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Healthcare Hermann Advertiser-Courier • Wednesday, March 31, 2021 1B Healthcare Hermann Advertiser-Courier • Wednesday, March 31, 2021 2B Hermann Area Visitor - Fall Edition, 2020 - Page 30 Both Sides... No Matter What Direction On The Big Bridge You Travel, There Is A Great BP Station Waiting For You! Fresh Hot Coffee • Ice Cold Soda • Tobacco Local Wines • Beer • Ice Delicious Assortment of Snacks Car Care Needs • Personal Health Supplies Prepaid Debit Cards • Heat & Eat Sandwiches Lottery Tickets • Liquor • Newspapers Gift Items • Of Course Great BP Gas Hermann BP McKittrick BP 500 Market Street 1385 Hwy. 19 Hermann, MO McKittrick, MO 5 Blocks South of 1 Mile North of the Big Bridge the Big Bridge Monday thru Thursday- Monday thru Thursday- 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday- 4 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday- Saturday- 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday- 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday- 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. 573-486-2796 573-486-4060 Healthcare Hermann Advertiser-Courier • Wednesday, March 31, 2021 3B Gasconade County Heath Department: Left to right: Rhonda Scheible, WIC Coordinator, 6 years; Brittnie Crosby, Public Health Nurse, 6 years; Pamela Miller, Public Health Nurse 3 years; Darla Schutt, Administrative Assistant, 9 years; Greg Lara, Administrator; Not pictured is Kelly Thompson, Public Health Nurse 3 years, Thomas Boettcher EPHS/Emergency Planner. Lara reflects on first year of pandemic response Ray Scherer VID-19 dashboard by the not only from a financial It's been a year of both state of Missouri. Support budgetary process but also HERMANN CLINIC frustration and triumph for was gained for the impor- an advisory and decision- ROW 1 the county's health leaders, tance of stay-at-home or- making processes through- Ellen Schaumberg, Director, Clinic Operations and in the end it's a sense ders. Community groups out this whole ordeal. We Beth Epple, LPN, Interim Director, Hermann Clinics of great accomplishment cooperated with the de- appreciate all that they during COVID-19's chal- partment that way, and by have done." Kelsey Gerlemann, RMA lenges that brightens one canceling events amid the And despite the enor- Leah Gerlemann, LPN administrator. threat posed by the virus. mous gains, Lara is also Kayla Spreckelmeyer, Receptionist Greg Lara, who heads "I applaud them for reminding residents that Jennifer Frink, Receptionist the Gasconade County taking those steps," said Gasconade County is not Health Department, re- Lara. yet through with the pan- Miranda Hartman, Patient Services cently spoke to the Ad- That cooperation ex- demic. Samantha Schaumberg, LPN vertiser-Courier for his tended to such entities as "We are still receiving thoughts about the first school districts and com- cases on a daily basis. so year into the rigors and munity businesses such even though it has slowed victories over the pan- as the hospital, who were down we can't relax," he ROW 2 demic. He said it has taken integral to ensure contract said. "We still need to fol- Michael Rothermich, M.D., President, Medical Staff the close coordination and tracing and in-depth case low precautions. We still cooperation of numerous investigations could occur. have a lot more people to Jessica Haug, PA-C groups to answer the call The partnerships included vaccinate....We will hope- Amanda Oswalt, BC, FNP created by the virus. the willingness to grasp the fully see an increase in Mitch Runge, PA-C "We have our emer- importance of quarantines availability of vaccines" as Corby Faerber, RN gency plan in place for our and isolation when neces- more segments of the Mis- county," said Lara. "We sary. souri population open up Jessie Heying, Receptionist keep in constant commu- "We wanted to make for the registrations, he nications." sure we got the word out," added. Word that the virus he said. "As we went through had begun making its And with all that was and continue to go through NOT PICTURED mark in remote parts of happening, Lara said he this process of testing, iso- William Miller, M.D. the globe began filtering had to contend with his lation, quarantine, educa- Shannon Berkemeyer, LPN to Gasconade County sev- own illness as the pandem- tion, etc. we wonder: is it Annetta Duggan, Receptionist eral years ago, although in ic took route in the area. worth it? We hope so. Is bits and pieces. That led "My staff stepped it or has it made a differ- the department to fully up to the plate," he said. ence? In some discussions establish its communica- "Everybody was pitching I had with Dr. Michael tions with the Gascon- in....I'm extremely proud Rothermich on several oc- ade County Commission, of them." casions, what would our Hermann Area District The much-longed-after case counts and other Hospital, emergency man- arrival of vaccines "was re- statistics have been if we agement directors, law ally awesome" in spreading hadn't done what we are enforcement, and the like. the hope to the county's doing? It's hard to say Sessions were established residents, he continued. how much of an impact through Zoom, and in- "That was probably one of we had. Would our case formation began arriving the highlights of this whole counts have been 10,20, from state agencies. deal." 50, 100 percent higher? "Initially, everybody Lara offered addition- What about hospitaliza- was putting in long hours," al thoughts on working tions, or deaths? This i Lara said. "We always kept through the pandemic for guess is something some an inventory of PPE (Per- the benefit of the commu- statistic experts will prob- sonal Protective Equip- nity, specifically mention- ably figure out some day. ment)" and a good supply ing the role of the Gas- But I do know that (with) of surgical masks, he add- conade County Board of all the efforts that we did ed. Health. -- along with the efforts of The early coronavirus "This group played a the health-care providers cases in the county last very important role in ev- in testing and treatments, year -- finally arriving in erything we did," he said. community efforts, busi- the late spring -- eventually "They advised, and sup- ness efforts, etc. -- I do funneled their way to the ported the department believe in my heart we did statistics kept on the CO- throughout this process, make an impact." 2120 Village Lane Hermann, MO 573-755-0235 Monday through Sunday Open 24 Hours 225 E First St Hermann, MO (573) 486-3223 OPEN DAILY 8AM - 7PM Healthcare Hermann Advertiser-Courier • Wednesday, March 31, 2021 4B Hermann Quilt Guild stitch masks Hermann Quilt Guild Other donors who stitched masks: (Nimble Thimbles) members: Marilyn Nixon Nancy Stephan Marlene Wilson Debbie Stephan Bernadine Oeterrer Theresa Long Laverne Laboube Isha Deol Maya Santosh Evelyn Winkelmann Nancy Hinnah Bev Michel Robbin Lewis Patti Ryan Jaya Parker Rachel Bruemmer Mary Binkholder Annette Bruemmer Laura Burnham Bev Luetkemeyer Greta Hudson Brenda Van Booven Dorothy Scheer Hermann Area District Hospital Covid Vaccination Clinic February 20, 2021 Row 1: Geri Schebaum, Jordan Haug, Jessica Haug, PA-C, Jessie Heying, Jennifer Grosse, Samantha Schaumberg, LPN, Leah Gerleman, LPN, Shannon Berkemeyer, LPN, Katie Scheer, LPN, Denise Kennedy, Sara Rothermich, Jessica Trentmann, LPN, Kelsey Gerlemann, RMA; Row 2: April Hager, Christine Lewis, Annetta Duggan, Kayla Spreckelmeyer, Eleaseh Korman, Lauren Jacobi, Patty Vincent, Emily Cunningham, Amanda Oswalt, FNP, Miranda Hartman, Ellen Schaumberg, Michael Rothermich, MD, Carolyn LaBoube, Dan McKinney, Beth Epple, LPN, Mitch Runge, PA-C, Kelly Thompson, LPN, Corby Faerber, RN, Mike Mueller, BAS, P-EMT; Not Pictured: William Miller, M.D., Barbara Appleman-Graham, FNP, Krystal Witthaus, LCSW, Amanda Bethel, LPN, Jerry VanDillen, RN, P-EMT, John Knudsen, Brian Epple, Amy Schebaum, Tim Schaumberg, Jeff Berkemeyer, Melissa Schaumberg, LCSW, Kristen Hartzell, Jeff Wehmeyer, Sue Daller, RN, Matt Siebert, Trigg Render. 22735 Tree Farm Rd. 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Therapists Pictured L-R: Back row: Chelsea Webster, Susan Lenger, OTA/L; Amber Harness, PTA; Kelsey Kessler, DPT; Jen Blair, OTR/L; Natalie Grotwiel, OTR/L; Madalynn Wolk, DPT; and Gretchen Richardson, PTA; Front row: Jordan Mantels, PTA; Bernie Dildine, Secretary. Not pictured: Tracy Williams, Director, Amy Sanders, DPT, Ellen Scheible, PTA, Kelsey Crabtree, DPT; Kate Hoener, SLP; Isabel Hotop, SLP, and Sylvia Arevalo, R.N., Cardiac Rehab. Jordan Mantels, PTA, 1 year of service Bernie Dildine, Receptionist, 24 years of service Chelsea Webster, Receptionist, 1 year of service Susan Lenger, COTA, 16 years of service Amber Harness, PTA, 6 years of service Nursing/ER Kelsey Kessler, DPT, 4 years of service Jen