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Show Duchesne Clinic gets $9,000 check for capital improvements Duchesne City ollicials proudly announced the receipt of a check for (9,000 toward capital improvements for the Duchesne Valley Medical Clinic. The money came from .... i recently, $9,000 from a private foundation in Washington, D. G to pay for capital improvements to the building and grounds. The money will first be applied for landscaping and sprinklers and bricking the exterior of the building. Other improvements include possible increasing of the insulation in the attic and painting the interior. Chad peatross, Mayor, Max Forbush, City Administrator and Mike Floyd, Chairman of the Clinic Advisory Board are shown talking with Dan Bartholomew outside of the soon to be improved clinic building in Duchesne, Duchesne City has collected a total of $10,000 in donations, $1,000 from Harrison Western Cowper and, most SO MANY THINGS - the Public Welfare Foundation, Inc., a private foundation located in Washington, D. C. In exchange for the funds, city officials are required to provide the foundation with reports on operations of and improvements to the clinic, including financial statements. Only one other donation has been received for this purpose, a check for $1,000 from Harrison Western Cowper, the firm is currently under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation to build Stillwater Tunnel. These were the only positive replies coming from a letter campaign launched in August by the City Administrative Assistant, Doug Norman. During the campaign, letters were sent to 21 area businesses and 48 private foundations requesting donations for improvements to the clinic. The total amount of $10,000 collected will be used to make many structural and general improvements to the clinic facilities including general landscaping and sprinklers, bricking the building and possibly painting the interim. New thermo-pan- e windows and drapes have been added to the clinic this year with other funds. The Duchesne Valley Medical Clinic is one of such endeavors organized by Utah Valley Hospital in Provo under their Rural Health Program. Other similar facilities have been set up in Filmore, Castle Dale, Green River and Bullfrog. Castle Dale and Filmore have since become independent of the program, the goal of all the rural health clinics, and now employ their own doctors and staff. The Duchesne Clinic opened in January of 1976 and has made great strides in overcoming a nearly $2,000 operating deficit and is now maintaining I Ballard council considers cost of water lines Town Council at its meeting met with Telintha Rasmussen, registor for Ballard precinct, and went over the poll book to ascertain those individuals eligible to vote in the Municipal Election. Lymon Youngberg met with the council and outlined a proposed housing development in the town of Ballard. A discussion was held relative to the costs of putting longer water lines into the area. A delegation of individuals from South Ballard met with the Council and discussed taxation and valuation of property in Ballard. zoning administrator, , ,. Jess . .Miller, informed the council that the planning and zoning Board has accepted the plans for the Snow subdivision. The Revenue Sharing funds available to Ballard as an incorporated area were discussed. The Ballard regular monthly SERVING UTAH'S GROWING UINTAH BASIN 45 November 10, 1977 VOLUME 65 NUMBER THURSDAY, The figuratively and sometimes literally for many area residents. Whuemcfcft Altamonf Myton SASIN IfMnont Upnko Arcoda Mi lapomf Bolted Gutter Fi Ductevw Ouray Cut-your-o- wn 1.1 . v .V wjl , g . J . ' Jl Although the $10,000 received for capital improvements will do a great deal toward improving the front of the clinic building, the rear of the building is in worse shape than most people who come here, realize. Some of the odd jobs being discussed for this side of the facility are removal of a tree leaning on the roof, replacement of the rear door and possible improvement of the dirt alleyway behind the building which is used by the ambulance. NEEDS WORK r A consolidation of the ROOSEVELT STANDARD and UINTAH BASIN RECORD head school business CLINIC INTERIOR Examining rooms, emergency facilities, an office and room all open off this hallway inside the clinic building. Although most of the total of $10,000 collected will be used to fund much needed improvements for the exterior of the building and surrounding grounds, city officials are considering some painting and other ideas for the interior if funds allow. The city council will set priorities for any changes to be x-r- ay made. The Hobbit opens Friday night at DHS students 30 Duchesne high school will don costumes at the DHS Auditorium this weekend that would seem more appropriate for Halloween than for a high school play. The students will be portraying the dwarfs, trolls, gnomes and other larger monsters from the imagination of J. R. Tolkien who wrote the popular fantasy. The Hobbit" on which the play is based. In the story, the hero. Bilbo the Hobbit travels through a fantasy world of creatures in search of the Jlwarfs provided by Dan and Lois Bartholomew, Family Nurse Practitioners who operate the clinic. Doctor Dan" as he is known to many in and around Duchesne, speaks of the importance of personality, friendliness and trust as necessary elements to success in the medical field. The clinic offers services from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and features a Family Nurse Practitioner on duty each day. The services of three regular doctors are available 2 days per week including Dr. Hooker all day Monday and either Dr. Hooker, Dr. Mineer or Dr. Cranny who alternate each Thursday. Dr. Green, who operates a private practice in Heber City also visits the clinic Wed., afternoon to see his patients. Graduate LPN Marilyn Scott is on duty five days a week to assist the doctors and staff. City officials and clinic personnel agree that most rural areas would require a much greater population to attract the private . services of such a large staff on a full time basis. Other assets of the clinic include y facihies, a well equipped Emergency Room which has handled situations from delivering several babies to gunshot wounds and complete laboratory services available at the clinic or overnight through Utah Valley Hospital. When matters arise that cannot be handled by the Nurse Practitioner and if a doctor is not available referrals are made to Salt Lake City, Provo, Vernal, Roosevelt or wherever the patient prefers. In an area as far removed from dty facilities as Duchesne, the services of the clinic continue to be a lifesaver both Mew building projects About a solvent position financially. City officials attribute part of the success of the facility to the dedication and service Treasure, hidden on lamely Mountain, engaging in fierre battles and many adventures along the way. Bilbo, played by Chris Peatross encounters many strange creatures including Terry Ixwis as Gandolph the Wizard, Brent Gunderson as the Hend Dwarf and Margaret Colbert as the F.lvin Queen. The play will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, November 11 and 12 and admission will be $1.00 per child or student and $2.00 per adult. Assuming the solving of some heating problems, the Duchesne County School District will be ready to let bids next Spring on 4 new building projects. The projects planned include the new Neola Elementary School, as well as additions to Roosevelt Junior high school, Altamont and Duchesne high schools. Drawings by Architect W. Rowe Smith were reviewed by the School Board at their meeting on October 27, and may be finalized at a special meeting tonight Property has been secured from Gladys Odekirk to facilitate the addition planned for Duchesne high school. The oldest, two story part of the school, built in the 1930s will be raised as well as the old shop room to make room for parts of the proposed new facilities. When completed, the addition and modifications will provide space for a new Vocational Agriculture and Industrial Arts Shop, an Art Classroom, a large e room, two general classrooms and 6 future classrooms. The entire school building will then extend into the lot purchased from Mrs. Odekirk, possibly to the Farnsworth property line. Most of the new will be next to the construction auditorium. Proposed construction next year at Roosevelt Junior high school will modify existing classrooms at the northwest end of the building and expand the Home Economics facilities. New construction will add a large room with showers and dressing rooms, 3 large classrooms to be used for science, art and typing and business and 2 smaller classrooms. Both the RJIIS and Duchesne high additions will cost approxi- auditorium with stage and projection room. The auditorium plans feature a lowered lobby and ticket sales room with ramps leading up to the seating and stage areas. A scale model of the proposed new Neola Elementary School was shown to the board by Gerald Mitchell, principal of Roosevelt, Elementary and the future school in Neola. The model showed outside features of the school and inside layout. The planned facility will be similar in design to the Duchesne Elementary School and incorporates 30,000 square feet of space. The school is divided into 9 classrooms plus a special education room, library, testing room. e room and other conventional elementary school features. Architect Rowe Smith accompanied by engineers Roy H. Cowly and Raoul Evans met with the Board to go over Multi-purpos- schematics of the four projects and problems they had run into regarding the three additions. They informed the Board that the present heating system (boilers) are either currently or will by addiinadequate to heat the planned architect and tions. The engineers recommended that 2 new boilers with the ability to burn natural gas or coal be installed in each of the three schools. The Board established priorities for this possible expense as Roosevelt Jurnior high school first, Duchesne high school second and Altamont high school last, based on many factors including the current heating systems. All three existing boiler systems are approximahave tely 20 years old or more and some loads. handle to modified been present The group will present definite cost estimates and preliminary schematics at the next board meeting. Multi-purpos- Multi-purpos- e mately $45 to $50.00 per square foot. The Altamont high school addition, designed primarily to anex a new auditorium to the building, will run slightly higher in cost at about $50 to $60.00 per square foot. The project also includes an addition to the Home Economics room and possible remodeling l of the science room as well as 450-sea- Finally, new nurse for Duchesne County The western half of Duchesne will have the services of a full time Public Health Nurse as of December 12. Janean L. Mullin, a registered nurse currently living in Colorado presented her resume to the county commissioners last week and was hired to fill the position left vacant since August by Nona Swenson. Miss Mullin is the future wife of Steve in Reason, a geologist employed Duchesne by the Rurenu of Reclamation and living in the Government Commu nity. The future Mrs. Benson will assume her duties as Public Health Nurse in early December after a brief honeymoon. She will officially he hired effective December 5th at a salary of $860.00 per month to continue through 1978. In other business, the commissioners School Superintendent spoke with Thomas J. Ahplanalp about pressure he is receiving from groups throughout the county to open school facilities after hours for community recreation. Superiindicated that ntendent Abplanalp pressure is particularly strong in the eastern portion of the county to provide the facilities free of charge. He expressed his feeling that utilities, janitorial services, liability insurance and wages for a supervisor would have to be paid and that taxes would need to he increased to cover these rests if such a program was to be funded hy the school distrirt rather than paid hy the interested groups using the school Continued on Page 3a Christmas tree permits offered Many Utahns will again he able to rut pinun Christmas trees on public lands managed hy the Rurenu of Ijtnd Management. Arnrding to Paul I,. Howard. RI.M Utah state director, the Bureau has designated specific areas in the state where people may cut their own trees. Permits rest $1 per free and each family will he limited to one tree. Only pimm and juniper trees will he available from BI.M. In the Vernal resource area. Christmas tree culling will he allowed in the Grass vicinity in Taylor Flats-RyBrowns Park and in an area south of Massey Junction and Pine Springs in the Rookriiffs. Permits and maps of designated areas may he ohtained hy office at 91 West Main visiting the BT-Street in Vernal or writing to the office at P. O. Box F. Vernal. Utah 84078 after Nov. 20. their own e tree-ruttin- g Football benefit Saturday Duchesne and Altamont residents have the opportunity to watch past gridiron heros in a charitable contest this weekend. The event is the first annual Duchesne vs. Altamont Alumni and Resident football game. The game will be played on the Altamont football field this Saturday at 4 p.m. in full Longhorn and Eagle regalia, rented by the adults for the ocassion. Proceeds of the affair will be divided between the Duchesne and Altamont high school athletic programs. Admission for the game will be $1 JO per adult, $1.00 per high school student, $.50 per elementary school age and free for all childrenk 5 years old or younger. Highlighting the Duchesne offensive squad, will be Randy Tomaicko at quarterback, with Kent Brown and Steve Reeder as running backs. Coach (and guard) Ed Browning says the Duchesne squad will be really big," especially the tackles and guards. The Altamont team coached by jack Barton will feature Altamont high school assistant coach Kim Peterson and Don Rouge at quarterback. The team is stacked with running backs with Bob Marshall, Robert Meeks, Ken Miles, Bruce Thacker, Lloyd Barton and Gary Ijimb to mention some. According to Coach Barton, the senior Longhorns are parked with inexperience." size, speed and |