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Show typ WEEKLY "''ynulirW1wi'riiii "by fry"H REFLEX-DAV- m i0i 'jpi u'1 iyy ynjyy fcjnyny yi y HTaHiir mr m i'Tfiiij NEWS JOURNAL, MAY 12, 1977 IS . a N if I mHuuu?u&. w UUOCJ Other staff members will By ROSELYN KIRK A psychologist, recently employed by the Davis County Comprehensive Mental Health, will be assigned to the First District Juvenile Court in Farmington on May 14. also be assigned to work with the court parttime. Mike Strebel, chief of division operations for the juvenile court, said the exchange in services will benefit both agencies. and has increased during this last year 14' per cent as compared to an increase in Weber County of 3'i per cent during the same time period. the board that Davis County has a high HE TOLD AUSTIN Chiles will take over the duty of coordinating services between the juvenile court and the mental health organization, Dr. Russell Mental Health Williams, were referred to the court. Including traffic violations, a total of 3,539 Davis youth were seen by court officials last health advisory board. year. Mr. Strebel Director told the mental delinquincy rate in Davis County is climbing rapidly HE reported that last year youth in Davis County 1,457 said that the teenage alcoholic rate, of the highest in the He recommended one state. that a residential treatment center be set up for the juvenile who is not a criminal but who is psychotic or alcoholic. Mr. Strebel pointed out the inequity of detaining a status offender for as long as three months while a juvenile in- volved in a burglary is sometimes out of jail in less than 24 hours. A status offense is one, which if committed by an adult, would not be a crime such as a runaway or an ungovernable. THE reason for this inequity in punishment often revolves around the facilities available, said Mr. Strebel. Since shelter homes are at a Davis North Medical Officials Ask Commissioners For 'A Mill Levy By ROSELYN KIRK of Mr. and Mrs. Hyrum King. The E.M. Whitesides Fatuity and PTA Officers met atter school Wednesday, May 18 to honor their principal, Roland E. Long and their custodians, Hyrum (Dee) King and Mrs. Edna King. Mr. Long and Mr. and Mrs. King will leave Whitesides School this year to open the new E.G. King school in the education career in Davis County as a teacher at Layton Elementary School. Later, he became the principal at the old Sahara Village School. years ago, in 1954, Mr. Long became the first principal of the E.M. Whitesides School. Twenty-thre- e MR. KING joined the staff on March 11, 1955. He has fall. at Whitesides School MR. LONG, a native of his Pennsylvania, began worked at the school since that time, a period of 22 years. His wife, Edna, started working at Whitesides School when the first addition was completed in January of 1957. She has been at Whitesides for 20 years. FACULTY, parents and students claim that Mr. and Mrs. King are among the finest school custodians in the state. Visitors and patrons of the school are amazed at the cleanliness of the halls and rooms. Tooele Counties to form a a council. Dr. Richard Johns had arDavis County gued that would get lost in the shuffle. When we get involved with Weber County, we lose the He presented a battle. document signed by government councils public officials and providers of health care in Davis county which endorsed the creation of a single a council. The single area concept was modified as a result of the meeting. Paul Boumbulian, HSA Executive Director, said if the Wasatch Front area were divided into three as Davis County officials were requested, the burden for coordinating the local planning groups would outweigh their effectiveness. After local officials argued a that the plan would tend to split the county, Mrs. Southwick suggested the alternative proposal which would allow the three sub, a councils to feed into council one larger whole the representing Wasatch Front. This met the approval of HSA officials who were anxious to pare down the a councils. number of sub-are- Davis County health of- ficials may be successful in their fight to have a local voice in health planning through the Health Systems Agency (HSA). LOCAL HEALTH officials and county commissioners, met with administrators from the agency, and Phyllis Bountiful, Southwick, a member of the HSA Governing Board and Dean Jackson, Bountiful, who sits on the Health Planning Council. During the session a planning process which would allow local input was suggested by Mrs. Southwick and approved by those present. The plan will be presented to Salt Lake County and Weber County Councils of Government (COGs) for approval. THE process would call for a three sub, councils to feed information into the a council set up for the Wasatch Front Region. If the proposed plan is accepted, nine Davis County residents would sit on sub, sub-arewhich would councils represent health needs in sub-are- sub-are- a Davis County. Ihis council would meet monthly with similar councils from the other two health regions in th Wasatch Front and Lake-Tooel- - e grass roots input planning council. to Salt provide to the HSA DAVIS COUNTY Health officials had been critical of the recommendation made by HSA administrators and planners earlier which suggested that Davis County join with either Weber and Morgan Counties or Salt Lake and sub-are- sub-area- sub-are- sub-are- sub-are- ALL OFFICIALS were insistent that the councils not have veto power sub-are- a axe health programs to requested by another county. If the plan meets with approval m the Salt Lake and Weber COGs, the three councils will combine in a monthly meeting. HSA, which has been at work for over 16 months, was commissioned by the Department of Health Education and Welfare (HEW) to set up an integrated health plan for Utah. Mr. Boumbulian said nine-memb- a the concept, which will provide input to the decision making health planning council is a priority item in the Utah health planning concept. sub-are- HE FEELS, sub-are- a coun- make a lot of sense, but says that HEW is attempting to eliminate the resident input because it involves extensive administration costs. Davis County officials expressed approval of the a council concept, but said they wanted even more local control. Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) chairman Keith Jensen endorsed the one county health planning concept for Davis cils sub-are- County. RICHARD Cross, chief of community education for HSA, suggested the county also exert clout through the local officials, Mrs. Southwick, Mr. Jackson and Willie Washington, members of the governing and health planning boards. Dr. Johns said Davis County effectiveness in this area might be minimal since Davis County does not have any health providers on the council. council Additional representation will not be available to Davis County for at least another year as the board and council should remain stable during the planning process, Mr. Cross said. THE PLANNING agreed counthat the sub, sub-arecils could be set up in the a same areas presently as- signed as health districts Officials said $75,000 has been disignated for staff and transportation expenses The sub-are- a advisory boards would serve without pay and SPECIAL! MCCULLOCH PRO MAC 10-1- 0 CHAIN SAW WITH CARRYING CASE ONLY 21995 s 244. 90 VALUE p a Now serving at Flmendorf AFB, Alaska, with a Military Airlift Command Unit is Air Carl Racker & Sons 129 South State, Clearfield 825-277- 7 Rackers Western Auto 116 Gentile, Layton 376-426- 7 Jims Sport Center 1731 So. 2000 West, would not have a decision making function. Although the Davis County Commission did not pass a resolution in favor of the sub, sub-areconcept. Commissioner C E. Moss said he favors the plan." Davis County COG earlier endorsed the idea of a single health planning agency for Davis. Serving New AF Assignment Our bestselling farm saw! Powerful 3.3 cu. in. engine, 16" bar sprocket-tiand Chain Brake Hand Guard that protects you 2 ways Plus carrying case with removable bar guard. Syracuse 825-277- 7 County. THE COUNTY could take Force Staff Sergeant Gilbert E. Vaillancou.'t, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Vaillancourt of 182 Madison Ave , Berlin, N.H. SERGEANT Vaillancourt, a pararescue specialist, was previously assigned at McClellan AFB, Calif. The sergeant is a 1971 graduate of Berlin High School. His wife, l.ois, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Kennington. 2004 W. Alton Circle, Layton, Utah. medical costs. Dean Holman, administra- tor of the Medical Center and Floyd Morgan, controller said the problem of providing care will continue to grow as the county grows. Mr. Morgan estimated that, $3,000 to $4,000 in medical costs each month would not be an unreasonable sum for indigent medical cost based on what weve seen. Utah Foundation Gives Report On Davis County Federal Outlays Federal outlays in Davis County during the 1976 fiscal year totaled $354,626,000, or about $3,084 per capita. These expenditures also were equal to about 66. 1 percent of total personal income in the county during the preceding calendar year. Davis Health Officials May Get Voice In Health Planning Through HSA By ROSELYN KIRK Officials from Davis North Medical Center met with Davis County Commissioners to urge them to assess an additional i4 mill levy to pay for costs incurred by the medically indigent in Davis advantage of recent legislation passed during the last session, which would allow the commissioners to assess the and collect levy approximately $60,000 to cover these costs. If commissioners act on this option, the money would be transferred to the State Division of Health, which would set up an agency for investigating claims and paying indigent $358.9 billion. The Foundation report indicates that Utahs share of the taxes needed to pay for this Federal spending program totaled $1,570,000,000. Since Federal outlays made in the state last year were $1,947,000,000, Utah currently receives back about $1.24 for every $1 taken in Federal taxes for the enumerated distributions. The Foundation hastens to point out, however, that the individuals paying the taxes are not necessarily the same ones benefitting from the Federal activity. Moreover, there also is some question regarding the desirability of some of the Federal programs, since many of them may be designed to limit or restrict state, local, and private activities. THESE WERE some of the facts reported by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization, in their annual study of Federal outlays in Utah. A breakdown of Federal spending in Davis County shows that $291,431,000 of the 1976 Federal outlays were made by the Department of Defense, $22,328,000 by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, $663,000 by the Department of Transportation, $6,069 by the Treasury Department, $6,850,000 by the Veterans Administration and $27,284,000 by other Federal agencies. FINALLY, THE study indicates that expenditure priorities may have been different if the spending decisions had been made locally rather than by Federal officials in Washington. Utah actually suffers a loss when FEDERAL outlays throughout the state of Utah during the 1976 fiscal year totaled $1,946,686,000. This sum includes all Federal expenditures made in the state for salaries. Federal purchases and conto state and local tracts, grants-in-ai- d governments, along with other Federal payments to individuals and institutions within the state. According to the Foundation report, the proportion of total Federal spending made within the state has been declining despite the fact that residents of the state are paying proportionately more in taxes to finance such Federal programs. Federal expenditures are financed through borrowing. According to the Foundation report, Utahns pay out twice as much in Federal taxes to meet interest costs on the national debt as individuals and institutions in the state receive back in Federal interest payments. DURING 1976, for example, only $50.0 million in Federal interest was paid to individuals and institutions in Utah, while the state's share of the taxes required to meet total interest payments on the national debt amounted to $119.6 million. In other words, servicing the national debt resulted in a dram of nearly $70 million from Utah last year. Similarly, Federal budget deficits and increases in the national debt tend to raise interest obligations and take additional money out of the state. In fiscal 1976, the Federal government incurred an operating deficit of $65.6 billion. The net effect of this deficit was an increased annual drain of about $11.7 million from individuals and business firms in Utah. The Foundation study points out that there has been a Federal budget deficit incurred in 37 of the past 46 years. BETWEEN 1970 and 1976, Federal outlays in Utah rose by 69 percent, but outlays throughout the nation increased by 89 percent. As a result, Utahs share of total Federal spending declined from .61 percent in 1970 to .54 percent in 1976. During this same period, Utahs share of the total tax burden climbed from an estimated .38 percent in 1970 to .44 percent in 1976. Foundation analysts attribute this shift in Federal spending to the strong effort that has been made during recent years to divert Federal expenditures away from the South and the West and into the more populous Northeast and Midwestern States. Many of the programs enacted by Congress during the past decade have placed greater emphasis on spending in the large metropolitan cities. Because of this policy, Utahs share of overall Federal spending has been declining. FEDERAL outlays made throughout the United States last year amounted to FEDERAL expenditures in the United States last year were made through 1,300 separate programs administered by 87 different Federal departments and agencies. Utah participated in 528 of these Federal outlay programs involving 35 different departments and agencies. Local Groups Discuss Water drafted By ROSELYN KIRK Two groups discussed water problems with the Davis County Commissioners on Thursday and both arrived at alternative proposals. One, a citizens group from the Straight Ditch Companycom-in West Layton, asked the mission to request government relief to develop addi- tional water sources in the area served by their irrigation company. THE OTHER group, golf course personnel from Davis County Golf Courses discussed plans to supply additional water to the county courses. Representatives from the Tom ditch company, Ramage, Dean Egbert and Kelly Green, said thpy must plan for more water to supply irrigation needs in their area Before Mr. Ramage said, w can get moving, we must have the area declared a disaster area. Glen COMMISSIONER Flint, told the group that the commissioner had already a letter to Gordell the Utah Brown, Chairman (USDA) Emergency Board requesting that Davis County be declared a disaster area and be added to the list of of drought stricken emergency relief areas. In the letter, the commission requested aid to farmers, cattlemen and dairymen in Davis County. Mr. Egbert It is difficult for said, private individuals in the county to compete with large water conservation projects, like Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, to develop water. HE suggested, it money is forthcoming for water needs, it should be used to finance, in part, a system, pressure irrigation which would ulti- mately save water wasted through flood irrigation. In discussing water needs at the golf courses, Charlie Cook Ken Pettingill, Valley View Golf Course personnel, suggested a plan for connecting course water lines to a pond owned by Layton City which is located on the golf and course. IF LAYTON city allows this water source, golf course crews could pump the water from the pond through the regular pumping system to provide water to water tees and greens in the late fall and early spring. Water from Weber Basin Water Conservancy District is not available before April 15 or after Oct. 15 Commissioner C.E. Moss, for the golf courses, asked Valley View personnel to check the arrangement with Layton City. Mr. Pettingill said that the a had verbal county agreement with layton to use the water. The decision to complete the water line and install the pump will be made after an agreement is reached AFTER A discussion with Scott and Pierre Boyce Heulde, personnel from Davis Park Golf Course, the commission and personnel decided that two additional water sources might he available. One source was to pump water out of Bears Creek. The other was to pump water out of an existing well. Mr. Boyce and Mr. Heulde will check costs before the decision is made. responsible minimum, the status offender sits it out in detention as there is no alternative. Mr. Strebel expressed the hope that eventually Dr. Chiles could be housed with the court, making him more of a part of the team. During the last legislative session, the State Division of Health was appointed by the legislature to provide the court with a psychologist 32 hours a week. IF THE residential center became available, it would provide a controlled environment where the juvenile could be treated by the staff who could observe the client durtreatment period, ing a Mr. Strebel said. Admittance should be voluntary. Mr. Strebel said the need was so great that if a 20 bed facility were made available, it would be filled in 15 days. Both Dr. Williams and Mr. Strebel said the family should be committed to the treatment, along with the youth. 90-da- y THE COUNTY had budgeted $35,000 for indigent expenses this year, but only $15,000 is earmarked for medical costs. The remaining $20,000 provides funds for indigent legal needs. Commissioner C.E. Moss said last year the county paid out $6,000 in indigent medical expenses. Mr. Holman said the problems in finding sources of payment usually results in emergency cases. We are obligated to treat these patients even if they dont have resources, he said. If the case is not an emergency, patients are asked to specify how the bill will be paid. Less than 3 percent of those electing to enter the hospital have coverage, he said. IF THE indigent sick do not qualify under Medicare or Medicaid, and all resources have been exhausted, the county receives the bill, Mr. Holman said. Medical treatment costs must finally be paid, he said, either by the taxpayers or through raising the fee schedule in the hospital. MR. HOLMAN said that the hospital tries to get prior approval before accepting patients, but that this is not always possible in an emergency situation. Sometimes the hospital is stuck with the bill. He admitted, there are professionals who know how to get into a hospital, get the services they need and get out without paying. Bonnie Denhart, coordinator for social services at Davis North Medical Center, said the hospital cannot force patients to fill out forms for Medicare or Medicaid. JAN COTTLE and Glen Robbins, administrators from Lakeview Hospital, said they had submitted a bill for only one medically indigent patient this year. The county paid $538 or just over one third of the cost of the total $1,500 bill. Commissioners had asked County Attorney Milton Hess last week for a legal opinion on whether to call for the levy but did not say when they will make a decision on the EDUCATING the family to the juveniles needs and problems should be a part of the treatment, they said. Judge Cornell Jensen, Chairman of the Mental Health Advisory Board and Clearfield City Judge, said the court is making a shift in holding parents responsible for the actions of their children in areas of vandalism and property damage. MR. STREBEL agreed that the court is changing position in determining the com- munity should be protected from the juvenile. The court is mobilizing all the resources of the community to help. The parole officer will serve as a broker to make this happen. In the past Mr. Strebel said the parole officer has been a combination social worker and a figure, but now the officer must see that the youth sees parole as a privilege and an alternative to jail. Mr. Strebel said in the past he feels the system has given the juvenile a crutch. Now the move is to make the juvenile accountable for his behavior. IN OTHER business, Albert Jaramillo, mental health board advisory member, said his inquiry into mental health services available to inmates of the Davis County jail had satisfied him for the time beLast month Mr. ing. Jaramillo had questioned whether prisoners receiving adequate were coun- seling and rehabilitation. He told the board that he had spoken to Sheriff William Dub Lawrence and was satisfied that more counseling could not be made available until the county jail facilities are expanded. IN AN unrelated matter of business. Dr. Williams told the board that 161 calls for emergency mental help were received the first month after the telephone service was inicalls sought tiated. Fifty-nin- e information, while the others were clinical or emergency calls. SWAMP COOLERS Sold, Installed HOPSON & Repaired HEATING 376-36- 12 Color TV Service Factory Authorized RCA, Zenith, Magnavox (Seme's Electronic 1981 No. Main, Layton 825-611- 4 |