April 5, 2013 - Baptist Memorial Health Care

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INSIDE
Spiritual Treasures Centennial Speaker Series
Thursday, April 18
Life Planning: It IS for Everyone!
Baptist Cancer Center-Golden Triangle
opens new chemotherapy infusion center
New Baptist Operation Outreach partnership to serve homeless women and children
On Friday, March 22, Baptist Operation Outreach and Christ
Community Health Services announced a new partnership with
The Salvation Army Purdue Center of Hope. The center is a shelter
for single women and children, and the Baptist Operation
Outreach health care van for the homeless will treat patients’
health care needs at the location twice a month.
“On any given night we serve up to about 110 people with a
maximum of 54 women and the rest children,” said Barbara
Tillery, social services director at the Purdue Center of Hope.
“More than 50 percent of the people in the shelter are children, so
being able to receive health care is critical for them. Babies can
get sick easily,” she said.
The Single Women’s Lodge and the Emergency Family Shelter
at the center provides safe housing, nutritional meals and individual case management for up to 90 days. Case managers help
clients turn their lives around. With a focus on finding permanent
supportive housing and/or employment, resources are identified
and referrals are made to help overcome or manage mental
illness, substance abuse, job loss and displacement.
Continued on page 5
Zach Chandler, vice president and metro market leader, announces the Baptist Operation
Outreach partnership at the Salvation Army Purdue Center of Hope on Friday, March 22. The
Baptist Operation Outreach health care van for the homeless will treat women and children at
the center twice a month.
State approves Baptist’s plans for a new rehabilitation facility
During a hearing on Wednesday, March 27, at the Tennessee Health
Services and Development Agency in Nashville, Tenn., board members
unanimously approved Baptist Memorial Health Care’s request to build a
new inpatient rehabilitation facility on the corner of Germantown
Parkway near Wolf River Boulevard in Germantown, Tenn.
“We are very pleased with the decision,” said Zach Chandler, vice president and metro market leader for Baptist. “For the past 50 years, Baptist
has been a leader in providing innovative rehabilitation services, and this
project continues that tradition.”
The certificate of need approval solidifies a joint venture between
Baptist and Centerre Healthcare to construct a premier inpatient rehabilitation hospital. Based in Nashville, Centerre is a national leader in
developing and operating rehabilitation hospitals in partnership with
health care organizations.
Upon completion, the new rehabilitation hospital will house inpatient
rehabilitation services currently offered at Baptist RehabilitationGermantown, and outpatient, skilled nursing and support services will
remain at the existing Germantown facility.
“We are delighted to gain a partner dedicated to the same goal of
helping patients achieve the highest level of independence possible,” says
Brian Hogan, administrator and CEO of Baptist Rehab-Germantown.
“This project will further position Baptist Memorial Health Care as a
premier rehabilitation provider in the Mid-South.”
Have you registered for your new wellness benefit?
Baptist Memorial Health Care health plan members can now register for
HumanaVitality, a new structured wellness program uniquely tailored to you
that will help you learn more about your health status as well as establish
health care goals and provide guidance, support and incentives to help you
reach those goals. Use your HumanaVitality membership card to sign up at www.HumanaVitality.com or visit MyBaptist for more information.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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NEWS AND EVENTS
Dates and times are subject to change. Please contact your facility’s human
resources office for information. Baptist colleagues can contact David Proctor
at 901-226-3516 or e-mail David.Proctor@GuideStone.org.
April 9.........................................Baptist Collierville
April 12............................................Baptist DeSoto
April 10..............................................Baptist Tipton
April 16........................................Baptist Women’s
April 10................................Baptist Union County
April 16............................................Baptist DeSoto
April 11..........................Baptist North Mississippi
April 17........................................Baptist Memphis
Baptist Women’s Health Center will have its mobile mammography
unit at Kroger in Atoka, Tenn. on April 12 and Faith Community
AME on April 13. Screening mammograms will be available. To make
an appointment, please call Shane Miller for the Kroger location at
901-837-5001 or Hermine Holmes at Faith Community AME at 662349-4262.
Celebrating a Century of Faith and Healing in the Mid-South
Baptist Women’s Health Center hosts Women Helping Other Women,
a breast cancer support group, on the second Tuesday of every month at
7 p.m. April’s meeting will be held on April 9 at 50 Humphreys Blvd.
Suite 23.
You are invited to join us for our next Baptist Memorial Health Care
faith-oriented speaker series featuring Senior Rabbi Micah D. Greenstein
on the topic, “It’s All One: Mind, Body, Spirit, God”on Thursday, April 18
from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Dr. H. Edward Garrett, Sr. Auditorium at
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis.
Women diagnosed with breast cancer, undergoing breast cancer treatment
or recovering from breast cancer are invited to attend.
Research shows that women who participate in a support group following a
breast cancer diagnosis report better quality of life and have improved
outcomes.
The Baptist Memorial Health Care Spring Diabetes Seminar titled
“Exciting New Trends in Diabetes,” will be Friday, May 17 at the Dr. H.
Edward Garrett, Sr. Auditorium at Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis from 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. The purpose is to
disseminate information on the dynamic changes in the understanding of causes and therapies for the treatment of type 2
diabetes. This activity will be offering CME, CNE, CPE, CEU and
CDR credit. For more information and to register, visit
www.baptistonline.org/diabetes-trends.
Senior Rabbi Micah D. Greenstein has served Temple Israel since 1991,
first as Assistant, then Associate, becoming Senior Rabbi in 2000. In
April 2012, he was named as one of "America's Top 50 Rabbis" by
Newsweek/The Daily Beast.
Advancing civil rights and promoting racial and religious reconciliation
are at the heart of Greenstein’s rabbinate. He recently led a group of
mega-church leaders on a trip to Israel and joined forces with Memphis
Christian and Muslim groups to create Friendship Park, situated between
a local mosque and a church.
Kosher lunch will be provided by Table 613. To register, visit
www.baptistonline.org/spiritualtreasures.
2013 Girls’ Day Out Saturday, April 20
at Baptist Collierville
The Dr. Sam P. Patterson Library will host a free seminar on
Tuesday, April 30, from noon to 1 p.m. in classrooms A, B and C
at Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women titled “How to Better
Understand Your Health Insurance Benefits.”
Frankie King, director of admissions at Baptist Women’s Hospital,
will present an overview of health insurance and help attendees
better understand terms and definitions. Please join us for this free
seminar. If you have any questions, you may submit them by email
to Gayle.Callicutt@bmhcc.org.
Please call 901-227-8478 or 800-4-BAPTIST for reservations
between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Baptist Cancer Center offers seminars exploring all areas of
cancer care, including ways to proactively live healthier lives. The
next seminar, titled, “Heredity & Cancer. Are You at Risk?,” will be
held on April 11 at 6 p.m. Regina Nuccio, director of Genetic
Counseling at the Baptist Cancer Center, and Dr. Georgia Wiesner,
director of the Clinical and Translational Hereditary Cancer Program at
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, will be the featured speakers.
For more information about the speakers and to register, visit baptistonline.org/seminars.
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AROUND THE SYSTEM
Life Planning: It IS for Everyone!
By Jeri Ashley, system director
for Life Planning and
Palliative Medicine Services
It has been said that
there are two things in life
that are certain: death and
taxes! And while April 15 is
Jeri Ashley
the last day to file our taxes
for 2012, April 16 is the day to celebrate our
right to make our own health care decisions.
For the sixth year in a row, April 16 has been
recognized as National Health Care Decisions
Day!
Baptist offers colleagues the gift and benefit
of an advance care plan, or life plan, called “Five
Wishes.” Five Wishes is the most popular life
plan, or living will, in America. It helps our
colleagues express their wishes in everyday
language and serves as a blueprint to describe
what good care means to them. According to the
Pew Research Center’s study in 2006, 95
percent of Americans have thought about
completing a living will, but only 29 percent of
Americans have a life plan.
Do Baptist colleagues believe that life planning is for everyone? After presenting Five
Wishes to the colleagues of the 14 Baptist
Hospitals, the following information is known:
•8,500 colleagues have been informed of the
importance of life planning and have received
Five Wishes.
•16,000 Five Wishes tools have been distributed
as employees have returned to request an additional copy for their spouses and elderly
parents.
• 96-100 percent of colleagues rate “strong
agreement” with the statements “I understand
the importance of life planning,” “Having
access to life planning will be helpful to me,”
and “I appreciate Baptist having this employee
benefit for me.”
ever given!”
Baptist will continue its tradition of valuing
its colleagues by celebrating Health Care
Decisions Day. On Tuesday, April 16 from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. a table will be set up inside the
Willows Café at Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis where you can get help with the Five
Wishes life plan. Colleagues can pick up a copy
for themselves or their spouses from Eleanor
Farber, Advance Care Planner. On Wednesday
April 17, at 11 a.m., Eleanor will be available for
help in Conference Room A at Baptist Trinity
Home Care and Hospice.
There are life planning trainers at all hospital
facilities where assistance can be received with
life planning or to receive extra copies of the
Five Wishes for immediate family members. If
you are uncertain who your trainers are at your
hospital, please notify Jeri Ashley, at
jeri.ashley@bmhcc.org.
One colleague wrote on the satisfaction questionnaire, “This is the best benefit Baptist has
Baptist DeSoto reduces colleague injuries by 88 percent in one year
In one year, Baptist Memorial HospitalDeSoto reduced colleague injuries by 88 percent
through a $1.7 million investment in
ArjoHuntleigh safe patient handling equipment.
Baptist DeSoto recently hosted the International
President and CEO of ArjoHuntleigh, Alex
Myers, to review the facility’s success with the
implementation of the equipment.
Cheryl Berry, director of nursing and leader
of the employee safe handling effort, said, "I
believe we've been successful with our efforts
because it’s truly been a collaborative and
multidisciplinary effort. To change a culture of
work styles requires everyone to be on the same
page at the same time. Our end goal is to keep
our colleagues safe ultimately providing safer
care for our patients. The daily support we
received from ArjoHuntleigh regarding handson training and adjustments at every stage of
implementation was key in our success."
Myers was impressed with the hospital’s
dedication to seeing the project through
completion in its first year.
"Out of 600 implementations throughout the
nation of ArjoHuntleigh safety equipment,
Baptist DeSoto ranks in the top 10 percent of
the most successful hospitals in the country for
reducing employee injuries. It is impressive
that Baptist DeSoto reduced injuries this
dramatically in the first year. I think over the
next couple of years, you are really going to see
the trickle down return on investment in
patient fall reductions, as well as both patient
and nursing satisfaction with easier, more
comfortable patient handling."
Right, Alex Myers, CEO of ArjoHuntleigh, reviews the
employee safe handling equipment at Baptist
Memorial Hospital-DeSoto with patient Tammy
Meredith and Wes Williams, physical therapist.
Baptist DeSoto reduced colleague injuries by 88 percent in one year with ArjoHuntleigh equipment.
Save the date–Baptist Spring Symposium Friday, May 10
The Baptist Memorial Health Care 2013 Spring Symposium, “Celebrating
100 Years of Quality Care” will be held Friday, May 10, from 7:30a.m.-4 p.m.
at the Baptist Memphis Garrett Auditorium. The featured speaker, Dr.
Thomas Mackenzie, chief medical officer of Denver Health Care, will deliver a
message on “Delivering World Class Results for a Complex Population.”
Afternoon session topics include:
•Principles, Practices and Behaviors That Drive Results
• Systems and Processes That Drive Results
• Utilizing the Right Tools to Drive Results
Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. RSVP to Angela WilliamsBuchanan at angela.williams@bmhcc.org or call 901-227-5300 no later than
April 26.
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Getting to Know Dr. Brian Lum
Brian D. Lum, MD, with Baptist Medical GroupBooneville Family Medicine, answers questions for this
month’s Getting to Know column. Lum says he joined
Baptist to establish a new clinic in an area with a
shortage of primary care physicians. He was inspired to
pursue a medical degree while he served as the athletic
trainer during high school.
Brian Lum, MD
Hometown: Pelahatchie, MS
Association
Specialty: Family Medicine
What are some of the future benefits you look forward to from working
with Baptist? The opportunity to be part of a large health care delivery
system and the ability to practice medicine and care for patients as I was
trained to do. I am also looking forward to working with Baptist as a physician leader and to making a difference in my community by being able to
provide care to those who have difficulty paying for it.
Education: Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Mississippi College, 2000;
MD, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, 2005; Residency, AnMed
Health Family Medicine Residency
What do you enjoy doing outside of your job? Reading, watching movies,
and playing with my dog, Gryff
Professional organizations: American Academy of Family Physicians,
Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians, Christian Medical & Dental
What would you like your Baptist colleagues to know about you? I am
excited to be part of Baptist and look forward to meeting and getting to know
many of my Baptist colleagues as we work together to improve patient care.
Baptist Cancer Center-Golden Triangle opens new chemotherapy infusion center
Baptist Cancer Center-Golden Triangle opened its new chemotherapy
infusion center to colleagues and physicians during an open house on March
7. The newly renovated space on the third floor of Baptist Memorial
Hospital-Golden Triangle’s Outpatient Pavilion officially opened to patients
on Feb. 25.
The new center is more than double the square footage of the old
chemotherapy infusion area and can accommodate up to 23 chemotherapy
patients. It includes four private patient areas and four isolation rooms. The
old space could only accommodate up to eight patients and included only two
private rooms, according to Cancer Center Director Tom Bailey.
clinic services by a staff medical oncologist and cardiologist. The clinic is
located at 104 Hospital Drive in Starkville, Miss.
The Starkville clinic makes oncology and cardiac services more convenient
for patients who live west of Columbus, according to Baptist Golden Triangle
CEO and Administrator Paul Cade. “It is especially better physically for those
patients taking weekly chemotherapy treatments to be able to take their
treatments in Starkville than to have to come to Columbus,” he said.
“The center is more inviting for patients and allows more room for staff
and patients. It also allows for each patient to have a family member come
with them to treatment if they desire,” said Bailey. “We encourage our
chemotherapy patients to bring a family member to treatment,” he added.
Regular medical oncology and radiation patients will continue to be seen.
Existing oncology clinic services will expand into the space formerly used for
chemotherapy infusion, Bailey explained.
The new chemotherapy infusion center follows another expansion in
oncology services by Baptist Golden Triangle. In late 2012, the hospital and
Baptist Medical Group, the physician practice arm of the Baptist system,
opened a cancer and cardiology clinic in Starkville. The clinic offers
chemotherapy for up to eight patients at one time, oncology and cardiac
Left, Dr. Lance Bush, pulmonologist, and Alicia Grant, assistant administrator for
quality review and risk management, enjoy the new chemotherapy infusion center
at Baptist Cancer Center-Golden Triangle.
Colleague’s Corner: Unity through diversity
Talents are gifts from God. We have all been blessed with abilities;
however, not one individual possesses every talent. No one person can do
everything with exceptional aptitude. Some people can sing, some can
draw and others are good at math. There are people with thumbs that are
so green they can make flowers bloom under any earthly conditions.
There are those who are superior servants and others who are great at
giving.
Do you ever envy the gifts of others? Do you ever want to be able to do
the things someone else can do and never get the hang of it, only to spend
wasted time trying to be something you weren’t meant to be? God made
you the way you are because He has a specific plan for each person as well
as mankind. We should not be envious of another’s strengths, and we
should not be irritated by our differences. Realizing our own gifts and
appreciating the talents of others helps us to achieve the goals God has set
for us as individuals and as a people.
God did not mean for us to depend solely on ourselves. This is evident
in the fact that everyone is so different. We must depend on Him and help
one another in order to survive. If everyone could do everything with
outstanding results, team work and unity would be unnecessary. Embrace
diversity as it is the founder of unity. “Above all, love each other deeply,
because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one
another without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you have
received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various
forms.” (1 Peter 4:8-10) (NIV).
By Kim Ridley, registered nurse and nurse recruiter for Baptist
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MORE NEWS AND EVENTS
2013 Baptist College Honors Convocation recognizes faculty and staff achievements
Faculty, staff and students filled the Assembly Hall at Baptist Memorial
College of Health Sciences on March 18 for the 2013 Honors Convocation. The
ceremony is held annually to recognize faculty and staff for their outstanding
achievements.
The year’s featured speaker for the convocation was Julie Lasley, the 2012
Rose Y. Temple Distinguished Faculty Member, followed by the deans of the
divisions providing the accomplishments for faculty. The vice president of
human resources provided special remarks for staff.
Awards were presented by Dr. Betty Sue McGarvey, president of Baptist
College. The 2013 Rose Y. Temple Distinguished Staff Member award was
given to Denise Bowman and the 2013 Rose Y. Temple Distinguished Faculty
Member award was given to Judy LaBonte.
Dr. Anne Plumb, dean of Nursing, presented the 2013 DAISY Award to
Tracey Power, instructor for the Nursing division.
Tracey Power, instructor for Nursing, receives the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses
at the Baptist College 2013 Honors Convocation on March 18. The DAISY Award is given
in appreciation of the work nurses do.
Surgery Sweepers take home championship trophy in Baptist Memphis bowling league
More than 125 Baptist Memorial Health Care colleagues and
family members participated in the 2013 Baptist Memphis
Bowling League. The league began with encouragement from
Administrator and CEO Derek Ziegler in 2011, with the goal of
getting to know Baptist Memphis colleagues outside of work.
The league began with 8 teams, increased to 12 teams in
2012 and had a record 18 teams in 2013. Other metroMemphis facilities including Memphis, Corporate, Women’s,
Germantown Rehabilitation and Collierville joined the league
for the first time in 2013 . Colleagues gathered to play each
Monday night from January through March.
The Baptist Memphis Surgery Sweepers won the 2013 bowling league
championship and took home the trophy for the third year in a row.
The team proudly smiles with the trophy with Derek Ziegler, CEO and
administrator of Baptist Memphis.
Baptist Operation Outreach
Continued from page 1
“We’re going to start off bringing the mobile unit every second and fourth
Wednesday of the month with hopes that it will be increasing over time,” said
Janice Taylor, clinical director of Baptist Operation Outreach. “We’ll work
closely with the patients’ case managers and the facility here to create a
schedule for the clinic. We’ll make follow up appointments, and we’ll provide
primary health care for the women and well child checks for the children.”
Taylor notes the good thing about being on site is Baptist Operation
Outreach will be able to help the patients if they have problems or need diagnostic testing. The health care van will also provide immunizations for the
children and help them as needed.
The Purdue Center of Hope plans to contact other homeless shelters
around the city to invite their clients to the Purdue Center when the Baptist
Operation Outreach van is there.
“I’m going to be talking to some of the other shelters that have children
because it is hard when you have babies,” said Tillery. “This may be a good
way for some of the other homeless women and children in some of the other
shelters to get help with their health care needs as well. It’ll take a bit of work
on our part, but we are willing to do that.”
The Baptist Operation Outreach van visits the Memphis Union Mission
(men only) and Catholic Charities’ Dozier House. This new partnership with
the Purdue Center of Hope will enable the mobile health care unit to provide
more care for women and children.
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is
a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
hebrews 11:6
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CLASSIFIEDS
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HOUSEHOLD
■ Burgundy colored swivel rocker recliner
from Norwalk. Very comfortable, $150.
Custom maple linen cabinet with three
doors for sale. Off-white with brown glaze.
Size is 84” x 24” x 18” deep. Never used,
$400. Please call 901-268-3495 or 901-2371071 after 5 p.m.
VEHICLES
■ 2003 Sunline Travel Trailer, 26 ft., great first
starter. Weight 5,000 pounds, comes with
weight distributing hitch with spring bars,
electric, gas, hot water heater, six gallon gas
stove, refrigerator/freezer, heater, air conditioner. Queen bed with slide door to master
bedroom. Sleeps six people and lots of storage room. TV, AM/FM stereo, cable ready.
Asking $11,500. Call James at 901-581-4305.
■ 2001 Lexus, ES300 in excellent condition, four
door, sun roof, new tires, low mileage, non
smoking female owner. Silver grey exterior,
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the car.
■ Interior painting, trim installation, most
home repairs, decorative textures and finishes. Free estimates. Please call Charles
at 901-246-7129
■ Mobile welding, no job too small, free
quotes within Memphis area, call 901-8576119.
■ Fences, decks, arbors. Free estimates.
Patrick Murphy at 901-323-0777 or 901-3401908.
■ Home building and home repairs at an
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handles all phases of construction. No job
too large or too small. Call Ronnie at 901355-6734. Licensed and insured.
■ Nursing home and individual home check
in services, especially with the elderly. I
am there when you cannot be. I have
many references. Price depends on location and hours needed. Call Carol Ann at
901-409-9945.
MOVING SALE
■ All items priced to sell or best offer. Antique
oak dresser $200, oak armoire $100, cedar
chest $100, large antique trunk $90, two
upholstered chairs, wingback, and one oak
rocker, $50 each. Three-piece antique oak
bedroom suite $425 for all or bed $200,
dresser $150, washstand $125, corner china
cabinet $200, antique telephone $185, child’s
desk-solid wood $150, chifforobe $120,
kitchen table and six chairs, wood top table,
red legs, chairs have wood bottoms with
painted red legs $300. Call 901-857-2765 or
901-674-2062.
■ 2008 Pontiac G6, four-door, four-cylinder, one
owner for sale, 67,000 miles very good condition asking $8,800. Please call 901-487-9331 to
see it.
REAL ESTATE
■ House for sale, three bedrooms, two baths,
1,440 square feet. Large great room with
woodburning fireplace and gas hookup.
Master suite with nice bath. Low maintenance yard in a quiet cove. One minute
from Baptist DeSoto, $110,000. Call 901277-7082.
RENTALS
■ Two-story, two bedroom, two and half bath
condo available immediately in
Germantown's West Rock community.
Completely updated with stainless steel
appliances. $1,175 a month including
access to pool and club house. Call Gray at
901-359-4729 for more information.
■ Spring cleaning garage sale for three families, April 6 at 5135 Woodlark Ave. off
White Station at 7 a.m. Exercise equipment, weights, clothes, knick-knacks,
entertainment center, furniture, glassware,
lots of household items.
WANTED
■ Seeking home or apartment to share with
a female. Non- smoker or drinker. Love
pets, music, plants. Call 901-275-0066.
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■ Home for rent in Southaven, three bed-
rooms, two baths, new paint, new carpet.
Nice neighborhood close to Baptist
DeSoto. Yard work done by landlord, $975
a month, plus $975 deposit. Available
March 29. Call 901-734-2012.
SERVICES
■ Gutter cleaning and repair. Screens can be
installed in gutters, 28 years of experience,
call Stanley Bonds at 901-752-8712.
PETS
■ Free adorable 7-month-old female mixed
breed puppy. Black with white speckled
paws and nose and white chest. I have a
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spayed, housebroken, 26 pounds and all
shots. Currently living in a small apartment. Pictures available. Call or text 901413-0949.
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Care to admit and provide services to
patients and guests without distinction due to race, color, age, religion,
sex, national origin, handicap or
disability. Kim Danehower is Baptist’s
corporate compliance officer.
■ Best prices on blinds, shades and shutters.
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■ Home renovations, room additions, decks,
fencing, electrical, plumbing, carpet and
tile installation, etc. Call Dan at 901-281Baptist Leader, Vol. 77, No. 7, April 5, 2013
Editor: Rhonda Langston
phone (901) 227-5206; rhonda.langston@bmhcc.org
Staff writers: Valerie Burrow, Ashley Compton, Claire Hick,
Alana Hu, Diana Wier
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