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Show Page The Garfie d County Insider 3 OF 4 UTAH DRIVERS ADMIT USING CELL PHONES WHEN DRIVING OBITUARIES LaDean Gleave Panguitch, Utah Nearly three-fourths of all Utah adult drivers (74%) and LaDean Erwin half of high school students who drive (51%) admit they Gleave, 71, passed talk on a cell phone daily while behind the wheel. Oneaway May 19, quarter of Utah adult drivers and 53% of teens report they 2010 in Panguitch. text and drive daily, according to new data released by the He was born Sep- Utah Department of Health (UDOH). tember 12, 1938 "Many have speculated that a majority of drivers use in Salina, Utah to a cell phone while driving and now we have data to show Erwin Archie and just how serious the problem really is," said Kevin Condra, Arnesta Hatch UDOH Unintentional Injury Coordinator. "Talking or texGleave. He mar- ting on a cell phone while driving is extremely dangerous ried Anna Helen and can have life-long consequences." Frandsen August According to the Utah Highway Safety Office, in 2008, 8, 1960 in Antimocell phones were the leading cause of driver distraction, ny. She preceded resulting in 882 crashes where the driver was known to be him in death Januon a cell phone or texting. ary 5, 2007. Troy and Marielle Jordan of Draper know the heartbreak LaDean grew that happens when drivers text behind the wheel. Their up in Antimony and graduated from Piute High School in 18-year-old son Xander was killed in 2008 after he lost 1957. He enjoyed athletics especially track. After he marcontrol of his car in poor weather conditions. ried Helen he worked with his dad on the farm in Anti"My prayer is that we can eliminate the loss of life from mony. An outdoors man, he loved hunting and fishing. He walked a lot and loved to hike in Antimony the avoidable," said Troy Jordan "Teaching ourselves and our kids to eliminate cell Canyon. He was a hard worker, working for over 25 years phone usage while driving would help our world to be a at the Kaibab saw mill. He is survived by children: Teresa (Dan) Frandsen, Min- better place and keep our youth here as long as we can." Effective July 1, 2009, House Bill 290 prohibits all Utah ersville; Terry Gleave, Panguitch; grandchildren: Daniel, Kimberly, Jenifer; sisters: Lenna Rae (Linden) Romine drivers from text messaging while driving and provides harsh penalties for violating the law. However, UDOH and Lorna (Robert) Lay, both Circleville. Preceded in death by parents; wife; children: Daniel data show the law may not be working, as 26 percent of adult drivers admit to texting and driving, while only 23 LaDean and Rose Marie; brothers, Ramaun and Shane. Funeral services will be Saturday, May 22, 2010 at percent did before the law was passed. 11:00 a.m. in the Panguitch 2nd LDS Ward Chapel, 185 "People need to realize that this law applies to all drivers N 400 E. Friends may call at the ward chapel from 9:30 and not just teens. It's illegal for anyone to text and drive in to 10:30 a.m. Burial will be at 1:00 p.m. in the Antimony Utah," said Representative Stephen Clark, chief sponsor of Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Rich- HB 290. "It's going to take a strong investment in educafield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.magle- tion about the dangers of this practice and the stiff penalties that are tied to crashes caused by texting while driving bymortuary.com The family would like to thank the doctors and nurses to get people to finally just hang up and drive." at Garfield Memorial for their concern and loving care of Dad. r 5 8 4 8 4 5 5 7 Josie — Chamberlain 911 Call May Bankrupt Mom 1 3 2 together with their children Isabella Grace and Aspen Rose request the pleasure of your company at their wedding reception This Saturday, the twenty-ninth of May 2010 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm in the afternoon at Jamie & Monica Veater Home @ 272 East 300 North Panguitch, Ut. EVERYONE invited. since 1994, we have been serving Wayne a Garfield Counties. We have over 20 years of graphic design experience, and our print pricing is the lowest in the state. We would love the opportunity to serve your busines. Give us a call at 435-87G-2821 - Garfield County Insider THE ELDERLAW FORUM — Professor Michael Myers Adult children love their aging parents. Accordingly, they are inclined to call 911 when confronting what may 7 8 _1 be—or may not be—a "real" medical emergency. 2 7 3 Before dialing 911, however, the caller may wish to hesitate; may wish to reflect upon the legitimate need for 8 9 1 medical intervention, and, importantly, but briefly, per9 4 6 8 form a cost-benefit analysis. A 911 call can bankrupt mom. It can expose her to health-compromising radiation and 6 SL Z89£ Q b I, ZCLS T 968 drugs. It can expose her to a hospital debt-collection inAnswers for this week 98 I 6£1, L ZS dustry that absorbs 40 to 70 cents on each dollar extracted Z98£6S4L T SL1, 19Z8£6 from "patients-turned-debtors." IC61, L8S 9 Z .411111111( ■ 1 CIS 91, 6Z8L "I was in that hospital for five hours," said the caller, J Z I 1£6S 9 a 61-year-old woman who clerks in a rural convenience 869 S Z L fl I, £ store. "And it turned out I didn't need to go there in the first place. Now they are billing me for $10,400, which is more than I will ever be able to pay off. It is just awful." She also has been billed $1,900 by a physician who was on call during her 5 a.m. episode. The Red Canyon Visitor Center on the Powell Ranger She is uninsured. As a private pay patient she was District of the Dixie National Forest is now open for the charged the hospital and physician retail "sticker" prices. season. The visitor center is open all week long from 9 a.m Her boss—as part-owner of the convenience store—is a to 6 p.m. member of a health plan. He is insured. Had he under"The Red Canyon Visitor Center is a must see on the Di- gone an identical encounter with the same hospital his inxie. I encourage every visitor to make a stop and see what surance plan would have paid the hospital $6,240, rather great information and resources the center offers," said than $10,400, a 40 percent discount euphemistically called Maria T. Garcia, Acting Dixie National Forest Supervisor. an "adjustment." Hospitals and insurance carriers conThe visitor center features a bookstore and a gift shop tend that such deep discounted "adjustments" are volume along with interpretive displays highlighting the natural re- justified. They are not. sources of the area. The center also provides an extensive Volume-based discounts reside in capital markets where trip planning area that features some of the best hiking, there is choice, competition, selection and exchanges bebiking, horse, and ATV trails in the area. The "Alcove" tween informed sellers and buyers. U.S. healthcare masgallery area inside the visitor center will continue this sea- querades as free-market capitalism, decrying the "socialson to highlight the work of local area artists and crafters. ized medicine" of European nations. But care in Belgium, "This year we look forward to continuing our interpre- Sweden, Germany or The Netherlands would not bankrupt tive programs at the Red Canyon Visitor Center and Red our 61-year-old retail clerk. It would not cost her twice as Canyon Campground. The Red Canyon Visitor Center much as it would cost her boss. It would not expose her to is one of the many 'jewels' along the Scenic Byway 12 CT scans, MRIs and other treatments built into U.S. hospiroute," said Lori Wood, Powell District Ranger. tal protocols to maximize profit. The center is again partnering with Bryce Canyon Na"I didn't want nor did I need those tests," insisted the tional Park to provide solar scoping and night sky pro- caller. 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