Vol. 37
Edition 52
December 25, 2015
Looking Back at 2015 January - June
Friday night in Dawson Creek the Dawson Creek Choral Society took the stage for “When Christmas comes to town,” featuring two youth choirs under the direction of Caitlyn Triebel, with Randi Jo Torgrimson on piano. The concert featured hits from the films: “Polar Express” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” as well as a selection of carols from around the world.
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A2 - l - THE MIRROR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2015
Year in Review
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Dan Stevenson last saw Axel and Jaxxie on Jan. 13. On that day, the pair of eightmonth-old Rottweilers disappeared without a trace while wandering his acreage outside Dawson Creek. "We've been looking for them, our neighbours have been looking for them, my wife has shared their photos on over 20 different social media pages to try to get our dogs back," said Stevenson. "It's not a matter of whether they went missing, it's who took them."
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taking it and seek medical help at once. If an allergy is confirmed, the doctor will most likely prescribe a different antibiotic. Adverse effects associated with antibiotics Our bodies are host to countless microorganisms, including bacteria and fungi, which help maintain a healthy balance in what is known as the normal flora. The flora is what protects us against microbes that can make us sick (pathogens). Taking antibiotics can disrupt the normal flora which may lead to superinfection by a pathogenic microorganism. Below are two examples of what can happen when there is an imbalance in the normal flora resulting from the use of antibiotics. Diarrhea While traveling through the bowels, antibiotics can affect the normal flora, resulting in mild diarrhea. Generally speaking, the diarrhea is usually not severe enough to justify stopping treatment. To prevent this from happening, you may want to consider taking probiotics. Probiotics are sold at your local pharmacysee your pharmacist for more information. In some people, approximately 5% of the population, the Clostridium difficile bacteria may colonize the bowel. The bacteria is commonly spread by infected persons through hand contact and is usually harmless to humans. However, when we take antibiotics to treat an illness for example, the medication disturbs the natural balance and allows the bacteria to multiply, making it more harmful. A superinfection with bacteria like C. difficile causes watery diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain, dehydration and nausea. We recommend that you see your doctor if you experience these symptoms even if they appear a few days after you have finished your antibiotics. Some people are at greater risk for developing a superinfection. These include the elderly, those with compromised immune systems, those who were recently hospitalized or recently underwent gastrointestinal surgery, those who have chronic diseases of the colon and those who have already been infected. Yeast infections For many women, taking an antibiotic can disrupt the natural flora in the vagina or vulva and cause a yeast infection (candidiasis). If this occurs, using an appropriate cream or suppository for vaginal yeast infections is recommended. Your pharmacist can advise you on the right product.
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When used properly, antibiotics save countless lives across the globe each day. The role of antibiotics Antibiotics are used extensively in modern-day medicine to treat bacterial diseases and infections including otitis, bronchitis, sinusitis, and even once fatal diseases such as tuberculosis and pneumonia. Antibiotics though are ineffective against viral diseases such as the common cold and the flu. Since it is difficult to differentiate viral infections from bacterial infections, you should see your doctor. He will be able to advise you on the most suitable treatment. It is especially important that you not demand or expect your doctor to prescribe antibiotics at the first sign of infection. As previously mentioned, antibiotics have no effect on viral infections and will not improve your symptoms. The efficacy of antibiotics Antibiotics are effective when chosen and used properly. To effectively treat a specific infection, the right antibiotic must be chosen. For example, a product that is highly effective against a dental infection may be utterly ineffective against a sinus infection. Efficacy also involves the proper use of antibiotics. This simply means that taking medication at the right time and as often as prescribed is key. Lastly, when taking antibiotics, it is important to continue until the end of the prescribed course, even if you are feeling better after a few days. Patients who fail to finish their treatment may see the infection recur which will involve another course of treatment. We would like to stress the importance of respecting the instructions given to you by your doctor or pharmacist when it comes to taking your antibiotics. What about resistant bacteria? Bacteria is said to be resistant when it reduces or eliminates the effectiveness of an antibiotic. You may encounter situations where, in spite of following the doctor’s and the pharmacist’s orders to the letter, the prescribed treatment fails to eliminate the bacteria. In such cases, we can assume that the bacteria are resistant to the selected antibiotic. Some bacteria protect themselves against certain antibiotics naturally, while others adapt themselves against antibiotics that are used improperly. Improper use of medication includes stopping your medication before finishing the full course - only to see the infection reappear, or taking antibiotics for viral infections. A new medication must then be prescribed in order to eradicate the bacteria. These types of problems are on the rise. What about allergies? If you develop a red rash on your face or body, swelling or itching, you are probably experiencing an allergic reaction to your medication. Drug allergies can be severe and should always be taken seriously. If you think you are having an allergic reaction to your medication, stop
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Rumours run rampant on social media about what’s happening to the dogs, but RCMP in Dawson Creek say only two people have come forward to file a police report. Without more to go on, there’s no way to conduct a wider investigation into missing dogs, police say. Sgt. Ed Reinink said the detachment is aware of rumours that “a large number” of dogs have been stolen, possibly to feed dog fighting rings. “There are always rumours about dog fighting rings, but have we been able to track one down? Cont. on page A9
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Year in Review
'we are hockeyville' Byron Hackett
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Dawson Creekers took part in a parade to rally the community around its Hockeyville drive. Later that night the city was named a finalist in the competition. That comes with a guaranteed $25,000, along with a chance to win a $100,000 upgrade to its current ice facilities and an NHL pre-season game next fall.
see your community have an opportunity to win a national competition, to finish in that sort of category, all the benefits of it are just one more example of why we are a great city.” For Bill Darnbrough, being named to the top 10 was confirmation of what he already knew. “We’re really excited,” he said. “The whole community has come together. The hockey community, the community in general — we are a hockey town and we are Hockeyville. We’re top 10, we have to beat out four other communities from the west to be top two and I think we can do it.” Darnbrough was one of the key organizers of the original nomination. He explained that the real work for the community starts now. Preparations are in the works to set up online voting stations where people can cast a vote to make Dawson Creek the next Kraft Hockeyville. Voting will begin at about 11 p.m. EST after the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast on March 21 and conclude March 23. “I think the momentum of getting here was one step but the next step now,” Bumstead said. “I honestly believe that people will see this — and now you’ll see voting parties, you’ll see events taking place in the community trying to engage people into it. We have an opportunity to do something really, really cool — how amazing would it be to have two NHL teams coming into Dawson Creek to play a pre-season game?”
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A4 - l - THE MIRROR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2015
Year in Review
Alaska Highway News earns more accolades Aleisha Hendry
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The Alaska Highway News has received more accolades — this time on a national level. The Canadian Community Newspaper Association recently announced the winners
Newspaper takes second in Best Front Page category for circulation over 25,000 of their annual newspaper awards. The Alaska Highway News took second place in the Best Front Page category for circulation over 25,000.
This is the first time Alaska Highway News has entered the national awards, but it’s not the first award the paper has received this year. Alaska Highway News reporter David Dyck and managing editor Matt Lamers are finalists in the BC and Yukon Community Newspaper Association’s Ma Murray Awards for Best Feature Article and Best Feature Photo. The results of that contest will be announced on April 25.
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Arena repair plan approved Jonny Wakefield Staff Writer
Memorial Arena and the Curling Club will have ice next fall after Dawson Creek city council unanimously approved $2.4 million of a $9 million plan to replace the broken refrigeration systems in both facilities. Around 50 citizens showed up to a special meeting of council Thursday, the majority of whom supported the plan to fix the arena and curling rink. The two facilities have been without ice since city staff discovered toxic ammonia leaking from the aging Around 50 people gathered in council chambers Thursday to watch a vote on the chiller system late last year. future of the city’s ice arenas. Most supported council’s decision to undertake a $9 Earlier this week, a long-expected million plan to squeeze another 25-35 years out of the facilities. (Jonny Wakefield Photo) report estimated the cost of rehabilitating the city’s three ice facilities at just over $9 million over six years. It also offered options for building a new multipurpose ice complex, shifting ice operations to Kin Arena and the Encana Events Centre and not repairing the curling centre, and dropping ice altogether in favour of dry floor facilities. Council approved the first option, but with amendments that would allow them to decide year-by-year whether certain pieces of the work needed to be done. The plan would be paid for out of the city’s existing capital budget by putting off other projects, including a City Hall phone upgrade, the demolition of the old Centennial Pool, upgrades to the Encana Centre, money for a fire training site, and an expansion of the city cemetery. The city will not take on any debt by repairing the arenas. Despite some worries about the impact on the city’s fiscal situation, the plan passed While Quantities Last! without opposition. “I feel like this is a no-brainier, that we have to do this,” RipsShoeRenu.com • ripsshoerenu@shaw.ca said Councillor Cheryl ShuDawson Co-op Mall man. “Building a new facility #3, 10200 - 8th Street is not something we can do Phone: 250-782-4318 at this time. Frankly I’m afraid Monday - Friday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Continued on Page 12 Saturday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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A6 - l - THE MIRROR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2015
Year in Review
A plea for help
Two months after a hit-and-run took their mother's life, Beki Jackson and Michael Jones are still searching for answers Submitted Connie Jones.
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It's been two months since their mother, Connie Elizabeth Jones, was killed in a hit-and-run in Dawson Creek, but Beki Jackson and her brother Michael Jones still don’t know what happened. They are pleading with the public to come forward with any information that might give them some answers.
"There is no closure," Jackson told Alaska Highway News on Tuesday. "We've been able to say goodbye, but every day there's more questions. Our wish is that we would know what happened or that somebody would accept responsibility." The two have been circulating posters with pictures of their mother around town. Jones was walking to work in Dawson Creek during the early morning hours of March 6 when she was struck by a vehicle while crossing the
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Year in Review
Two months after a hit-and-run took their mother's life, Beki Jackson and Michael Jones are still searching for answers intersection of 8th Street and 106th Avenue. Several people stopped to offer first aid, police say, but they were unsuccessful in their attempts to revive her. Connie succumbed to her injuries at the scene. RCMP say they recently received a tip that they continue to investigate. "We're still working on it," Sgt. Ed Reinink said. "Somebody out there knows something. Somebody possibly said something to somebody else." Police don’t suspect the vehicle involved would have much damage done to it. “She wasn’t catapulted, basically she was bumped down and the vehicle went over her,” Reinink said. “Hopefully the person has a conscience,” he added. “If they do, this is something that is going to weigh heavily on their mind for the rest of their lives. “If they know that they did this, coming forward relieves a lot of that guilt and depression that will come from bottling this up,” Reinink added. A memorial has taken over the cityowned flower planter on that street corner. It was started by family and friends, but was later added to by members of the public. “Random citizens, people who didn’t know her but knew that something had happened there, they’ve put flowers and ribbons and stickers and things there as well,” Jackson said. Jim Chute, chief administrative officer for the City of Dawson Creek acknowledged that the city has come forward to make the planter box a permanent memorial for Jones. “The family is going to be involved in choosing the planting and there is go-
ing to be a memorial plaque,” Chute said. Signs have also been donated that will be erected at the intersection this week, asking for more information. Jackson says she and her brother are pleased with the police investigation so far. “She was my best friend,” Jackson said, “so this is of the highest importance to me. I feel like I should have every answer right now, but I know I can’t. I am very satisfied with what the RCMP has done. I am not satisfied with some of the citizens in this town.” Without an answer to exactly what happened to her mother, Jackson is only left to wonder. “Our family is doing our best to heal and move on,” she said. “But without closure — without being able to tell our children that it’s okay, the person who made this mistake accepted responsibility, they came forward — we can’t.” Jackson says her mother loved life. “I don’t have any pictures of her where she is not smiling,” she said. “She was an extremely happy person.” Jackson had this message for anyone who might know something: “You have the ability to give her grand children, her children, her sisters and her friends the ability to say we know what happened. [By] not coming forward, you are denying everybody this chance to be able to properly close that chapter with respect for her. I beg you to give information.” Anyone who does have information on this case is encouraged to contact the Dawson Creek RCMP at 250-784-3700. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS). dcreporter@dcdn.ca
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A8 - l - THE MIRROR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2015
Year in Review
This is how we roll
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Year in Review Cont. from Page A2 No we haven’t,” he said. “We’re not saying it’s not true, but we also haven’t had many people coming forward to us with information.” Stevenson said he officially reported the dogs missing on Jan. 21, but left a message for police the day after they disappeared. He believes socalled bully breeds — like boxers, pit bulls and Rottweilers — are being targeted. Neighbours have had similar issues — including one who reported a pit bull stolen from inside their locked home. Stevenson said the dog was later found dumped along the Alaska Highway near the Kiskatinaw River. It had been “shredded” by what appeared to be wounds inflicted by another dog. RCMP had received a report of a pit bull stolen from a yard, but could not confirm whether the dog was found dead. While social media posts about the dogs have turned up leads, Stevenson is frustrated many of the people sharing information online haven’t taken the concrete step of filing a police report. In one case, he received a Facebook message with the license plate number of a suspicious vehicle. “You’re going to send me a license plate number?” he asked, incredulously. “Why didn’t you send it to the RCMP?” Reinink said police are following up on a tip about a license plate, but that the small number of cases on file does not yet warrant a larger investigation into the dog disappearances. Stevenson said that while he believes his dogs are gone for good, he hopes people will pay closer attention and report missing dogs to the police. “We’re having a real problem, and that’s that people are not willing to come forward to the authorities and give a statement of what they’ve seen and heard,” he said. reporter@dcdn.ca
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The Pouce Coupe food bank opened its doors for the first time in November, and this month it received a significant donation from students at Pouce Elementary to help stock the shelves just in time for Christmas. Families pitched in to help those in need by leaving donations of food and cash at the door for the school’s annual Christmas concert held Dec. 3. Along with the haul of food, $50 in cash was also collected. Collecting food bank donations at the concert is an annual tradition for the school, but up until now, it usually went to food banks in Dawson Creek. According to village planner Aaron Thompson, the town identified the need for a food bank through a community survey in the spring. “As you know, we lack a real grocery store,” he said. “That adds to people not being able to get food as well as people not having enough money to afford it.” The survey identified seniors in the community were most in need.
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Thompson suggested the food bank, and the town backed the idea. The plan got some help from Sukrit Parmar, the owner of the popular Curry Et Cetera restaurant, which closed its doors last year. “We started very small and now we have our little food bank filled to the brim,” Parmar said, adding she may need to find a space bigger than her old office at the restaurant if donations keep flowing. “If the need is greater, we might have to move somewhere else. Hopefully we don’t have that kind of need in Pouce Coupe.” Parmar and her friend Debbie Chemelyk drove to Grande Prairie and Fort St. John when the food bank started to pick up supplies. “I just thought we had to,” she said. “At first it wasn’t formalized. We just got hampers made on our own and we took them to the people and then the word went out. “We have families that I always thought were doing alright, but they’re not. It’s so neat to see how kind people can be.” dcreporter@dcdn.ca
Pouce Coupe mayor resigns MIKE CARTER | Staff Writer Pouce Coupe Mayor Bill Plowright is resigning from his post. Plowright made the announcement in a letter dated Dec. 16. He said he is stepping down effective Jan. 4 due to personal issues.
“Due to personal issues, I feel that this is the best thing for me at this time,” Plowright wrote. Plowright was elected mayor in a byelection in March 2014. Previously, he worked for Calfrac and was a volunteer firefighter for the village.
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No new fracking under Swan Lake: PRRD
Year in Review
Regional district joins residents group, nonprofit and First Nations in opposing new drilling under popular lake
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The Peace River Regional District (PRRD) has joined the growing list of groups opposed to new hydraulic fracturing beneath a popular South Peace lake and provincial park. On Thursday, the regional district moved to ask the province to restrict new drilling under Swan Lake, a seven square kilometre lake near the Alberta border. The move came in response a request from area resident Allen Watson that the PRRD take a position. Watson is a member of the Swan Lake Enhancement Society (SLES), a residents and water stewardship group. The society began a campaign to stop new drilling beneath the lake late last year, after learning mineral rights beneath Swan Lake were up for auction. Watson and 318 lake users signed a petition to oppose new fracking, saying the risks to the lake and its watershed were too great. The McLeod Lake Indian Band and Ducks Unlimited Canada have also voiced concerns about oil and gas activity in the area. Dawson Creek Mayor Dale Bumstead, Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser and rural director Dan Rose opposed asking the province to stop new fracking in the area. The three believed opposing fracking under the lake was a “slippery slope.” “The first step is we restrict this area, then we say what about these rivers? Then what about this heritage site?” said Bumstead. “The minute we start to take the position that we’re opposed [to fracking] in a particular location, you just open the door.” Directors debated how far protections for bodies of water might go. “If you’re contaminating a body of water, it’s much more difficult to clean up, and
that deserves some extra protection,” said rural director Karen Goodings, saying she would support wider prohibitions on drilling beneath freshwater. The board weighed the option of asking the Union of British Columbia Municipalities to support limits on drilling under freshwater. However, since the group only deals with province-wide issues impacting local governments, some directors worried this would amount to a ban on fracking. Pouce Coupe Mayor Bill Plowright, who also works in oil and gas, voted in favour of limits to drilling. “I work for a fracking company, so I’m cutting off my nose to spite my face here,” he said. “But what’s more important: the money, or the environment? “I believe [fracking is] environmentally friendly, but I think there are other things at stake when it comes to waterways,” he said. “If anyone in this room lived on that lake, there’s no way they’d want fracking under the lake.” Bradley Sperling, who represents the rural area outside Fort St. John, suggested creating “no drilling” zone around the lake, saying such a zone is in place around Charlie Lake. District staff are researching that possibility, but Watson said horizontal drilling could still tap gas beneath the lake even if rigs were barred from the shores. Encana acquired the rights to drill under the southern section Swan Lake for $4.7 million in February, which includes part of a provincial park. Murphy Oil has drilled several wells beneath the north end of the lake without incident. The Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) maintains that oil and gas activity 2,600 metres below the lakebed poses almost no risk to the body of water, but at a community meeting earlier this year, an OGC official stopped short of guaranteeing the lake’s safety.
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A12 - l - THE MIRROR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2015
Year in Review
Arena repair plan approved
Continued from Page A5 community, given our record.” was not an option. to build anything in this She added that “doing nothing” Councillor Mark Rogers was most critical, but decided not to vote against the plan. “We’re talking about spending over $9 million on something that less than ten per cent of the community uses,” he said (an assessment on the future needs of ice users found around 1,400 people use the arenas). “Recreation is important, that’s evident [from the crowd] here today, but the amount of money we’re spending on those services, it’s a bit expensive and it’s not sustainable,” he said. He said he worried about the quick turnaround between the issuALL AGES WELCOME ing of the report Tuesday and council’s decision Thursday. “There are a lot of things we haven’t heard from the citizens about the items we’re considering cutting or suspending.” 1401-102nd Ave Dawson Creek
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Two items that would have been put off under the $2.4 million plan— upgrading the aquatic centre parking lot ($250,000) and improving Crescentview Park ($265,000) — were brought back by shifting money from a special fund for energy efficient projects. The first year of work would see the refrigeration plants for Kin Arena and the Memorial Arena and Curling Club replaced with a lesshazardous Freon system — with an estimated price tag of $2.2 million. The rest would be spent on minor fixes to the buildings. Those projects have not been tendered, so it’s not yet clear what the final cost will be. If council approves the work, subsequent years could include the replacement of the aging concrete ice pads in the facilities. Those repairs would give the
arenas another 25 to 35 years of life, the report found. Councillor Charlie Parslow said he believed the spending needed to happen. “I’m a fiscal conservative for sure, but I can’t conceive this town without curling, hockey, figure skating, so as councillor Shuman said. This is in part a no-brainer,” he said. Mayor Dale Bumstead also voted in favour. “We appreciate the passion from the community, and we understand that this is a significant and important decision,” he said ahead of the vote. The dozens of people who gathered in council chambers Thursday appeared to be in favour of council’s decision The Alaska Highway News asked 35 people leaving the chambers whether they supported council’s decision. Thirty-three said they did, while two abstained. reporter@dcdn
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Ten-acre Christmas light display celebrates ten years TOMSLAKE—If the lights aren’t up at the Schindler household by Dec. 1, they get an earful. That’s the day the sprawling Christmas display at the Schindler’s farm along Highway 2 has gone live for the past ten years—with the occasional exception. “The truckers expect them up on the first,” said Dallas Schindler. “If they’re not up on their first, they’re phoning.” Dallas and her husband Eric have been decking out ten-acres of their property, near the Alberta border, for the past ten years. “We light everything,” she said, including the house, the outbuildings, the barn, and almost every tree. “Everything is lit.” “We started small and we just kept building on, building on, building on,” she said. “We’re hitting the creek now, so I think we just about have to stop.” The tradition began ten years ago, when Eric and Dal-
las married. “We both like to decorate, and my husband and I just got married ten years ago,” she said. “He didn’t decorate very big and I always like to decorate. I convinced him we should start spreading it out a little bit.” Now, setting up the display takes two months. “We don’t work all day, every day, for two months,” she said. “But we start two months in advance because every tree is decorated. Things are repaired, things have to be ordered.” The whole display can be taken in from the highway. But people who want to pull into the driveway and have a look are welcome to, Schindler said. “We have a big arch welcome sign in the driveway,” she said. “People were confused and didn’t know if they could come in, so we put up a big welcoming arch for everybody. They come in, they can go right to the top and turn around.” And because the job takes so long, the Schindlers leave the lights on longer than most. They’ll be up through Feb. 1, Dallas said. Post Dec. 25 lookie-loos are welcome.
Hope for the Holidays Lights for Life 2015 Each year, the Dawson Creek and District Hospital Foundation reaches out to the community during the holiday season in an effort to bring a bit of the giving spirit to our local hospital. For the 2015 holiday season, we are reaching out once more, in hopes of opening your hearts to those residents in our hospital who need just a bit more care in their lives. These patients could be visiting our hospital for a surgery, and be gone in only a few days, or they could be residents, waiting for long term homes at other healthcare facilities to opened to them for long-term care. These patients could also be coming to our hospital for comfort and care for the duration of their passing from our lives. Regardless of the reason behind their stay at the hospital, all patients deserve quality care in their visit, and that is something for which the Foundation strives, to the best of our ability. We work tirelessly throughout the year in a variety of ways, supporting departments across the Dawson Creek and District Hospital, in hopes of providing the finest care possible for you, your family and friends, both now and in the future. This holiday season our goal is to continue that work by focusing on the Medical and Surgical care departments.
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