Opinion: Thank you CaroMont Health for a shot in the arm
Bob Lancaster
We wanted to do a shout out for the great team at CaroMont Health in Dallas.
When North Carolina opened up the next phase of COVID vaccines availability, I received a call the next day about scheduling the vaccine shot for both my wife and I.
We assumed we would have to wait a month or two but was wrong based upon the proactive approach taken by this facility.
My wife and I want to personally thank Dr. Barry Scanlan, Rhonda, Connie and the rest of the team for taking care of their patients in such a wonderful way. Because of this call, we were able to communicate this experience to other friends in the CaroMont system and they too got on the schedule very quickly.
One man was shot and rushed to the hospital from western Gaston County Tuesday afternoon.
The shooting happened in Kings Mountain, but the shooting victim was picked up by GEMS on CV Alexander Drive, which is along U.S. 74 near Crowders Mountain Golf Course in Gaston County, around 1:20 p.m.
In the same timeframe, Kings Mountain Police responded to a shots-fired call at the intersection of Fairview Street and Third Street, according to a press release.
A person driving a gray sedan attempted to transport the wounded man from the shooting scene in Kings Mountain to CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia, but they pulled over at CV Alexander Drive due to a flat tire, according to Gaston County Police Capt. Billy Downey.
The biggest problems seemed then and now to be at the federal level. The state of North Carolina and its local governments are doing well. How well?
I was vaccinated two weeks ago at CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia. My appointment was scheduled for 8:40 a.m. I arrived at 8:30 and was back in my car by 9 a.m. That is efficient.
The lady who helped me register said management had turned the administrative process over to the IT department. That way they knew there would be little “chit-chat” at the registration desks. They were right.
A total of 900 people were getting vaccinated four-days per week at the hospital the week I received my first shot. I understand the health department’s results at the Farmer’s Market are equally efficient, though they have access to less vaccine and can vaccinate just one or two days per week. If there are problems, it is not at the local level, at least not in Gaston County.
Man who drove car into Gaston Co. restaurant, killing family members pleads guilty
Man enters Alford plea in deadly restaurant crash By WBTV Web Staff | January 25, 2021 at 2:41 PM EST - Updated January 26 at 3:21 PM
BESSEMER CITY, NC (WBTV) - A man accused of driving a vehicle into a Gaston County restaurant killing two and injuring multiple family members in May 2018 pleaded guilty to his charges in court Monday.
Roger Self pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder.
Before he was taken away, Self yelled at his family, “I love you, you’re my hero.”
Self’s sentencing has not been determined.
The Gaston Gazette
A former Dallas businessman pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder Monday for killing two family members and injuring others by driving his Jeep through a restaurant where he and his family had been seated.
Roger Self cried out just as District Attorney Locke Bell described the deaths of Self s daughter, Gaston County Sheriff s Office Cpl. Katelyn Self, and his daughter-in-law, CaroMont Regional Medical Center nursing supervisor Amanda Self, to Superior Court Judge Athena Brooks. I didn t mean to hurt them, Self said as he stood with his forehead lying prone to the table in front of him.