Monday, March 31, 2008

Where's the Appreciation for Mrs. Utlaut?

At first I was perturbed by Utlaut Memorial Hospital's decision to change its name to Greenville Regional Hospital. How dare they forget the contributions of the Utlauts? Now I realize it was a good decision.

However, that doesn't mean that they should have taken down Mary Utlaut's portrait from the front entrance hall. It used to have such a prominent place, and now it's nowhere to be seen. The hospital seems to have totally forgotten its roots, and its generous benefactor. Not cool, GRH.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Kaskaskia College Greenville Center

Kaskaskia College wants to buy the Greenville Regional Hospital's Thrift Shop building (formerly the Pamida building) for its expanded Greenville Center. I agree that the location would be better than KC's current squeezed Greenville headquarters. However, is it really big enough?

The Thrift Shop area does not seem to be big enough to hold KC classes, Greenville College classes, AND a small business incubator that our fellow Americans have paid for us through a John Shimkus earmark. It's barely big enough now just to hold a small thrift shop. What am I missing here?