The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Local Wednesday, October 16, 2019 A- 9 Valued Patient/Anthem Insurance Plan Member: For over 65 years, Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center has been committed to providing faith-based, compassionate care to Dubois and surrounding counties in Southwest Indiana. Our goal is to keep patients healthy and reinvest in the communities we all hold so dear. As a non-profit organization, we return profits back into our communities by adding valuable health care services, investing in cutting-edge technology, caring for patients regardless of their ability to pay, providing jobs to over 1,700 employees, and recruiting physicians, specialists, and providers with the intention of keeping your health care closer to home. We were here when your child was born. We were here when he broke his arm. We were here when your aging parents' health declined. We want to always be here for you. Fair contracts and equitable rates will help us to compete and remain your local, low-cost, independent health care system. We have tried to negotiate with Anthem to be reimbursed similarly to comparable hospitals. We are concerned with Anthem's lack of urgency and indiŒerence to our negotiation process. Anthem seems to think nothing about sending you out of your community to hospitals 50+ miles away only to reimburse those hospitals at rates higher than it pays Memorial Hospital. Despite Memorial Hospital's eŒorts, we remain significantly apart on our positions, and Anthem's actions thus far don't give us reason to be optimistic. Anthem has oŒered Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center an overall payment decrease compared to our current payment model. We are simply asking for fair pay - nothing more, nothing less. We genuinely thank all local employers and patients who have provided support and encouragement to our staŒ, physicians, providers and organization during the past four months. You deserve the right to choose award-winning care delivered with compassionate excellence by Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center. We hope you will support us by calling Anthem today at 317-287-7253 (Mark) or 812-469-7653 (Angela) and ask him or her to do what is right for your community and keep Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in-network. If we can be of any assistance to Anthem insurance plan members, please contact the Memorial Health Resource Center at 812-996-6399 or visit our website at www.mhhcc.org for more information. E. Kyle Bennett Ray Snowden President & Chief Executive O¡cer Chairman, Board of Directors It is important to realize that for now, nothing changes for you and your family regarding your Anthem benefits. You can continue to receive care with us at in-network benefit rates until November 27, 2019. GROOMING & BATHING 812-582-0313 GROOMER Also available for dog walking! 5630 N. State Road 57, Petersburg, IN 47567 The person who purchased the RV from Robert Curry. Please Call: 321-795-6317 Need to examine information about RV. WILLIAM ISOM ROSS William Isom "Bill" Ross, 80, of Oakland City, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 12, 2019. He was born to Oscar and Ona (Burton) Ross in Da- viess County on November 8, 1932. The family moved to Francisco in 1938, where he attended Francisco high school until his sophomore year, when upon the death of his father, he left school to operate the family farm. He joined the Army in 1953 and was honorably dis- charged in 1956. On June 15, 1957, he married Rosanna (Cole) Ross in Denver, Ind. They made their home in Francisco until 1965, when they moved to Oakland City, to their forever home. He was a farmer his entire life. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Rosanna (Cole) Ross; his children, Teresa (Steve) Burnes, of Cynthi- ana, and Angela (Bruce) Hunter and William Michael (Kim) Ross, all of Oakland City; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters, Shirley ( Jake) Woosley and Mary Miller; a special sister-in-law, Sinda Easterday; and several niec- es and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Frank Ross, Sr. and Oscar "Shady" Ross; and sisters, Bessie Piotter and Snofa Haines. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Sunday, October 20, 2019, at Lamb Basham Me- morial Chapel in Oakland City, with Kenny Cole offici- ating. Burial will take place in the Francisco Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. until service time on Sunday at the chapel. Fami- ly and friends may send mes- sages of comfort to www. lambbasham.com. See additonal obituaries on page C-7. Obituary Main St. bridge reopens Zon Darius picks up the last barricade on Main St. Petersburg that blocked a bridge over Prides Creek and that had been closed since Monday. Darius and Jordan Aynes removed the barriers at about 11 a.m. Friday. The bridge was closed while a new deck surface was being installed. Two people arrested last week for drunken driving By Andy Heuring Two people were arrest- ed for drunken driving last week in Pike County. A Washington man was ar- rested early Monday morn- ing after police stopped him for not having a license plate. Frederick McClellan, Jr., 46, of 1102 Downey Ave., Washington was driving north on Highway 57 near the Pike-Daviess line when Pike County Deputy Jared Simmons noticed a Dodge SUV with no license plate. He stopped the SUV and found McClellan to be driv- ing. When he spoke with Mc- Clellan, Deputy Simmons said he noticed the odor of alcohol. According to Sim- mons' report, McClellan said he was driving home from the casino in Evans- ville and he had a '99 shoot- er.' McClellan failed field so- briety tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail, where he tested 0.10 for blood alco- hol content. He was preliminarily charged with operating a vehicle with a blood alco- hol content of 0.08 percent or more. The legal limit for blood alcohol in Indiana is 0.08 percent. A rural Petersburg man was arrested at 11:54 p.m. on Tuesday, October 11 af- ter police found him behind the steering wheel of a car with the front right tire in the ditch on County Road 50W. Tracy Kinley, 55, of 375 S. Glezen West St., Petersburg was preliminarily charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a pri- or, a Level 6 Felony. Pike County Deputy Sher- iff Paul Collier said he was driving south on CR50W looking for a residence to serve a subpoena when he noticed a blue Toyota car fac- ing north with its front tire in the ditch. He stopped to check on the vehicle and found Kin- ley in the driver's seat. Kin- ley said he had someone on the way to pull him out of the ditch. However, Deputy Col- lier said he noticed slurred speech and the odor of al- cohol. Kinley said he had a stroke a week before. Kinley failed field sobri- ety tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail, where he tested 0.10 percent for blood alcohol. STOP it takes 3 MINUTES to subscribe to 812-354-8500