Health Care Facility Construction

Query Corner (05/02/08)
Editor's note: This is the initial response to the Daily Statesman's "Query Corner." The panel selected the following three questions to address this week: Bill Hampton has confirmed that YHC (Your Hometown Channel) will be housed in the old Metro building in downtown Dexter and plans are for them to be fully operational by September 1, 2008. YHC is perhaps better known as Channel 21 and Hampton says they will occupy about 60 percent of the upper floor of the Metro...

Making plans for UCAN Tournament (04/29/08)
Gathering recently to finalize plans for the Four-Person UCAN Golf Scramble slated for Friday, May 9, were committee members (seated) Janice Nichols and Kim Conner and (standing) Annis Fortner and Sharon Hill. The event, to be held at Hidden Trails Country Club, will benefit the United Cancer Assistance Network, a non-profit organization providing individual support for area cancer patients in an effort to ease the burdens brought about with a diagnosis of cancer. ...

John W. Ringer honored for 44 years on hospital board (04/29/08)
Forty-four years go by quickly when you're doing something about which you are passionate and John William Ringer is passionate about the local hospital and the foundation that currently supports the facility. Since the hospital's inception in 1968, Ringer has served on the hospital board and more recently on the board of the Regional Healthcare Foundation, which serves as the governing organization for Dexter's hospital. ...

Living with autism; opening doors for a child's brighter future (04/27/08)
Little Owen Statler, who lives in rural Bloomfield with his parents and an older sister, begins his day like most five-year-olds; sometimes a little resistant in getting up, but following the routine of brushing his teeth and eating breakfast and getting dressed as most other preschoolers do...

Local legislators sign ACS "Promise" (04/01/08)
Missouri's state senators and state representatives are signing on to a proposal that is designed to improve the quality of health, especially in the area of cancer prevention and early detection, for residents across the state. It's called the State Cancer Promise and it is an effort from the American Cancer Society (ACS) that is designed to ensure Missouri's citizens that their elected officials will do everything within their political power to support the reform and the efforts that will bring about an opportunity to defeat cancer.. ...

Blunt urging parents to make sure children are immunized (03/30/08)
There can be many questions for parents when it comes to having their children vaccinated against certain disease. Recently, questions have been raised on whether vaccinations contribute to children developing autism and other health problems. However, Missouri leaders and other health professionals are urging parents to remember that the benefits of vaccinating healthy children far outweigh the rare risks that have been associated with the act...

Widespread flooding covers Stoddard County (03/19/08)
Widespread flooding throughout Missouri, Arkansas and Illinois is taking its toll on Stoddard County and other neighboring counties as approximately 10 inches of rain fell across the region yesterday and last night. Two deaths have been reported so far, one in Bollinger County and one in Wayne County near Ellsinore...