County public health officer plans long distance service from California

The county’s public health officer, Dr. Tim Moody, is taking a full-time health services job in California while still maintaining his position with the county.

Dr. Moody told the Gazette he’ll be working long-distance advising the county on public health issues from his new job in Claremont, Calif.

All of the advisory work he’ll be doing can be accomplished via electronic communication, he said.

“I’ve handled outbreaks of measles when I was in Milwaukee, Wis. I’ve handled pertussis while looking at Mt. Rushmore,” he said.

The doctor will be leaving his position as medical director at the Teko...