On the Eve of the Big Event — The VIRTUAL Ribbon-Cutting on August 6, 2021, at 1:00

On the Eve of the Big Event — The VIRTUAL Ribbon-Cutting on August 6, 2021, at 1:00

On the Eve of the Ribbon-Cutting Event, LLUH Received

the Approval They Have Been Waiting For!!!

Loma Linda University Health Received This Great News on August 5, 2021.

In about twenty-five hours, the big event will begin with a selected number of VIPs in attendance to officiate and witness the official ribbon-cutting ceremony. The event will be held on the east parking lot very near to the spot where the groundbreaking ceremony was held on Sunday, May 22, 2016. Even though at the groundbreaking ceremony, the artist’s rendering of the new hospital towers was on prominent display, none of those in attendance could imagine what was in store for the campus for the next 62 months and 16 days. As various staff members walk down the Grand Hallway toward the elevators, I have had the opportunity, over the last several days, t what they think of the new hospital complex. They will reply: Beautiful, Fantastic, Overwhelming, Huge, Exciting, Unbelievable, and a couple of the staff used the word MIRACLE. One individual said to me: “I’ll tell you after we move over. I hate to move!”

On August 3, 2021, I was roaming around on the 10th floor (Cardiac/Cardiothoracic ICU and Cardiac Progressive Care) when I came across a delightful young lady Zarah Jane, an Administrative Secretary, who was in the process of moving into her small office. Even though she was busy, she was kind enough to stop to chat and pose for a photo. Zarah Jane was very excited but anxious to get settled into her new office.

Zarah Jane standing in the doorway of her new office. As the production team outside continues to get ready for the ribbon-cutting ceremony tomorrow, there is a big migration happening as staff move supplies and materials to the new towers.

In a rehearsal of tomorrow’s ribbon-cutting ceremony, the Wyatt Group’s camera is positioned to capture the virtual ribbon-cutting. The Wyatt Group out of Running Springs California is providing the technical production of this historic event.
All in Good Fun! While the rehearsal was taking place outside, LLUH Security Officer had stopped Ceaser with Restoration Management Company for speeding in the Grand Hallway and driving with a suspended license.
Inside the production trailer, Chrystal Wyatt makes changes to a teleprompter script.
Time for the Wyatt Group to set up and test the equipment.
The Loma Linda University Health Film crew interviews a VIP.
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Dennis E. Park, MA
After graduate school Dennis accepted a position at Loma Linda University. He worked there for 42 years in the areas of administration and financial management, also teaching accounting and management to dietetic students at the School of Public Health. Through the years Dennis has chronicled the growth of the campus, including the construction of the Drayson Center and the Centennial Complex and the razing of Gentry Gym. He is the author of "The Mound City Chronicles: A Pictorial History of Loma Linda University, A Health Sciences Institution 1905 - 2005." dEp 09.30.2016 🔨