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Show Pag Billy Carter may cause Editorial: Will unification failure of benefit elderly the commission county several months ago. The hospital's advisory board recommended that the be rejected. proposal However, the boards chairman, former county commissioner, Keith Jensen, disagreed with the board and made his opinion known to the commission even though he has no vote on the board. Department of Aging Director Kenneth Bradshaw also favors the move. He has been acting hospital ad- I remember watching Jimmy Carter on his Patients could more easily participate in other county programs for the elderly, he He says. says elderly patients now at the hospital do not get the participation in county programs for seniors they might. Jensen says the proposal should be tried for a year. If Bradshaw is retained and given permanent control of the hospital as well as supervision of the Department of Aging, it is likely the move would be seen as a good one. If Bradshaw were to leave the post, and another ministrator were hired who has no medical background, problems could result. That is also the fear of the hospital board. It seems to us the proposal has merit and deserves a ministrator since the trial, at least. But, some resignation of David Van provision should be made Moorlehem and has gained that the the respect and confidence of system would be reinstated opponents and proponents of if the hospital began to the unification issue, though suffer. no he medical has It appears county combackground. missioners have already Dr. Lowell Daines, chief of begun a trial period as staff and medical director at they have postponed action the hospital, strongly opon the proposal for several poses the proposal. He feels months, leaving Bradshaw the hospital would become to act as administrator over less like a hospital and both agencies. more like a county The arrangement seems to if the plan is be working. program accepted. He contends a But, if problems arise, the single administrator could county should immediately not treat the two agencies review the situation, and, if equally, and only one or the necessary, take steps to hire other would benefit most an administrator with a medical background for the frorq his representation before the county comhospital. mission. Hospital personnel could be used as a barometer for Monetary savings seems to less of a consideration the situation and could give than possible benefits or invaluable information to the disadvantages for elderly commission, along with residents of the county. input from the hospital board Jensen feels the benefits and Department of Aging would be considerable. directors. ad- inauguration day in 1977. Even on a small television screen, he exuded a contagious feeling of hope and optimism. Jimmy, Rosalyn and Amy held hands as they walked the distance from the Capitol to the White House a picture of a victorious, secure family, and a vigorous new president who seemed to have his personal life and the future of the country well in hand. Now, just three and a half years later, Mr. Carter still smiles. But, world and domestic crises and, more recently, family troubles that eroded have inauguration day exuberance. The Carter family is not exactly a typical American family, but most of their problems are common ones found in many homes in this country. Sons from the most close-kni- t families get re-electi- on divorces. Nephews, cousins and others are arrested, and no one blames their relatives for the situation. But, Jimmy has one unique family problem his brother Billy. Jimmy has encountered other serious dilemmas during his administration and has been criticized, whether justly or unjustly, for what many see as shortcomings and unwise decisions. the presidents But, brother is posing what may become the final, in- surmountable obstacle in the way of Jimmys quest to retain his residence in the White House. international Billys connections, his proclaiming himself a Libyan agent, coupled with his past unsavory behavior may be the one embarrassment this country will not stand for. ... How to keep Billy Carter ' Redevelopment considered vital Continued from Page 1 is not going to change into any existing area with a bulldozer. He said cooperation will be emphasized with property owners and developers. Numerous public hearings and' talks with business owners will take place before any action is taken, he said. We want to do what is most beneficial to the community and to property owners and business owners as well, he said. He said construction could be under way on the center proposed by Akerlow, Thomas and Dyer in about 18 months, if complete plans are approved by the council and obtain developers financing primarily by the use of tax increment bonding and industrial bonds. Industrial bonding allows the developer to use the citys status to receive the money. The developer then pays back the money to the city and the city pays off the bonds. The bonding is obtained at a much lower interest rate than the developer would otherwise be able to obtain. Tax increment financing uses the difference in property tax assessed on the value of the existing property and the value of the property after tax-exem- pt redevelopment. further embarrassment? his brother back to Georgia. A man with shady Send international connections attracts much less publicity when his brother is a peanut farmer, not the president. In a way, its a shame that Jimmys final Waterloo may come as a result of another pulled by a unpredictable fellow who just happens to be his brother. It may be Jimmys handling of the Billy affair that hurts him more than Billys conduct, but its difficult to ignore your brother especially when hes Billy Carter. Hostages in Iran, sagging economy and soaring indumb stunt ubiquitous, flation have pushed the Carter administration near the brink beer-swillin- of demise, but profanity-pron- e g, Billy may just push it over the edge. Mayor and Councilmen He said the agency could help from causing Americans any That dif- the redevelopment agency ference is used to pay off bonds. soon becomes operative. supportive The Roy City Council and Mayor Joseph Dawson have promised to be very active participants in the Roy Days celebration at least, several councilmen have promised that the mayor will join in the activities, and the mayor has promised the support of the councilmen. When Kurt Anderson, Roy Days chairman, attended the regular meeting of the City Council to outline plans for the celebration, he said a new event this year will be a -- challenge softball the between game citys of- firefighters and police ficers on Aug. 20. I suppose the mayor will Councilman umpire? Richard Ulibarri asked. You know paper published weekly at Roy, Utah 53P8 S. 1900 W. Mailing address': P.O. Box 207, Roy, Utah 84067. 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Anderson said a special fashion show on Aug. 21 will feature all local residents as models. It is unique because they will all be just ordinary people, with all the usual bulges, bumps and spare Anderson said. tires, When Anderson explained plans for a religious service on Aug. 17, a former city councilman was the target of another friendly jab. Anderson said the service will be held at the Roy High School stadium, with Larkin Patterson, former coun- cilman. conducting. broodleof Contains o full Swimming session slated The Roy Recreation Complex is now taking registration for the last summer swimming session. Registration continues every Class day from August begins August 11 and continues every weekday until August 22. An entire range of classes are being offered by experienced instructors. For further information call the Roy Recreation complex at 4 or visit us at 2150 West 4700 South Roy. 4-- 825-976- weeds. feeding of rich fertilixer. Reg. $12.4$ SPECIAL $10 produce & garden WA m f a HOURS: MON.-SA- 1:30 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. CLOSIO SUNDAY Continued from Page 1 Bradshaw, however, feels the hospital is currently being run efficiently, despite the lack of a decision on its future. Three years ago, the hospital required an $800,000 subsidy from the county to Bradshaw said. operate, This year the subsidy is $400,000. The hospital is currently housing 190 patients, close to its 198 capacity. Bradshaw said 185 patients is a breakeven-point financially. He said he has been successful in cutting back on personnel, mainly through attuition, without damaging the quality of patient care. I told the nursing directors they have the responsibility of cutting back on number of staff and still maintaining a high level of care. They told me they could do it and they have, he said. Bradshaw, who has no medical background but is experienced in government administration divides his time equally between the hospital and his other duties with the department of aging. He says neither department is suffering under the present situation. He says he is in favor of combining the two agencies, whether or not he would be adnamed permanent ministrator. The primary reason for his opinion is based on economics. I believe the county can realize a $22,000-a-yea- r savings by placing one ad- ministrator 2050 SOUTH 1000 WEST SYRACUSE, UTAH 8404 PHONE 825-767- 6 (h OPEN WEEKDAYS 90 SATURDAYS 9-- 6 CLOSED SUNDAYS over Vi Mil EAST Vi Mill NORTH 0FR.C. WILLEY both he said. He departments, disagreed that the hospital would not be adequately represented under such a system. How can you say the hospital, with a $3.5 million e budget and 400 equivalent staff, would be the overshadowed by department of aging, with a $1.5 million budget and 40 full-tim- full-tim- e equivalent staff members? he asked. Bradshaw said it would mean a slight salary hike for himself if the proposal were adopted and if he were named permanent over ad- both but he said his primary departments, that is not concern. I believe both departments could benefit, he said. People who would benefit from hospital care might be referred from programs covered by the department of aging, and the hospital might back up the other programs I can just see a mutual gain on both sides. But Daines disagreed. There is an undercurrent of politics in this issue, he said. We have two lame duck commissioners (Doug Parent, tot swimming classes set The Recreation Roy is Complex offering registration for a parent and tot class the week of August Class begins on August 11 and runs every day for a two week period. Children from the ages of 9 months through 3 years of age are welcome with one or both parents accompanying the child. Water adjustment and submersion are basic skills to the class. Drownproofing as well as water travel skills are also taught to those who are more advanced. For further information call 4--9. m W. Accept M Plenty ef Matter Cherg. and VISA WCrlll Wl free Parking 376-121- 1 LAYTON, UTAH 1815 W. GINTILE at Hills Mall on Gontile St.) Layton (2 Mll.t W.tt Administration issue discussed ministrator MORGRO WEED & FEED Kills 6, I960 By Dennis Wood WOODIE Editorial: (0)pfDOIJD The question of whether the elderly of Weber County a would benefit from unification of the Weber County Hospital and the Department of Aging and Volunteer Services is a complex one. The proposal from the Department of Aging to bring the two agencies together with a single administrator was presented to August Sun Chronicle, Sun Times 2 Hunt who and Robert Bowen) are not seeking They will be voting on this, but we will have to live with this for a long time after they are gone. Commissioner Hunt serves on the hospital advisory board but was not present when the board voted to recommend against unification. Most everybody in county dont organization nderstand u- hospital Daines said. procedures, The hospital has to meet national certain ac- standards no creditation other county organization runs by national rules. They think a good man in county government can run a hospital, but he cant it would draw it away from being a hospital to being another county program. We need a hospital administrator to run the hospital. If they put an aging department man over it, he may give priority to the aging department, he said. It would be like the tail wagging the dog. I have a dream of making the Weber County Hospital more and more like a hospital, but if this proposal goes through; it will become less and less like a hospital, he said. Storey said he feels the commissioners have studied both sides of the issue, but he said the county needs to get some clarification on legal aspects of the proposal. He said the hospital has its own set of bylaws, adopted to meet requirements for funding. We need some legal advice on how a change would affect the hospital, he said. His idea of the proposal, he said, would be that the governing boards of the two agencies would be maintained but placed under a single administrator. He said there probably will be discussions between Dr. Daines and the commissioners before a vote is taken. There seems to be merit on both sides, he said. But a decision needs to be made soon. Keith Jensen, chairman of the hospital board and a former Weber County commissioner, presented the boards recommendation for rejection of the proposal but also voiced to the commission his own feelings, that joining the two departments under one administrator could save the county money and would benefit the elderly population. I told the commission I felt the proposal did merit consideration at least for a year, Jensen said. While serving as commissioner, Jensen initiated a move to coordinate services for the elderly under the Department of Human Services. He said he saw much duplication of services at that time, and said that since about 90 percent of the patients at the Weber County Hospital are elderly there could be a saving in staffing if the hospital were combined with the aging council. He said he also feels such a move would draw hospital patients more into the county programs for the elderly. They could become involved in programs at the Golden Hours Center; they could be given rides to other activities offered to the other elderly in the community. He said he can understand the position of the hospital board, however. Having dealt with boards over the years, Ive seen in them become stitutionalized, afraid losing their authority and of of being swallowed up by the larger department that would be created, Jensen said. One administrator could look at the situation of all the elderly in the county, he said. Combining the social and health services under the Human Services Depart- ment gave better coor- dination among the various programs, he said. Before I made the proposal, each director wanted to run his own show, Jensen said. George Goodell (administrator of the hospital at the time) his supreme; reigned territory was ground. Goodell resigned after hallowed of the Human Services Department, and Ken Bradshaw was named temporary administrator. David Van Morlehem was then named hospital administrator and continued in that position until about six months ago, when he resigned to continue school. Ken has done such a fine job in -- administering; both departments during the two times we 'needed tilm, Jensen said. It has worked so well, it just seems to make sense to try continuing the creation -- arrangement. He said there has been no made to commitment would be he that Bradshaw named administrator if the proposal is accepted by the county commission, but he said the commission can make that appointment without going through the advertising process required for merit system employees Im not completely sure the proposal would save money, but I can almost guarantee that it s would render better services, he said. Dr. Bruce Haslam, a member of the hospital board, indicated there were a lot of ambivalent feelings about the proposal among board members, with some positive and some negative ideas expressed Things seem to be going pretty smoothly right now under Ken Bradshaw, but we are wondering what would happen when things kind of fall apart like they he said. sometimes do, Could one administrator handle both departments then? He said other concerns of the board centered around the increasing government regulations being imposed on the hospital and whether the unification could be overturned later if the arrangement didnt work out. II Once things get decided, it is difficult to change them H P back, he said. Haslam also said the ties of the hospital need to be stronger with the medical community than with the n and sf'd t someone trained in hospital administration is needed to meet the hospitals par- i aging agency ticular needs. I think Ken Bradshaw is handling both agencies well now; hes doing a fine job and he is an effective ad- ministrator, down happens Haslam said. what the road, but The people at the hospital, he said, feel the hospital is almost a little community all its own and needs its own mayor to look out for its Interests. He blamed the county commission for dragging their feet. "By making no decision, its almost like they have made a decision, he said |