Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Ribbon cutting on Hwy 32 Thursday

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and the Kentucky Department of Highways District 9 cordially invite you to a ribbon-cutting for the KY 32 Reconstruction Project in Flemingsburg. Please join Transportation Secretary Joe Prather to celebrate the completion of this $3.6 million highway project, which will benefit Fleming County residents, students and travelers for generations to come.

WHAT:          Ribbon-cutting for KY 32 Reconstruction, Flemingsburg

WHEN:          Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. EDT

WHERE:       Fleming County High School, 1658 Elizaville Rd., Flemingsburg, Ky.

Ceremonies featuring guest speakers will take place inside Fleming County High School. Afterward, a ceremonial ribbon-cutting will take place near KY 32 at the high school entrance, weather permitting. The public is welcome to attend.

New CEO at Hospital

On the heels of its first anniversary in a new facility, Fleming County Hospital will have new leadership.

The Board of Trustees elected Davie Lloyd as the hospital’s next Chief Executive Officer. She was selected from three finalist candidates that all met Hospital Board criteria, presented by Quorum Health Resources, FCH’s management company. She will begin work on Aug. 10 and succeeds Ron Vigus who has served as interim CEO since early May. Vigus replaced David Sirk, who had served in the position for nearly a year. Sirk was CEO when the new facility opened in August 2008.

Lloyd is the fifth CEO since planning for a new hospital began during the administration of Mark Armstrong. He was followed by Carol Dozier, who oversaw much of the construction, then Sirk, Vigus and now Lloyd.

“We are very happy to have Davie join us as we begin a new chapter at our hospital,” said Louie Flanery, Chairman of the Board. “She has the right leadership experience for our hospital and a strong sense of community.”

Lloyd has seven years of senior healthcare leadership experience and grew up in a small community in Montana. At her last hospital, she achieved several improvements in the hospital including improving patient flow in the emergency department, implemented a hospital wide information technology system and improved accuracy in the billing process.

Fleming County was attractive to her and her 9 year old daughter due to its family focus, great schools and friendly community.

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Mr. Prater

Eddie Prater, 63, Clintonville Road, retired computer programmer for IBM, owner and operator of Prater Trucking, husband of Janet Blair Prater, died Sun, July 26, 2009 at St. Joseph Hospital. He was born Dec 14, 1945 in Fleming County, a graduate of Fleming County High School, a member of the First Church of God and Paris Lodge #2, F&AM, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Eddie is also survived by two sons, Robert (Kim) Prater, Wallingford, KY, Kelly (Tara) Prater, Maysville; two daughters, Tammy Scott, Georgetown, Melinda Sears (Yannick Deslauriers), Nashville; six grandchildren, Emily Prater, Cayce Prater, Carson Prater, Sydney Scott, Victoria Prater, Brooklyn Scott; two sisters, Lynn Jones, Gainesville, FL, Patty (Brad) Farrow, Jeffersonville, IN; and a brother, Chester (Cathy) Stacey, Kingsburg, CA. Funeral services will be 11am Thu, July 30, at the Hinton-Turner Funeral Home by Rev. David Mefford with burial in the Paris Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8pm Wed. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Cancer Care Club, PO Box 189, Flemingsburg, KY 41041. www.hinton-turnerfuneralhome.com

Mrs. Vice

Frances Dudley Jordan Vice, 83, of Tollesboro passed away Monday, July 27, 2009, at Fleming County Hospital following an extended illness.
She was born in Mason County on July 23, 1926, the daughter of the late Charles Dudley Jordan and Bessie Glover Jordan.
She was the widow of Floyd Vice, who died March 22, 2008; they were married 63 years.
She was an exceptional homemaker, and fulfilled a life-long dream to help others when she became a nurse aide at Hayswood Hospital and Meadowview Regional Medical Center. Also she did private-duty sitting with the ill and elderly. Frances was a faithful member of the Tollesboro United Methodist Church and was active in the United Methodist Women’s Group when her health permitted. She enjoyed family and friends, homemaking, cooking, sewing, canning, quilting, reading, gardening, visiting the sick, and caring for others.
She is the beloved mother of three sons, Jerry Wayne Vice of Tilton, Danny Ray Vice and wife, Mary Lynn of Flemingsburg, and Stephen Dale Vice and wife, Edna of Tollesboro; and two daughters, Sandra Gale Gilbert and husband, Donnie, of Maysville; and Pamela Sue Perkins and husband, Tim, of Tollesboro; and the loving grandmother of Tim Vice, Shea Vice, Joshua Vice and wife, Michelle, Derek Perkins, Amanda Gilbert and Brooke Perkins; two great-grandchildren, Courtney Vice and Shane Vice; and also one cherished sister, Lula Belle Griffin of Altoona, Fla.
She was preceded in death by sisters, Elizabeth Emmons, Virginia Ross,Thelma Watson, Anna Louise Jordan and Geri Jordan; and one brother, Bob Jordan.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 30, 2009, at the Tollesboro United Methodist Church with Brother Silas Ripato and Brother Don Tipton officiating.
Burial will be in the Hillcrest Garden of Memories in Maysville.
Visitation will be 5-9:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at Barbour and Son Funeral Home in Tollesboro.
Donations may be made to the Tollesboro Methodist Church Building Fund.
Friends may sign the guest book at www.barbourfh.com.