Mary Lou Broadbrooks recalls 40 years as PC Nurse

Most people, after 40-years on the job, start their retirement with a trip to a tropical island to sip fruity drinks out of coconut cups.

Mary Lou Broadbrooks took a different route. The long-time Phillips County Nurse retired from her post last December and instead of sunshine-filled destination, she opted for surgery.

"I had hand surgery," Broadbrooks said last Wednesday, "But I am going to Billings today to get the cast off and hopefully get the pin out."

Broadbrooks knew she needed the surgery – a procedure to fuse a knuckle joint and repair her right wrist – and knew she would be laid-up...