Press Release
Christy Batien of KTIV to MC Wear Red Event Feb. 5
KTIV News Channel 4 Today co-anchor and Healthbeat 4 reporter Christy Batien will serve as the master of ceremonies at the Wear Red luncheon sponsored by Burgess Health Center Tuesday, Feb. 5 at the Onawa Community Center.
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KTIV News Channel 4 Today co-anchor Christy Batien will serve as the master of ceremonies at the Burgess Health Center Wear Red luncheon Tuesday, Feb. 5 at the Onawa Community Center. |
Virginia Johnson, a Burgess cardiac rehab patient and heart attack survivor, also will deliver remarks about her experience with heart problems. |
Doors will open with booths at 10:30 a.m. The event will feature a heart healthy luncheon, the address “Heart Health in Today’s Busy World” with Dr. Claire Hunter, Creighton Cardiac Center cardiologist and humorist Jenny Herrick with her presentation “It’s Laughter We’re After.”
Virginia Johnson, a Burgess cardiac rehab patient and heart attack survivor, also will deliver remarks about her experience with heart problems and treatment.
Batien is well-known in Siouxland for the extensive number of health reports she presents on KTIV newscasts five days a week. She has worked in all areas of KTIV for nearly 10 years, serving as a producer for the 5, 6 & 10 newscasts, leading the assignment desk, reporting and now co-anchoring the morning newscast “News Channel 4 Today” with Al Joens.
“I have learned so much about getting and staying healthy myself since I started putting health reports together,” Batien says. “But that’s not all. There are also so many medical breakthroughs on a daily basis, it’s truly amazing. Those advancements can help all of us stay healthy, and in many cases save lives.
“Many medical breakthroughs are available right here in Siouxland,” Batien adds. “I take pride in educating our viewers on the great things doctors and nurses are doing right in their own communities like Onawa.”
Booths at the event will offer nail painting, neck massages, jewelry and book sales. Curves will offer body fat checks. The Burgess Gift Shop and ACT 11 will sell items and provide free colon cancer kits.
There also will be booths for cardiac rehab, digital mammography, diabetes education, nutrition, women’s health, Creighton Cardiology and blood pressure and weight screenings by Burgess Home Health staff. The Onawa Public Library will bring health and fitness books and audio books to use while exercising.
Men and women are invited to the Wear Red luncheon, a program of Burgess Advantage. Cost is $7. Active Burgess volunteers will receive the discounted price of $5. Persons should mail in reservation forms found on the Burgess web site and at the hospital’s front desk and other community sites. To learn more contact Jean Pekarek at 712-423-9201.
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