Guitar players, teachers invited to second
Northwest College Guitar Summit
Guitar teachers and
players alike are invited to
the second annual North-
west Guitar Summit Fri-
day night and all day Sat-
urday, Nov. 13-14, in the
Nelson Performing Arts
Center at Northwest Col-
lege. Registrations are due
by Monday, Nov. 2.
The event kicks off Fri-
day, Nov. 13, with a 7 p.m.
concert featuring Corey
Christiansen of Utah, rec-
ognized as one of the pre-
eminent jazz guitarists in
the world, and Michael Vid-
eon, director of the guitar
program at Montana State
University in Bozeman.
Saturday, the two re-
spected instrumentalists
will join Jeff Troxel, a mu-
sic instructor at NWC, to
present a full day of work—
shops, with teachers and
students learning in sepa—
rate clinics.
The Northwest Guitar
Summit is open to all gui-
tar educators and players
of all leVels, middle school
age and older.
Troxel said the goal of
the summit is to beguile
participants into a deeper
familiarity and comfort lev-
e1 with their instruments,
not unlike the relationship
platinum artist Joan Jett
described, “My guitar is not
a thing. It is an extension of
myself. It is who I am.”
The $25 cost covers the
Friday evening concert, all
workshops and activities,
as well as lunch on Satur-
day. Recertification cred-
it is available for teachers
who attend the workshops.
For more information,
contact Troxel at 307—754-
6199 or Jeff.Troxel@nwc.
edu. .
Schroeder brings favorable
news to hospital board meeting
BY PATTI CARPENTER
CEO Rick Schroeder re-
ported that the walls are go-
ing up on the new clinic ad-
dition at North Big Horn
Hospital, a new orthopedic
surgeon is beginning to see
patients, a top-notch candi-
date has accepted a position
as cardiopulmonary depart-
ment director and the gover-
nor is again making a move
to expand Medicaid, in his
regular report to the board
of trustees on Tuesday,
Oct. 20.
Schroeder also advised
the board that a nearby
property adjacent to the clin-
ic could become available to
purchase in the near future,
which would allow for more
expansion of the existing
parking lot. The construc-
tion company working on
the clinic addition is current-
ly leasing the lot. The board
gave Schroeder permission
to gather more information
regarding the size and cost
of the property and to report
back on his findings.
He also reported that the
hospital has made a num-
ber of upgrades in its sur-
gical suite to accommodate
Dr. Jared Lee, an orthope-
dic surgeon from Cody, and
his physician assistants,
who just started perform-
ing surgeries at the hospital
this month. Initially the doc-
tor and his staff were slated
to begin using the hospital in
July.
Schroeder also gave the
board an update on the con—
struction, which finally re-
ceived full approval from the
state and is in full swing.
Trustee Bruce Wacker vol-
unteered to represent the
board and the community at
regular weekly construction
meetings, and many mem-
bers expressed that they felt
it was good to have a board
member involved at that lev-
el of the project. Schroed-
er reported that the entire
north wall is up and he ex-
pects all walls to be up be-
fore winter sets in. Once the
walls and roof are in place,
work on the addition can con-
tinue throughout the winter
months.
Schroeder discussed
Gov. Matt Mead’s plan to in-
clude Medicaid expansion in
the upcoming state budget
during the upcoming legis-
lative session that will take
place in February.
“Governor Mead has pre-
pared two budgets for next
year,” Schroeder explained in
his report. “One of them con—
tains a provision for expand-
ing Medicaid. It calls for the
elimination of several state
funded health care provi-
sions, such as mental health
services, that Medicaid ex-
pansion already covers. The
reason he can remove this
line item from the budget
is because Medicaid expan-
sion has a provision for this
type of coverage. From a pre-
liminary report I saw, it has
been projected that hespitals
in the state would benefit by
nearly $50 million over sev-
en years. There was also an
opt out clause if the federal
government ever decided to
stop funding the expansion
provision at 90 percent.”
The board discussed
briefly their need for a po-
sition (as a board) on Med-
icaid expansion. Schroed-
er said he thought it would
be a good idea for the board
to have a formal position
on the matter. Many board
members agreed and chair-
man Brett Crosby said he
thought each member should
think about it for a while be-
fore the board formulated its
position as a whole. Cros—
by suggested that it might
be appropriate to discuss it
further at a meeting after
the holidays.
Human resources direc-
tor Barb Shumway reported
that a top-notch candidate
has accepted the position
as cardiopulmonary depart-
ment director and will be ar—
riving around mid-Novem-
ber to begin the job. The
new director will be taking
over those duties from Tracy
Walker, who has now added
the responsibility as clinic di-
rector in addition to her du-
ties as quality director.
Shumway also reported
that there are currently po-
sitions open for EMT, para-
medic, CAN/Elder Assistant,
RN/LPN, Dietary Aide, Ra-
diologic Technologist and
LPN/RN scrub tech.
Chief Financial Officer
Lori Smith reported that in-
patient revenue and out-
patient revenue were both
under budget this month.
Admissions for acute care in-
creased to 18 for the month,
up from 13 the previous
month. She said there were
eight admissions for swing
beds during the month.
She said the revenue
was affected by a delay in
the start date for orthopedic
surgeries. She said the sur-
geries were budgeted to start
in July but in reality began
in October.
She said clinic services
were up by $12,319 with the
main driver being the vis-
iting nurse program, which
had 99 visits in the month of
September compared to 76
the previous month.
She noted that long-term
care revenue met and actual-
ly exceeded budget with four
new admissions in Septem-
ber and five discharges. ‘
Smith said bad debt,
charity care and contractual
adjustments came in under
budget also due, in part, to
the delay in start of orthope—
dic surgeries.
She reported expens-
es under budget by more
than $50,000 for the year to
date. She expressed concern
that accounts receivable in-
creased in aging by one day
and said she is monitoring
that carefully.
Cash on hand at the end
of September was up from
the previous month by close
to $15,000.
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Monday
November
Sweet 8r sour
meatballs, rice, reen
beans, whole w eat
bread, citrus fruit
salad
November 9
Meatloaf, oven
browned potatoes,
peas & carrots, whole
wheat bread, peaches
Tuesday
November
Chicken 8( noodles,
vegetables, fruity
slaw, bread, pears
November 10
Pork wings, potatoes,
green beans, whole
wheat bread,
blueberry crisp, salad
‘Frannie Lunch Bunch
Wednesday
November 4
Slopp Joe, broccoli,
choco ate pudding w/
topping, orange
November 11
Hot roast beef
sandwich, mashed
potatoes, ravy, corn,
whole grain bread,
sunshine salad
Veteran’s Day
Thursday
November 5
Scrambled eggs,
round pork patty,
Eash browns, 1plums,
cinnamon rol
Breakfast 9 AM -10 AM
and 12 PM -1 PM
November 12
Chicken chow mein,
chow mein noodles,
Oriental vegetables,
fruit cocktail, whole
wheat bread
Friday
November 6
French dip sandwich,
potato salad, grape
juice, banana, vanilla
ice cream
November 13
Hamburger steak,
baked potato, sour
cream, broccoli
cheese, whole grain
bread, fresh fruit,
tossed salad
November 16
November 17
November 18
November 19
November 20
Lower sodium
ham, green beans,
scalloped potatoes,
carrots celery w/
ranch, roll, plum
topping
Chicken strips,
potatoes, carrots,
roll, fruit sundae
w/ pineapple 8r
blueberries, vegetable
salad
Roast pork, mashed
potatoes, gravy, beets,
cooked apple, whole
grain bread
Birthday Party
Taco salad, meat 8r
bean mix, vggetables,
fruit in pud ing
Potato crusted cod,
rice pilaf, carrot
coins, fruit cup
November 23
November 24
November 25
November 26
November 27
Beef stro anoff, rice,
broccoli, uf’fy fruit
culpagarden vegetable
sa a
County steak,
mashe potatoes,
gravy, peas, apricots,
read
Frannie Lunch Bunch
Lasagna, Italian
ve etables, bread,
me on cup, tossed
salad
Roast turkey, mashed
potatoes, gra ,
vegetables, rol , '
cranberry salad,
pumpkin pie
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November 30
Salisbury steak,
mashed potatoes,
carrots, seasonal
fruit, whole grain
bread
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registered people over 60 and accompanying
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Two members of the Lady Grizz volleyball team were honored on their last
day as seniors on the court during their final home game of the season in
Cowley on Saturday. Pictured are (l-r) Trisha Hayes, her daughter Kaitlyn
Hayes, David Hayes, Ashlei Carroll and her mother Tanya Willis.
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PA'I'I'I CARPENTER
Lovell High School honored Lady Bulldog seniors (l-r) Charri McArthur,
Savanna Savage, Madison Harper, Ashleigh Chambers (manager), Karlie
Keller and Mykelle Nichols during their final home game of the season on
Friday night in Lovell.
Death Native
Steven Leroy Muller
Oct. 28, 2015
Steven Leroy Muller of Lovell died Viewing will be held Sunday evening,
Wednesday, October 28, 2015. Funeral ser— Nov. 1, 2015, from 6 8 p.m. at
Haskell Fu-
vices will be held Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 at neral Home and one hour prior to
service at.
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