to the children while they munched on peanut butter sandwiches, fruit snacks and juice. Both the stories were about bears, one was a version of the three bears called “Goatilocks,” where the goat doesn’t just sleep in the bear’s bed but also eats their pajamas. All the kids clutched their bears as they listened. The teddy bears were meant to be reading incentives for the children.
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