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Show see UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. April 10. 2001- - Pace 19 .. Afterthe Vernkl peat oflTcr win i New Status Could Save Lives Down to the Deadline Licence changeal!ows rural, parampdi cs to provide additional level If service ll!;. Post offices accomodate last minute tax filers iM. :i :i b; tries to ' By Therena Morrill, :u: Uidtah Basin Wildern ... , RdsCne ' and ' .who are .part of the Uintah Wilderness Rescue and MedualJto- sponae Team whpe there are ofaly hi Medical Response Team has been profeenalz Whenvery high levSlpf diapatchedon licensed as a Paramedic Rescue afjd II PthhhmIh! Transport rnry Thi ' Matabularic8run,theyworkhandm i bawd, the paramedic directing the means that there have been paramedic avail jbsiene and the EMTs performing within thsir realm of training to sta able fur Minlmlmn, rum that have bilize knd assist the patient while in been dispatched as parainedic runs. transport to the hospital. Prior to ths change In licensing; any There are four ambulance service paramedics working for the service areas, or. asspciationa, within could only perform duties that were in the rekliq of intermediate level Duchwni County .They are; the Roosevelt,. Tsbiona, Duchesne,1 and emergency medical technician's duAltamont Associations. Each of thead ties has three EMTson call 24 hoursaday, This new licensing status has not seven days a week. Every EMT car- -' made a mqjor impact on average ries with them theirown jump 1 ambulance rani. For the most part, which contain the equipment that the typical Duchesne County resident who has utilised ambulance Jhey might need if dispatched to a caUTThey are willing to (hop whatservice in the past two years wouldnt ever theyarv doing and respond when have even noticed the difference. s call for assistance cornea in. However, in those rare cases when a The peiunmriics are also on the patient is in need of an additional basic call schedule! However, if an level ofcare than the EMT's are able ambulance call is dispatched as a to provide while en route to the hoslevel call, baaed on what, paramadie in. can the paramedics pital, step the patient is having at symptoms administer to a the Having ability the time ofthe call, thena paramedic paramedic level of care could have a mqjor affect on the outcome of emer- calls for those patients who t benefit from the early administration of drugs such as atropine low-co- st (for some heart attacks), Demerol (a pain killer), and Pitocin (used to stop Officials from the Utah Housing hemorrhaging). Finance Agency (UHFA) today anI feel that it is remarkable that nounced the release ofapproximately we have a paramedic aervice in aucE $80 million in housing a rural area aa Duchesne County, tax credits and bon da for commented Dr. Hal Mitchell. I have the purpose ofbuildingarid rehabiliexperience working in other rural tating affordable rental housing. areas and this really is unique. "These fends are granted to develRandy Bertola, Emergency and builders who are commitopers cal Sendees coordinator for Uin1 ted to providing quality, affordable Basin Regional Medical residents in housing for Center, and a pranwrifc himlf, their communities, explained Willagrees. However, the EMTs are the iam H. Erickson, Executive Director backbone of this ambulance service. ofUHFA. Our goalie to increase the Wecouldnot operate without them. availability of quality housing for Bertola emphasised, " We are all who are elderly, disabled, professionals and we operate as a or earn very low incomes." cohesive unit A total of 1551 units will be Bertola bases his comments on the fact that there are 73 intermediate and basic level EMT paid volunteers ! 1 bvj respond even if he is not on : . y Katie Etanseh . , . : 1 J sure-all-ma- they can keej as many df their '( l down open os possible. 1 With taxi The Vernal Post Office will have comingtoanend, call at that particular time. windows available, if there is in Vernal Roosevelt five and postmasters While there ire no statistics availstaff on hand to operate them. accommodate are to enough making plans able to show whether or not he vige, , must last minute be tax filers. Taxes McCarty poted that a lot of people iparuhediq level of ambulance ser- , postmarked byApril 16, which leaves . like to certify their taxed so they can vice has Saved lives so far in Duchesne ( have a return receipt. He noted that County, there is no doubt tiiat thq,.' order in it would be easier and helpful to post and seven pare medics are ninedto,. While tax season is not the busiest office staff and patrons if those certithe when care providing paramedic season for post offices, postmasters fying their mail filled out the redispatcher deems it necessary. Of plan ihead to compensate exforms before they got to the fur im quired the 150 paramedic level ambulance tra crowd two window. days out of the year. runs in tire past twoyeara, the paraWe see a lot of people that last Ill addition to extra staffing Vermedics have responded to 14? ofthose . "commented Vernal Poet Masnal day, post office hours will be extended calls. an extra half hour this year. Last ter Dan McCarty, adding that there is WilUintahBasin Although.tba crowd the Saturday year we- cloeed at 5 p.m.," staled derneu Rescue andMdickl Response. usually atolarge tax the well. deadline as McCarty, this year the post office Team is now ftilly licensed as s pars-- previous will be open an extra half hour until stated that the Vernal Post medic service, their license must be" McCarty Office is planningforextrastaffingso 5:30.r renewed every year . Dr. Lynn Morrill, ; the Medical director or Duchesne County Emergency Medical Services, has the responsibility of insuringthat all EMTs and paramedics stay up to . date on their knowledge and skill j levels. Every ambulance is also inspected as part ofthe licensingproce-dur- e. These are all precautions that help Duchesne County maintain a highqualit tern. : - Utah Housing allocates $80 million S rentals to fund low-inco- tax-exem-pt low-inco- . constructed or rehabili tated as be TAX TIME!-BecauApril 15 falls on a Sunday this year, taxes must are offices the for post many 16. In day big preparation postmarked April not extend us hours, extending their hours. Roosevelt Post office will an for until mail off April 1 6 post mark. midnight however natrons can droo mffiffi&FinanceAgency se is a public, nonprofit agency that Offers multiple resources to develop and finance quality, affordable housing for low and moderate-incom- e people across the state. The Agency finance! km-cohome loans for thoufirst-tim- e sands of buyers through the sale of bonds. UHFA also utilizes state and federal income tax credits to finance the development and rehabilitation of affordable rental housing. Since it was founded by the Utah State Legislature in 1975, UHFA has provided fluids for more than 60,000 single and multi-famil- y units. until 12a.m. is correctly postmarked. There will (flso be scales and stamp vending machines available to after hour patrons. McCarty has visited ths Vernal Post Office around midnight to see just how many people really wail until the last minute to mail their taxes, There are a.few people that wait until late, he found, but most of the post offices business is before their windows close. Ropsevelt has a smaller post office ' i and will not be extending their hours, said Roosevelt Post Master Finn Stuart, However, all Roosevelt mail dropped off at the Roosevelt Post Office after hours, until midnight, will be postmarked April 16, giving patrons the opportunity to have their ! mail correctly postmarked. Mail can j either be dropped in the lobby of the Roosevelt Post Office, or out front, said Stuart. Tax filers need to be sure that they ' put the correct postage on their taxes. First-clas- s postage is 34 cents for the first ounce and 21 cents for each additional ounce. Moat taxes dont take more than two stamps, "stated Stuart. However, for large taxes it is important to make sure there is enough poetagB. The IRS will not take postage due mail. Any mail locking enough postage is considered postage due. In essence, without the proper amount of postage, poet mark or not, the IRS sends taxes back, making them late. Even though the tax deadline day ie very busy for poet office Btaff, it can still be rewarding. We are planning on a busy, but luipeflilly fiin day,' commented McCarty, explaining that the day will be fun because people are so relieved when their taxes are done. "You can just see some people '. takeabreath,commentedMcCarty. et e, tax-exem- Formal football uniforms were worn for the flrettjroe jn g game between TUfti and Harvard In 1675. 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