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Posted on September 2 at 8:32 p.m.
Glad you mentioned the Walnut Valley Festival. It's a wonderful family outing for a day or weekend. You can spend the entire day until midnight hanging out in your lawn chair at various stages listening to a variety of music from bluegrass to country to Irish to children's songs.
There is great atmosphere and food including an arts and crafts show.
The best family friendly festival in our area. The down side: be prepared for all kinds of weather and long bathroom lines. The weather can be very hot as it was several yr ago when it was 105 or cool and rainy. To get out of the rain you can go inside and listen to the various music contests. Many famous musicians have preformed there. To check it out go to: www.wvfest.com. One of my favorite events! Motels will be booked for 40 miles in all directions.
Posted on August 15 at 12:04 p.m.
tosie- I agree about the old Big Lots site so does anyone know why that hasn't sold? There are plenty of other empty spaces around that could and should be developed. I still hope for a nice big grocery store and remain upset that the Dillons store on Industrial was closed and not reopened somewhere else. I know people who are making trips to Topeka for groceries on a bi-weekly or monthly basis car pooling because of the gas situation. The employees at the small Dillons try hard to accommodate customers but they are limited with space and product available. Too bad they couldn't go into the mall and then we would have had a great deli and possibly sit down restaurant, sea food, post office, bank and floral shop all under one roof. Sorry but this is still irritating to me. Another missed opportunity for Emporia.
Posted on August 15 at 11:06 a.m.
Aesthetics has it's own value, maybe not in increased property taxes but in the overall peace of mind it gives anyone who drives home from a busy day at work. True, the Peaks have the right to do with their property what they want but I am one who hopes they chose not to change it. Surely there is other property suitable for development. There is so much congestion on Industrial with the road construction and the detour for I-35 and the turnpike that sometimes I've been on the bridge when it vibrates and could feel it moving from all the vehicles stopped on it including semi's. Then when you reach 24th and Industrial there is this little patch of heaven. I doubt anyone can drive by and not appreciate it.
Can anyone explain why our mall can't have a nice eating establishment where there are empty spaces available and plenty of parking already? Is any business going into the large empty space on the southwest corner? When will the bridge over I-35 on Graphic Arts be finished to help relieve the congestion on Industrial especially during school hours? There is no doubt that Emporia would benefit from new business but why not utilize the unused existing spaces that we already have.
Posted on May 12 at 4:11 p.m.
does anyone know if Newman has a "Patient's Bill of Rights" as many other facilities do which a patient is given on admission and addresses who to contact with complaints etc.?
Posted on May 8 at 1:43 p.m.
I agree with you savannah, but it seems the issue between some of the doctors and staff may be continuity of care. I would like to see an article by the Gazette from the nursing administration as to what type of nursing staff hierarchy they are using and what the school of nursing is teaching. I may be old fashioned but after working with different types I still think the Head nurse with RN team leaders who have LPNs and nurses assistants on their teams works the best. There is a chain of command and responsibility which gets lost with some of the others. As a patient I had my nurses name written on a board with a phone number. I wonder what happens if that person is unavailable? I was lucky to see the nurse once a shift (not here).
Posted on May 7 at 2:32 p.m.
savannah, what I was referring to and didn't make clear was a small rural hospital (personal experience while working there for 3 yrs) which of course Newman is not. My experience with doctors at Emporia has been a positive one. I write the above info because having been a nurse for many years and also a patient with serious heath issues, I have seen what happens from both points of view. It gives you a different perspective and something I think each nurse and doctor should experience. Even if I had been able to return to work, I would not as I was so disillusioned by things that happened to me by nurses I worked with, doctors I knew and the cover up that followed. Don't even try to tell me that things like that don't happen because I know different.
Posted on May 6 at 7:08 p.m.
Someone asked why patients are sent to Topeka etc for pacemakers when the surgery could be done here. Possibly that is because we don't have a board certified cardiologist handy and that is a heart procedure. Most hospitals are qualified to insert temporary pacemakers in an emergency situation but for a permanent one it is probably better to be overseen by a cardiologist. I have been a patient 4 times in the ER and received good care each time. However once when admitted I almost received pain medication double. I had waited about 30 min for pain medicine and turned my call light on again. A second nurse came and told me she would be right back. Minutes later the first nurse came with the medication which was given to me. She no sooner left the room when the second nurse came with the pain medication. I was in pain and somewhat sedated so if my daughter had not been there to ask the nurse what she was doing and then tell her that I had already received the medication I would have gotten it twice. Medication errors are more common that you would think and so hopefully the new system will help that. The main thing I and my family have realized with all the various incidents in the emergency room and in hospital is that people need to have a family member with them all the time. The nurses are rushed, sometimes the patient unable to speak for themselves (sedated, elderly and confused, a child) and in cases where your own physician is not taking care of you and knows your history, MISTAKES HAPPEN. The days of thinking your doctor is God and that the hospital will take good care of you because that is what they are suppose to do, well, those days are gone. You have to be an advocate for yourself and your families health care. All the questions are good and I hope we get some real answers and solutions soon. When doctors are sending patients on to a higher level of care that is a good thing. When doctors think they can take care of everything in a small hospital and really can't that is a bad thing. Be grateful that we have doctors willing to put their patient's care first.
Posted on May 6 at 7:02 p.m.
jayhawkers1 , your comment about numerous IV sticks being a minor thing is not accurate since it is an invasive procedure and infection can develop at the site. I am a very difficult person to get an IV started on and believe me it is no fun to go through 5-7 sticks to get it done. Think of that being done on a child and the increased possibility of infection with that number of sticks. Over the 25 years I worked as an RN in 7 different hospitals from small rural with 18 beds to larger such as Newman to Wesley I've seen problems in all. The IV issue is something the hospital can easily address. Many hospitals have an IV team of RNs who only start all the IVs and blood transfusions. They maintain a high level of skill because they do it all the time. This is a case where the saying "practice makes perfect" does apply. Of course they have even had trouble with me and then the anesthetist is called. Many hospitals have adopted a policy that after 2 sticks by the floor nurses the CRNA( anesthetist) is called. Babies and children are very difficult to start an IV on and yes the nurses feel really horrible for the trauma the child goes through but there are better ways to do it.
Posted on November 15 at 5:22 p.m.
I wish to correct the information that Chris attended Flinthills Technical School and also suggest that the paper should check sources before printing something in the paper that they take off the blog. Chris attended Dodge City Community College and I apologize for the misinformation. It is not my place to discuss specifics but rather his families so to the news media who have called and left messages on my phone-------don't expect an answer from me. I was only trying to express personal feelings and the relationship my family had with him. But everyone out there, this should be a wake up call that many other news media are checking our blogs. Thanks everyone for the prayers for Chris's family.
vkhannan, I wish your son a quick return to good health and a big thank you for serving his country.
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Posted on October 27 at 1:15 p.m.
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First of all, I was one who had 2 Obama signs stolen, yes stolen from my yard. You can not justify this action. How can you even try to explain away the other students actions? They took away the right to free speech and expression when they stole our signs. Your excuse does not justify their actions. Your reasoning is exactly what is wrong with this country. Take what you want without regard or respect for others and their property or the ends justify the means.
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! How in the world do you think we have gotten into this horrible financial crisis? Why do people take out credit cards and mortgages with no thought as to how they have to make the payments or what will happen if they can't?
What you wrote does not make me feel better it only makes me sad. I imagine the majority of the signs ended up in a dumpster somewhere.
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