Bill Crampton spent 13 years as the Park County Public Health nurse, but it was the years of the Covid pandemic that were most clearly implanted on the memories of the county commissioners who …
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Bill Crampton spent 13 years as the Park County Public Health nurse, but it was the years of the Covid pandemic that were most clearly implanted on the memories of the county commissioners who thanked him for his service May 6.
Crampton recently retired from the position after 40 years in nursing. Rhonda Elias is now serving as the interim public health nurse and applicants to replace Crampton will be coming in for interviews by the end of the month.
Crampton, along with Park County Public Health Officer Dr. Aaron Billin, were the main health care voices in the county during the pandemic.
“I just want to thank you on behalf of health care workers, because I think you guys were an amazing resource to us in a literally unprecedented time,” said Commissioner Kelly Simone, a physician’s assistant who worked at Cody Regional Health during the period.
“We had had all the masks on and all the rules, and everything else that we were going through, and he turned out to be one of the voices of reason,” Commissioner Scott Mangold said, adding, “And I was so happy that there was somebody with our health group that actually was making common sense.”
Crampton’s local public health colleagues were joined by a couple of state representatives to wish him well, and Crampton said he was surprised at the reception and thanked everyone there.