Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jacob Brock, from Wortham, makes a retainer aboard amphibious assault ship USS Essex on April 22. Essex is under way as part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group conducting routine training off the coast of southern California.
Limestone Medical Center is introducing its new 2021 RAM 3500 Reg Cab 4x2 diesel ambulance. The new diesel ambulance features many safety components that will ensure the safe transportation of LMC patients and employees. EMS Director Shelton Chapman says the ambulance meets all state-required and Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services standards including netting and harnesses, and anchoring of the monitor; and ensures that all equipment is secure. It also features a liquid suspension that enhances the quality of the ride. Hospital CEO Larry Price said, “We want to assure our citizens that should they need ambulance services, we will respond with qualified paramedics, EMTs and state-of-the-art equipment.”
ECCLESIASTES 7:12 – Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: that wisdom preserves the life of its possessor.
When Bill Ward’s friend James Parker died of COVID in January, Ward knew he wanted to do something to memorialize Parker’s life. Parker and Ward were friends through the Fort Worth Fly Fishers Club, since Ward met them in Junction 12 years ago, when Ward was part of a cooking team serving the group.