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Photo Cherie Kelsay
ALl. FUELED UP -- Renner Petroleum and Valley Pacific owners and friends celebrated the opening of
their new fueling station with the community on April 20. Joined by the chamber of commerce, city
officials and dignitaries, Cameron Renner (center) is all smiles during the official ribbon cutting cere-
mony.
Photo provided
STORE OPENINGS -- Owners and customers of Spoke Folk Cyclery and Ethical Clothing celebrated
the official opening of their stores on First Street with a ribbon cutting presided over by Sarah Rose
Lindell, the 2018 Citrus Fair Queen.
Healdsburg District
Hospital announced it has
earned The Joint
Commission's Gold Seal of
Approval for Laboratory
Services Accreditation by
demonstrating continuous
compliance with its perfor-
mance standards.
The hospital is owned by
the residents of the North
Sonoma County Healthcare
District, which includes
Windsor, Healdsburg,
Geyserville and Cloverdale.
The Gold Seal of Approval
is a symbol of quality that
reflects an organization's com-
mitment to providing safe and
effective patient care.
A Healdsburg District
Hospital press release states
that the hospital underwent a
rigorous onsite survey in
December.
During the review, a joint
commission expert surveyor
evaluated compliance with
laboratory standards related
to several areas, including
document and process centrol,
;: healthcare associated condi-
tions, risk reduction and staff
qualifications and competen-
cy. The surveyor also conduct-
ed onsite observations and
interviews.
The joint commission has
accredited hospital laboratory
services since 1979 and free-
standing laboratories since
1995.
More than 1,500 organiza-
tions, including laboratories
in hospitals, reference labs,
blood transfusion and donor
centers, public health labora-
tories and point-of-care test
sites currently maintain labo-
ratory services accreditation
from the joint commission,
awarded for a two-year cycle.
"Joint commission accredi-
tation provides laboratories
with the processes needed to
improve in a variety of areas
from specimen collection to
result reporting," said
Heather Hurley, executive
director of laboratory busi-
ness development, the joint
commission.
"We commend Healdsburg
District Hospital for its :efforts
to have laboratory services
contribute and support the
overall health care delivery
system."
"I am very proud of the
quality demonstrated by the
laboratory manager, Nancy
Thompson, and the entire lab-
oratory staff, in the recent
joint commission survey
inspection. It was the best per-
formance that I have seen in
my 30-year career as a labora-
tory director and pathologist,"
said Steve C. Mertens, M.D.
"Healdsburg District
Hospital is pleased to receive
accreditation from the joint
commission, the premier
health care quality improve-
ment and accrediting body in
the nation," added Joseph P.
Harrington, CEO of the hospi-
tal. "Pathologists and other,
laboratory staff continue to
work together to develop and
implement approaches and
strategies that have the poten-
tial to improve care for the
patients in our community."
submitted by Jake Fowler
gOW
Commencing May 1, the California
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE) and Marin County Fire will
require a burn permit for any outdoor open
burning in State Responsibility Areas (SRA)
in Sonoma and other north bay counties.
State Responsibility Areas are generally
the unincorporated, rural, grass, brush and
timber covered lands.
Individuals who conduct open burning
must keep the fire size within the issued per-
mat requirements, at all times. All open burn-
ing permit requirements include continual
monitoring of the fire by an adult, a mini-
mum clearance of at least 10 feet to bare min-
eral soil around the fire, adequate control
resources (tools, water, etc.) and do not burn
on a windy day.
require
Failure to maintain control of an open fire
will result in the permit being voided and the
permit holder charged with the possibility of
being responsible for fire suppression cost,
civil damages and fines.
CAL FIRE burn permits are in addition to
any air quality control district and local fire
agency permits. CAL FIRE chiefs remind res-
idents, "Open burning requires local
landowners, to do their due diligences to
insure they are meeting all conditions set
forth by authorizing agencies prior to con-
ducting an open burn."
For more information on burn permits or
wildland fire safety, contact the local CAL
FIRE facility www.fire.ca.gov.
-- submitted by WHI Powers, CAL FIRE
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