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Show £é WASATCH COUNTY COURIER Considers Medical School Idea OREM, Utah (AP) — Utah Valley State College is considering a partnership with a private company to build an mean, a choal of medicine? Then I did some checking into it.” Alan Rockwood, chairman of the osteopathic medical school on campus. Administrators say the plans are preliminary, but they have asked for a feasibility - study from. the Intermountain College of Osteopathic Medicine, the corporation that approached UVSC with the idea. “It was intriguing,’ said UVSC President Kerry D. Romesburg. ‘'I _ thought they were kidding at first. I corporation’s board, said the report is nearly complete. He said $10 million to — S15 million would be. needed to start the school, which the board hopes to open in 2003. No money has yet been raised, he said. _ ‘We want to. have an. institution that wouldn’ t. break. the. state’s. budget,”Z - Non-Gambling — Casino Headed oe ‘Saltair Resort | SALT LAKE CITY (AP). - A busi- D.O.s must pass national and state licensing examinations before prescribing medications and peone es Sure CE doped Doctors. of. aay. ee up 6 percent of the eat Ss physician pop- ulation... muscles and nerves. , Osteopathic . physicians bio -are trained to use ‘manipulative medi- Rockwood said. ‘The school would not operation, as cine,” similar to techniques used by chiropractors, to treat and diagnose _ patients. envi- sioned by Rockwood, would be funded by donations and tuition, which could Rockwood Club Pair-A-Dice opened but owner John Boender in April, : closed the fore a Dr. ‘Warren Petersen, a dermatologist at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, say there is a pressing need for primary- care physicians in Utah, Particular in be as much as $25,000 a semester ber student. Osteopathic aa have a years of undergraduate work and four more years of medical education. That is followed by a one-year internship in remote areas. 7 ‘Many of our ‘(ah edna are going to Iowa and California to get nessman plans to move a non-gambling casino to the Saltair Resort less © such areas as internal medicine, - than two months after opening the obstetrics-gynecology and surgery. business in Murray. ae mus- culoskeletal system, made up of bones, be subsidized by the state. It would be a self-sustaining part ofa state institution.” The school’s ge The philaconhe: ee. on their education,” Petersen Ps pnp UVSC said. ‘If they are trained here, they would be more prone to stay here.” Two to six years of residency training is required for specialized fields. business to prepare for the move to Jump Aboard Wasatch Front Shop Hop Saltair, which he said offers a better venue. It could open in six weeks. ‘I want this to be a place where parents can come with their kids,” Boender said, although customers must be at least 18. Because gambling is illegal in Utah, customers at the Murray club didn’t bet as they played blackjack, From enpiteille to Brigham City, Tooele to Heber City— plan to join in ing for you. Don’t forget to get in on on June 14, 15 and 16 for the First the drawings for a $75 gift basket full craps and other games. Annual of goodies at each stop. It was legal because customers paid $7 an hour to — sit at the tables. The casino will occupy about 6,000 square feet with 20 to 30 blackjack Wasatch Front Quilt - Each store will have surprises wait- Shop There are grand prize drawings for those that completely fill their passports. Some of them include a 2030 Tiptronic sewing machine, $25 gift Hop. : The Heber City stop will be Whimsy Cottage located on 350 S. Main. certificate to every store, baskets full tables, craps and other games. The It doesn’t matter where you start or hourly rate at the new resorti is going where you finish, but at your first stop of goodies and an anEey of fabric pat- up to $11 an hour. Boender plans to open an area with games and entertainment for children under 18. Saltair has been a successful venue you will be given a passport and map so that you can chart out your stops. Have your passport stamped before terns. block pattern that can be put together — for rock concerts in recent years, and in a wonderful Americana Quilt. Look — the casino is not expected to affect that, said Bruce Pritchett, an attorney for the quilts that have been put together from these — pat- for Boender’s company. terns. Gas Watch 2001 There are also designated driver prizes awarded to groups travelling with six or more people in a car to Jeaving the stores and receive a free each store. For more information contact Cheryl Styler at Threads of Time at | 801-298-8780. 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