SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY MARCH 31. 1999 News 20 Board applauds Hospital Auxiliary KCH support from the board for a Kane County Hospital iKCII) mini health fair at the upcoming Boaid Chairman Ted Atherley Kanab 10K. The board gave expreSL d his grat it tide Wednes- their support and thanked the day, March 24 for the KCH Aux- nursing staff for putting forth iliary. KCH board members and the effort. RN Rebecca Springer administration attended the will be heading up the project Auxiliary' meetingand presented and said the fair will bring about them with a list of the needed a minimal expense to the facilequipment for 1999. Auxiliary ity. KCH Home Health had a visit President Emma Norton and other representatives checked from the Utah State Medicare their budget and offered to pay Board. The State auditors refor the first $48,000, as soon as view files, accompany a medical invoices were handed in. They professional on a home visit and also felt that they would be able virtually do an overall check of to fulfill the rest of the equip- the department. KCH Home ment list by the end of the year, Health was found to have no deficiencies at the end of the for a total of $108,000. Chairman Atherley quoted three day review. Chairman Atherley stated, from his agenda, Since 1992 the Auxiliary has donated ap(the Board) have three priWith mary responsibilities - 1) Take proximately $389,000. obvious admiration for the orga- care of our customers; 2) Take nization he further stated, I just care of the employees; and 3) dont know how we could man- Meet our tax obligation bonds. age without the Auxiliary vol- He commended the compliance unteers and all of the people committee for continuing their that support them. Board mem- efforts for quality control. It is ber Betty Sorensen added, I am an excellent tool which helps truly amazed at what the Auxil-lar- y monitor each department, increase revenue and locate any does tor us. Administrator Mike Sinclair short comings within the sysread the nurses report in the tem. Chairman Atherley further absence of the Director of Nursing, Rosalie Esplin. KCH has went on to set the 1999 wage procured two nurses that will status at 3 increase to each fulfill the needs of the staff cur- employee on the anniversary of rently. One is slated to begin their hire date. The board also the first of April, with another awarded an additional 1 to several positions found to be joining the staff in July. below the state recommenda The nursing staff requested B) Luurali Noteman BLM tions; Human Resources. Medi- cal Records Coder, CookT Helper, Food Service Worker, Cook, Medical Transcriptionist, Housekeeper, Registered Nurse and Physicians. KCH will also continue to contribute 37c of gross into the 40 IK plan for participating employees. 401Kisa voluntary program offered to each employee. Several employees were on hand to participate in the discussion on employee health insurance. The board voted to accept the recommendations made by the department heads which are as follows; a deductible of $250 per person and $500 per family within the preferred network, increasing the office copay to $15, increasing the preto $10$ 17 scription card to $30, changing 8020 within the network of pre- - Knape retires after 24 years Wayne Knape (c) is congratulated by Commissioner Norm Carroll (I) on his retirement. Knape worked 24 years for the Kane County Road Department. He looks forward to spending time with his wife Evelyn (r), his two children and five grandchildren. He also will have time to fish and stay at his cabin. Photo by Carol Sullivan. co-pa- y plan is to put them east of Coyote Canyon. The Department of Wildlife Resources will bring a team in as a resource for assis-Thetance ifthe county informs them of any needs. County Attorney Colin WinChester discussed the terms of the BLM lease of the clinic They have requested a 5 monthly rent deduction until the repairs the county agreed to are pleted. The county will com-10- 0 plete the repairs according to what was agreed. y Mike Sinclair closed the meeting by announcing the procurement of two new physicians. Dr. Kerty A. Blackham will be joining the staff on June 15. Dr. Blackham is a family practitioner and Board Certified for Obstetrics and Cesarian Sections. Dr. Amit Arora will be coming on staff May 1, and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. Both will be a welcome addition to the staff. . will request predator con- - the herd can get started. Guyman said that an- telope are not competitive with livestock and that people like to troi so see them. Guyman reported that the Big Horn Sheep in the Monu- - ment have done well and his plans to move about more into the Monument over the next several years. The corn-departme- nt seeks comment on proposed at upcoming hearings mining rule It Department Interiors tor that, The of of Land Management (BLM) will hold tow public hear- ings on April 7, 1999 at the De- partment of Natural Resources, 1594 WestNorthTemple, Rooms 104050 at 1 and 6 p.m. on a proposed rule that would revise the agencys 3809 surface min- ing regulations. The proposed old rule would update ensurwhile mining regulations ing better protection ofthe pub- lie lands. The BLM is also seek- ing comments on the accompa- - Bill Lamb said. To do we need everyone who has an interest in this proposed regula- tion to comment. We will stay at the hearings until everyone who wishes to speak has done so. The proposed rule is intended to prevent unnecessary or un- due degradation of public land resources by mining operations, The proposal would also improve the clarity and organization of the BLMs existing3809 surface mining regulations, found in subpart 3809 of the BLMs min- nying Environmental Impact eral rules, which govern the ex- Statement. ploration and development of to is Our goal develop the haddock minerals considered best possible rule, State Direc- - loadable such as gold, silver, 18-ye- ar u and copper. would also porate policies that the BLM has developed since 1981, the last time the Bureau issued surface mining regulations. All comments gathered at the hearing will be transcribed by a court reporter and included as incor-Burea- part of the administrative record. Please notify Glenn Foreman two weeks in at (801) Smith Serves 25 years advance of the hearings of any ThayneSmithwaspresentedaplaquethankinghimforhisPSyearsofservice specialneedsyoumayhave.such on the Kane County Planning Commission. Photo by Carol Sullivan. as an interpreter for the hear- and BLM will try than May 10, 1999. Send com- - Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520- to accommodate the request. ments to the Bureau of Land OOOS. Comments may also be sent Written comments should be Management, Administrative electronically via the Internet received by the BLM no later Record, Nevada State Office, P.O. (WOCommentwo.blm.gov). 539-402- ing-impaire- 3, d, April 2 to April I O Canyon Book h Supply 30 North Main Kanab Some items 30-4- 0 off Those submitting comments electronically should include attn: AD-2- 2 in their message, with the senders name along and address. 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