Community Hospital Rehabilitation Center

We were pleased to introduce hundreds of people from our community to the Community Hospital Rehabilitation Center during the grand opening on April 29. It was a pleasure to highlight our rehab services, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, cardio/pulmonary rehab and speech, to our guests. More importantly, tour groups were introduced to our rehab staff who had the pleasure of explaining the new features and equipment available in our Rehabilitation Center.

The new Rehabilitation Center will allow Community Hospital to provide our rehab patients high quality care in an environment with enhanced privacy, increased space, and a warm non-institutional feel very conducive to therapy. Lots of new colors and natural lighting will be very noticeable to patients utilizing the center.

The $3.8 million Rehabilitation Center features:

• A large open physical therapy gym area with a variety of equipment for rehabilitation and strengthening.
• Private treatment areas for patients.
• Triple the former space of the physical, occupational and speech therapy departments.
• An aquatic pool equipped with a treadmill and underwater cameras to monitor gait and measure progress.
• A cardiac/pulmonary department, which is double the size of the former area.
• An occupational therapy hand therapy station.
• An independent living skills assessment and training unit.

Patients needing rehabilitation services have the convenience of one parking area, one entrance, one admissions desk and one phone number. For their ease, they should park on the northeast side of the hospital and enter through the new Rehabilitation Center entrance. There is no direct entrance to the Rehabilitation Center from the hospital’s front parking lot.

Special parking close to the Rehabilitation Center entrance has been designated for rehab patients and as handicapped parking. Patients should check in at the main Rehabilitation Center admissions/reception desk. Any of the rehab departments may be reached by calling one phone number at 308-344-8383 where a receptionist is available to direct calls.

We hope that if you have not had the chance to tour our new Rehabilitation Center, you will contact us. We would love to give you the opportunity to see firsthand what a superior rehab facility we have for our friends and neighbors right here in McCook, Nebraska.

The center has the capacity to meet the future growing needs for rehabilitation and therapy services. This will further enhance Community Hospital’s ability to meet the needs of our region of Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas for years to come.

TierOne Bank – Celebrating 100 years of community

TierOne Bank opened its doors in McCook on August 26, 1976, at its current location at 211 West C St. The McCook office is one of 69 TierOne banking locations in Nebraska, southwest Iowa and northern Kansas and offers a full line of consumer, commercial and agricultural banking products and services to customers including totally free small business checking, a 24-hour on-site ATM and an ATM at McCook Community College. To date, the office has grown to more than $23.7 million in local deposits.

Established in Lincoln, NE in 1907, TierOne Bank is a $3.4 billion federally chartered savings bank and the largest publicly-traded financial institution headquartered in Nebraska. TierOne also has nine loan production offices located in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Nevada and North Carolina.

Throughout its 100-year history, TierOne Bank has proven itself an innovator and financial pioneer. The following are among its many “firsts” in the industry:

• one of the first savings associations to apply for a federal charter, becoming First Federal Savings and Loan Association in 1935
• the first mortgage lender in Nebraska to make veterans’ loans
• one of the first mortgage lenders to receive Federal Housing Administration accreditation
• the first Nebraska savings and loan to install data processing operations
• the first financial institution in the nation to develop and implement money cards and electronic funds transfer.
• a pioneer of in-store banking through the use of remote terminals in grocery stores
• one of the first financials in the nation to introduce telephone bill paying

Established in 2002, the TierOne Charitable Foundation has awarded more than $2 million in grants benefiting nonprofit organizations in TierOne communities, including support for Habitat for Humanity, the McCook College Foundation and the Community Hospital Health Foundation.

For its commitment to employees, customers and communities, TierOne Bank has been honored twice by Nebraska Business and Professional Women as “Employer of the Year” and has received the Better Business Bureau’s Integrity Award for sustained corporate citizenship.

TierOne Bank is proud to be part of the community and looks forward to being involved in the growth and promise of McCook and the surrounding area for many years to come. The bank’s staff includes Office Supervisor Kellie Soden, Retail Banking Specialists Stacey Gonzales and Jacki Rathbun, and Retail Banking Representatives Karmon Nelson and Sonyha Einspahr.

Stephanie J Vogel
Vice President
Corporate & Community Relations Manager

Marr Insurance Agency

Marr Insurance Agency was founded by Stan Marr in 1959. Stan only knew one person when he moved to McCook with is wife, Sharon from York, Nebraska. He built his business by going door-to-door introducing himself where he met a lot of people who became his clients as well as friends.

Marr Insurance provides insurance and annuities through its main company which is Aviva. Aviva is the world's fifth largest insurance group with over $600 billion in assets under management and more than $65 billion in sales.

Marr Insurance also provides disability income and long term care plans. They also can help you with your retirement planning with IRA's, SEPP's, 401k's as well as mutual funds.

Upon Stan's retirement in 1998, the business was passed on to his son, Steve, who started in the insurance business in 1978. Dana Samway has been the office manger since 1989. In 2000, Jeremy Bain became a sales associate with the agency. Marr Agency provides a free no obligation review of your current insurance. Call us at 308-345-3160 or toll-free at 1-800-952-4525 to set up your appointment.

Dana Samway

Bellevue University

Happy 125th Birthday, McCook!! As a long time resident of Red Willow County, I have had the opportunity to observe McCook‘s progress, and with vision and foresight, McCook will continue to grow and prosper well into the future.

Bellevue University also has reached a milestone this year. We are celebrating our 40th year of existence. Bellevue University was founded in 1966 as Bellevue College by the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce with a vision to academic opportunities for traditional and non-traditional students. In 1994, Bellevue College achieved University status with the addition of graduate degree programs. In 1996, the University set course on the newly forming “information super highway” by offering degrees via the internet. Today Bellevue continues to grow with an expanding main campus, additional satellite locations, including one in McCook, and a world-class on-line learning model that serves nearly 4,000 students from around the globe who are enrolled in more than 400 courses.

Educational opportunities enhance the opportunities for communities to thrive. With that in mind Bellevue University provides McCook Community College graduates and non-traditional students who want to return to complete their degrees an opportunity to complete their degrees and remain in this great community. Anyone with an Associates degree can complete a bachelor’s degree in as little as 15 months right here in McCook!! Bachelor’s degree completion programs starting in McCook in the upcoming year are as follows:

August 2007=Business
October 2007=Marketing
February 2008=Management
April 2008=Business

A variety of other degree completion programs are available on-line through Bellevue University as well.

Bellevue University wants to be a part of McCook’s vision to continue to grow and prosper, and realizes that offering degree completion opportunities for those of us who choose to live and work here will help to realize this vision. Investment in Education (Human Capital) is essential to the economic growth of a community. By utilizing the opportunities provided by McCook College and Bellevue University, members of this community can invest in themselves to insure the continued success of this community. Happy 125th Birthday McCook, and Happy 40th Birthday Bellevue University!!

Stan Wudtke
Bellevue University Satellite Office
McMillen Hall Room 210
stan.wudtker@bellevue.edu
345-8118