” said Toya, who is protective of her image.

“I work so hard to build such a positive brand and to just let people know who I am. I don’t want to mess that up,” she said. While she has been able to maintain a virtually spotless image through two reality shows, Toya said she can understand why other reality stars complain about what fans see of them on TV.

“With the producers it’s about making good TV and some of them don’t really care about your personal life, as long as it’s something interesting for the cameras and something they can take to the next level to make juicy, they’re going to do it,” she said.

Even though I think if Toya would had joined RHOAshe would had a better chance of maximizing her opportunities, I still respect and agree with her decision to not join the show. What is your verdict on it?

Merger aids Page County medical projects

Page Memorial Hospital (PMH) got a shot in the arm earlier this year when it merged with Winchester-based Valley Health. The alliance guarantees that the 51-year-old health organization in Luray will have the capital it needs to break ground on a new medical office building next spring and construct a new hospital by 2014.

“PMH has always done well, but we were at the point where we needed to address our brick-and-mortar facility,” says Travis Clark, the president of PMH. Clark says the projects will provide PMH with the capacity and equipment needed to handle an expanding population in Page County (estimated at 24,164 in 2008, up 4.3 percent from 2000).

The 14,000-square-foot, $3.5 million medical office facility is scheduled for completion by early 2011. It will house administrative offices and four to six doctors’ offices, including primary-care physicians and an ear, nose and throat specialist.

The medical building will be connected to the new hospital, which will grow from 58,000 square feet to about 70,000 square feet. The facility still will be a critical-access hospital with 25 in-patient beds, but it will be laid out to meet 