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Show A7 Vernal Express Physicians raining available a t hospital Wednesday, December 5, 2007 ' ' " " '"" " " "' I.IIIU.I III II I ..II-. i V . L-: . I ; ' 5 - - fci , ... -. t . Rep. Jim Matheson, speaks before the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. Congress was in recess last week, allowing Matheson to travel his home state, or "the real world," as he says. afheson addresses energy independence Tuesday's luncheon of the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce Com-merce hosted Rep. JimMatheson (D-UT) of second congressional district. A member of the House Energy Committee, Matheson took the opportunity to address the country's changing energy policy. "The committee is where future policy decisions will be made, and I think energy will be the great issue of the next generation," he explained. "We can't keep sending a billions dollars dol-lars a day to the Middle East; we need to keep our wealth here." Matheson cites his work in Congress to reduce dependency on foreign oil as looking for alternative alter-native options for the country's energy supply. Specifically, fuels that are reliable in supply and cost effective to produce. "This state will play a unique role in helping the whole country," coun-try," Matheson said, explaining that his trip to the Basin included a visit to an oil sands location. "Utah's tar sands and oil shale deposits will be significant alternative alter-native fuels." In Congress, Matheson voted yes on the Cleari Energy Act of 2007J; Which inveSts'ttnr'alter-native inveSts'ttnr'alter-native energy resources and promotes new emerging energy technologies energy efficiency." At the same time, Mather-son Mather-son voted no on the Renewable Energy and Energy Conserva tion Tax Act of 2007, which have would moved the country toward energy independence by "developing new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, and creating green jobs" amongother aspects. Matheson is also a member of the Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee that is "working on technologies for energy security secu-rity in the face of global climate change." In his position on the subcommittee he has called "for bringing venture capitalists, finance experts and commercial lenders to the table in an advisory committee capacity to encourage private investment in energy technology." The details of the representative's representa-tive's voting record and personal comments on bills before the house are available for public review re-view on his Web site, http:www. house.govmathesonincongress. shtml. Matheson's trip to Vernal also included a $250 donation to Trees for Charity. Every year, the representative donates his pay raise to Utah charities in dissent dis-sent of Congress' automatic pay ,r, aise. He believes that the matter" shbuIcTgo to a flddr" vote. "I believe in the transparency transpar-ency of government. Members should go on the record in an up or down vote on accepting their pay raise," Matheson said. Local physicians have a unique opportunity sponsored by Ashley Regional Medical Center when it comes to training requirements to stay certified. Physicians and nurses must have continuing education credits cred-its in order to maintain their licenses and for many years this meant traveling all over the United States in order to receive this training. In 1996 Ashley Regional decided to make continuing education available locally for the Basin and is now accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Utah Medical Association Asso-ciation as a continuing medical education provider. Currently there are 26 active physicians at the hospital that need 40 hours of training every two years. "What we try to do is offer the medical staff 20 to 40 hours of training every year," said Mark Holyoak, chief clinical officer at Ashely Regional. "This amounts to.two or three different courses each month." In coming up with the topics, physicians fill out a form twice a year, indicting topics they are interested in or would like more training on. Those requests are evaluated by a committee. If selected, CME coordinator Cindy Hancock begins the search for qualified speakers and instructors. instruc-tors. "We have physicians, physician physi-cian assistants, nurse practitioners, practitio-ners, pharmacists and nurses who attend our classes," said Holyoak. "Clinics in Manila, Tabiona, Altamont, Duchesne, Roosevelt, Rangely, Meeker, Craig and Vernal have all benefited ben-efited from this program." "Ashley Regional is the only accredited provider in this area, so there is great support for the classes we have provided," said Hancock. She listed some of the classes as chest tube insertion, diabetes, hypothyroidism, West Nile Virus and pregnancy hypertension. hyper-tension. Ashely Regional also partners part-ners with Uintah Basin Applied Technology College to bring in classes to the hospital staff. A recent trauma nursing course was taught by an instructor from North Carolina; a high risk obstetrics class by an expert from Minnesota; and an advanced '' medical surgery .nursing and cardiac medication- instructors came in from Chicago, 111. Twice ayear, Ashley Regional also offers a pediatric symposium with many classes. "Pediatrics is a very special- Fruitland Water implements moratorium on connections By Preston McCoume Uintah Basin News Service Just as Duchesne County works to get special service districts in the county working "on the same page," Fruitland Water District has set a 120-day moratorium on new water hookups hook-ups while reviews its bylaws and policies According to district clerk Cindy Roberts, the moratorium is for the district to consult with attorneys, review newly adopted bylaws, and form a plan for expanding the district's water shares. "Fruitland has just lately been growing a lot," Roberts said. "The water district owns a certain number of water shares, and in order to ensure the people we already have will always have water in the pipeline, with new people coming in we want to guarantee we'll be able to take care of customers." There are currently about 415 homes and businesses connected within the district, according to board member Jim Forakis. He said the district is getting close to maximum capacity with the water shares it already owns, though "it's not an emergen- cy." But with the first phase of theHiddenMeadows subdivision nearing completion and a total of 112 new connections planned in that development alone, FWD is now requiring property owners seeking new corrections to add water shares to the district. Hidden Meadows developer Warren Brandow said he already has an agreement with FWD to trade .73 acre feet of irrigation water for every new hookup, and says he has purchased hookups for the first 25 lots. Brandow said there is an agreement for water for 24 more hookups, though those haven't been paid for yet. Brandow said the need for FDW to get better organized arose from dealing with his development de-velopment company. He accused one water board member of being particularly troublesome, even challenging Brandow's business partner to a fistfight during a board meeting. At the last FWD board meeting meet-ing in November, according to Brandow, the board member ordered Brandow's attorney out of the meeting. The attorney reportedly refused, explaining board meetings were required to be open to the public, and that he intended to speak to the board. "I think that was an eye-opener," eye-opener," Brandow said. "They're messing with the big boys, and they need to get their ducks in a row." Duchesne County Planning Director Mike Hyde said that the Hidden Meadows project has moved slowly because of the board's unprecedented demand for water shares from customers. custom-ers. In the past, water shares acquired by developers were usually sold off and added to the owners' profits. "I know that Fruitland Water District is no w requiring developers develop-ers to bring irrigation water to them in exchange for culinary water," Hyde said. "That's something some-thing new to districts around here, but not new to other areas of the state. It's pretty common in other areas." The water connection moratorium mora-torium is expected to expire in February. 27,000 total copies Reaching prospective buyers in the ... 54 North Vernal Avenue Vernal, Utah 435-789-351 1 www.vernal.com ized practice and has many special spe-cial needs," explained Holyoak. The four pediatricians at Ashley Ash-ley Regional along with speakers from Primary Children's Medical Center provide the training for other physicians and for clinical staff. "We teach that these little children are not just small adults," explained Holyoak. "We teach that because they are not small adults, their treatment is different than that of an adult." Depending on their responsibilities, responsi-bilities, staff members are also required to take specific training train-ing including basic life support, advanced cardiac life support, pediatric advanced life support, neonatal resuscitation and fetal monitoring. Ashley Regional has two fetal monitoring instructors on staff, Pennie Johnson and Adreana McDonald. "Not only do these two provide pro-vide the education for Ashley Regional, but they also travel to many other hospitals to provide training," said Holyoak. "We are so isolated here and we find this is a great way to offer quality and meaningful courses to our physicians and staff." POLE DOliTMATVJH- : , Li ,7, .7 7 . r- . . .. r . - . -- : ... - - -ai ' A utility pole fell on a classroom at Vernal Junior High last Thursday when a truck carrying building supplies snagged a low-hanging wire on 250 North at approximately 1050 West. The incident happened just before classes let out and administrators joined law enforcement to close off the area. The pole landed on a relocatable classroom used to temporarily house seventh grade math while Vernal Middle School is under construction. Police closed one entrance to the parking lot where buses pick up students, creating some confusion on where buses were. Power and other services were cut to the surrounding area while crews replaced the pole. No injuries were reported. I2S8 Sa-.(i. 3 ivduuuns-.5 ivduuuns-.5 iWj.v .2i w La i r('or qawtje. 6c I mi rmptnt p(us 'K' Vi flu 161119- 'KucA lXam&L Jutit hees Nmitwoatl (loins iAU apptiantes intttulud 'xtefujind (viicrA 7ws Sc Tions (if sta-iaye $190,000.00 " 4 ...j 4 Today's Weather Wed Thu Fri 125 126 127 3822 Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s and lows in the low 20s. Sunrise Sunset 7 23 AM 4 51 PM 3422 Rain and snow showers. Highs in the mid 30s and lows in the low 20s. Sunrise Sunset 7:24 AM 4:51 PM 4130 Rain and snow showers. Highs in the low 40s and lows in the low 30s. Sunrise Sunset 7:25 AM 4:51 PM Sat 128 3925 Snow showers possible. pos-sible. Highs in the upper 30s and lows in the mid 20s. Sunrise Sunset 7:26 AM 4:51 PM Sun 129 3617 A few snow show ers. 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