Show w win for Gunnison GUNNISON Sanpete VALLEY EDITION VOL 83 MANTI UTAH NUMBER 38 SEPTEMBER WEDNESDAY 22 2004 Mayfield Estates begins lot sales Thursday - 6841 Mostly sunny Friday - 7543 Mostly sunny Saturday - 7745 Sunny and warmer By Staff writer MAY! IELD— After three years and hours of planning and negotiation with the town council developers need only complete one project before lots in Mayfield Estates will be ready to Last Week’s Weather Reported by Lee J Anderson Date Max 13 14 Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep 15 16 17 18 19 59 66 72 46 33 42 48 80 82 80 70 Prec Min 77 54 50 sell The town annexed the property north of Mayfield on SR 37 to developers who have been area residents of the area Bill K and The developers 14 tMl SEAN P Fall arrives On Monday Sept 20 records across temperature the northern part of Utah wete reset as the Wasatch Front experienced record low maximum temperatures Sanpete County was cold with a high of 58 degrees but it didn’t break the record of 54 degrees set in 1989 pia- nist to perform at Snow College EPHRAIM — jazz pianist Art will perform in the Lande By John Hales Staff writer STLRLING - After an alarmof tire Six Mile Canfiie prompted the US Forest yon Service to take suppressive action man and nature worked together over the weekend to nearly put out the tire which had been burning since July 27 After firefighters worked all ing day Saturday to subdue the blaze two cold fronts that moved into the aiea that night almost delivered the knot koul blow Thc resulting precipitation including snow above the 7 level caused the lire to be “tremendously less active” said Brandon ioflman a zone fue management officer for the National Forest although the rain and snow did not extinguish the fire completely “We probably won’t see tlare but the big logs will continue to smolder until we get snowfall" he said Monday Until Satuiday SuixTc residents had only seen the smoke from the lire which had been allowed to burn under the Forest Set vice's lire use policy That mornmu however people in Staling and Manti saw flames for the fust time as the fire burned around Rattlesnake Peak from the eastern to the northern Manti City officials ordeied a test of the city’s emer- notification system gency Homeowners at the mouth ol the canyon feared they would have to 7 he Sanpete Messenger established a drop site having delinquent youth in and at ound the community During a “standing-rooonly” meeting in Mt Pleasant a couple of weeks ago Birch layed many of those fears and is in of The site located inside Messenger Gunnison Implement staff will assist people bringing in submissions to the paper Submissions may include: Items for the Sanpete SEAN HALES MESSENGER PHOTO attend contact may information and cost if applicable Calendar items are free (See “Drop” presented specific details about the school and its potential benefits for the area including the job opportunities it will provide to county residents Since then there have been a lot of positive responses he said last Wednesday “I’m impressed with the resumes that are coming in We’re " very excited Birch explained that the school will house up to 20 youth (meaning that they have not been on A2) (See “Pretty Shield” on A2) Home health agency scores high on quality measures By Kathy Lin Eggleston Staff writer family dog” GUNNISON— When Barbara Lund became a home health nurse in 1990 she knew she had found her professional niche — Barbara Lund director of Gunnison Hospital Home Health and Hospice “Home health is complete nursing” she says “You really get to know the patient and the family A home health nurse knows w here the silverware is kept and the name of the family dog You Iiecome a trusted fnend” In April 998 Lund became health director for Gunnison Val- A4 A5 A9 A12 A13 ley Hospital Since then she has developed Gunnison Valley Hospital Home Health and Hospice into a program that is receiving national accolades Recently a nation w Je magazine for home health professionals the Clinical Supervisor ALLRT BRUCE COPY early this year with a plan to build an alternative school nearSptmg but received opposition from residents concerned about Gunnison at 62 S Implement Mam Street serves as a spot where people can drop ofl items they wish to have printed in The Gunnison Implement employees Arleen Higgins and Jerold Hlgham are excited to help Gunnison Valley residents as a drop for Sanpete Messenger to Sanpete City Events calendar - Please clude all peitinent information such as date lime place who General Excellence winner 1999 - 2001 ‘2002 2003 more annually John Hales Gunnison for the convenience our Gunnison Valley readers “A John Hales County’s economy says Gordon Bnch director and chief operations officer ol Pietty Shield Foundation Bnch approached the county “Fire” onA2) Staff writer has on A2) Staff writer MANTI — A proposed school for troubled and youth could add $20 million or Alarmed By You Utah Press Association By slope (See “Estates” Pretty Shield could boost economy by $20 million ‘Drop site’ opens at Gunnison Implement said It! home health nurse knows where the silverware is kept and the name of the (Sec Fire quiescent after big flare up Eccles Center Jorgensen Concert Hall on Wednesday Sept 29 at 7:30 pm Sponsored by the Snow College Music Department Lande is widely known for his creative improvisations in live performance and multiple CDs In addition to the Wednesday concert Lande will discuss and demonstrate l techniques at the Snow Convocation on Thursday Sept 30 at 12:30 pm Opinions Lifestyle Sports School Classifieds MESSENGER PHOTO HALES as valley fills with smoke and ash before rainstorm on Canyon fire alarms Sanpete residents on Saturday Sunday damped It down again with a chill P Renowned Margaret Amy VAN DER RIET MESSENGER PHOTO Kay Jensen a nurse with Gunnison Home Health and Hospice takes Etlzabet Latimer’s blood pressure at her Ephraim residence e visit reported that the Gunnison operation had scored at the lop of the nation in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Sei vices (CMS) evaluations of quality of care mea- - sures issued in March 2004 The CMS Home I lealth Compare web site offers critical information based on the CMS guidelines and shows Gunnison Valley Hospital Home Health with some of the highest marks of all home health agencies Utah’s quality Ilcalthlnsight has improvement organization also complemented Gunnison Valley Hospital Home Health forhigh ratings in all areas of care “W'e came to this point through hard work and a real team effort” says Lund who gives much of the credit to her suff Home health agencies are asked to report on more than 100 quality measures at the start of a intervals patients care at and at discharge “We gather information about every tiling from how w ell the patient geLs around to manLund agement of medications” say s (See “Home health” on A 5) |