Has anyone noticed the hypocrisy of this town…from our newspaper to our hospital? Don’t get me wrong, I read the daily newspaper and I go to the hospital when I need to. I am really “for” them in “most” ways. But I am very skeptical about some of the messages they are portraying. I guess, I’ll start with the “Baby of the Year”. The first baby born of the year “must” be born to wed parents. I don’t understand how this is at all right. I know it is probably because we have a Catholic hospital. But the so called Catholic hospital does not agree with any forms of “prevention”, such as “tying tubes”. I do understand that under the Catholic Religion, children should not be conceived out of wedlock. However, a life is life and our all merciful God, loves us all. Under any religion, “WE” are not to judge each other. I don’t feel it is the hospital, paper, or area businesses duty to say that my children or any others are not fit. I see that my children, who were born out of wedlock, are angels. At least, they are mine. There is no doubt that God sent them to me. Last year, the “baby of the year” had to wait for days before being announced. This year,2008, not until the 12th because all others were disqualified for that reason. Now, how is it that they can just say, “No babies were born today”. What????? I just don’t understand. First of all, our hospital has no problem allowing a doctor who abused an illegal drug come back to work there and can’t acknowledge a new life. What message does this send to our youth? Second of all, isn’t divorce against the Catholic Religion? If the newspaper is standing behind these decisions because of religion, than why is it no problem to plaster divorces all over the paper. Maybe all the people involved in the decision of “Baby of the Year” should spend less time worrying about people’s personal business and more time in church.
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Tags: Antigo Hypocrisy, Antigo WI
I don’t think the first baby of the year has anything to do with the hospital as the shoppers guide did a give away for the TRUE first baby of the year. The newspaper needs to get into the times it’s 2008, unwed mothers have babies. It happens. I think those unwed mothers could use the freebies that are given away more than a married couple.
You can get your tubes tied at the hospital but it has to go up infront of a commitee and you have to be “approved”…
I also feel that it is a slight against all mothers, whether they are unwed or wed. Some mothers that are single have been living with their signifacant other for longer than a lot of married couples, just because they don’t have the last name, does not mean they are not wed in GODS eyes. I marriage cerimony does not make a marriage, hard work and commitment make a marriage. A wedding cerimony is for the celebration of a couples commitment, a person should not have it held against them, if they choose not to have this celebration and keep it private and between them.
Speaking of hypocrisy in a small town…did anyone notice how the city newsletter was nixed as soon as the Daily Journal printed an editorial against it? Is it also another coincidence that it was the Shoppers Guide whose bid was chosen to print it??? One of the biggest city council members against the project actually freelances for the Journal so this didn’t come as much of a surprise to me. Chalk another one up for Freddie… because of the intimidation and bullying of a publication that refuses to come into the 21st century, another great idea has been shot down. Kudos to the Shoppers Guide, though, times are a changin!
You can read more about the “city newsletter” issue HERE.
please tell me why we need to spend thousands of dollars on a newsletter when the Journal and Shoppers already print anything that is important. that money could be betters spent helping keep our kids off the streets and causing trouble. give them extra initiative. also not everyone has the same views on helping the city develop if u look at your city members and mayor. that money could do better than something we could all wipe our butts with.
they are not doing the newsletter, they finally got the hint from taxpayers that it was a waste of money.
Great job on the letter about the babies and unwed mothers. When I was released from the hospital after having my child (out of wedlock) the nurse was walking me out the doors and she stopped at the front desk to let them know I was being released. She asked if I wanted to sign something to announce in the paper my child’s birth. The receptionist was quick to respond… “SHE’S NOT ELIGIBLE, SHE’S NOT MARRIED! Talk about a kick in the teeth!
By the way….thanks to the Antigo Area Shoppers Guide, my birth announcement was printed in their paper!
So the Catholic hospital has rules about unwed mothers … doesn’t it also have rules about abortion? Many women choose this option, married or not! I think any woman who makes the BRAVE and selfless choice to go through with nine months of pregnancy to deliver a healthy baby should be showered with praise and bestowed with every gift due her! Shame on the hospital for being so ridiculous! Every baby is a beautiful new soul sent by God and would not be here without it’s willing mother. I can’t imagine that ANYONE would talk to a brand new mother holding a baby the way they did to JISTME. It’s disgraceful, rude and just plain old ignorant! I’m so sorry this happend to you! By the way CONGRATULATIONS to you and your beautiful baby! That “good Catholic” lady at the hospital hasn’t been reading her Bible! “For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. Matthew 7:2.
The Antigo Shoppers Guide & News ALWAYS prints single-parent birth announcements, they apparently don’t discriminate against announcing ANY birth regardless of the parents’ marital status.
I’m catholic, and I agree that the baby contest is wrong. Nowadays you almost see more babies out of wedlock than in, so making “being married” a requirement is a terrible idea. What exactly is marriage? According to the catholic church, a “real” marriage is done in a church. So if someone is married by a judge and has the first baby, are they inelligible? It would be nice to see some changes to the rules for 2009.
Why don’t we have the contest eliminated so people can focus on more important issues.
Okay then, we’ll just go on ignoring the fact that the Daily Urinal fails to acknowledge single mothers in this town. Are we still living in the dark ages or willing to make some changes?
As an LMH employee, I can tell you that it is the Antigo Daily Journal that chooses not to publish birth and discharge announcements from unwed mothers, and not Langlade Memorial. Birth information is submitted to both the Journal and Shoppers Guide, and the Shoppers Guide chooses to publish birth information without discrimination.
Jistme, I’m sorry about what was said to you and knowing the girls in that department, I’m sure no one meant to offend you, but you also would have been mad at them if you had signed the Release of Information form and then found that the Journal did not print that information. So while what they said obviously came across as insensitive to you, they were by no means trying to be rude to you, just explaining, perhaps too bluntly, that the Journal would not publish that information, therefore it would be unnecessary to complete that particular form.
As a side note, not everyone who works for a Catholic hospital is Catholic! They’re an employer like any other.
Thank you for clarifying that with Antigo Buzz readers, Jennifer. It’s very interesting and what most of us suspected in the first place since the Journal refuses to acknowledge unwed mothers in their Baby of the Year contest.
I work @ Aspirus in wausau and I thought they were affailated. But I know Aspirus is WAY better about everything. I went to langlade hospital once and never again. The doctor I had must have gotten a hair cut that day had hair all of him, half of his lunch on his shirt also. Talk about unprofessional. Our doctors were I work are all very tidy and profession. Antigo hospital sucks! Especially about the unwed mothers part.
Well, I really do not understand why any one would be upset over the whole hospital/ childbirth announcement. What is wrong with all of you people? For one, any one who has experienced this has apparently not had the wonderful joys of knowing what actually goes on in that hospital. I am a past employeefrom the ED, and I would never allow my wife to go there for treatment. Many of the staff there are unprepaired, understaffed, and have pulled some pretty bad stuff there. I have seen countless procedures done to patients, and not needing to be done. But why were they done? Because sureons see dollar signs. And dollar signs does not mean the best care for patients. Also, much of the staff is underqualified to handle some of the cases that come in. That is why this hospital is known as the stop off point for patients to get stabilized, and then shipped out for some real care. And the fact that they have let a drug seller, or abuser stay in his position, this just infuriates me. What kind of surgery can you get from some one on drugs? I now work with ministry health care at the new hospital in weston, St Claires, and what a change. We even have people that know what they are talking about. Apirus and Antigo Hospital choose a lot of doctors for antigo because they are not fit to doctor elsewhere. I must say that Dr Hendricks and Moeorond arre really god docs though. Mayeb next time you will all choose to have your babies else where. I guarentee you will get top treatment at St Claires. Why? because we care. That why.
antigo resident. I didn’t understand half of your post. What are you trying to say? This blog isn’t about the antigo hospital staff or preformance it’s about the ADJ not posting unwed mother’s birth announcements.
“Well, I really do not understand why any one would be upset over the whole hospital/ childbirth announcement.”
Obviously, you are a male and have never given birth. Having a child is the best experience in the world. By the way I had my high risk delivery at Langlade Memorial and received excellent care! I would be willing to bet any mother on this site would be up on a mountain top shouting letting the world know about the beautiful child they just brought into the world.
antigo resident u r sadly mistaken. bad hopital care is world wide and not just here. wausau and weston r included not just antigo. just like any job there is always a doctor or nurse better than the next. and there r a few here that know what they r talking about. some of the staff at LMH have been there over 35 years guess that means something, and they know more than the newer younger staff. we r not equipped with the things at wausau or weston and that is why some go there, but there is also the issue of insurance, some only cover doctors in wausau and weston so of course they have to be transported there. as for having a baby there i would there b4 anywhere, i had mine in a bigger city and had the worst nurses and experiences ever, if i had to make the choice again it would b here. because i know they care
I totally agree. The Baby of the Year thing is a farce. What’s so great about THAT baby? You can’t just hand out an award to the first one that pops out. I say wait until the END of the year, and then see who the best baby is. It’s a little more objective that way. I’m willing to bet I was TWICE the baby that some of these “winners” will ever be. But, because I was born in the summer, I got squat.
WHAAAAT??????
Wow, way to be stuck on yourself jamielynn. It isn’t a contest of who the “best baby” is, it’s the first one born that year, no matter how “good” it is.
Lol…way to not understand what the topic is actually about.
I would like to see some reviews and ratings on local businesses in the area by you the citizens. I would love to see a rate and review blog or if someone would like to state an opinion good or bad about a establishment, this would be the place to do so. For instance I am new to the area and am wondering which are some good child care centers and which are to be avoided, a review or star rating would be g
Local reviews and/or ratings is something that we plan to have in the future. Thanks. – Admin
im pretty sure that jamielynn was makng a joke….guess no on else got it.(think steven cobert’s “the word”)but i guess thats just antigo for ya.
&& in other news, i believe that the antigo hospital is not up to par. &&neither are wausau’s or weston for that matter. i would much rather travel all the way to marshfield for any care then go to any of the more local hospitals. i am not just saying this to offend people, not at all. the reasons i have behind this are:
antigo passes its bigger cases on to marshfield, as does wausau, and weston
they all also “borrow” doctors from the marshfield unit.
i have gone to the antigo hospital, and wausau, dido for weston. none of them accurately communicate with each other, and they also go as far as keeping important health information from each other.
i would much rather go to an institution with a reputation for excellence and my own personal experiences to back it up.
i believe that antigo should take a page from the marshfield book, and at least try to better itself, and make ALL: of its patients feel welcome.
I’ve spent years researching all manners of religion from Catholicism to Muslim to the Judaic. One thing remains constant and true throughout all of the codex that I’ve read. The message of the one God or of the many gods is that we are not fit to judge one another. How is a person to commit an act of any measure of evil fit to measure their ’sins’ (not the appropriate word but one many are familiar enough with) against others. We are often more free with our sins, weighing them as lightly as possible against the sins of others, no matter how paltry. I have watched time and again in this world as the soothsayers of so many religions practice the words and messages from their books completely inaccurately. And I must admit to being appalled to a religion which uses the lamest excuses for altering its texts over the years to assist in enduring the new populace to itself by embracing the current trends. God is perfect no matter who you believe in, it is the race of man that is folly and yet we presume to know his heart and his intent. The only intent we were meant to understand is love because the human heart has the capacity to love far beyond our greatest dreams. However, to judge others, to wound them to make our own sacrifices seem all the greater or to make less our crimes by highlighting theirs… that is the greatest sin of all. It is not our place to label others, it is our place alone to address ourselves. I’ve pages of material I’ve written on the subject of incorrectly practiced religion and how what was simply a sum of great teachings by a Hebrew Rabbi who had learned great things from John the Baptist became a corporate form of religion which has bent the words of Jesus to their own purposes. What is truly evil? Doing something wrong for the right reason or doing something wrong to make yourself FEEL right and justify it as needed.
Here’s one for you to consider, semperfi:
“We believe in optimism rather than than pessimism, hope rather than despair, learning in the place of dogma, truth instead of ignorance, joy rather than guilt or sin, tolerance in the place of fear, love instead of hatred, compassion over selfishness, beauty instead of ugliness, and reason rather than blind faith or irrationality.”
Works for me….
precisely albus. if you actually read the words of the rabbi jesus you’ll find that he preached kindness and love and caring and the same of the creator. it was after the nicean creed that jesus became the one true son of god and a prophet. though some during his time would have seen his good message as prophetic and may have thought him to be a gift from the heavens i doubt that he was THE son of god. However, he was, as we all are, A son of God, whomever that God may be. if people would simply be kind and believe in each other, than all else is quite moot.
Lol…way to not understand what the topic is actually about.
Hello All…..
I think it is BS that the hospital and News Paper won’t allow birth announcements of unwed mothers……..The news papers have been advocating free speech for to many years to count but yet they won’t allow the free speech of people just because they r not married………what gives them the right to judge that…….there are alot of couples out there that are married in Gods eyes but the jack*sses at the hospital and news paper won’t accept that………they should all look to a higher authority and shut their mouths cause all that is coming out of them is a load of s***……….a baby is a wonderful gift from God and marital status doesn’t change that………they should accept it and give the mother and father the praise they deserve………..
These “birth announcements” which are done in the newspaper are done entirely free of charge. While I don’t personally agree with the policy (I’ve let my manager know I think it’s archaic,) I am willing to also admit that since this is free space in the newspaper it is their discretion to publish what they want. I am certain that any new mother or friend/family member is free to take out ad space in the paper to announce the birth of their new baby.
If the issue involved a decline to publish a paid announcement I would fight that to the blood. However, I refuse to get hot headed over a free announcement of “Baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. John Smith at Langlade Hospital.” If the issue really brings you to vulgarity, maybe try actually doing something about it. Call the hospital and ask to speak with someone in Administration. Then call the newspaper and do the same.
As I have said previously, we submit the birth information to both the Antigo Daily Journal and the Antigo Area Shoppers Guide. The Shoppers Guide publishes the birth information we send them which includes unwed mothers. The Journal chooses to filter the information we submit.
Thank you.
Kudos to the Shoppers Guide!
Why should unwed couples have to pay to announce the birth of their baby and married couples get it announced for free…..talk about discrimination……….
Did anyone notice the first baby of 2010 on the front page of the Jan. 13th Shoppers Guide? Unwed mother, hmmm…different baby awarded the honor from the Antigo Daily Journal again this year, born a day after the REAL baby because of married parents. What a shame…
Yes, I saw that Sherry! Not fair at all for that precious little one. A baby is ALWAYS a blessing and I agree, it’s just WRONG!
ADJ makes up its own rules for fact-checking, grammar, language style, plitical analysis, and journalistic practices. Why would you not expect them to make up their own rules on what is or is not a baby?