McKinney Mayor Pro Tem Bill Cox, center, presented the nurses at Medical Center of McKinney with a proclamation declaring May 4-8, 2009 as Nurses Appreciation Week in McKinney, Texas.

Accepting the proclamation are, from left to right, Dave Owen, RN; Kristine Waldron, RN; Leigh Gokey, RN; Gay Ranallo, RN; Uyvonnie Ford, RN; Kelly White, RN; Jean Biros, RN; and Dorothy Sanchez, RN.

Photographed at the proclamation are, from left to right, Kristine Waldron, RN; Ernest Lynch, Medical Center of McKinney President & CEO; Bill Cox, McKinney Mayor Pro Tem; Uyvonnie Ford, RN; Jean Biros, RN; and Dave Owen, RN.