Fremont County Nurse Clarice Little will leave her post at the end of May after leading the Fremont County Nursing Service for the past seventeen years. Little has decided to retire from her work in public health where she has worked for twenty-seven years. Little began with the Fremont County Nursing Service in September, 1981, performing home health service, operating immunization clinics, and a multitude of other duties.
She became deputy director of the nursing service in 1985. After completing her Master's Degree in Administration she became the acting administrator in January, 1991, while the administrator was called to active duty with Desert Storm in Iraq. Little took over permanent duties as administrator ten months later.
The Fremont County Commissioners have announced that Becki Vettese is being promoted from her current post with the nursing office to become the new administrator. Vettese is a registered nurse who has worked with the Fremont County Nursing Service since 2001 working primarily in home health, immunizations, well child programs, and emergency preparedness. Vettese previously worked with St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City as the Director of Obstetrics for one year and as nursing supervisor for two years.
Prior to moving to Canon City in 1998 Vettese also worked in obstetrics and pediatrics in Alaska, New Mexico, and Nevada with the Indian Health Service. Her husband, Dennis Vettese, is a pharmacist at St. Thomas More Hospital. They have three children (ages 28, 22, and 18) and two grandchildren.
County Commission Chairman Larry Lasha said Fremont County is fortunate to have someone of Vettese's caliber and experience to carry on the tradition of public health services in Fremont County.
He said the Board of Commissioners appreciates the dedication that Clarice Little exhibited in her work to the county nursing service over those 27 years and noted that Little can be pleased she leaves behind a well trained staff of professionals.
She became deputy director of the nursing service in 1985. After completing her Master's Degree in Administration she became the acting administrator in January, 1991, while the administrator was called to active duty with Desert Storm in Iraq. Little took over permanent duties as administrator ten months later.
The Fremont County Commissioners have announced that Becki Vettese is being promoted from her current post with the nursing office to become the new administrator. Vettese is a registered nurse who has worked with the Fremont County Nursing Service since 2001 working primarily in home health, immunizations, well child programs, and emergency preparedness. Vettese previously worked with St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City as the Director of Obstetrics for one year and as nursing supervisor for two years.
Prior to moving to Canon City in 1998 Vettese also worked in obstetrics and pediatrics in Alaska, New Mexico, and Nevada with the Indian Health Service. Her husband, Dennis Vettese, is a pharmacist at St. Thomas More Hospital. They have three children (ages 28, 22, and 18) and two grandchildren.
County Commission Chairman Larry Lasha said Fremont County is fortunate to have someone of Vettese's caliber and experience to carry on the tradition of public health services in Fremont County.
He said the Board of Commissioners appreciates the dedication that Clarice Little exhibited in her work to the county nursing service over those 27 years and noted that Little can be pleased she leaves behind a well trained staff of professionals.