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Show ; $ f Agency Orders Gag on Family Planning Grant By Carol Sisco Tribune Staff Writer r A gag order has been placed on LS. Department of Health and Human Services officials, preventing Them from speaking about redistribution of Utahs family planning 'jjrant. 1 The gag order, issued by Office of V Adolescent Pregnancy Director Marjory Mecklenburg, prevents from speaking to the press or ptate Health Department official 'Utah expected a decision last Wednesday regarding grant redis tribution, but no word has been received from Washington. Redistribution results from a fed- fral court case brought by Planned Dan Valentines $ t Nothingp Serious Thh Is one ot Don Valentines tava columns. It originally ran on March 22, W7J. Some Ideas : If I had the power to which 1 dont here are some of the things I would change: Parenthood Associat on of Utah and Park City Community Clinic on behalf of four Jane Doe teen-agewho were refused contraceptives because they didnt have parental rs consent Judge David K. Winder ruled in U.S. District Court for Utah recently that the state must either allow minors contraceptives without parental consent or lose their Title X family planning funds. He gave HHS which distributes Title X funds 29 days to redistribute the money. Mrs. Mecklenburg's office is an HHS division. No Approval Given The Health Department and Gov. Sco' Matheson have a plan but it hasn't received federal approval yet, and it may be fought by the two family planning clinics if it doesn't allow teens easy access to contraceptives. Mrs. Mecklenburg did not return calls to The Tribune Wednesday or Friday. But Friday her aide, Diane Jones, said questions should be directed to the HHS regional office in Denver where representatives said theyd been ordered not to talk. I can tell you that no decision has n been made. Beyond that, our marching orders are that we are not to say anything, Dr. Stan Mahoney said from Denver. Earlier in the week, his boss Dean Hungerford referred The Tribune to Mrs. Mecklenburg. Utah Health Department representatives also said they were having difficulty communicating with fice has agreed to the plan, PPAU and Park City clinic say they're not sure if it meets federal requirements. Park Citys clinic has been receiving Title X funds from the state but it first bad to stop serving teens without parental consent As of Dec. 6 well stop abiding by Senate Bill 3 that requires parental consent," Park City Clinic Director Diana Maxell said. Thats when Judge Winders ruling goes into effect and we certainly intend to abide by it PPAU continued to serve teens this year although it meant forfeiting Title 10 funds. The entire Title X grant went to Utah's Health Department last year when HHS decided to consolidate family planning grants in each state. Previously, the grant was split between the three agencies. The state, however, said it would not share funds unless PPAU agreed to state's squeal law. The New York Court of Appeals ruled in October that family planning clinics accepting federal funds cannot squeal on teens who request contraceptives. Washington. Want to Split Grant The Health Department and Gov. Scott M. Matheson want to split their f 543,999 grant with PPAU and the Park City clinic. However, nearly 50 percent of the grant which began July 1 has already been spent The state would not provide family planning services for teens without parental consent because state law forbids it but would refer teens to the private family planning agencies. Health Department spokesman Lee Shaw said. If Mrs. Mecklenburg refuses to let us split the grant it leaves no alternative but to forfeit the money, Mr. Shaw said. The state plan has been approved by the Denver regional office but must go to Washington, he added. While the attorney generals of We have no problem with a variety of people accepting funding so long as they are in compliance with federal law," PPAU Director Barbara Baldwin said Friday. We want s to assure that in Utah have the same access to Title X funds as teens In every other state , Professional teams hockey would play off all their until tie games one team won even if the game took all night . . . The same for college football games! Married women would be eligible to compete in ail the beauty contests state, local and national It is downright silly and unfair to bar married women actualfrom beauty competitions ly, married women are prettier than single women. (Thats why theyre married!) which I IF I HAD MY WAY all three televirepeat I dont sion networks would go off the air one hour, early each evening - to give the nation time to eat a quiet t . supper, If I had my way: Sait Lake buses would operate once each hour on all routes on Suneves if the bus company lost days money on the deal, which it would. If I had my way, the state liquor stores would be open from 10 am until noon on Sundays- - to give the fold who dont go to church a chance to get a bottle of wine. If liquor stores were open on Sundays, it would take the pressure off the outlets on Saturday evenings. If I had my way, the U.S. Postal Department would revive two deliveries of mad in he residential areas not so much that the mail had to be delivered, but it would give something for the housewives to look forward to the afternoon mail delivery. ALONG THE SAME line, I think ' it would be nice if mailmen started and whisto carry whistles again tle when he left some mail in the mailbox. If I had my way, I would pass a law making it mandatory that ail business firms and factories paid their employees Saturday at noon. Back in the old days, all workers were paid Saturday at noon and it sort of made the day a holiday. Now, thanks to computers, workers are paid on Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesday and Thursdays. Saturday noon parades were more fun . . . everyone got paid, stopped work, and the whole family went downtown to help spend pops paycheck. If I bad my way. I'd pass a law making it illegal for any car manufacturer to make an automobile that would go faster than 35 miles an hour (except, of course, ambulances) If I had my way, there would be a law requiring all prepackaged meats in super markets to be open on both sides, the top and bottom! IT I HAD MY way, all savings and loans would have small appliance departments where all the toasters, waffle irons and blenders given sway when you start a new savings account would be repaired free of charge! If I had my way, all students would make out a report card for the teacher every month giving the instructor marks on courtesy, efficiency and knowjedge of the subject being taught In addition, if a teacher w ere late to class, he or she would be kept after school . . . If I had iy way, all houses would lie built with large front porches. If houses had large front porches, people would sit on them on summer evenings . . . and they would get to know tbeir neighbors better, and the world would be a better place in which to five . . . If I had my way, citizens would receive credit for charitable and civic volunteer work - credit in the form of tax credits, and they would pay lower taxes than the people who dont do anything for anybody . . . If I had my way. it would be against the law for any wife to offer her husband more than three frozen dinner per week' SAM, THE SAD CYNIC, SAYS: The troule w ilb trouble is that it comes when von don't want it! Use on Young Friday she wasnt certain if the states referral plan would meet those requirements. No Discussion The Health Department has not discussed the matter with us, Ms. Baldwin said. If their plan is consistent with Title X, wed be happy to work with them. But our concern is that Title X money may have have been taken without following federal regulations. The states plan doesnt seem to meet the spirit of Judge Winders ruling, Ms. Maxell said. Referring teens to a phone number when they request contraceptives is not really providing service," she said. They have a difficult enough time getting up the courage to come in anyway. If the referral agency is located many miles away, its pretty ludicrous to expect theyll go for help S.L. Doctors Miniaturize Heart Pump By Anne Wilson the size of the balloon used in adults. They tested the device on an artificial circulatory system, pumping the balloon with the Utah Heart Driver, the same device that regulated tha first artificial heart permanently implanted in a human being. A major concern was whether the balloon could be inflated and deflated as rapidly as a childs heart can beat up to 210 times each minuti. Experiments with the artificial system and on small dogs promised success. In November 1981, the heart of a boy was restored after it collapsed 10 days after surgery'. Although the youngster later died, the five days he lived with the balloon pump assisting his heart showed the device could help save lives. Dr. Veasy said. During the American Heart Associations recent 56th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco, Eta-- . Veasy reported on 12 patients treated with the balloon pump, most of them less than 16 months one-ten- con-genti- al ment wasnt very successful because the equipment was too large. Dr. Veasy said. The technique, formally known as intra-aorti- c balloon pumping was developed by Greek cardiologist Dr. S.D. Moulopoulos when he was working in the laboratory of Dr. WJ. Kolff -- t the Cleveland ; '! " ''. r Hi J ' th old. - yyj s' , f ' J ' -- Tribune Staff Photo by Don Miller Dr. L. George Veasy displays miniaturized balloons which a team of physicians is using to treat young heart patients. Ginic in Geveland. It was used successfully in the 1960s, but wasnt widely used for almost a decade. Now, said Dr. Veasy, the procedure is probably used on more than 30,000 people each year. Dr. Veasy became involved in trying to adapt the procedure for use on children at the request of Dr. Kolff (the son of Dr. Willem Kolff, head of the University of Utah's Division of Artificial Organs and Bio medical Engineering). The doctors received a tiree-yea- r grant from the National Institutes of Health in 1977, but before they got started. Dr. Kolff accept a professorship in The Netherlands. His father, however, volunteered expertise from the artificial organs division, where the prototype miniaturized balloon was developed. The balloon had to be small enough to displace only 2.5 milliliters of fluid, less then Seven of the youngsters have since eventually died of their heart problems or other causes. But even they could all be considered survivors because the procedure was the only thing that lengthened their lives. Dr. Veasy said in an interview prior to his presentation at the symposium. Treatment Failed In each case, drugs and other treatment, such as mechanical ventilation of the lungs, was not sufficient to keep the "insulted heart muscle from giving out But collaborators with Dr. Veasy a continuing study of balloon including Drs. Garth S. pumping Orsmond, Herbert 5. Ruttenberg and Mark M. Boucek hope to identify what drugs will work best with the procedure and learn more about when to insert the balloon. We might have been able to save three additional children had we been able to insert the balloon catheter before they died, he said. on Program, to Integrate Handicapped Working Well By Carol Sisco Tribune Staff Writer The youre different than me accusations that fly when handicapped kids join other youngsters in regular classrooms arent apparent in a new program that concentrates on preschoolers. Youngsters notice that some of the handicapped look a little different than tbtyr do. But its of no more interest than comparing hair color or clothing styles to preschoolers who havent developed prejudices yet says Dr. Sarah Rule, a coordinator for the Social Integration Pro- v i , , ,' ar j ip , ject (SIP). "The best test will be if these kids stay in integrated classes through elementary school according to Dr. Rule, who said the program is designed to integrate the handicapped into the community early. During the first year the other children didnt pick out the handicapped ones, said Mark Innocenti, project liaison who works in the Layton classroom. The kids accepted them as they are. Normal kids werent giving the handicapped special attention last week at the Layton center where they worked together on math, sat in a circle for a story, ate snacks and went outside for recess. federal grant to The three-yeUtah State University's Exceptional Child Center has placed a number of handicapped children in Layton and Ogdeu preschools. The idea is to integrate children early by teaching special skills in the regular classroom rather than isolating the handicapped. Not only are the children physically and socially integrated into a 5? sfjt f . O K'f y Mm teach developmentaliy disabled youngsters in the SIP, compared to $18 to 25 fer those in classrooms for the handicapped. One advantage of integrated classrooms is handicapped children can be taught in rural areas that cant justify traditional special edu W -- T rZj'jr Nicholas Fenner, Denise Kasten and Kim- Blair eat muffins and drink milk at normal classroom setting, costs are lower than traditional special education classes. Dr. Rule said. Last year it cost $14.49 daily to y- !.u V ' i I ' 111111 r-- fi j Vf Staff Photo by Frank Porschat $ Layton preschool which integrates handi-berl- y capped into community at an early age. cation classrooms because of their low population, she said. Because federal funds end next year, the state Division for the Disabled is considering funding the project Thirty percent of the kids we serve may be appropriate for the integration model, said Gary Nakao, division director. While children funded by division funds now receive two and one-hahours of in lf Local News Obituaries Features Page do." Patients Tribune Medical Writer A balloon pump used for a decade on adults whose hearts were damaged by surgery or heart attacks has been miniaturized by a team of Salt Lake City physicians fur Use on children as young as weeks. Most of the young patients, all treated at Primary Children's Medical Center, 320 12th Ave., had heart defects that required surgery, according to Dr. L George Veasy, pediatric cardiologist The pump, made to fit the youngsters smaller blood vessels, helped the damaged heart muscle pump more efficiently during the critical days after the operation. These are kids who absolutely would have died, Dr. Veasy said of five patients who are still living. They are absolute salvages." The pump consists of a thin tube connected to a long, narrow balloon made of polyurethane. It is inserted in an artery, usually in the groin, and threaded toward the heart until the balloons tip is in the aorta, the main artery that delivers blood to the body. A drive system, connected to the tube where it enters the body, pumps helium into the balloon in rhythm with the hearts contractions. As the balloon inflates, it gives the blood an extra, push, increasing supply to all organs, including the damaged heart muscle. Only Ones to to Dr. Veasy, the Primary team is the only group that has even attempted to use the technique on such small bodies. The only other attempt described in medical literature involved children 5 years old and older at a Toronto, Canada, hospitaL The treat- alee teen-ager- , Change things Halt struction daily, they could get three to 10 hours in preschool programs for less money, he said. Social integration isnt a program for every child, SIP Sebastian Striefel cautions. Weve kept away from taking children with severe physical handicaps, those who require daily occupational therapy or those with se- See Page B-Column 1 4, B-1- 9 Sunday Morning, November 27, 1983 Section B Page 1 Not Guilty Monson Hopes Decision Will End Issue By Mike Gorrell Tribune Staff Writer One day after being found not guilty of violating the Utah Public Employees Ethics Act, Salt Lake County Treasurer Arthur Monson said he hoped the jurys decision would lay the issue to rest, once and for all. A jury returned the not guilty verdict on the misdemeanor charge late Friday, clearing Mr. Monson of the second charge filed against him by the Salt Lake County Attorney's office. Previously, a felony theft of services charge against the treasurer was dismissed by 5th Circuit Judge Eleanor S. Lewis. I should think that what other questions they the County Attorneys office have should have been answered by the jurys ruling, Mr. Monson said Saturday. No Comment County Attorney Ted Cannon, contacted at home by telephone, said he had no comment at all about the jurys decision. I'll leave it at that Thats about all we have to say, be said. Mr. Monson said he felt exonerated by the ruling, particularly because the verdict was rendered by a jury, and not by a judge based on a technicality. The fact we had to go to a jury trial was the best situation. To hie found not guilty by a group of my peers was great, he said. The treasurer said he was concerned about the amount of time and taxpayers money being devoted to the prosecution of charges against him, but added that he felt worst about the impact on employees in the treasurers office. Its been quite a strain on them, he said. Dealings Not Over Mr. Monsons dealings with the. court system are not yet over. He still faces a felony charge of theft by deception for allegedly stealing more than $250 but less than $1,000 from the Salt Lake Gty brokerage firm of Burrows Smith Division of ! Prudential Bache. The complaint filed by Salt Lake Countys Special Investigator Sgt. Jim Burns said the offense, which allegedly involves the misuse of ' travel expenses, occurred. on or about March 11, two months before' Mr. Monson took a paid leave of absence from his office pending resolution of the original theft of services charges against him. - Only Slight Chance Of Snow Showers. Sunday Afternoon Snow showers will decrease Sun- -' day with occasional scattered showers in the mountains. There is a slight chance of snow showers Sunday afternoon and Monday. Motorists driving at higher elevations, however, are advised to leave their chains and snow tires on if they want to enjoy the excellent skiing that made skiers happy Saturday as skies cleared somewhat The storm that swept . Utah dumped 23 inches of snow on the Wasatch Mountains, leaving driving conditions hazardous, officials said. Little Cottonwood Canyon, closed Friday at 11:00 p.m, was at 9:00 a.m. Saturday. Avalanche crews kept busy setting off explosives in the canyon, ensuring that sdow would not loosen and roar down onto the road, trapping motorists. Roads in higher elevations were snowpacked and slick. Blowing, drifting snow caused roads to become hazardous. Portions of Interstate 70 from Salinas to Green River were closed due to heavy snowfall and low visibility SaturFriday evening but day. A spokesman at the Alta ski resort said overnight lodgers were prohibited from leaving buildings after midnight Friday to ensure they would not become trapped in man-mad- e avalanches. snow continued to fall over Heavy the mountains. A backcountry avalanche warning remained in effect Saturday for the northern Wasatch Mountains. elerdavfc Chuckle, smart husband isn't so busy bringing home the bacon that be forgets the applesauce. A 1 |
