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Show Pago 2 Wednesday, December ?, 1977 ' How About It ? I ' -T" -rf a! I ll , ll riun II - - I I f y , . s V n ?i ij !l :l ll il jl Jl jl :l I I 5 Entered as second-class matter. May 25, 1977. at the post office in Park City, Utah 84060, under the Act of March 3, 1897. Published every Wednesday at Park City, I'tah. Second-class postage paid at Park City. Utah. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $6.00 a year in advance in State $10.00 a year outside Utah. f Publishers : Jan v.t. Wilking and Stephen K. Dering Editor. Steve Dering Business Manager. . , I.. Jan Wilking Office Manager. . . . . . . . . . Janet Gilchrist Graphics. Marianne Cone Holly Rom Typesetting. .. ..... . . Bobbye Hammond Tina Moench Contributing Photographers. ..... Nick Nass, Pat McDowell Craig Reece, Owen Roberts Pictures, news and advertising may be submitted prior to Wednesday publication at our ofiice, 419 Main Street, Park City. Utah 84060, by mail, Box 738, or by callirjg 649 9592. Publication material must be received by Monday afternoon for Wednesday publication. . k Letters to We Missed Santa Editor: I read in last weeks Newspaper and Park Record that the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce is planning a visit . from Santa on December 17. I'm sure The Record and The Newspaper will have ; representatives to take pic-i pic-i tures and write interesting j. stories about this evenJL ,,, ' v HowevMv,on November 1 25th, Santa: arrWed StflWl ; resort entrance and . was I sponsored by The Ski Con-I Con-I nection and Miners' Hospital; several hundred Park City children enjoyed J this early visit and received i candy canes (paid for by ; The Ski Connection). I Burglaries The following crimes have been reported to the park City Police Department: Crescent Ridge condominium con-dominium No. 127, belong to Henry Kaiser, was burglarized on November 30. Items reported missing were a pair of diamond earrings, a diamond ring, a diamond necklace, a turquoise necklace, a belt buckle, a hat, a tennis racquet and a pair of skis. Total value of the stolen articles was : placed at $1,310. S On December 4 burglars jj took two pairs of ski boots valued at $360 and possibly ; other ski clothing from No. 4 ! Hidden Splendor Court in g Thaynes Canyon, owned by jj Jay Williams and Rodger : Furness of Salt Lake City. The burglars apparently t were scared off by a cleaning lady at 5:40 p.m. , Stereo equipment which did not belong in the house was ? found outside and skis were Why not get "p the newo by mail? All you have to do to receive the news and happenings in the Park City and surrounding area, is to fill out the coupon below and mail it today... and while you're at it, why not send a Subscription to a friend. Please enclose proper payment and happy reading $6.00 per year Out of State - $10.00 per year Name. Address. City and State. Vmm Mm Pb Z Cadi earner 6499592 P.O. Box 738 - Park V mm mm mm 9 bnm mm 1 e Editor looked for pictures and stories of this event in both papers and failed to find any. The Ski Connection had paid ads in both papers for several weeks ahead so everyone should have been aware of this event and both newspapers should have been represented. Qouk),it be that . because there were so few visitors in " I town four Jocal; newspapers j ' don't feel the need to report on an event done especially for Park City children and sponsored only by The Ski Connection? Just Wondering. Liona Martinez discovered stacked in the front room. Miscellaneous groceries belonging to Don Thorsen were stolen from No. 159 Payday condominiums between bet-ween November 26 and December 4. The food was valued at $25. ' The Indian Arts Center at the Resort Center was burglarized between December 1 and 3. Three beaded belt buckles, a beaded bag, a wall hanging, a cowhorn, five beaded necklaces, a pair of beaded gauntlets, a beaded medicine . pouch and a beaded headband, with a total value of $793 were reported missing. A pair of skis valued at $300 was stolen from near the gondola line at approximately ap-proximately 1 p.m. on December 4 . The skis belonged to Judy Robinson of Murray, Utah. City, Utah mm m mmm mm mm'mm m Mi 84060 I 3 Sharon Auger Cliff Bergman I r Nan Chalat Many Unaware Of Mental Health Center ' t VEST?' The Timpanogos people are unaware The Timpanogos Community Com-munity Mental Health Center Cen-ter is the oldest mental health center in the state but many people are unaware of its existence. ' v In 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed a bill that he said outlined a "bold new approach" to mental health services. Now some 14 years later, apparently only about half of the people in Utah and surrounding counties are aware of what services are offered by this bill. President Kennedy also told Congress that when the objectives of this bill are carried out that the, "reliance "relian-ce on the cold mercy of custodial isolation will be supplanted by the open warmth of community concern con-cern and capability." Just what is this bold new approach? ap-proach? Before 1963 a government commission concluded, after a five year study, that there was a need for comprehensive comprehen-sive conVmunity mental health centers around the country. A revision in "the services offered by the established state hsopitals was also recommended. As a result of this study. President-Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963. Four years later the Timpanogos Tim-panogos community Mental Health Center was established in Provo. "The Timpanogos Center has the challenge of keeping the people of the community in their homes, on the job producing rather than taking them from their productive environment and putting , them in an inpatient facility," said Dr. Glen Brown, executive director of the center. Who do you think are the most influential influen-tial people in town? ; Sharon Auger Earnesto de la breadman, Farkey Needleman and the Jack Daniels rep. Tom Prosek The realtors! Cliff Bergman Mr. and Tim Snyder I would say Helen Marcellin for her money and Mark Snowbank for his snow. Nan Chalat The dog catcher! Actually the neat thing about Park City is that anyone who cares can still have an effect here. Brian Olson The president and the club members mem-bers of the AA club most definitely ! Mental Health Center offers a variety of of what is available. , "On the other hand, the state hospital has the challenge," he said, "of : taking severe cases out of their environment and treating them because with some people you need a controlled con-trolled environment." In a visibility study conducted con-ducted by the center, only 48.3 per cent of the people sampled in the surrounding counties were aware of the' center, while 87.8 per cent were aware of the Utah State Hospital. Counties served by the center include Utah, Summit, Wasatch and Juab. . "This has caused us some concern," said Ted Terry, coordinator of educational services for the center, "because the mental health center offers services that are different from the state hospital and we feel the 200,000 people in our" catchment catch-ment area should be aware of these services. The State Hospital's Role The Utah State Hospital's role is changing and it will continue to change. Currently, Curren-tly, the hospital provides services for criminally incompetent in-competent patients, children and youth, aged patients, services to the mentally ill who have neurological disabilities, and the exceptional excep-tional patient. They also provide general inpatient services to the residents of the state where no comprehensive com-prehensive mental health center eixsts in their community. com-munity. "Before 1967, the state hospital was the only mental health facility in the state. People from all over the state were committed to the center and at one time they had over 1,400 patients. Because there were no other Mrs. Megabucks! v. m ihiiiiiiii ! mi ill urn T' T "-aj'?-ia'';-' j inpatient or outpatient ser-; ser-; vices in the state, often i people were prematurely , committed," said Dr. Philip Washburn, clinical director ; of the center. "The premise used to be an individual was 'sent to Provo' never to return. This stigma was shared by the patient which was damaging," said Dr. Wash-- Wash-- burn. "The mental health centers were designed to do away with these premature committals and to treat f people in the community where they reside," he further fur-ther said. "The premature committal commit-tal of people to the state hospital provided much of the impetus . for the development of local community com-munity mental health services. ser-vices. Now the situation is such that only when the public mental health resources resour-ces in the community have been involved and found unable to serve the patient's needs should the individual be referred to the Utah State Hospital," said Dr. Washburn. Wash-burn. Role of the Community Mental Health Center The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 stated that by law a center was to have: 1) An inpatient facility; 2) Outpatient services; ser-vices; 3) A crisisemergency crisisemergen-cy 24-hour service; 4) Day carenight care services and facilities; and 5) Consultive services. The Timpanogos Community Mental Health Center has all these services and many more. Dr. Washburn said the majority of the people who visit the center are those under un-der stress. Usually a condition con-dition brought on by anxiousnes, tension, 1 Tom Prosek .4 Brian Olson Tim Snyder " - The Summit County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing December 13, 1977, at 8:00 p.m., in the lounge of the. Park West Condominiums Con-dominiums complex in Snyderville. The purpose of the hearing is to consider amendments to the County Master Plan. Such amendments include but are not limited to the addition of the following development projects: . l.Gorgbza ""MT""'n!3 2. Canvon Rim Ranches . services but many loneliness, discouragement, fear and depression. "There is a whole variety of forms of depression," said Dr. Washburn. "But the majority of the patients in the center's inpatient facility are suffering from a form of schizophrenia or substance abuse like alcohol and drugs," he said. "All of the patients at the Utah State Hospital are either civilly or criminally - committed, while very few of the patients served by the center are committted," said Dr. Washburn. At present the center treats anywhere from 1,200 to 1,500 people and the state hospital treats 300 to 325 patients. A psychiatric unit at the Utah Valley Hospital that provides 20 to 24 beds for patients will be available for use by the center when the new complex is finished. "The center has a staff of four psychiatrists, nine social workers and twelve psychologists. Some of these live in their respective communities and provide a "satellite" backup service to the main center in Provo," said Terry. "There is a real cooperative effort between the mental health center and the Utah State Hospital," said Terry. "When a person is released from the state hospital they are advised to stay in contact with the local mental health center in their community. They don't have to, of course, but the centers do try to follow up on each patient," he said. "Community mental health centers can be found all around the state now," continued Terry. "The only Continued On Page 5 COMMUNITY SCHOOL COUNCIL The Park City School Community Council will be meeting Wednesday, December 14th at 7:30 iti the library of the new high school. A presentation presen-tation will be given by Supt. Goodworth concerning concer-ning negotiations with South Summit on school district realignment. There will be a question and answer period following this presentation. KAC CHRISTMAS SHOP The Kimball Art Guild will host their Christmas Christ-mas Shop in the art center's foyer on Saturday, December 17th and Sunday, December 18th during the center's Christmas Open House. Anyone with handmade gift items or ornaments that they wish to sell in the shop may bring theni in on Thursday the 15th or Friday the 16th. For more information call the ART CENTER AT 649-8882. PARKING REGULATIONS ENFORCED The Park City Police Department will be enforcing en-forcing the no parking regulations on Main Street in order to facilitate snow removal. Cars parked on Main Street between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. will be towed away. Parking is prohibited on the east side of streets west of Main Street and parking regulations posted on Highway 224 (Park Avenue south to Heber Avenue) also will be enforced. In addition, cars are not permitted to remain parked on city streets for more than 72 hours at a time. PALEFIRE PARTY The Palefire Christmas party will be held Friday, December 16th at 6:00 in the Memorial Building. COUNTY PLANNING MEETING BOND ELECTION A bond election for the Summit County Courthouse Cour-thouse Annex will be held December 13. It is proposed that approximately. $1 million in bonds will be sold with the exact provisions of the bond issue to be set this week. NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that the Park City Fire Protection District will receive written bids to furnish all labor and materials for the construction construc-tion of an additional and remodel to an existing fire station at Park City, Utah. Copies of the plans and specifications may be obtained by 'licensed contractors, upon payment of a deposit of $50 to be refunded upon return of the plans and specifications in good condition within ten (10) days after bid opening. Plans may be obtained from the office of Alton Dean Jensen, Architect, 366 South 5th East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102. ; Bids shall be contained in a sealed envelope z marked Park City Fire Protection District. Bids must be received in the office of the owner located at the fire station, Park City, Utah, no later than 7:00 p.m., on the 12th day of Decern ber, 1977, for opening immediately thereafter. ; The Owner expressly reserves the right tj reject any and all bids, and to negotiate with the lowest responsible bidder for change' orders or modifications which may become known prior tq execution of the contract. y . : Legal 10 per cent minority requirement musj be adhered to. : Cancer Society Christmas Cards For the fourth year, the Utah. Division of the American Cancer Society is offering Christmas cards which feature a painting by Valoy Eaton, one of Utah's most respected artists. Gracing this year's card is an original oil painting called "Roadside Cotton-woods." Cotton-woods." The winter scene was painted in Scipio, Utah, and shows a quiet country lane flanked by cottonwoods, with scattered farmhouses in the background. Snow-covered Snow-covered mountains form the backdrop for the lovely rural scene. Cards are $6 per package of 25, with an extra fifty cents cen-ts for mailing. They may bp ordered by calling 322-043, or obtained from the Utah Division offices, 610 East South Temply. Volunteer leaders in each of the Society's forty county units also have a supply. i ' The message inside reads; "May your Holidays be blessed with Health and Happiness that continue throughout the coming year." A small notation indicates in-dicates the card represents a gift to the Cancer Society. |