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Wednesday, April 20, 2016 • Coleman Chronicle & DV • Page 2
by Linda Duncan
There was a surprise
birthday party for one of
our residents on Sunday,
April 10th. Mary Young
hit the big 90 the next
day on April 11th, but
you would never know
it.
Mary is a joy to be
around and we’ve had
some wonderful conver-
sations. She graciously
ter place,” she contin-
ued.
The caliber of CCMC
nursing staff was also
identified as one of the
moved to Abilene to go
to school at Eraughn’s
Business School. While
there, she met her future
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may have diminished,
but her insight into peo-
ple’s feelings and needs
is in full force.
Mary was born in
Merkel, TX on April 11,
1926. She enjoyed a
very happy childhood
with loving parents. She
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members include:
Wayne Moore, presi-
dent, Sarah Beal, secre-
tary, Ben Scott, treasur-
er, Gene Christian, Ken
Gifford, vice president,
Mary Griffis and Linda
Laws.
trained hospital staff as
well as CCMC physi-
cians.
Recognizing the short-
husband, Carter, at a cir-
cus. The next week he
phoned her for a date
and as they say, the rest
is history. They were
married on November
27, 1946. She went to
work in the Taylor
County Clerk’s office
and said she enjoyed her
job immensely. Even
though it took seven
years, they were finally
blessed with their first
child, Lee Ann. A few
years later Suzanne
came along and they
were a very happy fami-
ly-
After the children grew
up, Mary returned to the
workforce at Wagstaff
Law firm, also in
Abilene, and continued
to work there for 21
years. Mary states she
really enjoyed working
and it was a lot of fun.
One of her daughters,
Lee Ann Robinson, lives
in Abilene and the baby
of the family, Suzanne
Golson, resides right
here in Coleman. Mary
has four grandchildren
and three great-grand-
children.
After retirement, she
and Mr. Young traveled
the states in their motor
home with a group of
friends. The only states
she hasn’t seen are New
York and Michigan. She
invited me to her lovely
and comfortable home
and I thoroughly
enjoyed my visit. Mary
is a glass half full kind of
gal. Even though macu-
lar degeneration has
taken a great deal of her
eyesight and she can’t
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read anymore, she
makes up for it by visit-
ing with friends at the
Hi-Rise. Her eyesight
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and Carter Young
enjoyed 68 blissful years
together, until he passed
away in June 2014. At
that time she was living
in Abilene and made a
decision to get on the
waiting list for the Hi-
Rise. Her daughter, Lee
Ann, states “She enjoys
visiting with her friends
every day and has made
a wonderful home
there.”
She went on to state,
“For mom, two wonder-
ful benefits of living
there, other than the
friends she has made, are
getting a pedicure and
getting her hair done at
the beauty shop.”
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nurse aides (CNAs)
within CCMC and at
other area
Ereman and her staff
began offering a certifi- report’s
Summary,
over
Mrs. Beal’s Kindergarten class sent a giant thank-you card to CCMC follow-
ing their Christmas visit that combined a healthy message with seasonal activ-
ities...one of the many events scheduled by CCMC throughout the year.
employees have a high
level of qualification not
often seen at hospitals of
similar size.”
“Until a few years ago,
we did not have the staff
or resources for this
level of community
I asked Mary if she had
a favorite verse and she
promptly replied, “Be
still and know that I am
God”-Psalm 46:10.
It’s a real blessing to
have Mary Young as one
of our residents. I
remember one day I
said, “I need a hug
before I go to work”.
She jumped out of her
chair and promptly gave
me a bear hug to start my
day.
As George Bums said,
“You can’t help getting
older, but you don’t have
to get old.” Mary Young
is not old. Even her
name says so.
in children and to pre-
vent unintentional con-
sequences of shaking a
baby.” CCMC is also a
“Baby Moses” site
where parents can safely strengths of CCMC in a
drop off infants they are report by Healthcare
unable to care for. Management Partners,
Programs are taught by LLC, a national compa-
ny hired by the CCMC
District to provide the
members and the com-
munity with an inde-
age need of certified pendent, third party
aides (CNAs) assessment of the
progress made by the
hospitals, hospital since 2012.
As highlighted in the
Executive
cation course in partner- Summary, “There are
ship with Central Texas over 50 people
Opportunities that has employed in CCMC’s
since trained and certi-
fied as many as 50 indi-
viduals. Almost all of
these newly certified
CNAs have found jobs
at CCMC, Holiday Hill
and Coleman
Healthcare. A few have
also opted to further
their education and
enroll in school to
become licensed voca-
tional nurses.
“A lot of our staff mem-
bers also volunteer time
and money to support
annual holiday events
such as our annual
Easter egg hunt,
Halloween trunk or treat
event, Senior Center
Thanksgiving Meal,
Coats for Christmas pro-
gram, Letter to Santa
Drop-Off and Santa’s
Helper Christmas Tree,
providing gifts to county
children in need,” said
Chelsey Slayton, RN,
MSN, CCMC nursing
care coordinator.
“Almost all of us live in
Coleman County, and
we want to make it a bet-
Coleman, Texas (April
15, 2016) - Over 1,000
community members
attended one or more
special events or educa-
tion programs sponsored
by Coleman County
Medical Center (CCMC)
last year, according to
Melissa Ereman, RN,
chief nursing officer of
CCMC.
“We are very pleased
that so many residents
took advantage of these
activities,” said Ereman,
who recently compiled
CCMC’s year-end com-
munity outreach report.
“It is one of our goals to
help improve the health,
safety and well-being of
our community.”
The staff of CCMC
organized and provided
over 50 community out-
reach programs in 2015
including: its ongoing
healthy lifestyle series,
the annual child safety
seat check, prenatal and
parenting classes, and
other programs for
adults; and the special
Shattered Dreams event,
Safe Sitter education and
certification, cancer pre-
vention, healthy
lifestyles for kids and
other programs for ele-
mentary and high school
children.
CCMC education pro-
grams are developed
based on identified com-
munity need. “For
example, we experi-
enced an increase in
patient visits related to
child abuse,” explained
Ereman, “so we now
offer several programs
to help parents and other
caregivers learn alterna-
tive methods to deal
with negative behaviors
Mary Young (center) with her two daughters, Lee Ann Robinson (left) and
Suzanne Golson (right).
activity,” commented
Sarah Beal, CCMC
District board member
and treasurer.
“Everyone on the board
is proud of what the hos-
pital staff has achieved.”
CCMC District board
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