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Post date:: Friday, March 15, 2013 - 1:25pm

I was about three minutes into a presentation when I began dropping the “A-bombs.” I believe the explosions started something like this: “CHA would like CMC to do outreach to area CBOs.”

One vice president screwed up his face and spat out what he guessed I meant by CBO. (Hint: It’s community-based organizations.” My boss, an SVP (oops, another “bomb”), said something along about how far a onetime professional journalist has fallen when he routinely spits out alphabet soup instead of crisp Reader’s Digest words.

A Sixth Sense

Post date:: Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 4:15pm

I tuly believe our grandson Landon, at three years old, has a special "sixth sense" regarding our precious 21 month old grand-daughter Leah, who is his little sister.
Normally, and quite expectedly, Landon is loud, full of energy (and sometimes spitefulness); non-stop, wanting to wrestle and tussle with Daddy and Opa...and just generally an all-around "boy"...except when it comes to his sister...

Community Regional Lab Receives CAP Re-Accreditation

Post date:: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 2:56pm

All of us function in a highly regulated environment and there are many crucial accreditations and inspections throughout Community. For the clinical labs and pathology services, that means the College of American Pathologists (CAP). Every two years, CAP inspectors arrive (unannounced) at the Community Regional Medical Center, Clovis Community Medical Center and Fresno Heart & Surgical Hospital labs and spend several days. They are armed with a list of many hundreds of Standards against which to measure our operations.

Five 4 Five Experience

Post date:: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 12:04pm

By Katie Zenovich
Executive Director, Foundation

The FIVE 4 FIVE appreciation dinner was an absolutely fantastic experience – from start to finish.

Blown Away

Post date:: Friday, March 1, 2013 - 9:30am

Do you like country music? I do. I’m sure at some point on my drives down Hwy 168 you could spot me doing an embarrassing imitation of Taylor Swift, singing “I knew you were trouble when you walked in,” or singing along to Sugarland’s “Stuck Like Glue,” or Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now.” I had never really listened to Carrie Underwood and have tickets to attend the March 5 concert at the Save Mart Center, so I decided to sample her music last Saturday. I br