Category: Ron & Janie Nirk Therapy Pool
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Hospital Needs
https://www.dnews.com/local-news/gritman-ceo-hospital-needs-wwami-students-19038161 Several paragraphs into the above linked article from the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, our patron representative asked a question. We continue to advocate for the warm therapy pool. After ten years of structural neglect, the Gritman Board and CEO maintain that the building housing the pool is too expensive to repair. They say the building…
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Gritman Medical Center broken promises
Gritman outlines its plans for LHS – a news article from 2007 Omie Drawhorn, Daily News staff writerGritman Medical Center has big plans for the Latah Health Services facility on Palouse River Drive in Moscow. Latah County voters will determine Tuesday whether those plans are put into action. If the special measure is approved, a…
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A note of thanks – Potlatch
This “thank you” appeared in the Community Information Agency Newsletter Volume 19, Issue 2, February 2025, distributed monthly to the Potlatch area community. During our historical research and reading all the names on the nameplates throughout the Martin Wellness Center, we realized the significant role that Ron and Janie Nirk and their Potlatch community played…
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Save Moscow’s Therapy Pool
We now have over 600 signatures (and counting) from Latah County residents who support our cause and implore the Gritman Medical Board of Directors to grant continued access to our community wellness facility located at 510 West Palouse River Drive.
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Patricia Hart & Ivar Nelson
https://www.dnews.com/opinion/gritman-dont-leave-aging-population-out-in-the-cold-18601486 Two patrons wrote a very informative letter to the editors of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. You can read it at the above link.
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Many Express a Desire to Collaborate with Gritman Medical Center
Many people sent emails and letters to the Gritman Board of Directors. To date, none of them have received replies. Here is one of those emails. Comment from the editor: To be fair, the Gritman CEO met with several of the patrons earlier in January 2025 by request of several Ron and Janie Nirk Therapy…
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Letters
Dear Editor, The shock of Gritman’s letter which announced the closing of our Martin Wellness Center, the timing, the manner in which this announcement was made, and the way it has otherwise been handled have upset, even devastated, those who have relied on the facility’s pool as a major wellness element in their lives. Comprehensive…
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“They Did an About-Face”
After assuring us in October [2024] they had NO INTENSION of closing the pool they did an about-face and emailed us [at the end of the year] that the facility will be closed January 31 while they find a buyer for the property.
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Swimming for Life
December 18, 2024 communityrelations@gritman.org Attn: Connie Osborn, Jenni Dalton, and Kara Besst Subject: Jeff and Jenni Martin Wellness Center therapy pool and spa SWIMMING FOR LIFE We were planning our departure from Portland. “Can we leave at 5:30?” I asked. “5:30?” He did not look up from his book. “In the morning?” If this request…
