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Show Volume Tooele, Utah Thursday, October 14, 1982 Eighty-Eigh- t ospital Future In this era of gloom and doom soothsayers, Peter M. Kearns stands out like a bright beacon of hope. The new administrator looks at the future of Tooele Valley Hospital and sees nothing but good. But then, that is Pete Kearns: optimistic, affable and approachable. What is more its contagions. There is an aura of energetic purpose and a feeling of moving ahead at the Tooele Valley Hospital these days. It is in the air. Maybe it is because this administrator for Holy Cross Hospital (which took over the reins of Tooele Valley on Oct. 1) is a native Tooelean that he seems right at home. Holy Cross Hospital signed a contract with Tooele County and the Tooele hospital board of directors to provide management services for Tooele Valley Hospital and Nursing Home. Not only is Pete Kearns optimistic about the future, but his view of the past is also positive. A lot of effort has gone into making this a facility providing quality health care for the county. Those efforts shouldnt be taken lightly, , he pointed out. Still, there are a lot of changes either underway or anticipated at the hospital. One of the advantages of having a Utah medical group take over the hospital according to Mr. Kearns is that it will now be self contained. Previously payroll and purchasing went through the prior managements California headquarters. From now on this will be handled locally. It is just too difficult to run a business out of another state, he said. From now on the hospital will run right on the premises. We will always know exactly where we stand. The main concern of the new administrator is convincing Tooele county folk that Tooele Valley Hospital is an excellent health care facility. Mr. Kearns feels that not many people Says Director are aware of just what is available. For instance, he said, How many people know that we have over 20 physicians on our staff? The administrator said he had spoken with one local resident who thought there were only four doctors in the community, and wastnot aware that two of those four are now retired. What is more, he pointed out, Twelve of the 20 are now living in the community and are on the active staff. Does the community know that we now have a full time radiologist? This is one big step forward according to Mr. Kearns. It means that readings for orthopedic problems can be done immediately. This has been a stumbling block in the past, he said. He said another stumbling block has been done away with. We also have a specialist in cardiopulmonary who has the capability of reading an EKG. Right here in Tooele - right now - we have that service, he grinned enthusiastically. The new administrator said he has heard so many times that Tooele Valley doesnt have all the resources. Its just not true, he said, and people need to know it. Mr. Kearns enumerated a list of specialists who are now connected with the hos- Letter To Editor Policy Changes . 1 1 .'aw V So-- ,4 Right At Home , 1 Peter M. Kearns, new hospital chief, is already at home at Tooele Valley Hospital. The change was made Oct. r contract between Holy Cross Hospital and Tooele County. 1, the first day of a ' that good. The hospital does not have the backup sur- support for rare cases like open-heagery, he said, but we do have the exper-to diagnose such cases and refer them rt ' that are hospital has stringent used as criteria in admitting physicians, Tooele Valley has good and doctors must have credentials and refer-tis-e ences, and are scrutinized carefully before they are accepted or approached," he by-la- ' s, . on to Salt Lake. Mr. Kearns pointed out that one reason people should have confidence in the phy- sicians on the hospital staff is that the said, With characteristic enthusiasm, Mr. Kearns pointed out that the hospital is in v'A' IL., w 1 ' 04m yST)f li X i : ' . I... i, - i.'p i 1 r.i, remarkably good shape. The patients room here is the same as a patient room in Salt Lake. The same services are available. Prices are a top priority on his list. Hospital business is a very complex business and crosses many paths according to the new administrator. He said he is on page three) f rtf - 7- - u t.vm A 1 Laying The Line Tooele city workers were busy Wednesday digging a trench in the girls softball complex which will provide better electrical service to the concession stand for the upcoming year. Although it is several years down the road, the lines may also be used to provide night lighting at the four softball diamonds north of the swimming pool. promised me. As director of the Utah School Health Services Project, Dr. Hilbert was responsible for the joint grant to the state depart- ment of health and the state office of education. The grant was given to the state to show the effectiveness of school nurse practitioners in providing health care in schools. Five Tooele County schools were selected for the project in Utah. An audit by the state department of health, which was completed 11 months ago, accused Dr. Hilbert of inappropriately taking $1,240 in unused airplane ticket money from the project. The audit requested that Dr. Hilbert . explain a shortage of $760 in missing nurse collection fees. The audit alleged that Dr. Hilbert had deposited checks in nursing fees in the projects bank account, but had kept $760 in cash from the fees. The audit requested that Dr. Hilbert make a complete accounting of $5,650 in funds left over from a grant received from UCLA. The audit also recommended several budget and program policy changes that were carried out under the direction of Dr. Hilbert. These include, questionable expenditures of public funds, school nurse practitioners teaching classes and being paid in addition to their regular salary, not using the state merit system in hiring, failing to emwithhold state taxes from part-tim- e ployees and payment to a workers children to avoid jeopardizing the amount of Social Security she was receiving. While there are expected to be some policy and procedure changes in the project. Dr. Hilbert was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation began operation in Tooele schools in the fall of 1978. The school board has voted to terminate the project at the end of the current school year. Cajun Wildcats Fly Over Desert Thunderbolt II aircraft from the Air Force Reserves 926th Tactical Fighter Group completed an exercise they call Cajun Wildcat at Dugway Proving Cround today. The planes and crews, stationed at Naval Air Station in New Orleans, were deployed to Utah Monday for a week of live fire exercises on the Utah Test and Training Range on the western Tooele County desert. The 0 is designed to provide close tactical air support for a variety of mis Six v with back pay, Dr. Hilbert said. I am confident that the state will keep their end of the agreement. That is what they Criminal charges against the project director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation were dismissed Tuesday in Salt Lakes 3rd District Court. Judge Dean Conder dismissed three counts of unauthorized control of property against Dr. Robert Hilbert, director of the project, which is in five Tooele County schools. The dismissal of the charges came following jury impanelment and after more than two hours of opening arguments from the state. The judge ruled in favor of Dr. Hilbert after a motion was made by his defense attorney to dismiss the charges because of lack of evidence. In a Wednesday telephone interview. Dr. Hilbert said he plans to meet with officials in the state office of education. Dr. Hilbert said the state suspended him from his position in Novemlrer of 1981, pending results of the charges. When I was suspended, I was promised that if 1 was cleared of the charges that I would be reinstated to my position I 0 sions and was designed specifically to deliver the widest range and combination missiles at Michael Army Airfield. of ordnance with pinpoint accuracy, a Dugway Proving Ground spokesman of realistic targets erected on the range. While there the 0 pilots got a chance to practice with their 50 caliber Cattling Cun mounted in the nose of the aircraft. The are a valuable part of the said. While using the test range, one phase of the operation called for the fighters to work with 6 fighters from the active Air Force and Thunderchief aircraft from the reserve unit. F-1- F-1- Another phase of the exercise called d high and bombs explosive guided Maverick for the unloading of a 500-poun- TTie munitions were fired at a variety A-1- Total Force concept of the Department of Defense, the Dugway spokesman said. One where active and reserve components train together to ensure that if called we will have the most effective force. How Do You Get Something Printed In The Paper ? like everything else from smiles to Newspapers have their own special week. And postage stamps this just happens to be the seven-da- y period that has Ireen set aside for us to modestly raise our banner of success for the public to view. It is a week when publications like the Transcript-Bulleti- n parents are. If the baby was bom elsewhere, it is upon your shoulders to bring in a photo as well as the ' information. The same holds true for weddings, anniversaries and missionaries. If you want it in the newspaper, bring in the photo and the information and well take it from there. are supposed to write strong editorials exhaultingthe first amendment, the public's right to know and open meeting laws. And if you find yourself saying, I know what I want, but dont quite know how to write it, you aren't alone in that canoe. Besides that we have a competent office staff that will help you. While all those are worthwhile projects, we. thought we should address a question which we hear How do you get something in the often: newspaper? Well, that depends on what that something is. If it is a letter to the editor, it must be typed or neatly written, less than 300 words, must not be lilrelous and must le signed with the writers address and phone numlrcr so we can verify whether or not it is phoney. We have just changed our policy so that all politi- cal letters must bear the writers name when published. Names may be withheld for good reasons on letters. We have arrangements with the local hospital to publish a photo of each baby born there as well as information in regards to who the parents and grand has a staff to cover Tooele TTie Transcript-Bulleticity, county and the school board. We also cover the police beuts, Tooele Army Depot, Dugway Proving Cround, the local business community, and high school sports. But when it comes to clulrs, churches, Individual school happenings, recreational and youth sports, well we dont have near the staff to cover those areas adequately. So instead of shrugging our shoulders and saying, There isnt anything we can do about It, we have an alternative route. n . newspaper to hide behind by having their name withheld. He added, We feel that tins is unfair to that candidate because he does not know where his criticism is coming from. Effective immediately, we will no longer publish unsigned political letters. TheTranscript editor said that the policy will include all letters of a political nature, not just those during campaigns. It is unfair to criticize public office holders - or anyone for that matter - and sign the letter Name Withheld. one-yea- School Health Project Chief Cleared Of.Criminal Charges 1 All political letters to the editor published in the Tooele Transcript-Bulleti- n must bear the writer's name, the newspaKr decided this w eek. During this time of year we receive several political letters because of the upcoming election, said editor Charlie Roberts. Often people criticize a particular candidate in a letter to the editor, yet use the , I think people have basically been going to Salt Lake because of specialists. Tooele has a lot of specialists, he said. We have an internist, which means improved diagnosis along with many doctors who are tops in their field for consultation services. Mr. Kearns, who has been associated with Holy Cross for the past ten years, said he was amazed at the magnitude of medical services offered here in Tooele. "Im not saying that because I am here, he said. I am saying it because it really is ews otes v pital (some for several years) opthalmolo-gist- ; pediatrician; eye, ear, nose and throat; urologist; dermatologist. . . the list is a long one. Number Nineteen Cost: Twenty Five Cents We feel that by working together with the numerous clulrs and organizations in the county that the quality of the newspaper will improve. And by the same token, the newspaper can benefit to that group. But one thing is for certain, we can't do it alone. It requires an effort from both parties, Mistakes and unnecessary confusion are avoided when an organization or club assigns one person to handle all the publicity. That way both the club members and the newspaper know who is responsible. It doesnt matter whether that person is the president, the secretary or the publicity chairman, What matters is that the club has a person responsible for submitting items to the newspaper. We want your groups news and we want photographs of newsworthy events. e The Transcript now has a photographer. All we ask you to do is call a day or two in advance to make arrangements for the photo. If our photographer is unable to be there, we encourage you that you provide pictures when possible. But please do not send pictures of several people full-tim- doing nothing. The Iwst photos are those that tell a story by themselves and have plenty of action. Nothing is more bland than a grip and grin" shot of a couple of handshakers or a ribbon-cuttinceremony. g When submitting news articles, it is important to include all pertinent pieces of information such as dates, times and locations when turning in a story. It is much easier to throw an article away than to do a lot of rechecking on the phone. Remcmltcr to use good judgement in the quantity and quality of releases you submit. Every once in a while a club will send in so many releases of questionable news value that the mere appearance of their letterhead is enough to consign it to the wastebasket. Omit all st icky adject i ves in your news articles such as lovely, nice, beautiful, etc. They only distract from the story. Deadlines for all club and social news is 5 p.m. the day Itcfore publication. If these guidelines are followed, we will do our part to see that your article is published in the upcoming issue. Please do not thank all the merchants or people who donated or cont ributed to your event in news articles. We suggest sending them a personal thank you note, expressing your thanks orally or placing a display advertisement in the paper. We want you to know that the paper is always , open for suggestions, comments and constructive criticism. We feel that when we listen to you, we can often improve the quality ot the newspaper by implementing your suggestions. THS Band In Competition Tooele High School will be among the 25 marching bands participating in the Western States Marching Band Competition at the University of Utah on Oct. 20. In addition to the competition, highlights will include the awards presentation, an exhibition by the Ute marching band, an directors seminar and participation open-form- plaques. Chief adjudicator for the compet will be Wayne Downey, musical director of the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps of Concord, Calif. The public is invited to attend the competition, which will be held at Rice Stadium. Tickets to either the preliminary or final compet it ion cost $2. Both competitions and other events are $3, with children under six admitted free. $50 Reward For Identification A $50 reward is waiting at the Tooele County Sheriff s office for the person who dropped some ident ifica-tio- n in a Tooele mailbox. Detective Allan James of the sheriffs office, said somebody placed the identification in the mailbox outside the Tooele post office approximately three weeks ago. Officer James said the department is anxious to get in touch with the person for information as to where the identification was found. No charges are pending against that person, he said. Legislative Hopefuls Meet The four Tooele candidates vying for seats in the Utah Legislature will be featured in a Meet Your Candidates Night on Friday. The panel discussion is the third in a series sponsored by the Tooele Valley Region of the Utah Association of Women. The panel will begin discussion at 7:30 p.m. in the county courthouse auditorium. Those who have lieen invited to participate include Sen. Karl G, Swan and Republican challenger LeRoy Rose, both scekingseats in the Utah Senate. . Also participating will be Democrat Beverly White and write-i- n challenger John E. Smith, who are seeking a post in the state House of Representatives. Auction Set An auction sale will be held at Tooele Army Depot on Oct. 21, where 216 items will be up for sale. Among items that are being offered at the sale will be compressors, trailers, trucks, motorcycle, typewriters, generators, furniture, tools, plywood, hardware, shop equipment, cabinets and tanks. The items are on display for inspection from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Monday through Friday at the TAD disposal yard. Entrance to the dis- IN THIS ISSUS. . . WEEKLY ALSO CASLI TV LKTIMA |