Tammy Miller

Troy Whittaker

Noreen Van Den Berg

Marty Gaither

Carrie Massey

Keith Luedders

Nita Cadic

• Janine Yurkoski comments on leading a Better Breathers support group in this article in the Broomfield, CO, Enterprise. Says Janine, “I just want to be there to answer questions and hold a round table discussion.”

• Wendy Bicknell is noted as co-chair of a Love Light Trees fundraising event benefiting her hospital in this article in the Clare County, MI, Review.

• Tammy Miller is featured for her role in a “professor swap” that’s bringing RT education to Albany, GA, in this article on the WALB-TV web site out of Albany. Tammy is an instructor in the program at Southwest Georgia Technical College in Thomasville, GA.

• Karen Wolfe shares great information about COPD in this article in the Rutland, VT, Herald. Karen wrote about COPD in honor of National COPD Awareness Month.

• Gary Schell is featured in this interview in the Rapid City, SD, Journal about his career as a respiratory therapist. Gary took the opportunity to share everything from the role RTs play in ventilator care to the close working relationship they have with physicians.

• Troy Whittaker comments on the potential for respiratory problems resulting from exposure to an open air burn pit at Balad Air Base in Iraq in this article in the Salt Lake City, UT, Tribune. As president of the Utah Society for Respiratory Care, Troy was asked to weigh in on a memo that surfaced suggesting the burn pit could be having detrimental health effects on soldiers.

• Noreen Van Den Berg receives kudos for the role she played in helping to save the life of a man who collapsed while working out at a local gym in this article in the Green Bay, WI, Press Gazette. “CPR is certainly much different in a controlled situation at a hospital; it’s much more stressful without all the other professionals there to assist,” Noreen told us. “I’m just so glad the outcome was a positive one!”

• Bob Schwoyer is noted for taking part in a motorcycle event aimed at delivering toys to children for the holidays in this article in the Allentown, PA, Morning Call.

• Troy Fenton is congratulated for being named a Rotary Student in this article in the Charlotte, NC, Observer.

• Valorie Stalcup is noted for teaching a breakout session on respiratory care to kids attending a health careers camp in this article in the Black Hills Pioneer out of Spearfish, SD.

And we have a number of members who were quoted about smoking cessation in articles on the recent Great American Smokeout, showing once again that AARC members are often the go-to people in their communities for information on lung health issues.

• Deb Pierce in this article in the Battle Creek, MI, Enquirer.

• Deb Murray in this article on the KSFY-TV web site out of Sioux Falls, SD.

• Marty Gaither in this article in the Rifle, CO, Citizen-Telegram.

• Carrie Massey in this article on the KPVI-TV web site out of Pocatello, ID.

• Joseph Beaulieu in this article in the Springfield, MA, Republican.

• Keith Luedders in this article in the Beatrice, NE, Daily Sun.

• Nita Cadic in this article in the Atlanta, GA, Journal Constitution.