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Show The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, April 13-16, 2013 C-9 America's doctor visits Park City Submitted by Park City Medical Center Dr. Mehmet Oz, known as "America's Doctor" is a cardiothoracic surgeon, best-selling author, television personality, health guru, and, as the employees at Park City Medical Center recently learned, a big fan of the hospital's wellness initiatives. Dr. Oz recently visited Park City for a family ski trip, and during his stay, he stopped by Park City Medical Center to give employees a talk focused on healthy life strategies. "We were thrilled to host Dr. Oz and have him speak to our employees about the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and how to help our friends, families and patients get on the right track too," said hospital CEO Rob Allen. During his presentation, Dr. Oz spoke about ways to lower the cost of healthcare and have a longer and healthier life by making better choices. Something Park City Medical Center advocates for in its LiVe Well Center. "Dr. Oz's message and action plan aligns perfectly with our vision for a healthier Summit County," added Allen. "We have an entire department focused on helping people make healthier lifestyle choices, getting them off prescription medications and preventing diseases and chronic illnesses. And of course, we also have a chef dedicated to serving our patients, employees and guests healthy, organic, nutrient-rich foods. At Park City Medical Center, it's not just our goal - it's our responsibility - to help people achieve a healthier lifestyle." During his time at the hospital, Dr. Oz spoke to employees and their guests, signed copies of his book You, The Owner's Manual, a gift from the hospital to each employee, and posed for photos. The chairman of the hospital's governing board, Barry Baker, arranged the entire event. "The hospital was recently ranked in the top one percent of hospitals around the country for its patient satisfaction scores, and I wanted to be sure employees were rewarded for their efforts," Baker noted. "When the opportunity to bring Dr. Oz to www Center prePark City Medical sented itself,PARK it was something I was happy to make happen." To learnRECORD more about Park City Medical Center's LiVe Well Center, visit: www.ParkCityMedicalCenter.org. Book review: ‘On Top of Spoon Mountain' By Traci J. Macnamara High Country News "On Top of Spoon Mountain" John Nichols 232 pages, hardcover: $24.95. University of New Mexico Press, 2012. In a career that spans five decades, New Mexico author John Nichols has written more books and screenplays than he can count on his fingers and toes. His first novel, "The Sterile Cuckoo," was published when he was 23, and "The Milagro Beanfield War" - the first book in his New Mexico trilogy - remains a classic of Southwestern literature. In his latest novel, "On Top of Spoon Mountain," Nichols revisits the landscape he knows best: high desert plains and jagged peaks. Protagonist Jonathan Kepler decides he wants to climb a 13,000-foot mountain on his 65th birthday. Never mind that he's only 48 hours out of the emergency room following a heart-attack scare or that he's got asthma. Or that he's also got a whole slew of other reasons to simply stay home. Kepler is determined to climb Spoon Mountain, and he's doing it in three weeks. Kepler, a thrice-divorced curmudgeon, knows he hasn't been exactly a model father or husband, and his current relationship, with a real estate agent, is tenuous at best. He's on the waning edge of his writing career, and he envisions climbing Spoon Mountain with his two grown children, hoping to reconnect with them in a place they once enjoyed together. Perhaps the climb will somehow redeem his mistakes or restore and heal the time he's already wasted. The souls in Dante's Purgatorio shed their sins as they struggle up steep and rugged terrain. Why shouldn't Spoon Mountain do the same for Jonathan Kepler? Spoon Mountain, however, is view your Park Record subsciption online at parkrecord.com MIKE HALE no holy ground. And Kepler, outspoken and proud, proves to be more of a self-absorbed jerk than a contrite soul seeking a better life. "On Top of Spoon Mountain" showcases its author's sensitivity to the natural world, but unfortunately, this novel's characters are as predictable as its ending. Some too-sensational moments, along with a protagonist who speaks in clichés, also threaten the book's believability. For those willing to abide such shortcomings, "On Top of Spoon Mountain" will provide an entertaining and humorous read. There is something compelling in the story of a man who is seeking to conquer a mountain - and himself. 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