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Cinco de Mayo a time to Celebrate … Safely!
Drinking and driving on Cinco de Mayo is a real problem in Texas and across the nation. Impaired drivers can kill or injure themselves and others — often their own friends or family members. The consequences and costs are significant if caught driving while intoxicated, costing $17,000 or more.
WYD?
Above, HM2 Payden Nolen, a laboratory technician at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Corpus Christi, delivers medication to a waiting patient as part of the clinic’s drive-thru pharmacy service. Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi’s drive-thru pharmacy service serves an average of 140 vehicles a day and is just one of the measures NMRTC Corpus Christi is employing to help stem the spread of COVID-19 and other illnesses. (U.S. Navy photo by Dale Davis) Below, Kyle Singleton, 6, has enjoyed spending time on the farm, esepcially with one of his pony mares, Sugarfoot.
HGH gets CARES grant
Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) announced an $84,317 grant awarded to Hamilton Healthcare System by the United States Department of Health and Human Services through the Health Resources and Services Administration providing direct support and funding to combat COVID-19.
This week in Texas history
An ax-swinging fiend who had terrorized the Texas capital for weeks struck again on the night of May 5, 1885, leaving a mother’s dead body for her young children to find.
Free virus testing Saturday
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas National Guard in conjunction with the Department of State Health Services and the Texas Department of Emergency Management to conduct a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in Hamilton County this Saturday, May 2.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CORONA-STYLE-
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CORONA-STYLE- Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department led the parade Monday morning to wish Nora Katherine Teague, above, a happy 98th birthday. She was thrilled to wave from her yard to all her well wishers. Emery Parrott, left, also got a parade for her birthday, last week, as did Landon Southerland and several others. Hamilton always finds a way to celebrate, even under quarantine. Staff Photos
HGH hikes virus prep
Hamilton General Hospital is one of seven rural Texas hospitals to join a collaborative to increase the level of care available locally for COVID-19 patients.
COVID plan tempting, but not yet, says Dr. Lee
Going out in public might pique some Hamilton residents’ interests now that restrictions are somewhat eased, but COVID-19 has not yet peaked in Hamilton, warns Hamilton County medical officer Dr. Randy Lee, and caution is still necessary.
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