Month: March 2015

Three Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital employees recently received the Fulton Award of Excellence, the hospital’s highest honors, at an annual award ceremony Wednesday, March 11. HGB congratulates the employees who were recognized for their exceptional contributions to its success: Mackenzie Stults, emergency department technician, received the clinical service award. Jackie Pennington, patient accounts representative, received the non-clinical service award. Karen Wilson, perioperative services director, received the leadership service award. Prior to being hired at HGB in November 2012, Stults volunteered in the emergency services department. Her Fulton Award nomination was a result of her continuous demonstration of leadership...

Kristin Ormsbee, a sophomore at Olivet College, has seen cancer touch her family in too many ways. Her grandmother and aunt are both cancer survivors and her mother is currently battling her own cancer scare. It is because of the strong women in her life that she stepped forward to help lead Olivet College’s fight against the disease. Ormsbee served on the committee of the Olivet College mini-Relay for Life and helped organize one of the most successful mini-Relays March 25 that Olivet College has put on to date. This year’s event featured 13 teams, up from nine teams...

Fitness can mean a variety of things to different people. For some, it’s an elusive goal. For others, it’s merely a hobby. For Eric McGill, fitness has long been a way of life. He first got serious about his personal fitness more than 15 years ago when he started competing in strong man competitions throughout the Midwest. That led to competitions in Olympic Weight Lifting, then kettle bell sport. His journey eventually led him to crossfit. “I was introduced to so many variations of fitness,” McGill said. “When I found crossfit, it was right up my alley.  The fitness...

There is a sign that hangs on the wall at Crandell Bros. Trucking that reads: “We’re not just a company, we’re a family.” The sign always stood out to Harry Augustine, a Bellevue resident and 11-year employee of the company. This winter, Augustine found out that sign is more than words hung in a frame, it holds true meaning within the company. Augustine went into the hospital in November of last year for what he thought was a routine procedure on his medically replaced knee. Four months later, he’s fighting to get back to work. “The plan was to...