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Show Page 14 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Monday, November 16, 1987 Utah.Regional State SALT LAKE CITY (AP) fu? E -- creased and coverage was harder to get. Daggett County, which recently settled a $1 mllion civil rights suit out of court, is one of the 143 governmental agencies in the insurance pool, but officials say the undisclosed settlement had nothing to do with the rate increase. Monty Eggett, trust director said the directors want to build reserves to a level that will encourage insurance car- - The liability insurance pool that handles claims for 143 small Utah governmental agencies is raising its premiums by 30 percent, but its director says the increase has nothing to do with the payout of past claims. The Utah Local Governments Trust began a liability insurance pool for governmental agencies two years ago rates in when insurance The latest developments in Utah and around the Intermountain West. raisma j? jf riers to reduce rates for claims larger than the trust's basic coverage. Meanwhile, a second government liability insurance pool in the state, Utah Risk Management, is lowering most of its rates. Bryce McEuen, director of Utah Risk Management, said the pool is reducing rates for large cities by 34 percent, reducing rates for medium cities by 25 percent and raising rates for small cities by 20 percent. "We're basing those changes on our past loss history," McEuen said, adding that the pool, in its two years, has built a reserve of more than $5 million. Jay Hill, a government insurance specialist for Fred A. Moreton Insurance Companies, said some of the adjustments made by the pools are necessary to catch up with self-insur- iCC fli! 13 ed reality. "When these pools were cre- ated many felt they were not setting rates at levels where they ought to be," Hill said. Liability Insurance rates skyrocketed about three years ago after the industry said it lost billions of dollars in liability coverage. Hill said the market still is limited, but getting better. "The government pools are now catching up to the private carriers (in self-insur- ed rates)," he said. Utah Local GovernTrust has had 200 claims since it began the liability insurance pool in 1985, Eggett said. The trust has settled 93 of those claims for a total of $143,000. "The thing about liability claims is it can take several years to resolve," he said. He said the trust's reserve was healthy, at between $2 The ments million and $3 million. State budget crunch SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Nursing home officials who A j A H i V C - V w1 A ... A . . -- : r,i contend clients are being denied care because of a budget crunch say they will take legal action if the state fails to come up with more Medicaid money. They were scheduled to open negotiations with Gov. Norm Bangerter today. "What we're finding is that people who really do need care are being delayed or denied access to care," said Cindy Utah Health Care Association spokeswoman. The association represents Gust-Jenso- i l n, Utah's long-terskilled nursing m 4 if Vi care and facilities. Roughly 80 percent of their revenue comes from Medicaid. About $1 million was removed from the state Medi- caid budget for long-terhealth programs during the last fiscal year. Industry representatives say the effects run deeper because every state dollars is matched by $3 or $4 in federal funds. The Utah Department of Health has requested an addim tional $6.5 million for Medicaid, but the governor's fiscal analyts have recommended the request be cut by $5 million this year. "For the governor to say aimed at keeping effective teachers and attracting more into the profession has resulted in increased job satisfaction among participating educators, a coordinator says. Teacher retention is particularly important in Utah, where there have been marked increases in student numbers, 1,500 teachers resign annually, while in the same period, higher education certifies only about 1,100 candidates, creates a serious problem," Duke said. Contrary to popular belief, he said, teachers do not leave the profession just because of low salaries. "Our research shows that teachers often feel isolated and have no clear way of obtaining help and information when they need it," he said. Using the Mellon Teacher Effectiveness Project, implemented last year, new teach state-support- ed Snow dusts valleys, piles in mountains in first season storm Officer killed in yet 14 percent of all new teachers resign within four years, Charles Duke, head of the USU department of secondary education, said Saturday. "The fact that an estimated relief. Until Friday, a generally southerly flow in Utah's mountains had kept temperatures high and prompted National Weather Service forecasts of dry, clear weather for the next two weeks. The pattern shifted over the weekend, as a cold stream from the Gulf of Alaska moved through the area, leaving 16 inches of new snow at Brian Head ski resort east of Cedar City; 13 inches at the Little Cottonwood Canyon resorts east of Salt Lake, and 3 to 4 inches in downtown Park City. "The mountains should be getting the snow they need," said Rick Watling, meteorologist with the weather service's Salt Lake office. In the Salt Lake Valley, the average date for the first snowfall is Nov. 9, so Saturday's flurries were considerably late in arriving. Sunday's forecast called for partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid 40s, but another system was expected to move in Monday or Tuesday, bringing more snow to the mountains and rain to lower elevations, Watling said. The forecasts cheered officials at ski resorts across the state, LAKE CITY (AP) -Some 21 percent of Utahns say the recent stock market crash had a direct negative impact on them, and the crash will apparently reduce the number of people investing in the market next year, a poll shows. A Dan Jones & Associates' 3 for poll conducted Nov. the Deseret News and KSIi-Tshows that for 78 percent of 11-1- The crunch also affects Utah's hospitals, though less severely. Primary Children's Medical Center and University Hospital, referral centers for acutely ill people, may be hit hardest by the cutbacks. where Thanksgiving traditional openings were becoming questionable because of the continued dry spell. - warrant for investigation of supplying alcohol to a minor. Officer Jackson Elmer, 29, was struck by the truck shortly before midnight Friday as they were investigating a DUI incident at 5530 S. State, said Salt Lake County sheriff's Cpl. say. Officials at the Salt Lake County Jail said Kelly Lloyd Ray was booked Saturday for investigation of automobile homicide on a police officer and leaving the scene of a accident. He fatal was also being held on a prior Dennis Levitt. Elmer was carried 225 feet by the vehicle before falling free. A second officer, Robert Hall, 25, suffered a dislocated shoulder when he was struck by the truck's side mirror. Levitt said a third officer, Mark Lindgren, had called for driving incident, authorities hit-and-r- "We are really excited about the snowfall and glad to see that the forecast of last week is totally wrong," said Charlie Lansche, a spokesman for Park City ski resort. "We hope that is an indication of a great season to come." Lansche said the snow came "just in time." Park City is gearing up for Amerthe ica's Opening Pro-Custart of the men's and women's professional ski tour, p, which will be held Thanksgiving weekend. The snow also proved irresistible to some eager skiers, who took to the high slopes at Alta. dies in CHUBBOCK, accident -Idaho (AP) A Pocatello girl was killed when the car she was riding in slid on wet roads and slammed into a large tree, the Idaho State Police said. Lisa Katherine Wright, 16, died at the scene about an hour after the crash at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, ISP dispatcher Bev Petersen said. The driver of the vehicle, Ruth Anne Patton, 16, Pocatello, was treated and released from Pocatello Regional Medical Center. money in stocks and 63 per- ket. Some 31 percent said they invested in stocks in the past those questioned, the stock market crash had little or no year. impact. However, the poll published Sunday found that 6 percent said the crash had a real negative impact on their finances and 15 percent said it had some impact. Of those who make more than $40,000 a year, 35 percent said ihsy were hurt in the crash, while only 8 percent of 0 those who make less than a year were hurt in the stock market fall. $15,-00- Tl Can't Buy Me Love .. I l ourrenaerpc I Surrender 7:00 20 S Ma'O P 96 W Utoh ruu Karh Movie S 785-0G'Ove 27 o Mon.-Sa- l l.ovcQ-ff- easa"! ' vt., Poyion J 1 I J pm il 2 lor I Night Tueida S3 (Mts . QY rnfl UU MON ClOSEO SUNDAY I SHOWS BEFORE THRU FRI (f XCEPT HOI IOAYSI i Mm. r SPANISH FORK 165 N. 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