ST. FRANCIS HONORS 12 FORMER PATIENTS

Twelve former patients of the St. Francis Rehabilitation Unit who have successfully returned to home and community activities were honored Thursday as new inductees to the unit's Wall of Fame.

Honorees were Francis Cox, Opal Perkins, John Gleason and Helen Kimes, all of Cape Girardeau; Robert Anglin of Cobden, Ill.; Mary Mitchell of Scott City; Charles Camp and Robert Owens, both of Jackson; Mary Anne Clifton of Perryville; J.W. Hughes of Morehouse; and Richard Coffee of Lilbourn.

The honorees are people who have "provided inspiration for other patients at the time of their hospitalization and who served as inspirations to staff to see how well their patients do following hospitalization," said JoAnn Jaco, senior therapeutic recreational specialist at the hospital.

Also honored at the rehab unit's 10th anniversary celebration were Ken Drury of Victorian Inns for donating the use of the inn's pool for Arthritis Foundation Aquatics program classes; Cindie Jeter of KZIM for coverage of health and accessibility issues; Charlene Linn for expanding services to people with arthritis through the Regional Arthritis Center; and Jeff Harms of Cape Girardeau for talking to youths in driver's offenders classes and for volunteering more than 900 hours to increase awareness of head injury victims.