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Show I ! To mark first Mental health center year BC hospital plans open house Aug. 3 and personalized care have been delivered by the hospital staff and volunteers, the adminstrator said. We are gratified, too, that we have been able to reinvest in our community. Without accepting local, state or federal funding for construction of the hospital, additional benefits have been provided to our community and state. . . he explain- Brigham Ctiy Community hospital is marking the end of its first year of operation here with an open house on Wednesday, Aug. 3, Adminisitrator Val H. Christensen said this week. Hours of the open house will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with doors open to all interested persons of the community. A number of free services are being offered during the event, including blood pressure screening and pulmonary function screening. Those who want also may have strips (heart rate monitoring) and audiometric (hearing) screening. Free blood typing also will be offered as will a fetal monitoring demonstration and cardiopulmonary resuscitation film and demonstration. Christensen had a host of figures reflecting the hospitals impact locally since it opened on July 31, 1976. Admissions have numbered 2,876 with 1,120 surgeries have been performed and 556 deliveries. To provide these and other services, more than 200,000 hours of professional ed. Among these benefits are salaries, wages and benefits amounting to $780,182 with payments to utilities totaling $47,804. The hospital also has paid property taxes of $30,000 and has federal and state income tax payable totaling $33,000. Christensen said supply expenses have amounted to $251,524. And the investment in land, property and fixed equipment has amounted to electro-cardogra- $4,326,960. The administrator said, in looking back first year, we have some very satisfying feelings. We feel especially gratified by the warm support of Brigham City Community hospital by the communon this ity. Brigham City Kiwanis ran VAC? COTE$T July BC ilk fakes district post (Continued from Page One) resources, the director explained. He pointed out that many persons can resolve difficulties they may encounter. But others cant without professional assistance. Biy difficulties I mean marital problems, parent-chilinteraction, emotional problems, social problems, alcohol and drug abuse, etc.," Dr. Cardon noted. We are also concerned about such things as child abuse, rape and even such problems as mate abuse battered wives and battered husbands, he added. There is a crisis service at both Logan and Brigham City. Persons who feel they need help can call in Brigham City or A Brigham City man, Ray Dufour, has been named district deputy, grand exalted ruler for d 9 the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Utah North district. He was appointed to the office by Grand Exalted Ruler Homer H. Huhn, Jr., and installed at the grand lodge session in New Orleans, La. Dufour will oversee the nine Elks lodges in northern Utah. The local man served as exalted ruler of Brigham City and Lodge No. 2208 in 1973-7won the exalted ruler award. In 1974-7he served as youth activities chairman for the local lodge, winning the state association youth activities trophy. He has been ritual coach at the Brigham City lodge for the past three years and was vice chairman of the state association ritual committee in 1976-7- BOX ELDER Brigham City, Utah Sunday, July 31, 1977 NEWS, wr&- - fio Food Dryer Kits 4 all-sta- 5 752-075- 0 In both instances, calls go to the local hospital switchboard and mental health personnel are notified by pager. We carry beepers so that we can get to a phone and call the people. This allows us to be in touch with them when they are most desperately in need of our assistance. "We hear from people on the verge of suicide, from people who have just been abused in one way or another, from someone who is just desperately alone or just desperate for one reason or another. Its this immediate feedback which seems to be beneficial to people, Dr. Cardon said. The director said our concern is to help individuals help themselves." Its not the programs intent to supplant the help offered by churches. Religious leaders should understand that we want to assist people to solve their problems in the same basic way as the churches. We are not advocating new values or new morality. We want to support local values and assist people within their value systems, the mental health chief explain- Ray . Dufour district leader Food Dryer Kit Includes has room for 12 trays), for guides trays, and assembled electrical unit. Cabinet, door, hinges and all parts are included. two side 6 trays (but This year Dufour coach the winning ritual team in the state, Brigham City Lodge No. 2208, which competed at the national convention in New Orleans. Dufour and his wife, Ludelle, reside in Brigham City. ed. Address. School car Name. entries for July must be received at the Box Elder News and nal, 55 South First West, no later than Aug. 3. Only those yards entered in the contest will be judged. All (Continued from Page One) less expensive for the district than to pay him 15 cents a mile to drive his personal Jour- car. He also reported on a recent inspection of the new recreation complex in Logan. The tour was taken by Brigham City and school officials. Dr. Dalton said the Logan center has some things we dont need, explaining that a natatorium or swim gym would do city-scho- Entries invited this week for July Yard of the Month A reminder was issued this week that entries are being accepted in the Brigham City Kiwanis clubs Yard of the Month contest for July. But those who plan to enter should do so right away. The deadline is Wednesday, Aug. 3. Judges will inspect the entered yards Friday morning. Previous winners are not eligible for the monthly competition. Not only owners but friends and relatives are encouraged to make entries. The competition is sponsored monthly during the summer to recognize outstanding yard landscaping and care. A winner will be selected for July as one BC here. of four award recipients named during the summer season. Engraved plagues will be presented to them by the Kiwanis club in a special awards luncheon this fall. The winning yard selected in June was that of Mr. and Mrs. Suresh Kulkarni, 868 North Medoland drive. In inspecting the yards, judges take into consideration the care and condition of lawns, shrubs, trees, flowers and other plantings. Also, landscape design and appearance of the home and other build- ings. Yard of the Month sign will be placed in the front yard of the July winner. An entry form can be found on Todays Page 3. A In comtemplating a joint project, however, he said my feeling is we should also include the county commission. The superintendent told board members that a statement of district philosophy is needed. It was requested by state school officials who have been asked to evaluate the district central office in terms of staffing. A statement as such is presently not available. Both the board and Dr. Dalton agreed that input for such a statement should come from them plus district personnel and the public. High school studentbody officers also were mentioned. Board members were advised of an invitation to take part in vocational education day Aug. 17. A tour will begin at Bear River High and move to Box Elder High with a steak fry in the afternoon. ging the traditional homemaker girl home from image. national FHA event JoAnne .Ravenberg of north Brigham City is keeping busy this summer as one of Utahs youthful leaders in the Future Homemakers of America pro- gram. She recenlty returned from the national FHA convention in Seattle, Wash., attending as a delegate from the Beehive f - m ' Its sought to project the homemaker not as a slave to her home and children but as a partner in the home with her husband. And a person whose interests transcend the narrow limits of housework. senior is treasurer of her local FHA chapter and was a runner-u- p in state officer elections. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Ravenberg, she reported that the emphasis during the national convention was chan WpVe. counting on Red Cross. The Good Neighbor. state. 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