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The Beautification Commission’s Yard of the Year contest winners have been selected and will be recognized during the Port Huron City Council’s regular meeting on September 14, 2020, beginning at 7 p.m. The coveted wooden yellow tulip will be awarded to the residential winners and a wall plaque will be awarded to the commercial winner.

2020 Residential Winners

Central …………..Wilbert & Alice Fuller……………………… 2116 Poplar Street
Central …………..Alan & Theresa Jowett …………………….. 708 17th Street
Central …………..John & Carol Smith …………………………. 1421 Washington Avenue
North……………..Roy & Margaret Churchill………………… 2707 Walnut Street
North……………..Karl & Brenda Miller ………………………. 2857 Monticello Drive
North……………..George & Deborah Moss………………….. 419 Lakeview Avenue
South……………..Douglas Bishop……………………………….. 1313 Wall Street
South……………..Ronald & Deborah Rolls ………………….. 709 Oak Street
South……………..Debra Singer…………………………………… 2458 Military Street

2020 Commercial Winner

Central …………..Kearns Agency ……………………………….. 1101 Pine Grove Avenue

Port Huron, MI – Jennifer Koehn has been named the Employee of the Month for July. She has worked at McLaren Port Huron for three years in the Miriam F. Acheson Family Birth Place.

Koehn was nominated by her peers because she lives the hospital values. Her positive, sunny personality makes patients and families feel comfortable and welcome. She takes ownership of programs and processes, making sure everything is done correctly. Koehn always strives for excellence, is motivated, flexible, and adds to a positive team environment. She exhibits a calm demeanor, stays focused, and helps the entire unit succeed.

This employee recognition is given to individuals who consistently live the values, mission and performance standards of McLaren Port Huron. Honorees are nominated by a co-worker, physician, volunteer, and/or customer.

To learn more about McLaren Port Huron, visit www.mclaren.org/porthuron.

Port Huron, Mich. – McLaren Port Huron officials opened the doors to the new James C. Acheson Heart and Vascular Center Monday, Aug. 10, 2020.  The 10,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility offers comprehensive services to patients undergoing cardiovascular testing and procedures.

The new, $2,175,000 center encompasses both non-invasive and invasive cardiac and vascular imaging and testing, including nuclear medicine, echocardiography, electrophysiology, stress tests and more in one convenient location. These services help diagnose patients with a range of heart conditions – including but not limited to – heart disease, heart failure, abnormal heartbeats or arrhythmia, blocked coronary arteries and circulatory problems.

In addition to the opening of the James C. Acheson Heart and Vascular Center, a new cardiac observation unit opened in July.

The James C. Acheson Heart and Vascular Center is one of the final phases of the five-year $161 million master facility plan that McLaren began in 2015.  It follows renovations completed in the north tower in 2019, and the opening of the new four-story, 175,000-square-foot south patient tower in 2018 and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Center Institute in 2016.

The new center was named the James C. Acheson Heart and Vascular Center in honor of the generous contributions made to McLaren Port Huron by the James C. Acheson Foundation over the years.

“Contributions to McLaren Port Huron have always been made with one purpose in mind – to save lives,” says James C. Acheson.  “The cardiovascular team at McLaren has always provided excellent care, but the comprehensive heart and vascular center – equipped with the newest technology and equipment – will undoubtedly enhance patient care.”

“Dr. Acheson’s continued generosity and support is admirable, and we are sincerely grateful for his philanthropic efforts,” says Eric Cecava, McLaren Port Huron’s President and CEO.  “We hope his namesake on the center illustrates his unwavering commitment to the Blue Water community.”