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Show Page Four - The Pyramid - August 2, 1995 GV hospital gets four new doctors at once Willmore shares Nay s office by Anita Lyons Hospital residency at McKay-De- e in Ogden. Since last August, an opportunity to teach people Willmore has worked in the one on one in the office how to Gunnison Hospital emergency better take care of themselves," room one weekend a month. says Dr. Keith Willmore, one of "Ive gotten to know the hospital four new Gunnison doctors. staff quite well," he said. Dr. Willmore s family pracWillmore already knows Dr. tice officially opened last week. Jan Christensen, who was his He will be sharing Dr. Nays family doctor while growing up. office until his office is ready. It "I guess he was the main recruitwill be in the part of Nays builder as far as getting me to Gunniing which used to house Home son," he said. Health and Physical Therapy. When asked if he was nervous Home Health is now located in working side by side with his the trailer next to Nays office. family physician, Willmore rehis wife sponded: "I guess it will take a The Willmores-Keitlittle while before I feel as comMichelle, and four children: Cami, Lindsey, Andrew and fortable as he does." Jacob-hav- e been planning a move Dr. Willmore enjoys the small to Gunnison for over a year. Gunnison hospital. In the large "Both of our families live in hospitals, like they portray in TV Ephraim," explained Michelle. shows, things are much less "Were thrilled to come back." personal, he explained, in fact, Keith and Michelle Although usually much less personal than went to high school together (he the TV portrays. was a senior and she was a freshLast December, while workman), they didnt begin dating until after his mission to Hong ing here in the emergency room, a girl was brought in who had Kong. They married while atbeen in a serious accident. She tending Snow College. It was on his mission that went in and out of consciousness, Willmore "found I enjoyed workand when she was conscious, she was "irritable and combative". ing with, helping and teaching The EMTs and hospital staff people." He decided he wanted a career where he would interact who knew her starting singing "I with people. "I also have a love am a child of God," and the girl of science," he said. Being a calmed down. "Using a method doctor gave him a chance to use like that would have never come to my mind elsewhere," comboth talents. He attended medical school at mented Dr. Willmore. "It was so the University of Utah. For the neat to see a community where " past three years he has worked in everybody knows each other. GUNNISO- N- "Medicine is h, Jackson duo does double duty by Anita Lyons GUNNISO- N- Dr. John and Dr. Christine Jackson have joined Dr. Stewart in his office as of Aug. 1. Husband and wife, the Jacksons have recently moved here from Peoria, IL, where they worked in residency. Dr. Stewart will continue to work one morning per week. The Jacksons are looking forward to working together in the office. "Well be able to rely on each other for some help," said John. "She has a certain way with patients that I really admire. I have no problem with her taking care of my patients. I hope the same would be true for her. " That is one of the reasons the Jacksons chose to come to Gunnison. "The doctors here work cohesively as a group," explained John. "Its important to me that we continue to work that way. " The Jacksons (Christine a former pizza business owner and John the former manager of a retail tire store) met while attending college at the University of Utah. Christine asked him to help her fix her car. They fell in love, married and decided to. go on to medical school together. They attended medical school in Juarez, Mexico. "We could go together," explained Christine. for medical The application school in the U.S. a long . drawn out process and there wa$vj a possibility that they would not be able to go to school together. Besides, they say, they wanted to experience another culture. She knew some Spanish from school and says John learns really fast. Also, medical Spanish is a lot like medical English. The family lived in El Paso, TX for four years and the couple drove across the river to school each day. a year after medical the Jacksons worked as physicians assistants at a federal prison in Wisconsin. The move helped them to get financially back on their feet. "Plus, I think John and I like to do unusual things," said Christine. As part of their prison training, the couple had to learn how to shoot and how to do self defense. "Not every mother can say she knows how to shoot an quipped Christine. Asked if shed seen the CUCF, Christine commented, "Its a nice prison as far as prisons go. " The family moved to Peoria to begin residency. "We didnt feel like both of us could do that at the same time," said John. He started first while Christine took a year off to have a baby. Christine spoke of how hard residency is. "Because Im a mother with five children, taking call 36 hours at the hospital was difficult. " A typical schedule was 120 hours a week. "It actually makes me sick to think about my first year of residency. It was that hard to do. While Christine was doing her last year of residency, John worked with a group of doctors in a family practice in Peoria. The Jacksons knew they wanted to return to the west eventually, and as part of their residency they had an opportunity to work for a month in rural medicine. Through Johns uncle, Bradley Johnson of Aurora, and his doctor (Stewart), John made the arrangements and spent one month of his residency in Gunnison in May 1994. Last October, Christine also spent a month here as part of her residency. "This seems to be pretty central as far as family is concerned," commented John. His parents live in Sacramento; hers For school hand-to-ha- M-16- nd ," in Idaho, and they both have brothers and sisters on the Wasatch front. The Jacksons are enjoying Gunnison. "We have a big yard and a little kitty, which are things we didnt have," said John. "We decided this would be a good place to raise the rest of our kids." The Jackson children left at home include Gonophore (16), Scott (10) and Bradley (5). Megan (20) is attending college in Sacramento, and Chris (18) stayed behind in Illinois working as a house painter. Johns two children from a previous marriage, Maria (16) and Stephen (15), live with their mother in Sandy. Johns original interest was in psychiatry, but during school he found it increasingly hard to choose just one field to specialize . Beck opens family practice by Anita Lyons GUNNISON Dr. Kim Beck will officially open her family practice at 67 East Center (the old hospital) on Aug. 1. It has been a long seven years for her and her husband, Jeff. While she attended medical school in West Virginia and worked as a resident physician in Colorado, Jeff worked the family farm back in Centerfield. Meanwhile, the couple got together when they could. "Sooner or later something has to give, but we kept it up because we knew there was an end," Kim commented. The family includes two children, Denton (age five) and Dante (age five months). Jeff and Kim met in Oklahoin. ma where they were both em"I couldnt really give up one ployed for Conoco, he as a minarea. I wanted to do everything," ing and a mechanical engineer he said. "I fell in love with mediand she as a cine during medical school. I neer. From geophysical engithere, they were want to make a difference in transferred to West Virginia, peoples lives." where Kim owned and ran a John chose to go into family surveying company . for two practice "for our family lifestyle and the opportunity to work years. Kim began to wonder about a together." For Christine the choice was different career "after getting shot at a couple of Himes by easy. "To me a real doctor is a locals." She had a friend family practitioner. I never did angry her to go into who encouraged I want to specialize. thought that d would get boring," she said. She medicine. She took a few classes and them. enjoyed wanted to be a doctor because Husband Jeff took an early she feels it couples interest and retirement, bought a bunch of compassion and finds it spiritualfarm equipment, and came back ly and mentally fulfilling. his to parents farm (Donald and The couple also have a long Beck) "I love it," said Beverly range goal of serving a health mission in South America. As Kim about farming. "Its a good wholesome lifestyle which is hard family practitioners they will be to find these days in large cities." more well rounded for die call. Dr. Beck chose to do her About being one of four new in Grand Junction, CO, residency doctors in Gunnison, John said, "There certainly ought to be a because "they specialize in rural choice now. They keep telling us family practice." She spent time that were not taking business working with doctors in rural from anybody and that were just areas, including three months in Gunnison. Hospital adminislightening the load. I guess well trator Mark Stoddard invited her see." to come back to Gunnison to practice. "Basically, your residency is inexpensive labor in trade for three years of learning the ropes," Beck explained. "When, you first get into it you have no idea. Your personality changes.' Youre stressed beyond your limits and you find new limits." ' Dr. Beck commended the board and staff at Gunnison hospital. - pre-me- Sometimes the small town boards and staffs will war with each other, but in Gunnison she observed them to be pretty much together and commended Stoddard for his efforts in keeping them going. "The family doctors here are really versatile and extremely competent," she said. Beck doesnt include surgeries as part of her family practice. "I think you can only be so good at so many things," she explained. During her residency, she had experience almost "equivalent to what an internist does in their residency." She expects that internal medicine will be a forte in her practice. She also expects to see lots of women. Beck says family practice is sort of a generalized area of medicine where a doctor knows a little about a lot of areas. She has plans to stay informed about the new advances in medicine. "An awful lot occurs on a yearly basis. Keeping up is a chore," she says. Through access to a CD Rom computer, she will subscribe to medical journals and if she needs the latest news about a certain problem, she can scan and instantly find it. Five months ago, when her son was bom, Beck saw medicine from the patients point of view. "Youre more nervous being a doctor because you know what could happen," she said. Dantes umbilical cord had a knot that kept tightening, and cutting off his oxygen. He was delivered in an emergency but a valve had closed in his heart. He had heart failure, "pulmonary hypertension". Then his bone marrow failed. "The perinatologist didnt give up and stayed with him all night, all day and all night," remembered Beck. There were two or three attending to him at all times. Dante has been off oxygen for three weeks now and is a normal baby. He just learned to crawl last week. "It wasnt just me spending long nights in the hospital. There were others who were willing to do the same thing' to try and get a good outcome. It renews your faith in life and resolves your strength to help them," she said. tBORTABLCSTORAGf CONTAINERS STOW-I- T MAY BEJHE'ANSWER'J Features Heavy Duty Steel Construction Convenient, Secure, Affordable Fast Delivery & Pick-u- p l Full Swing Doors f- driving you The Gunnison Babe Ruth Baseball Team took the state championship last week trouncing a Nevada team 13-a lucky number for the local 0, Gunnison boys win MESQUITE, NV Boys from Gunnison Valley became State Champions this past week at the Utah South State Tournament. The Babe Ruth Baseball Team competed against nine other teams made up of boys ages 14 and 15 living in the southern part of Utah as well as parts of northern Arizona and Nevada. The Gunnison team, sponsored by Applied Composite Technology of Fayette, qualified for the state tournament by winning at the district tournament held in Gunnison July and Juab Defeating Delta, (14-4- ) allowed Gunnison to go to the state finals. Temperatures in excess of 100 degrees did not stop the tournament. Gunnison beat Richfield on Monday with a 12-- 2 score. Wednesdays match against Delta proved to be challenging with Gunnison winning narrowly 2. 11-- 6) 3-- 2. 13-- 0 Shaun Benjamin Anderson, son of Corey and Lois Anderson, Fairview, has been called to serve a San Juan, Puerto Rico LDS Mission. He will speak Aug. 6, in the Fairview First LDS Ward at 2:50 p.m. He will enter the MTC, Aug. 9. He is the grandson of Hazel Anderson, Fairview and the late Sherrill Anderson. boys, during the championship match. The team also defeated Richfield (12-1- ); Delta (3-and Minersville (20-4- ). 2) at state They won big over Minersville with a 20-- 4 score. In the Championship game on Saturday, July 22 against Virgin Valley, NV, Gunnison jumped out early with a 13-- 0 victory winning the tournament. Parents of all twelve boys made the long journey to support their team during the championship game. Team members are Blair Anderson, Jacob King, Shawn Kay Christiansen, Shane Sorenson, Joe Bogh, Gary Andersen, Mike Madsen, Brian Dailey, Rory Hansen, James Childs, Mike Blackham, Ashley Edwards and Danny Jorgenson. Team Coaches are Alan King, Viril Blackham and Johnny Anderson. dub, come race a tub or bed at the Horseshoe Mountajn Festival Bathtub and Bed Races! Tubs and beds provided, Rub-a-du- team costume$. ant, August 5th! -- (801 ) W I U VVIITI 462-218- 9, Eai I 977-888- 5 8'x8x20' - 1995 W. Indiana Avenue (800) 370-0- 1 1 1 Salt Lake City, UT 64104 Are people always mistaking you for someone famous? The Horseshoe Mountain Festival could make you a star for a few minutes at our Celebrity Look-a-lik- e Contest! Enter August 5 th Mt. Pleas- Bake Sale donations of homemade goodies are needed for the Mt. Pleasant Senior Citizens Bake Sale ori Aug. 5. If you can help, please contact LaRue or bring Donaldson at your goodies to the Senior Citizens Building on Main Street at 9 a.m. on Aug. 5. The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of t he things we know best. Paul Valery For Sale or Rent.... b prizes awarded for best lirt?' iHd ATTENTION! PEOPLE WITH DIABETES! Sanpete Valley Hospital through its Comprehensive Diabetic Treatment Program will be conducting its quarterly diabetic class called Healthy Living with Diabetes: A Comprehensive Approach. Classes start Tuesday August 8th at 6:00 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. in the hospital cafeteria. These classes will continue every Tuesday until September 5th when the class ends. The class covers: What is Diabetes? Foot Care Medication dosages Eye Care Diet planning and management Insulin Testing your glucose Healthy exercises (even from a chair) And much, much more! To register for the class, or for more information about the program please call Shirlene Newmeyer, R.N., Diabetic Educator at J |
