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Back in the flesh > Friendship Retirement Community recently held its first in-person graduation class of Student Nursing Assistants (SNA) since COVID. Friendship had 12 students graduate from an in-house four-week class starting on May 23rd. After graduation, each student was placed at either Friendship Health and Rehabilitation Center North (FHRC-N), Friendship Health and Rehabilitation Center South (FHRC-S), or Salem Terrace. “It was nice to hold an in-person graduation for my students since COVID,” said Melissa Dillard. “I enjoy being a part of the process to teach and educate our employees to better themselves.”
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Charged up in Floyd > Citizens Telephone Cooperative (aka Citizens) in Floyd has added an electric car to the vehicle fleet. “A 2021 Chevy Bolt that never needs gas and never needs an oil change,” stated Greg Sapp, the General Manager of Citizens. “The Bolt has a range of around 259 miles making it a perfect choice for use in and around the New River Valley.” Citizens is also making an e-car charging station open to the public, with an EV Charging Station calling it “CitiZap.” Citizens installed a Level 2 Fast Charging Station that will fully charge a battery such as in the Chevy Bolt in about 6 to 8 hours.
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