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Show Clinic funds Park City News Thursday, December 23, 1982 Page A9 County must play middle man Summit County and its Health Department are acting act-ing as reluctant middlemen this week to channel family planning funds from the State Department of Health to the Park City Community Clinic. 1 In early November, the County Commission authorized author-ized the clinic to seek a contract directly with the state. But that arrangement was scuttled last week, when an opinion from the state attorney general's office said the state by law could not contract with a private agency. Tuesday, Health Director Frank Singleton began negotiations nego-tiations on two agreements: (1) a contract to transfer the monies from the state to Summit County, and (2) the sub-contract to pass-through the money from the county health department to the clinic. "It's cumbersome as hell," said Singleton. "And I'm now held responsible for the clinic." On Wednesday, he met with clinic director Diana Maxell and Leon Van Wagoner, Wa-goner, state director of family planning. If the contracts are approved ap-proved by the county commission com-mission at their next Tuesday Tues-day meeting, the clinic would receive $23,000 over a Park City hosts 'Wednesday's Children' by David Hampshire If you watch Salt Lake City's Channel Two news, you're already familiar with the "Wednesday's Child" program which publicizes the case of a different local child each week who is looking look-ing for adoption. The program isn't unique to this area. It was introduced intro-duced in Denver and has been used successfully at station KOCO in Oklahoma City for the past ZV2 years. Jack Bowen will tell you. Bowen, the news anchor on KOCO, is in Park City this week with a group of nine potential "Wednesday's Children." And they seem to be having the time of their lives. Included in their week-long week-long agenda is a sleigh ride in Midway, ski lessons at the Park City Ski Area, a ride in a hot-air balloon, snowmobil-ing, snowmobil-ing, and a number of Christmas-related activities. But Bowen points out that the purpose of the trip is more than just to have a good time. "One of the things we try to do is create a family environment," he said. As Bowen explains it, many of the children have suffered abuse in previous family situations and are often less than anxious to go through it again. The week together, he says, will help to break down some of those barriers. This is the second year that KOCO has organized such a trip. Last year, a group went to Winter Park, Colorado. This year's group GIVE YOURSELF THE GIFT OF Great Garnish! THIS SEASON. CATERING IN-HOME CUISINE PRIVATE PARTIES MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT FLORAL and PLANT ARRANGEMENT BARTENDING 4 4? WELCOME and GIFT PACKS SHOPPING SERVICE Call on us to replenish your condominium with staples and specialty items before your arrival or during your stay in Park City. (rcat nrnisli! BOX 1328 PARK CITY, UTAH 84060 (801) 649-1387 period going to next June. Clinic Director Maxell said this is a drop from the $36,664 Park City would have received re-ceived from a direct federal grant. A decision this fall by the federal Department of Health and Human Service transferred control of family planning funds to the state government, which has distributed dis-tributed some of the funds to other family planning operations. opera-tions. (The Park City Clinic and another grantee, Planned Parenthood of Utah, have appealed the decision in the federal district court of Washington, D.C.) Meanwhile, the clinic has had no government funding since Nov. 3. "We've been supported just barely by donations and patient fees. I think we can pay the rent for January and personnel costs for the end of this month. But that's real iffy," Maxell said. According to state health spokesman Lee Shaw, a communications mix-up led to the aborted plan to give funds to the clinic. The state told commissioners they could (a) run the program themselves, (b) pass-through pass-through the money to the clinic, or (c) let the state run the clinic. The commissioners commis-sioners chose to pass through, said Shaw, but did not understand they needed from Oklahoma City includes in-cludes two of the children who participated in last year's trip, along with the families who have since adopted them, thanks to the "Wednesday's Child" program. pro-gram. The interaction of these children with their new families plays a vital part in helping convince some of the others to take another chance at family life, according ac-cording to social worker Elaine McGuire. "In something like this, they can at least start learning to trust," she said. For Jack Bowen and cameraman Chuck Richardson, Richard-son, the trip to Park City isn't exactly a vacation. A taped segment is being flown back to Oklahoma City each day to be shown on the nightly news, and a half -hour program is planned for Christmas Day. "I always take a week of vacation after one of these trips," Bowen smiled. The cost of the trip is being covered by the Wednesday's Child Foundation in Oklahoma Okla-homa City. However, Bowen said that substantial donations dona-tions have also come from Park City companies such as Pure Gold (which donated a pair of skis to each child), Jupiter Property Management Manage-ment and the Park City Ski Area. "The people here have been super cooperative," he said. "They have even come up with things we didn't ask for." The group is scheduled to return to Oklahoma Sunday. lo make a formal legal contract with the state to do this. This is dictated, he said, by "legislative-intent" language. lan-guage. Maxell said the chances for working out the contracts were good. (At this writing, Singleton could not be reached for comment on the most current negotiations.) It is likely, she said, the clinic will receive a $3,000 sum up front. Most of the time, however, money will be reimbursed after the fact on a per-patient-served basis. "The state is figuring I Meanwhile, we're sitting here without any money." Confirmed reservations Next Monday looks like the busy day. According to Debby Symonds, executive director of the Park City ChamberBureau, out-of-town visitors have made 5,406 confirmed reservations with Park City lodging firms (as of Wednesday morning ) . Here is a day-by-day breakdown of the lodging figures, as computed by the ChamberBureau. Day Sunday, Dec. 26 Monday, Dec. 27 Tuesday, Dec. 28 Wednesday, Dec. 29 Thursday, Dec. 30 Friday, Dec. 31 Saturday, Jan. 1 will see about 40 patients a month, at a cost of around $60 a patient," she said. If the state has leftover funds, it could liberalize those terms when it renegotiates the contract in March. For its part, the county wants one specific safeguard in any contract, according to County Clerk Reed Pace. The contract should make it clear that if the clinic runs short of funds, the county is not obligated to financially carry the facility. "The county says the state should take care of us," said Maxell. "The state says it's the county's responsibility. Reservations 4,656 5,406 4,926 4,664 4,818 4,842 4,068 Park Meadows Country Club memberships are now available. You and your family can enjoy the beautiful and challenging Jack Nicklaus Golf Course, combined with Racquet Club activities such as tennis, swimming, racquetball, exercise, and sauna. If you are among the first one hundred Park Meadows members, the following special prices apply. (Annual golf memberships allow unlimited play, that is, no greens fees.) Combined GolfTennis Family membership $980.00 annually. 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