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THE MINDEN OURIER CApril 4, 2012 http://themindencourier.com $1 Single Copy Briefs KCHS Expansion Teacher/Chamber Phase One Progress Appreciation Construction continues on of the 56 year old hospital because You are cordially invited to Kearney County Health Ser- the current acute care patient the Teacher and Chamber Ap- vices’ expansion and remodel. rooms do not meet federal and preication Breakfast sponsored According to Hospital CEO state mandated standards of care. by Minden Ambassadors on Fred Meis, the expansion phase These mandates must be met to Friday, April 13 from 7:00 to is planned to be completed in enable the hospital to participate 8:30 a.m. at the Minden Opera September of 2012, with the next in the Medicare and Medicaid House. phase containing a renovation of reimbursement programs. These The event is free to all paid outpatient facilities and the À nal federal and state programs are Chamber members and Minden Public School Teachers. phase renovating the emergency imperative to the À nancial stabil- There will be awards given room and connected areas, with ity of the hospital. out to Chamber members at an anticipated completion date in The new 8,600 square foot 7:45 a.m. the fall of 2013. addition will contain 10 new The new construction and in-patient private rooms, a new Minden renovation is critical for the future cardiac rehabilitation department Alumni News Dear MHS Alumni, It seems that ¿ ve years has passed so quickly and another All-Class Reunion is just around the corner. The committee has plans for a great weekend in Minden for all the alumni. Dates are set for July 26, 27, 28, and 29 of 2012, including the Thursday night band concert on the square, Friday night All-Class Bash out at the 4-H building, Saturday Courier photos by Nathan Palatsky night All-Class Reunion Banquet EXPANSION – Workers lay brick (above) on the south side of Kearney County Health at 6:30 p.m. at the C.L. Jones Services’ expansion. A new hallway (left) with ten patient rooms is being added, to run School, the Minden Chamber of Commerce is celebrating their an- parallel to an outpatient hallway in existence. nual “Dawg Days” and will have a and a new reception and admis- instead of back into the hospital’s Piping will run through the street dance from 9:00 until 1:00 sions area and covered walkway air supply. roof, negating the need for tunnels a.m. and then Sunday morning entrance. The new hallway will run under the facility. worship services. We are very excited to an- One of the new rooms will be parallel to an existing outpatient Dan Janes of Beckenhauer nounce our guest speaker of the an isolation unit for the highly con- hallway, with a nursing station Construction said the additions tagious, with air being À ltered out, planned to connect them. banquet: University of Nebraska See EXPANSION Page 9A at Kearney, Chancellor Douglas Kristensen, class of 1973. The All Class Choir will perform at the banquet. Rehearsal times Minden’s Youngest Eagle Scout, Tyler Lantis, will be announced via The Minden Courier. The Minden Community Play- ers will have a performance Friday night, and matinees Saturday Constructs New Jaycee Park Batting Cage and Sunday of Frank Sinatra, concrete.” He said. They set up “My Way.” Jaycee Park had been in The Minden Courier will be the need of a new batting cage the corner poles of the cage, contact for all of the individual when Tyler Lantis, 13, got the followed by the cross poles class parties and social events for idea to build one as his Eagle for stability. the weekend. Also, please email, Scout Service Project. The project was delayed facebook, twitter or do whatever “We would spend half slightly when a power line was is necessary to be in touch with of practice chasing balls.” discovered under the intended your classmates. Lantis said. The old net had northeast corner, so the cage Events: The class of 1967 deteriorated to the point of had to be moved to the west will have its reunion dinner on Fri- allowing batted balls through, a few feet. day night, July 27 at Red River. The chain link was stretched The class of 1983 will have endangering those nearby. its reunion dinner to celebrate Lantis first had the idea and added around the cage and 29 years on Saturday, July 28 “a year or so ago” as he was finally the net was strung up. at 6 p.m. at Burchell’s Farm- racking up merit badges as a Larry Lantis, Tyler’s father, house Inn. Contact Jodi Lundeen Boy Scout (of which he now added that the net is designed Boudreau for more information has 56) on his way to Eagle for easy removal in the winter, at [email protected] or Scout. which should lengthen the life at 308-832-0654 According to the website of the net. for Boy Scouts Of America A total of 17 people showed Police Advise (BSA) “The Eagle Scout Ser- up to help Lantis construct vice Project is the opportunity his batting cage, though he Locking Garages for a Boy Scout, Varsity Scout said “some days we didn’t or qualified Venturer in the get help when we needed Minden Police Department Boy Scouts of America to it.” The project’s total cost is recommending that you Courier photos by Nathan Palatsky demonstrate leadership of oth- came in at $5,100. And with keep your garages locked as BATTING – The new batting cage at Jaycee Park (above) was built by Tyler Lantis the cage completed, the old there have been cases of ga- ers while performing a project rages entered and items stolen (bottom, right) for his Eagle Scout Service Project. for the benefit of his commu- Legion pitching machine will out of vehicles. nity. This is the culmination be moved from Augie Nelson of the Eagle Scout candidate’s to Jaycee, with Augie Nelson KCHS Board of Trustees Hears leadership training, and it receiving a new machine. Obituaries requires a significant effort Lantis has played baseball Robert Fischer, Kearney on his part. The project must since t-ball, and will be mov- Ardyce Osterbuhr, Upland Expansion Update, On Schedule benefit an organization other ing up to play 13-14 year old Una Anderson, Grand Island than the BSA, but it cannot be division this season. Gage Waugh, Norton, KS The Kearney County Steve Gaasch of Becken- on schedule. performed for an individual or For the past two years, there James McBride, Minden Health Services Board of hauer Construction, gave the Meis questioned whether Trustees approved a $750 board a short explanation of the doorway leading into the a business, be solely a fund- change in the plans for the- the expansion’s status. He Clinic from the Acute Hall- raising project, or be com- See CAGE Page 7A Weather expansion project ongoing at said the addition’s roof is way could be widened to make mercial in nature.” A written plan must be Date Precip. the hospital. now entirely waterproof, and it more accessible. “Why H L The change involved re- brickwork has begun on top. not knock out a couple more submitted and be approved by 3/25/12 80 40 - placing the original, combina- Measurements were being feet,” he said, “and widen the the benefiting group, the Scout 3/26/12 76 42 - tion waste basket and manual taken on the window frames, frame?” Leader, the unit committee, 3/27/12 83 45 - paper towel dispenser with a but it had been decided to After the update was com- and a district representative, 3/28/12 74 40 - stainless steel waste basket install the windows after the plete, Hospital CFO Rebekah before work on the project 3/29/12 76 40 - in the wall, with a discon- brick work. Grading work was Mussman gave the financial can begin. 3/30/12 67 36 - nected automated paper towel also underway to finish the report. Lantis received approval 3/31/12 82 41 - dispenser. south side parking lot. The 36 acute patient days from the BSA, then from Total Week Precip. 0.00 The extra cost was mostly Meanwhile, inside, dry for February were exactly Minden’s Parks and Recre- a result of the stainless steel walling had begun. Plumbers consistent with recent num- ation, who also agreed to fund component of the baskets. had started installing cop- bers. The hospital’s 60 swing half of the project, if he could Contact Us raise the other half. PHONE Fred Meis, hospital CEO, said per piping, and the building bed days were the most they 832-2220 the change was agreed on be- passed its recent electrical had since September. Glenwood Telephone, First FAX cause the rest of the building inspection. Additionally, KCHS saw Bank of Minden, and several 832-2221 has automated dispensers and Gaasch added conversa- 13 observation visits, with private donors combined to EMAIL it didn’t make sense to have tions were under way with lab procedures down to 4,049. provide the necessary funding [email protected] the new portion equipped with the patient lift suppliers and X-Rays were up to 128 and for the project. WEB SITE manual versions. the project was proceeding ultrasounds held about steady Lantis said the project be- themindencourier.com See HOSPITAL Page 7A gan by pouring concrete. “We VOLUME 121, NUMBER 40 had to get a truck to pour the 2A THE COURIER WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 for whom April Fool’s Day is sim- teristic which makes bullying so ply another day of the week.

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