Today, again Derick Ziegler has stepped in and made Union City Baptist Hospital available on short notice for our Friday program, as he brings us, Suzie McWherter, who is Director of the Baptist Hospice program there. She has worked at the hospital since May 1997, and has been the director of the Hospice Program since July 2008. Suzie was the person responsible for initiating the process to open up the Baptist Hospice program, which started in May 1999. Prior to assuming her position as director, she served as the social worker for the Hospice Program.

Suzie has a bachelor’s degree in Social work from Murray State University and she is completing her Master’s Degree in Social Work at Western Kentucky University. Suzie is the current Chairperson of the Obion County Cancer Agency. She lives in Dresden with her husband Tom McWherter, and they have two sons. Suzie will be speaking on the basic concepts of hospice, including who is eligible and the admission criteria. She will also provide information on common myths regarding the hospice services and provide instruction on these myths.

Next week, we will see a familiar face at the podium, as local radio broadcaster Paul Tinkle visits with no doubt some history of his long-time passion, filling the airways with news and sports.

Paul boasts a long history in the area in the broadcasting business, as his career began in 1970 when he was hired at WCMT in Martin as the "clean up boy" for the station. After Tinkle earned a Third Class Radio telephone license, he became a board operator and worked at the station until he finished high school. He later went on to graduate from the University, where he also worked at the campus radio station.

In June of 1981 Paul returned to the WCMT airwaves as news director, after spending time in Mayfield and Paducah. He became station manager in late 1982. During his time in the newsroom, he was named Broadcaster of the Year by the Associated Press, elected president of the association in 1989 and elected president of the Tennessee Association of Broadcaster in 1991.

In February 1983 Paul became a partner in the station, and since has expanded the Thunderbolt Broadcasting system to three stations, broadcasting 24 hours a day.

Last week, Bill Sanderson visited and presented a very interesting program on the growing of grapes, grown especially for the use of wine-making, while he made his presentation, there were several Rotarians, with mouths watering, letting their minds wander to their own basements and the vintages they have stored there.