BUSINESS
Wallowa County Chieftain
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Olive Branch Pharmacy remains independent
BIZZ
BUZZ
By Bill Bradshaw
E
NTERPRISE
—
While the Olive
Branch Family Health
Clinic has been taken over by
the Wallowa County Health
Care District, the adjoining
Olive Branch Pharmacy con-
tinues with business as usual,
the pharmacy manager said.
“Nothing has changed on
the pharmacy side,” Manager
Sarah Blackwood said.
“We’ve had quite a few
questions and concerns about
if we are closing and our hours
of operation,” said Misty
Golden, one of the managers
at the Red Cross Drug Store
in La Grande, a sister phar-
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
Tracy Hamilton, a pharmacy technician at Olive Branch Pharmacy in Enterprise, counts out
pills for a customer Friday, April 16, 2021. While the adjacent clinic has been taken over by the
Wallowa County Health Care District, no change is happening at the pharmacy.
macy to Olive Branch.
The 10-year-old pharmacy
is owned by Bob and Sue
Coulter, of Cove.
In January, the health care
district announced it would be
taking over the clinic eff ective
this month. But the pharmacy
remains a separately-owned
business divided from the
clinic by just a doorway.
Wallowa Memorial Hospi-
tal “now owns the clinic part,”
Blackwood said.
“We wanted to get the
word out because the phar-
macy owners and staff are
continuing to provide the
same compassionate care so
that all of our patients can live
a healthier life,” Blackwood
said.
She said the pharmacy
does its utmost for patients.
“We go out of our way to
help patients,” she said. “If
there’s something we don’t
& Skylight
Gallery
have, we can certainly order
it.”
Blackwood said that she
and the other two staff mem-
bers at the pharmacy enjoy
working for the Coulters,
who come to Enterprise on
occasion.
“They provide such a fam-
ily atmosphere,” she said.
“They are all about fam-
ily. They care about their
co-workers. They care about
their patients. You just don’t
get that so much with the cor-
porate pharmacies.”
In order to make sure they
are aware of what their cus-
tomers want, Olive Branch
regularly polls them. Black-
wood shared some of the
responses.
One said she comes to
Olive Branch, “because of the
friendly staff and the atmo-
sphere that’s created due to
that, and the timely service
they provide.”
Another said she “loves
the drive-thru window and
the friendly staff . It makes
picking up prescriptions very
convenient and our friendly
staff .”
Yet another stated, “This
place is fabulous and accom-
modating and she loves com-
ing here because she doesn’t
have to wait in a line,” Black-
wood said.
The Olive Branch Phar-
macy, located at 306 W North
St., is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday through Friday. To
phone in a prescription or
for more information, call
541-426-7455.
———
Bill Bradshaw is a
reporter for the Wallowa
County Chieftain. Have a
business tip? Contact him
at 541-398-5503 or bbrad-
shaw@wallowa.com.
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