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Waxing the City
100 Apple Avenue
Suite 2
Dothan Mattress Outlet
1369 Headland Avenue
Suite 6
Beef, Pork & More –
2936 Ross Clark Circle
Flowers Medical Group Primecare
4126 West Main St.
AMP Realty
2363 South Brannon Stand Road
TSC Associates
407 Honeysuckle Road
Suite 206
J & H Tree Service
Ribbon
Cuttings
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DOTHAN
ENTERPRISE
Estate Sale Store
110 Easy Street
Jimmy Jones
913 Rucker Boulevard
El Sabor
654 Boll Weevil Circle
Family Eye Center
812 Lee Street
Hooks BBQ
532 Boll Weevil
Dairy Queen
648 Boll Weevil
General Surgeon Joins Southeast Surgical Associates
SAMC welcomes Samuel James Harden, MD, FACS,
general surgeon, to Southeast Surgical Associates. Dr.
Harden is board certified in general surgery and comes to
Dothan from the Panhandle of West Texas, where he was
on staff at Big Bend Regional Medical Center in Alpine,
Baptist St. Anthony’s Medical Center in Amarillo and
Mid Jefferson Extended Care Hospital in Port Arthur.
Dr. Harden received his Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry
from Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama. He earned
his medical degree from the University of South Alabama
in Mobile. He completed his internship in general surgery
at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center in Los
Angeles, California. He also did his residency in general
surgery at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center
with surgery rotations at hospitals throughout Southern
California.
Johnson Named Interim Director of Neuro Critical Care Unit
Ramona Johnson, MSN, RN-BC, has been named
interim director of the Neuro Critical Care Unit, in
addition to her current duties as stroke coordinator.
Ramona has been part of the SAMC team for 22 years. She
was named stroke coordinator in May 2017 and prior to
that she served two and a half years as care coordinator for
oncology services. Prior to becoming a care coordinator,
Ramona spent 16 years in Training and Development as
a nursing instructor/team leader. She began her career at
SAMC as a medical-surgical nurse and excelled quickly to
a charge nurse role on the unit.
Ramona received her Bachelor of Science in nursing
from Troy University in Troy and her Master’s in nursing
from Walden University in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Her certifications include: Board Certified Medical-
Surgical nursing, Advance Cardiac life support, Pediatric
Advance Life Support and Chemotherapy Biotherapy:
Fundamentals of Administration.
Wiregrass 2-1-1 Local Collaboration Provides Free Income Tax Preparation for
the Dothan Area
Impact Alabama’s SaveFirst Initiative collaborates annually with Wallace Community College, the
Alfred Saliba Center for Families and Wiregrass 2-1-1 to provide free income tax preparation for residents
in the Dothan area and will do so again this year. Last tax season at the Alfred Saliba Center for Families,
student volunteers from Wallace Community College prepared 694 tax returns for working families
in Dothan -- helping them to secure $1.25 million in tax refunds and saving them over $275,000 in
commercial tax preparation fees.
This year, free income tax preparation services are available to working families making up to $54,000/
year with children in the home or $20,000/year without children in the home. Fast electronic filing
and refund direct deposit. The SaveFirst Initiative exists to ensure that working families receive the
full Earned Income Tax Credit and other credits to which they are entitled and to encourage long-term
financial planning and asset-building. For additional information 24/7, residents can dial 2-1-1 or,
call 1-888-99-TAX-AL to schedule an appointment. Daytime, evening and Saturday hours for tax
preparation will be available at the Alfred Saliba Center for Families in Dothan.
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