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Growing up on a vanishing wisp of land in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay has its advantages.
"Get up in the morning, go out, rove the seashores or go out in a boat," said retired schoolteacher Bruce Gordy, 66, recalling his childhood on Tangier Island. "Look for Indian arrowheads. Play ball all day. Go swimming. Just a natural playground."
- Richmond Times-Dispatch
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McGuireWoods Consulting Helps
Tangier Island Receive Grant for New Health Care Clinic
RICHMOND, VA – Gov. Tim Kaine and Secretary of Health and Human Resources Marilyn Tavenner traveled to Tangier Island on Friday, June 8, 2007 to announce a $300,000 matching fund grant for a new health clinic to be built on this remote island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay.
The announcement took place at the Tangier Combined School and was attended by Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Bob Bloxom, Sen. John Chichester, Del. Lynwood Lewis, Del. Rob Whitman and Supervisor Ron Wolff, Accomack Board of Supervisors. The event launched a public/private partnership aimed at bringing modern medicine to Tangier.
The new clinic, to be built with funds raised by the non-profit-organization, Tangier Island Health Foundation, will replace a crumbling, 50-year-old building with several structural problems and obsolete equipment. For 50 years this has been the only medical facility to serve Tangier’s 650 residents. Jimmie Carter, Founder and Chairman of the Tangier Island Health Foundation, estimates that building and outfitting the new clinic will cost approximately $1,250,000.
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Dr. David B. Nichols has been flying to Virginia's Tangier Island once a week for 28 years to care for the 600+ isolated residents. After being nominated for his efforts by a local resident, Dr. Nichols was named Country Doctor of the Year for 2006. This is a national award sponsored by Staff Care, a physician staffing firm. Dr. Nichols was selected as ABC News Person of the Week for the week of January 19, 2007.
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