Judd Weil
Dodge City Daily Globe
MEADE In order to support the community, nurse practitioner Merrill Hoover, Dr. Christine Donnelly and nurse practitioner James Green are opening their own clinic in the Meade community. This comes after their resignations from Artesian Valley Health System in late September.
The clinic, Trusted Primary Care, is owned and operated by Hoover and her husband, and Green, with Donnelly planning to join the staff as the supervising physician.
The three healthcare providers’ resignation was shown in a Facebook video amidst allegations of corruption surrounding Artesian CEO Tara Ramlochan.
Ramlochan denied the allegations, which include mistreatment of employees, disregard to hospital chain-of-command such as illegally ordering medications and misappropriation of funds such as Medicare fraud.
Judd Weil
Dodge City Daily Globe
When Louis Howard, owner of Daylight Donuts at 912 W. Wyatt Blvd., went to check on his store about 8:45 p.m. Monday, he discovered that one of the windows had been shattered.
While checking the cameras in the store, Howard found he had just missed the vandal by almost three minutes.
Police surveyed the damage to look for evidence.
“The police came and checked the camera, identified the vehicle, and they said they’d be driving around looking for stuff,” said Michelle Howard, wife of Louis Howard and co-owner of Daylight Donuts. “Within the hour they called and said they were able to find the person and it was a juvenile.”
Judd Weil
Dodge City Daily Globe
Niles and Sue Wiseman took first place in the 4th Annual Light Up Dodge City Christmas light competition for their home at 1002 Ragan Road.
The centerpiece of the house’s illuminate décor was a wooden display with pieces depicting the nativity scene that were all made by Niles Wiseman.
“It’s about time, we always get second,” said Sue Wiseman. “We’re thrilled.”
Last year the Wisemans were unable to participate in the Light Up Dodge City competition because Niles had dislocated his shoulder and had to have a complete shoulder replacement.
As they were setting up their display for this year, Niles Wiseman had an accident where he tore a rotator cuff and bicep.
Judd Weil
Dodge City Daily Globe
B&B Theatres in Dodge City demonstrated a prompt COVID-19 response that allowed it to resume its operations on Dec. 11, after two staff members tested positive.
Paul Farnsworth, B&B Theatres director of public relations, said the location was closed temporarily out of an abundance of caution, respect and concern for both employees and guests.
“It is critical that everyone understand there is no indication that the two positive cases were contracted at the theater,” Farnsworth said.
The employees were said to have sought medical treatment per B&B Theatres’ adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quarantine guidelines and would not return to work until cleared by medical professionals.
Judd Weil
Who said a little friendly competition didn t benefit anyone?
Dodge City Middle School and Comanche Middle School engaged each other as they participated in a Food Drive Competition from Dec. 1-16, with all proceeds going to the Manna House in Dodge City.
DCMS students and staff collected 3,325 food items, while CMS collected 3,746 food items, collectively a grand total of 7,071.
“We have never seen a food drive like that ever, never,” said Steve Tabor, who currently operates the day-to-day operations at the Manna House. “This was just beyond my expectations with what we received.”
Tabor has been overseeing the Manna House since the death of former director Michael Hoar in late November. Tabor was the previous director of the Manna House from 2014 to 2019 before Hoar and was asked to supervise operations until a permanent director can be found.