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e want to provide the best care we can to our communities,” said Darrell Fisher, emergency medical services (EMS) chief with New Holland EMS. “That’s the envelope we wanted to push, and we feel we can push that further.” That metaphoric envelope was pushed a bit further this spring when New Holland EMS, 101 E. Franklin St., New Holland, added Advanced Life
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Support (ALS) services at both New Holland and Leola stations on March 1 and blood services on May 19. Until six years ago, the organization provided Basic Life Support. “In 2019, we upgraded to Intermediate Life Support (ILS), which is a stepping stone,” said Fisher. The move to ALS required the presence of paramedics - who joined the force as of Jan. 1; it also required training and a separate vehicle from an outside health system.
“We get to control the level of care the medics provide,” he said. Using grant funds, the New Holland EMS purchased the ALS squad vehicles and the additional heart monitors, ventilators, and IV medication pumps. “Some of that (equipment) is more advanced than we have had,” said Fisher, who noted that one paramedic and an ALS car are present at each station at all times. “They back each other up, so if there’s a severe call in either territory, you could have See New Holland EMS pg 4
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Larry Shirk, organizer of the New Holland Area Historical Society (NHAHS) event to highlight the history of the Victor F. Weaver Poultry Company, is quick to give credit where it is due. “Ida (Gall) came up with the title,” shared Shirk, referring to the name of the presentation, which is “The People and History of Weaver Poultry.” Shirk credited Larry Brown, who had been vice president of human resources with Weaver, with suggesting a focus on the people who had worked at the plant. To create the two-night event, Shirk has pulled together a number of former Weaver (now Tyson Foods) employees to make up a panel and discuss their experiences working at Weaver. The panel discussions will be held at Garden Spot Village (GSV), 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland. The first presentation will be held on Thursday, July 31, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Speakers that first evening will include Allen Tate, who was director of marketing services/ corporate communications with Weaver; Brown; and Dennis Sharp, who was Weaver’s Main Street store manager. T he second event will be held on Thursday, Aug. 7, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Mike Good, Weaver production manager and Tyson complex manager; Shirk, who was district manager of product lines; and Tate will speak at that event. Shirk also plans to have a number of former employees, including Don Welk, Dale L. Weaver, Joe DePippo, Al Kunkle, and Steve Schnader seated near See NHAHS pg 2
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