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Show ine Magna i imeswest vaiiey News, inursaay, August zu, laao Local Valley West Rotary dub Wong joins PVH staff as director of emergency room plans luncheons, activities The Valley West Rotary Club luncheon meetings are held each Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. in the Presidents Room at the Salt Lake Community College Redwood Road Student Center. Guests are welcome. Cost of luncheon is $7.50. .The following schedule of speakers and activities has been arranged: Girl admitted Barbara Wong, RN, MSN, is new director of West Valley City Hospital's Emergency Room. She currently serves a director of the Emergency Room which is the busiest in the state, treating an average of 2,800 to 3,200 patients per month. And her unique philosophy is: "I imagine each patient is my dad, my mother, my brother or my sister, and make certain they get the best possible care." She served as director of the emergency center, surgical short stay and endoscopy unit of a hospital in Spokane, Wash., was director jof nursing of the emergency department for a medical center in San Francisco, Calif., and emergency clinic staff nurse at the Snorbird Clinic. Ms. Wong will oversee planned expansion of the hospital's emergency room, and will increase efforts to reduce the waiting time August 26: Speaker, Mike Reberg, S.L. County Commission candidate. Sept. 2: SPS Technology Tour; call Billie, 269-470- Sept. 9: Presentation. 0. International Trade Sept. 26: Speaker, John Wamas, owner, Ultimate Travel.' to being 13 years old Hearing scheduled Aug. 28 for couple Doctor joins facing kidnapping, rape of WVC girl A hearing is set Aug. 28 for a Colorado man and woman, both charged with kidnapping and rapWest Valley City ing a girl. The unidentified girl admitted at a preliminary hearing earlier this month that she "fell in love with the man and consented to having sex with him, and later suggested sex with both the having three-wa- y man and his wife." William Fredricks Smith III, 20, and his wife Melodie A. Smith, 19, were arrested in Price. The male suspect is charged with one count of felony child kidnapping and four counts of rape of the girl. Melodie was charged with one count of child kidnapping and one count of rape of a child. Both face up to life in prison, if eonvictgWjlliam is being held on 120,000, but Melodie is being Services supervised by first-degr- ee Pre-Tri- al because she is seven months ' nant. preg- - The victim conceded she looks older than she is, and testified in preliminary hearing in Third District Court that she told the defendants she was only 13. The incidents reportedly happened in March, and the girl turned 14 in April. Judge Glenn Iwasaki said a can not legally consent to sex with an adult, nor can a child leave the state without a parent's permission. The trio was reportedly en route to Colorado when arrested. Police said the Smiths were members of a cult who had lured the girl to their home with jewelry and other items devil-worsh- ip of satnjc symboJsJJoweyej, no evidence of satanism was presented atlhe preliminary hearing. PVH Center for Family Medicine Dr. Jeffrey Miles has joined Drs. Thomas Whelan and Joseph the Pioneer Valley at Kasper Center for Family Medicine, where he will provide medical services for the entire family. of patients now attending the hos- pital's emergency room. She enjoys hiking, skiing, fly fishing and spending time with her husband and daughter. Volunteers, donations sought A native of San Jose, Calif., Dr. Miles' interest in medicine brought him to the University of Utah where he received his medical degree and completed his residen- An elderly widowed woman, a longtime resident of Magna, is in dire need of volunteers to help with painting the exterior of her home and hauling refuse to the dump. Attempts have been made to contact organizations normally able to do this sort of work, but their are either consumed with an excess of other projects or out o funding. If you would be interested in contributing your spare time or donating funds for the materials needed, please contact the Magna Times at 6 and leave a phone number where you can be reached as well as the time of day you would be most accessible. We would really like to accomplish this project before the bad weather sets in, stated the spokesperson for the project. cy. With special interest and training in preventive medicine, diabetes d and asthma, obstetric care. Dr. Miles said he is looking forward to serving patients in$&!t Vallfy City, Magna and surrounding area. 250-565- family-centere- I U V. Voter registration made easy with mail-i- n forms Sherrie Swensen, Salt Lake County Clerk, has made it easier for Salt Lake County residents to register to vote by placing voter registration forms in over 250 locations throughout Salt Lake County. Businesses that are new to the program include all Mountain America Credit Unions, Einstein Bros. Bagels and Starbucks Coffee. Long time supporters such as Smiths, Dan's, and Harmons Food Stores, First Security Bank and Bank One and several other credit unions also carry the registration forms. Public agencies such as the post offices, county & city libraries, high schools, universities and colleges, state offices and by-m- ail C00k many other locations also have the forms available. Cook believes that an important supports the Salt Lake County Sheriffs in efforts to create crossed deputizing Sheriffs Deputies foremigration control. Cook says, "We need more of a direct involvement by INS in Utah. The Congress also has to certify Mexico is doing what they should toward drug trafficking. This past session we decertified Mexico which brought into place financial penalties. Cook lists healthcare as another He says, "We important issue. CREDrr "Businesses who display the bymail voter registration forms provide a great public service to their customers," said Swensen. "Making registration convenient encourages more people to participate in the election process." People who wish to register by mail must submit the forms by October 14th in order to be eligible to vote in the General Election on November 3rd For further information regarding voter registration, please contact the Salt Lake County Clerk's Election Division at 468-342- 7. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 issue that impacts his Utah constituents is illegal emigration. He TCWN&COWIHV need to fix the HMOs. The Patient Protection Act proposed by my party is better than the Kennedy Bill which will foster more litigation." On the issue of the special prosecutor's of the investigation President, Cook believes that the legal process should be completed in this case. He is not happy with the cost of the process and believes that changes should be made. He says, "The Starr investigation has been too expensive. After the investigation wc need to look into the law and change it so it works better." - Would you like to lower your payments and pay off high interest debt? Town & Country Credits approach to lending allows us to customize home loans for all types of borrowers. So whether you ve been turned down by another lender or just want to compare our loan programs to your existing loan, give us a call. Well help you achieve your financial goals and save you money. 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