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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 14. 2010 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 15A
Hospital Auxiliary installs
2010-11 officers
2010 Pickens County
Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 23-31
By Matt Moore
During Oct. 23-31, the Pick
ens County community will
come together in a seven day
multi-dimensional blitz of drug
prevention activities, forums,
and displays for the annual 2010
Red Ribbon Week Community
Celebration of the drug free
lifestyle for Pickens County.
“There is an epidemic of drug
and alcohol abuse in our commu
nity,” states Greg Mason, presi
dent of the Pickens County
Anti-Drug Coalition (PCADC).
Mason continues, “Our com
munity must vigorously and con
tinually confront this epidemic
by showing young and old that
we can have fun, do our work
and nurture positive personal re
lationships without the distrac
tion, distortion and destruction of
drugs and alcohol. Red Ribbon
Week is a great opportunity for
all of us to raise the drug-free
banner that counters the fatal at
traction of the drug culture that
tempts so many of our children,
youth and adults.”
During Red Ribbon Week,
several organizations work to
gether to disseminate drug-free
motivational messages that
reach thousands of people
through the schools, neighbor
hoods, churches and businesses.
The Red Ribbon Celebration
cornerstone community event
will be the presentation of the
short drama, Choices and Conse
quences, produced by the ladies
at Ruth House, a Christian Re
generation Facility for Women
located near Blaine in Pickens
County.
The drama will take place on
Thursday, Oct. 28, 6:30 p.m., at
the Pickens High School Audito
rium. There will be a compli
mentary spaghetti dinner
beginning at 5:30 in the PHS
cafeteria to make it more con
venient for everyone to attend
the drama.
Choices and Consequences is
a real-life, dramatized account of
how early, initial use of drugs
and alcohol quickly creates an al
most unconquerable addiction
that chains a person to life-de
stroying behavior. There will be
time for questions and comments
after the play.
The color red has become the
national symbol for a drag free
lifestyle, the result of the red rib
bons people wore in 1985 to
honor the anti-drag commitment
of DEA Agent Kiki Camarena
who was murdered by Mexican
drag dealers in 1985.
Red will dominate the land
scape of Pickens County as Pick
ens County florists and
volunteers produce and display
over 400 large red ribbon bows
throughout the community.
The Pickens County Sheriff’s
Office will procure and distribute
5,500 Red Ribbon bracelets
(with the theme “I Am Drag
Free”) to all of the students in
Pickens County. Red “I am Drag
Free” lanyards will be given to
high school students during their
lunch hour on 10/25.
PCADC volunteers will dis
tribute 3,000 self-stick “I am
Drag Free Ribbons” to individu
als who attend the 10/29 PHS
football game and other Red Rib
bon events, and to business es
tablishments and neighborhoods.
The PHS Pride of Pickens
Marching Band will wear Red
Ribbons during their perform
ance at the 10/29 PHS football
game.
Schools in Pickens County
have daily drug-free motiva
tional activities each day during
Red Ribbon Week. Students dec
orate classroom doors with drag-
free messages, write essays
about being drag free and partic
ipate in an “I am Drag Free”
placemat contest (which are then
used in local restaurants).
Clint Fair, a motivational
drag-free lifestyle speaker, will
speak to the students at Jasper
Middle School and Pickens
County Middle School on Oct.
29. The Fellowship of Christian
Athletes made the arrangements
for Clint Fair to come to Pickens
County.
These are a few of the many
Red Ribbon activities that the
schools will conduct for the stu
dents.
PCADC Vice-President
Richard Ferguson explains that
Red Ribbon Week is designed to
get people to focus together to
reduce destructive norms and be
havior by promoting the values
and benefits of a drag-free
lifestyle. “During Red ribbon
Week, the anti-drug norm in
Pickens County becomes crystal
clear!”
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2010-2011 Officers: Ruby Stirzaker, Betty Brooks, Ginger Rosen. Not pictured: Alice
Gaines, Kathy Samples and Margo Coleman.
500 Hours Awardees with CEO Robertson
100 Hours Awardees with CEO Robertson
By Betty Brooks
The Piedmont Mountainside
Hospital (PMH) Auxiliary held
their 2010-11 Officer Installation
service and annual Service
Awards presentation at the Ap
palachian Technical College on
Thursday, Sept. 16. With four
quarterly meetings a year to
which all 90 Auxiliary members
are invited, the one in September
is always the best attended. The
fiscal year is Oct. 1- Sept. 30.
The call to order was given by
President Ginger Rosen and the
invocation was given by member
Rev. Von Hinton.
President Ginger introduced
special guests - PMH Presi
dent/CEO, Mike Robertson;
Mary Ghorley, PMH director of
Patient Advocacy, Risk Services
and Risk Management (liaison to
the Auxiliary); Janet Ponder, ad
ministrator; and Chelsea Ghor
ley. President Ginger thanked
them for providing the delicious
luncheon, catered by Occasions
to Remember, and for the beau
tifully decorated tables.
Attendees were honored to
hear the guest speaker, CEO
Mike Robertson, who brought
welcome news that our not-for-
profit hospital was doing very
well in these economic times.
His graphic slide presentation
was very helpful and informa
tive. Responding for the entire
membership of the Auxiliary,
President Ginger expressed
heartfelt thanks for all opportu
nities to serve.
Vivian Murphy and Nell Hus
ton presented the Service Hours
Award pens to members attain
ing required hours for the year
ending Sept. 30, 2010. The fol
lowing Auxilians received pens:
CEO Robertson with
10,000 Hour Awardee Phyllis
Burke.
100 hours - Linda Bartlett,
Ann Kern, Martye Marsh,
Claude Marsh, Charlyne Steele
and Gerald Wade.
500 hours - Kathy Browning,
Mary Davis, Donna Dicus,
Bobby Fowler, Pat Haynes,
Doris Martin, Vivian Murphy,
Cindy McHaffie, Darlene Par
sons and Gordon Urquhart.
1,000 hours - Ruby Becker
and Ginger Rosen.
4,000 hours - Ruby Stirzaker.
10,000 hours - Phyllis Burke.
14,000 hours - Mary Smith.
President Ginger thanked all
awardees for the many horns of
service they give so freely and
generously in many different
areas of the hospital.
Past President Margo Cole
man, the installing officer, stated
the theme for this installation
was based on ancient peoples’
belief that certain gemstones and
jewels brought luck to the wearer
CEO Robertson with
14,000 Hour Awardee Mary;
Smith.
and influenced their personali
ties. She gave each incoming of
ficer a special gemstone which
was a symbol of the duties of
that office. The following offi
cers for 2010-11 were installed:
President - Ginger Rosen; Vice
President - Alice Gaines; Treas
urer - Ruby Stirzaker; Recording
Secretary - Betty Brooks; Corre
sponding Secretary - Kathy Sam
ples; and Immediate Past
President - Margo Coleman.
The incoming president, upon
accepting the gavel, stated her
appreciation and admiration for
our excellent hospital and for her
opportunity to serve a second
term as president. She thanked
her outgoing Board of Directors
for a job well done and wel
comed her new Board as she
looked forward to working with
them.
The Piedmont Mountainside
Auxiliary thanks all who gener
ously participate in their
fundraising projects throughout
the year. All funds raised each
year go toward acquiring needed
equipment or supplies for the
hospital at their request.
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