Volume 04 | December 31, 2018
Happy New Year!
Main St. Award
200 Block Rocks Committee
Business of the Year
Dave's Pharmacy
(Alliance & Hemingford)
Entrepreneur of the Year
The Krause Family
(Table Top Meats - Hemingford)
32nd Annual Meeting & Awards Banquet
Wednesday, November 14th was a beautiful day to celebrate progress in Box Butte County. We held our 32nd Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon at the West Side Events Center. During the meeting we retired two board members after 6 years of service, Ellen Lierk (retired) and Tom Lore (AEP), and then elected three new ones, Bart Moseman (Farmers Co-op), Matt Harris (Wells Fargo Bank), and Wren Wilcox (Dairy Queen).

We also presented three awards. The Main Street Award - 200 Block Rocks Committee, Business of the Year - Dave's Pharmacy, and Entrepreneur of the Year - The Krause Family (Table Top Meats). Congratulations! All bettering the economy of Box Butte County!

BBDC Executive Director Chelsie Herian and Assistant Director Shaylee Hance also gave their annual reports. Newly elected officers include, President - Chris Mischnick (Mischnick Contractors & Builders), Vice - President - Dawn Butcher (Westco), Secretary/Treasuerer - Jim Bargen (Box Butte General Hospital), and Past-President Tonya Mayer (Hemingford Telephone Co.).

We want to thank everyone for coming and again congratulations to our award recipients and newly elected board members. 2018-2019 is going to be great for Box Butte County!

"When One is Successful - We Are All Successful"
-Chelsie
BBDC INVESTOR SPOTLIGHT
Stork deliveries temporarily
re-routed at BBGH
Newly hired Hospitalist will enhance Family Practice/OB physician recruitment efforts

Labor and Delivery services will be temporarily suspended beginning January 2019 due to private practice Alliance Family Medicine physicians Dr. Tim Narjes and Dr. Terri Myers discontinuing delivery services. “I want to stress that we are diligently searching for qualified Family Practice/Obstetric physicians,” BBGH CEO Lori Mazanec said, “and plan to start offering Labor and Delivery again as soon as we fill the physician openings.”

BBGH is working with physician recruitment firm Goldfish Medical Staffing of Plano, TX to help in those efforts. “Our emphasis with them will be recruitment of a Family Practice/Obstetric physician,” Ms. Mazanec said. “When that goal is obtained, Dr. Narjes has indicated he will be able to resume his labor and delivery services. Ideally, we want at least two new qualified Family Practice/Obstetric physicians. That is our ultimate goal, having at least three family physicians providing OB services.”

Until that time, BBGH will:
  • Continue to provide the exceptional quality of care the community has come to expect
  • Collaborate with the Regional West and surrounding hospitals, and have providers connect patients to OB services to complement their care
  • Increase training for staff to handle emergency OB situations at BBGH
  • Remain diligent in its search for qualified Family Practice/Obstetric physicians.

A barrier to recruitment efforts has been removed with the addition of a Hospitalist to BBGH (Hospitalists only see patients admitted to the hospital). “Dr. Dwaine Smith specializes in Internal Medicine and started his duties as a Hospitalist at BBGH Wednesday, Dec. 12,” Ms. Mazanec said. “Today’s family physicians like to practice at health care facilities that have a Hospitalist on staff so that they can collaborate with them on the care of their patients. Having Dr. Smith join our team will definitely help us in our efforts to recruit family physicians.”

For more information, please contact: Lori Mazanec, CEO at  lmazanec@bbgh.org ; or
Carolyn Jones, CNO at  cmjones@bbgh.org .

Box Butte General Hospital is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
NEW - Local Tourism Slogan
"Chart Your Course - Visit Alliance "
Nothing against our slogan, Building the Best Hometown in America, but we decided that it was more for enhancing our community pride, not attracting "visitors" to the community. Our new slogan will allow the ending to be interchangeable so an event, attraction, or community can use it. The ad above is the new AD we created to be featured in 2019 magazines for Alliance. We hope to amp up our digital marketing in the coming year.

BBDC in partnership with the local Chambers in Alliance and Hemingford have recently started a "Hospitality & Attractions Committee" that will meet monthly to plan the year and advocate for one another. Often many of our local events are booked on the same weekend, leaving other weekends with nothing going on. The idea is to pull event committees, tourist attractions, and the hospitality establishments (hotel/motel) together. Meetings are the second Thursday of each month @ 2 p.m. Meeting locations are subject to move around

If you are interested in joining this group please call the office 308.762.1800 or email Shaylee.Hance@bbc.net to be added to the distribution list.

****Weekly emails w/ upcoming events are in the works. Sign up today!
May you be blessed in 2019!
Upcoming Dates -
  • Perfect Blend w/ BBDC - monthly coffee - Tuesday, Jan. 8th @ 9 a.m. hosted by First National Bank w/ guest Brewery 719. (RSVP please)

  • BBDC will be conducting our 2019-2021 Strategic Planning session on January 9th.

  • "Oceans of Grass" video showing January 18th - 24th @ The Geju Theater downtown Alliance
  • Meet & Greet to be held Saturday, January 19th @ 3 p.m. @ the Knight Museum & Sandhills Center w/ Director George Joutras & then Becky Herian will present her program on Antioch & the Potash Boom that afternoon as well.
Wishing you a prosperous 2019!