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Show Thursday, January 25, 1996 THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, I'tah Gardner elected chair Nebo Behoof of authority board By LAUREL BRADY Special to The Daily Herald By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN The Daily Herald ! County Commissioner Ip'avid J. Gardner was elected ; chairman of the Wasatch Mental I Health Authority Board at the ; board's first meeting of 1996. ' He succeeds ' headed the boardGary Herbert, who during 1995. Re- -' elected vice chairman was .'Wasatch County Commissioner ; Sharon Winterton. The board is made up of three ; Utah County commissioners and j two from Wasatch County. Jerrol Syme, center financial X : officer, told the board that Wasatch ; Mental Health served 3,022 sep- arate individuals during 1995. ' "This year we anticipate about '4,000 will require service, representing an increase of 25 percent," Syme said, pointing out that he fears the center will be forced to turn away patients because of insufficient funds to care for them. ; ; He emphasized that the funding received is available only according to a certain formula. "The ;fr)oney is allocated for certain things, and we can't anticipate -- receiving more than we will actually have," he said. Syme said the center could be running $400,000 short of having enough money to treat those who need services, particularly unfunded indigents and homeless mentally ill, as well as in some outpatient services. Gardner expressed some concern for a bill that is before the State Legislature, sponsored by Brent Rep. Haymond, He said the bill would place total responsibility for mentally ill individuals on the county. "They wouldn't be wards of the state. They would be wards of the county," he said. He urged board members to contact their local legislators and express their concerns about the shift in responsibility the bill would cause. The board approved a contact with the Division of Family Services for shared positions, a contract with the Division of Youth Corrections, and a contract with the Rocky Mountain Treatment Center for mental health services. ed and flawed. Mapleton City approach to overcrowding by simply increasing the size of existing schools, rather than building new ones. "Band-Aid- " "Children are falling through the cracks, being forgotten and becoming a number. Larger schools may make more sense dollar-wis- e, but I have concerns about the quality of education children are getting in these larger schools," shesaid." Petersen reminded the board: "We need schools with an atmosphere of warmth and friendliness, where children and administrators know each other." PTA representative Joanne Sta-he- li added the most successful schools are "neighborhood schools" that experience a high degree of By DONALD W. MEYERS The Daily Herald SALT LAKE CITY The Utah State Senate has approved measures to make life tougher pr ' r 'j drunk drivers. ' The Senate unanimously approved a bill by Sen. David H. Point, that would and military drunk-drivin- g convictions toward the four required to elevate the offense to felony status. Steele, M. parental involvement. She said when schools are simply enlarged and more students are bussed longer distances, parental involvement drops off and fewer students excel. Poulsen responded by saying it is less expensive to add to existing schools rather than build entirely new ones. He said the most expensive aspects of schools are auxiliary areas such as libraries, offices and gymnasiums. The administrative costs of running an additional school also need to be considered. In connection with the bond, voters will not vote on specific projects. The May 7 vote will only authorize the board to borrow the funds, and then it will decide how to utilize the money. Poulsen said the board builds for present needs, not future needs, since no one can predict where population growth w ill occur and money is limited. But he said the board tries to be aw are of development" patterns and plans and used that information in establishing the project list. He added the district anticipates building new schools in the near future and will try now to acquire acreage for several elemfritary schools and three secondary schools. He said a high school site must be 40 acres, while middle schools require 15 acres and elementary schools need 10. Residents present told the' board Spanish Fork's growth rate is 7 percent, with much of the residential growth spreading the city east- ward toward Mapleton iBrid.Span-is- h Fork Canyon. ;t , , - Utah State Senate cracks down on drunk drivers count Catherine bond election Mav 7 D istrict Councilworriun Marilyn Petersen wonders why the board is taking a SPANISH FORK The Nebo School District Board of Education will ask voters to approve a S30 million bond later this year. If voters approve the May 7 bond, district officials plan to designate $8.2 million for construction of a new Spanish Fork elementary school, $17 million for additions to seven schools, and $3 million to purchase property for future schools. The remaining $2 million will be used in capital projects such as roofing, carpeting, ceilings, parking lots, media centers and remodeling at Landmark High School. But some district residents say the board's reasoning is shortsight- Page A13 out-of-sta- te Steele said the bill closes a loophole in the law. Previously, only DUI arrests in Utah were counted, while charges in other states and on military bases were not considered. Sen. LeRay McAllister, attempted to amend the bill to define an impaired driver as one test or who failed a blood-alcohwas observed consuming an alcoholic beverage by an officer. That amendment was soundly defeated. Assistant islature Majority Whip Lyle W. Hillyard, said that measure would take away the driving privileges of someone whose only crime was having a drink while sitting in a parked car. Sen. Wilford R. Black Jr., Lake City, said he would like to know how a police officer speeding past in a patrol car can tell if someone is drinking liquor, beer or soda. Senate Minority Leader Scott N. Howell, said the Leg R-S- ol the should encourage courts to use an interlock device on the cars of convicted drunk drivers. The device will not 'permit the car to be operated; unless the driver passes a breath test.' "It ' would be a legitimate recourse for someone who committed an offense and can still be a productive citizen," Howell tfaid. Steele's bill now moves to the House of Representatives for approval. Karen Wong Johnson - r TIITRTfife iM - Y hi n nn m I 1 n A Ah vl1 : Doran Williams Freeman (Butch) Dunn Wasatch Mental Health appoints new unit directors By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN The Daily Herald Wasatch Mental Health has appointed for new unit managers to supervise several new and existing programs at the center. The new unit managers are: Catherine M. Johnson, who will supervise the - LCSW, center's youth programs. Her assignment includes youth Outpatient, residential services, therapeutic foster homes, respite care, coordination with the Division of Family Services (including assessment and staffings), Children's Justice Center, childrenyouth crisis, and domestic violence treatment. Johnson graduated from the University of Utah Graduate ry School of Social Work in 1977. She began her career with San Juan Community Social Services in Blanding, where she worked for Child Protective Services. Along with child abuse investigations and foster care work, she trained e all foster and providers in day-car- the county. She also taught sociology classes at College of Eastern San Juan Center. Utah In 1989 she moved with her family to the Provo area and began working at Wasatch Mental Health as a youth outpatient therapist. Karen Wong. LCSW, was appointed unit manager of several youth programs at Wasatch Mental Health. ' Her assignment includes youth day treatment, youth case management, coordination with the Juvenile Court, Utah State Hospital (children and adolescents), Alpine Life and Learning, FACT K-- 3 Ser-- ( sites, and Division of Family and (24-hovices , ' 72-ho- ur - y staffings, staffings), inpatient youth coordination, legal services, Migrant Headstart, and multi-agenc- services. in-ho- Wong graduated from the Gradu- Brigham Young University ate School of Social Work with an MSW. She has been employed at ' Wasatch Mental Health since res1991, and has worked in adult the mentally ill idential services, substance abuse (MISA) program, youth drugs and alcohol program, youth outpatient, and Alpine Life and Learning. She has also worked at LDS Social Services. Freeman (Butch) Dunn, Ph.D., was appointed unit manager over the center's new Review Unit. This unit was created after the center became the prepaid Medicaid provider for Utah and Wasatch "sATsT Assessment-- C0CKEQ Wireless Services AuthOhZed Retailer Utilization counties. His responsibilities include services; initial intake, assessment, diagnostic and referral services, quality assurance and utilization review activities. He will also continue to manage the Institute for Psychological ergency internTraining, the ship training program at the center. Dunn is a licensed clinical psychologist who has been employed at the center since 1976. During that time he has served as an outpatient therapist. Juvenile Court psychologist, director of the Institute of Psychological Training, manager of the Adult Community Services Program and the Youth Outpatient program as well as the pre-docto- Psychological Assessment Ser- vices Unit. Doran Williams, LCSW, was appointed unit manager over Wasatch Mental Health's Intensive Residential Treatment (IRT) program. 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