37 years and counting

While many things have changed at the Hi-Line Retirement Center over the years it has sat next to the Phillips County Hospital, including the center’s name, one thing has remained constant; Darl Crowder.

“November 12, 1979, that’s the day I started working at what was then the Good Samaritan,” Crowder told the PCN last week. “I worked from 11 o’clock at night to 7 in the morning, but I only did two shifts a week because we had our own business.”

The “we” Crowder alludes to is her husband of 56 years, William, as the couple ran Bill's Refrigeration and Air Conditioning wh...