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Show - ii i ... li i i ,i . . mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm .1 Standard Rate U.S. Postage Paid Milford. UT. 84751 Permit No. 15 Utah Press Association 307 West 300 South, Suite 5005 Salt Lake City UT 84101-121- 2 P.O. Box 224 Milford, UT 84751 (?CTiti1li1 45 NOVEMBER 6, 1997 P. O. Box 224 Circle Four Hosts Visitors MILFORD VALLEY HEALTHCARE SERVICES "I was surprised and quite pleased by the turnout," Rob Adams, Circle Four Farms development team leader, said concerning the company sponsored tour last Saturday. About 200 curious visitors, from as far away as Fillmore to the north and St. George to the south, took the tour. Guests were greeted at the downtown office, where they learned a little about Circle Four's history. The tour proceeded to the fecdmill, a nursery building which is almost ready for occupancy, men to the proposed site in Iron County. Adams said a number of the visitors w ere disappointed that they were unable to see the pigs. In order to reduce the risk of contaminants, it is necessary for everyone entering the bams to shower in and shower out. "We are trying to come up with a way that they can see pigs," he said. As interest demands, the company may do tours on a monthly basis. Future tours may include a visit to the lagoon site where a full cover has been installed. Micropan. an odor controlling product, is currently being used at various other locations. Adams reported that comments from workers indicate the powder substance, which is first applied inside the barns, and later flushed into the lagoons, appears to be reducing odors. The company has a slot on the November 19 Beaver County Planning and Zoning agenda to report on their efforts toward odor abatement. The pork market? While it is somewhat lower than summer highs, the 440 450 Midwest market is acceptable. Adams referred to a long term contract with Farmer John's in Vernon. California. He said that the meat processing entity does not have an extensive export market, and will probably not be affected by whatever changes may occur in the Pacific rim. BILLING TIPS AND Hearing Leaves Unanswered Questions Approximately 200 people, interested in the Circle Four Farms expansion into Iron County, attended an information meeting, followed by a public hearing, in Cedar City last Wednesday evening. Employees from various state agencies presented a very good case for the safety of the giant hog operation. Dave Rupp, DWQ engineer, explained that the company, then called Smithfield of Utah, approached his agency in 1992 and asked for guidance. "We came up with the standards," he said. Kerry Carpenter, Regional Engineer for Division of Water Rights, explained that Circle Four has purchased water rights that they will apply to move from the Milford District to the Nada Lund District. The first change application is for 18.44 ac-- ft of irrigation water, which will be limited to use of 1 1. 525 ac-- ft for Industrial use. Carpenter estimated that the actual amount available from this right will be approximately 3.3 million gallons per year. He . added mat this and other water changes can not be rejected solely on grounds of possible impairment of other water right in a specified area, and that the burden of proof rests on the impaired party. This lead to discussion of maximum drawdown from the hog operation, which may be in the neighborhood of 725 ac-ft of consumptive use in Iron County. Questions from the floor "Dr. David Lee is our pig heated up when Mark Novak, DWQ scientist, defined wate poet... and that is as close to pigs as we want to get. " lagoons and the use of monitoring wells. civil a Kathryn Martin, Scott Phillips, engineer from Oklahoma who Shakespearian Festival Director. represented the Wood family. inquired about a number of aspects of the permit, including statement regarding Utah's degree of strictness in waste disposal guidelines as compared to other states. Clarification of the actual number of animals covered in the ground water discharge permit and which lagoons require permitting will also be on the agenda when Martin meets with DWQ later this month. The Blue Mountain pyramid plan is for 43,000 sow units. Discharge numbers in the draft permit currently in the comment period appear to be for approximately 1 5,500. As of press time, the Circle Four development agreement was not on the agenda for the their November 10 meeting. A "Walk About" to Meet Distant Relatives and Pen Friends Max and Iona Baxter had a very special guest to help 65th their them celebrate Neville Rohrlack, a anniversary. distant relative from Sydney, has been Australia, who corresponding with the family for several years, w as in Milford for the event. Neville, who does genealogy research as a hobby, established the connection while researching his mother's family tree....theEllikers. He arrived in the San Francisco about 4 Yi weeks ago, and has traveled by AmTrack train and by bus to as far east as Neville Rohrlach Illinois to meet with distant kinfolk and pen friends acquired while searching for relatives. I lis stop in Milford was scheduled to coordinate with the Baxters' anniversary. Neville says AmTrack is a comfortable way to travel, the food is good the and scenery is great. He had expected Americans to be somewhat aloof, but found mem to be very friendly. Culture of the two countries are similar... .except the American supermarket. "You have a wider range of dairy products, jams and jellies. Things are cheaper here," he explained. Kids in both countries like the same activities.. ..sports, dances, and at the shopping mall. out hanging His country is facing some of the same social problems as the United States. Downsizing has brought Australian unemployment to about 8.8 as compared about 5 here. Unions are loosing some of their clout. Healthcare is a concern. Workers pay 1 .25 of their taxable income for national health insurance which covers 100 of cost for doctors and phblic hospitals.... but there is a waiting list Private insurance is available. Crime, drugs and campaigns are issues in Australia, just as in the United States. Manufacturing and tourism are the major industries in Sydney. Neville says the weather is great, there are miles of beaches, beautiful botanical gardens, nautical museums, a famous opera house and friendly people waiting to welcome visitors to Sydney. , Milford, Utah 84751 Election Results Milford ByJohnGledhilLCEO like to take this opportunity to explain Milford Valley Service's Healthcare billing die citizens of the to procedures communities that we serve. With the onset of the computer age, we have in the very recent past, gone from a hand written ledger system, to a modern multifunctional computer system that tracts our accounts, drops bills, produces letters to our patients on the status of their accounts, does payroll and literally produces daily task lists for our account receivable clerks. With computers you only can get out what is put in, as you might have heard, garbage in garbage out I would like to say mat our conversion went flawlessly, but as in any conversion process we had our problems We have had to go through a complete relearning and training program for our employees This has meant mat our patients too have had to learn our new system We have appreciated the support and patience our patients have given us We feel we can now pride in able ourselves to being immediately access your account, provide you with an account of the services that were provided and a list of what charges were incurred. With the onset of the computer system there were changes made mat our employees and patients are still getting use to. I will try to explain some of these to you. Each time you come into the hospital you are given a specific account number that represents mis visit. This can become confusing, as the more you use the facility, the more numbers you will have. This also means mat when making payments or inquiries, you will need to have mat specific account number. If you have a question, but dont have this number I would readily available, our office staff can pull up the account by name and date of service. After you have received services at one of our facilities you will receive an itemized statement of charges. This should arrive within five working days after the time of service. This is not a bill but only an itemized statement of services. At this point the patient should make sure mat the billing information is correct, as mis is the same statement mat your insurance carrier will receive. If it is not correct or if you have changed insurances recently, please contact the hospital to ensure mat the information is submitted to the right place. days after your receive a letter should services, you that states that your insurance has either paid, or that they have not. If the insurance has paid, the letter will show the balance of the bill and what your responsibility is. If the insurance has not paid, you should either, contact your insurance company to see why they have not paid or contact the hospital to have mem help you (kt ermine the cause. The hospital and clinic will bill all secondaries on Medicare and Medicaid patients and will help anyone else who needs the help in Around 30-4-0 preparing your secondary billings. After 60-9-0 days, if we have not received payment in full, we then give your account to a finance company called AR Management. They are contracted by the hospital to help you make arrangements to pay They are a finance your bill. company mat can finance me bill and allow you to make monthly payments. At approximately 120 days, if no action has been made' to pay your bill, we have contracted with Bonneville collections agency to pursue the collection of the bill. It is our hopes that we don't have to go to that extreme. We would hope, that long before then, that our patients would make contact with us to make (Continued on page 2) VOL. VII NO. 45 Beaver Mayor: Mary G. Wiseman Bradley D. Jefferson - write in Cynthia L. Webb - write in John Carter - write in B. J. Moore - write in Nick Swain - write in Max Mayer - write in Mary Jo Holm - write Michelle Denny - write in Neil Bradshaw - write in Kent Mellor - write in 269 92 Mayor 1 City Council 1 Kelly Bradshaw 2 1 1 Minersville 2 1 City Council Rhoda A. Browner Nolan C. Davis Douglas N. Garrett Cynthia L. Webb John Carter - write in B. J. Moore - write in 166 272 183 133 5 1 MIIS Wall 357 363 404 376 Robin Bradshaw Ann Marshall Joe White 1 1 274 524 Roger Murdock James Robinson Mayor Howard Pryor Todd McMullin Town Council Robert Craw Laura Gatten Peter Jones Paul Marshall Winners 167 123 197 91 80 212 of Fame Born in a small house in Milford, Utah, Georgia Beth Smith Thompson moved with her family to Milford Flat when she was about six months old Her father operated a small farm and livestock business, treorgia was the second of five children born to George E. And Bemicce Miller Smith. She married the late Richard Austin Thompson W8 in 1972. They have one daughter, J- W Richelle L. Thompson. 8 Pi. For most of Georgia's professional life, she has served students at Souther Utah University (which was also College of Southern Utah and Southern Utah State College during her years of -association with the facility.) Georgia has endeavored to assist college students with academic and personal growth as they prepared to go forward into their adult lives. She served as Dean of Women, taught courses, and directed Upward Bound and Student Services. Georgia Support as Associate Vice serves currently President for Student Services and heads supervises department Career Services; Academic directing Advising and Testing; Multicultural Center; Educational Talent Search; Student Support Services and Georgia Beth Smith Thompson Upward Bound. She maintains an extensive interest in anthropology and archeology work, an area of academic and personal interest of her late husband. She worked on various archeology research projects and continues to provide support to the archeology field school that Dr. Thompson founded She ran a field office for Congressman Wayne Owens in 1973 and 1974. She worked at Utah State as an information specialist with USU Extension Services. University in the and all the activities associated with learning from kindergarten through her loved school Georgia master's degree and her work today. In 1946, students went to summer kindergarten in the old Milford Elementary School. In both junior high and high school, she served as a class officer including class president. She edited the Hill-to- p Echo, the high school newspaper. She acted in school and class plays, was a member k and officer of the Tigerettes, won a trip to the United Nations sponsored by the Milford Odd Fellows and Rebeccas Lodge, attended Girl's State, and was valedictorian of the Class of 1958. Georgia grew up doing chores and worked closely with her father. She harvested hay, milked cows, with branding and feeding cattle and other farm management activities. Georgia's family emphasized helped the value of hard work and academic achievement. However, their family farm was a very small operation. Georgia knew she needed high marks in high school to be eligible for scholarships to help with her educational expenses. While at Girl's State she won a scholarship to Utah State University. Determined to complete her education, she achieved high grades and thus the scholarship was renewed each year. She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism at Utah State University in 1962. At USU, she chaired Mother's Weekend, wrote for the university student newspaper and worked on the literary magazine. At the end of her junior year, she was selected as the Deseret News internship winner and wrote for the newspaper during that summer. She was named to Phi Kappa Phi, a scholastic honorary society. she was involved in several projects including cooking, clothing, youth leadership and Active in 4-involvement allowed her to serve as an International Farm Youth a county-wid- e recreational club. Her 4-In 1962. in she lived and worked with farm families for six months. Her Switzerland to Switzerland, Exchange 4-in academic her involvement, college and her employment with the Federal Extension Service emphasis allowed her to receive a National 4-- Fellowship in 1965 and thus provided her financial resources for her Master's degree in public relations at the American University in Washington, D.C. Georgia served as a member of the Cedar City Planning Commission, the Canyon Week Women's Crisis Shelter board. She continues to serve as a member of the Cedar City Housing Authority Board. Georgia is a member of and has been an dBcer of the League of Women Voters and the Utah League of Women Voters. The Cedar City Chamber of Commerce named her as their Outstanding Educator for 1995. iff mid-sixti- es four-wee- H, H H H V |