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Coming September 14th! As medical providers, staff, donors, community members, and volunteers look on, the last steel beam will be hoisted into place on the new addition of Clay County Medical Center. McCownGordon Construction invited all of their subcontractors to the event and treated them to a lunch prior to the event. The Topping-Out Party celebrates the workers who have erected the building’s steel framework. The Topping-Out Party also marks a major milestone for Clay County Medical Center. It symbolizes the completion of the structural phase of the building, which remains on schedule to receive its first patients in April…
Clay County Medical Center has looked at the Pinsetter’s Bowling Alley as a possible site to move the hospital’s Wellness Center and Crossfit programs, Hospital CEO Austin Gillard said at Lions Club Tuesday. “The Wellness Center is kind of jammed packed,” Gillard said. Moving the Wellness Center out of the hospital would give more room for the hospital’s physical therapy department, which continues to grow, Gillard said. Local architect Brandon Gibson has drawn up plans to renovate the bowling alley as a Wellness Center. The hospital has also applied for a health innovations grant through Blue Cross Blue Shield to…
Longtime community activists and hospital supporters Jim Braden and Marion Stuart have accepted the positions of Honorary Co-Chairs of the effort that will be active through most of 2017.Jim Braden is the retired owner of Braden Financial Services and has served on the Board of Directors for Clay County Hospital Foundation since 1992. He has also served as a board member for numerous organizations within the county, region and state. He served as a Kansas State Representative for 16 years and has a record of extraordinary achievements for more than 32 years in the insurance industry.He has been nominated to…
Several volunteers have joined Clay County Foundation board members in accepting positions on the Campaign Committee. Pictured in group photo are - Front Row: Renee Langvardt, Laura Schwartz, Marion Stuart, Sandy Fox, Walt Slingsby, Grace Oetinger; Middle Row: Clyde Wollenberg, Steve McMahan, Neva Anderson, Terri Parry, Josie Walker, Garry Stenzel; Back Row: Mike Floersch, Marcia Newell, Bryant Johnson, Scott Patterson, Austin Gillard, Gary Griffiths, Preston Rook, Maury Catlin; Not pictured: Kyle Bauer, Dwight Ferguson, Jerry Mayo, Dustin Mullin, Ron Roth, Mike Ryan. The bond issue approved by the voters on August 2nd provided the funding for $16 million of new…