Hamilton nurse recognized with DAISY Award

DALTON, Ga. — Sharon Arp, a registered nurse in the labor and delivery unit at Hamilton Medical Center, recently received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The DAISY Award recognizes exemplary nursing excellence, and is the highest honor a nurse can receive at HMC. An award presentation reception was recently held. Arp was nominated by two patients. The nominations mentioned her expertise, patience, humor, availability, compassion and communication as reasons why she was nominated. “Sherry is one of the ‘go-to’ nurses in the department,” said Dee Nichols, clinical manager. “She is a great nurse and gives excellent care.” The award, presented in collaboration with The American Organization of Nurse Executives is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the “super-human” efforts nurses perform every day. DAISY Award recipients receive an honorary DAISY pin, a banner to display on their unit, an award certificate and the Healer’s Touch, a hand-carved sculpture by the Shona tribe in Zimbabwe. The sculpture is especially meaningful because of the profound respect the Shona tribe gives to their traditional “healers.” A Shona healer is affectionately regarded as a treasure by those they are caring for which describes exactly how the DAISY Foundation and Hamilton feel about nurses.

Lanier to weigh Sunday alcohol sales

LAKELAND, Ga. — Lanier County is weighing a referendum for Sunday alcohol sales. Lanier County Commission will hold a called board meeting noon Friday, July 27. The meeting will be held at the Lanier County Annex, 162 W. Thigpen Ave., according to county officials. The purpose of the called board meeting is to discuss an alcohol referendum for Sunday alcohol sales, according to county officials. More information: Contact the Lanier County commissioners, 229-482-2088.

Church to hold back-to-school event

MOULTRIE, Ga. — Seedtime and Harvest Church will hold a Back to School Outreach at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at the church, 1155 Sixth St. S.E. There will be a speaker, praise dancers, school supplies, clothing and more. The event will be free.

Summer safety awareness event planned

O’BRIEN, Fla. — Looking to help reduce accidental injuries, the Florida Department of Health in Suwannee County is holding a summer safety awareness event next week.

The DOH-Suwannee is hosting the event Friday, Aug. 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Little River Springs in O’Brien. The Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office, the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office Division of Emergency Management, Suwannee County Fire Rescue and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission are partnering with DOH-Suwannee to conduct the event.

Those attending the safety event will learn how to prepare for storms as well as receive an emergency items checklist and hurricane tracking information.

The event is designed to be a learning experience as well as allowing parents and children the chance to enjoy Little River Springs, which is located at 24891 105th Lane.

The summer safety awareness event comes after DOH-Suwannee hosted a bike safety rodeo July 20.

“We’re surrounded by water,” DOH-Suwannee Health Administrator Kerry Waldron said at that event. “We’ve got not only the rivers, but we’ve also got lakes. So what can we do to make people more aware of how to respect the water and also be safe on the water.”

For more information about the summer safety awareness event, please contact Kim Law at 386-362-2708, ext. 260, or at kimberly.law@flhealth.gov.