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Show Tuesday. January 8, 1980. THE HERALD, Provo, Utah—Page 11 Hospital State Funding of Education Studied Director To Retire DENVER — Reed L. Clegg,director of the Intermountain Veterans Administration Medical Cemer in Salt Lake City since 1972, announced his retirement by late January after 39 SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Rankssecond in the nation in the amount of state taxes used for higher education when compared with personal income, says the Utah Taxpayers Association Utah's 1979-80 legislative appropriation for higher education amounts to $16.93 in state taxes for every $1,000 of The UTA cited figures from 24 annual report prepared by M.M Chambers, Illinois State University Thefiguresinclude only state revenues and do not include appropriations for capital outlay, or revenues from other sources. personal income. of the oroatone for higher education in State. The remainder comes from student tuition and other This is higher than any other state except Mississippi, which appropriated $17.59 per $1,000. The 50-state average was 11,16. When compared with population, Utah's higher education spending ranks eighth est in the nation at $111.23 years of federal and community ser- vice Clegg, 61, a native of Altonah, Duchesne County, said he and his wife, Naomi, later will take an assignment from the LDS Church for up to two years in Nigeria and Ghana Acting director until a successor is named will be assistant director Robert ‘‘Daws’’ Simpson, a to officials at the Denver VAoffices A federal senior executive, Clegg has been active in professional, academic, church and other community affairs. Previously he was director of the VA medical centers in Seattle, Newsington, Conn., and Iron Mountain, Mich., as well as assistant director of the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center from 1955 to 1960. He was later assistant director at medical centers in Vancouver, Wash. and Spokane, and assistant director trainee at the Denver VA ident. REED L. CLEGG Surgical, neurological, rehabilitiation and behavioral science specialities for veterans from Utah, Idaho, Montana, western Colorado and other states Clegg began in 1939 as a caseworker for the Utah Public Welfare Depattment, and joined a variety of wartime federal agencies where he was involved ies issues such as the relocation of japanese residents and fi s such as later Secretary of StateEdward Stettinius, Dr. Milton Eisenhower, and “Wild Bill” Jeffers of Union Pacific. Hejoined the VA in 1946 after serving Medical Center. as a Navy supply officer. Cl said his three major VAgoals Heis a fellow of the American Colin the Salt Lake City center are either lege of Hospital Administrators and ing, or have been ac lished in- representative on the Association of ch new or renovated physical American Medical Colleges. He is on facilities, academic orientation of the the clinical faculty of Schoo! of center and entering of the mainstream Medicine and adjunct professor, School of intermountain health care. of Social Work, University of Utah. He explained that ground was broken He has served as chairman of the nearly three months ago for a $23 mil- Utah pesccportan Hospital Council, lion, four-story acute-care building, regent of American College of renovation of pateint areas costing a Hospital Administrators for Utah and total of $10 million is nearly half com- Nevada,president and board member pleted, and ac; ic ties have been of the Utah State Hospital Association, made or expanded involving the VA boa: rd member of Utah Cancer Intermountain Regional Medical Society and Utah Health Systems Education Center at Utah State University, Weber State College, Brigham Adi uncil on Com} ive Young University, and the University Health Planning. of Utah Schools of Medicine, Social Clegg's community service has inWork and Nursing where 1,000 post- volved the United Fund, Community pee medical residents are annual- Chest, Boy and Explorer Scouts, ly involved in VA training. Kiwanis, American Cross and the , Clegg said, the VA medical Federal Exec center has become deeply involved in the center of intermountain-area health care and the hospital itself now is a special assignments on VA national major referral ‘center tor all medical, health-care committees. Utah is outpaced only y Alaska, Hawaii, California, Washington, Wyoming, North Dakota and Minnesota. The U.S. average is $87 48 Mining Congress Criticizes EPA “State taxes provide about 76 percent dedicated credits (21 percent) and federal grants and other sources (3 percent),”’ the association reported “Since the percentage of Utah's population enrolled in public colleges and universities is about 19 percent higher than the national average, we woulc expect spending to be about the same percentage higher. However. our state funding compared with population is 27 percent above the U.S. average. Additionally, Utah's ratio of instructional staff to population is 124 percent ae than the national average. ‘A said “These high spending patterns may be due to the fact that instructional salaries are also high in Utah's colleges and universities. The American Association of University Professors, in its annual salary report showed that mostinstructional personne!in Utah's Public institutions of higher learning are paid better than the rest of the nation,” the association ‘Assistant professors and instructors at Weber State College were shown to receive better salaries than 9 percent of their counterparts in similar-sized public institutions. Professors and associate professors at Southem Utah State College and Weber were better paid than 80 percentof their colleagues as were assistant professors and instructors at SUSC and the Universityof Utah “Assistant professors at Utah State University were likewise better paid than 80 percentof similar positions. Associate professors, assistant professors and instructors at Snow College, Professors and associate professors at the U of U, and associate professors and instructors at USU wereall shown to be paid higher salaries than 60 per- cent of Similar positions in comparably-sized institutions throughout the country,” UTA said. University Schedules Seminar Organizational Chart Tq Hel With Public Finances An organizational chart created by the Environmental Protection Agency showing the lines of operation for a five permit program is being criticized by the American s. The chart, which when put on paper extends some six feet in length, depicts a proposal by the EPA to ‘streamline’ the permit programs into a single regulatory we Program. AdvisryCouncil on.Comprshentve LOGAN — Helping Utah cities and towns find the potat the end of the rainbow will be the purpose of a sefies of presentations on public finance beginning at Utah State University this week and continuing through February. “Those sible for the financial affairs of local governments are increasingly becoming aware ofthe fact that there is nc grant money available anymore for funding development pro- jects,’ said Edward Allen, USU ‘litical Science Department, coordinator for the series. “There is no longer a free ride.” Alternative sources of funding for locai needs will be one of the topics covered by a group of businessizen, government leaders and scholars including Scott Matheson, governor of Utah, Eamon Kelly, executive vice president of Tulane University, and 2 Edwin Webber, staff director of the U.S. House of Representatives SubCommittee on Economic Stabilization. Also to be covered in the seminar, which willbe held every other Wednesday and Thursday in January and February, beginning Wednesday, are government and private sources of funding, funding programs and apProaches to date and new funding strategies for the 1980s. Ts Teeth Don’t Cause ‘Pain in Other Areas ;_ Do infected teeth cause arthritis and bursitis? Many dentists and physicians theorized in favor of this thinking in the past — somestill do — buttodayit is covtallyaccerial by most that “‘bad steeth” not cause pain in distant - areas of the body. In times past it was not unusual to *have multiple-extractions recom«mended, in the hope that other health “problems would be somehowsolved. Often, after several or all of the suspect teeth were removed, patients would report seemingly niiraculous “cures” of backaches,joint pains, bursitis and thelike. Unfortunately, the relief was usuall short-lived and, when pains returned, valuable time had been lost that could have been used by the patient's physician to arrive at the true causes. In the majority of cases, the patient attributing the bulk of his medical \problems to his teeth is laboring under a misconception, and postponing medicalattention he maysorely need. Ofcourse,teeth in poor condition, or infected, can cause pain in the ear, face and head, and this is due to the prox- imity. If teeth are sore, decayed and/orinfected, the patient cannot chew his food properly. Then, the stomach hasto atetene 10:00, par of ie Job We (eet should ha , thus causing stress and overworking ofthe entire digestive system; discomfort, to say theleast, is hight probable. lay more than ever before, teeth that would have been extracted without question just a few years ago can be saved. People who putoff going to the dentist because they feel teeth may have to be extracted anyway, (so what's the rush?), may take heart and be encouraged. There is a good chance their teeth may be saved, and whenevera natural tooth can be saved, that’s the thing to do! Remember the old saying, “Procrastinationis the thief of time?” It’s also the ‘‘thief of teeth!” —Phillip C. Hall, D.D.S. ‘GrannyFlat’ Concept Succeeds in Australia * A new conceptin elderly pouelay is ‘proving successful in the Australian ' State of Victoria. * The “Granny flat” housing concept + enables old people to stay close to their * families; in fact, on the samelot. ‘A granny flat is a self-contained, single-story dwelling with floor space * of around 376 square feet (roughly the equivalent of an American trailer) . designed for easy installation in an average-sized Australian backyard. The idea enables old people to maintain their independence while enjoying the social advantages of living near sheir families. . 4 First grannyflat was built in 1975 in Melbourne, and since then more than 400 have beer erected on the grounds of existing houses. Approximately 100 are : installed each year by the Housing : Commission of Victoria. Originally, the housing was restricted to aged parents or parents- in-law of the property owner, and they hadto be individuals who qualified for ‘ age pension or war service pension. Now,the plan has been expanded to cover any aged relative or friend ofthe » property owner, provided they are pen- | sioners. Even young people who are receiving health or disability pensions can qualify. When the plan was conceived, the promoters encountered problems, primarily with land-use zoning which { prohibited more than one occupancy on ‘a residential block of land. Special ‘ state legislation overcame that ‘ roadblock. ' eh Granny units are classified as “‘hired buildings,” which means that town planning permits for land use are not * required. + To control the proliferation of such : units Victoria State requires that the units be ‘‘hired out” escuately a housing commission, wi also responsible for design, erection, and maintenance. Of modular design, the units can be transported and assembled anny, regardless of the accessibility of site. The granny flat comes in two basic designs,and all have timberfloor construction with modular wallunits. The housing commission charges weekly rent, although the rent may be subsidized by the state goverMment at a rate comparable to those charged by the commission for pensioner accommodations in multi-story apartment blocks. ‘ A basic granny flat contains a bedroom, bathroom-toilet, livingroom, and kitchen annex. Ceilings are insulated, and the flats are heated by electricity. Theunits are self-contained with hot water, exhaust fans, shower or bath, stove, sink and cupboards. The heights of power outlets, switches, benches, door handles and other fittings are geared to the needsof old people,while special handrails, ramps and grips are installed for those with disabilities. To save space, they do not have separate laundries. Occupants either have small washing machines in the bathroom or kitchen area, or use the la in the adjoining house. To obtain a granny unit, a property owner must make application to the housing commission. ause of the Popularity of the concept, there is currently a waiting period of around 18 months. To §| the process, a property ownercan provide his own finance, but the units muststill be built to commission specifications. Furthermore the property owner mustsign agreement to sell the granny flat back to the commission should it vacated. It can then be dismaniled and erected elsewhere. 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