Show Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Delta Utah SIS 00 county SIB 00 out ot county 6 months $8 00 and $9 00 (In Advance) Copy 25c US PS Vol 75 No 45 May 16 1985 New hospitals dedicated as officials laud effort to improve county health care tah(nv Noun Dangcncr and DS (iimnl Million's Hugh sun on hand ueedav lot lie othujl dmlkit ion ol he ness S4 huuli F’tnnoik million IX In ( omnuinttv Medical illmote enter and the $2 7 million Medical (enter (omniunitv he Delta lospit al ill open Mas s 1984 and the tllmoie Hospital June (ios Banguter said he ssas ptottd ot Millard ( oimts lor going against the end ot dosing tural hospitals without replacing them “you base not mils one hut tsso heautilul ness hospitals which snll enhance the economic giossth ol the area while sersing the people here" the (an said he hospitals ssete built bs Inlet mountain Health ( arc Inc (1H( at a cost ol 591 a equate loot which 1HC claims is a sers teasonable price in cut tent hospital construction lie new hospitals ate ol modulai which reduced building construction costs bs as much as 20 percent osa tegular const action methods ladi hospital consists ol 41 modules sshtcli were constiucted in Ogden then trucked to the sites at illmore and Delta Both facilities aie 20 bed hospitals with one bed pet room The Delta hospital will use all 20 beds lot acute while the illmore cate patients ill use 10 heels lor acute care hospital and lObedsloi lone tcim cate patients t nch toom is equipped with piped m medical gases and a shosset Hie hospitals are also each equipped with a special bathtub with one side that lilts up so patients don have to step up and mu to get m Ml tlu patient cate and 'cl kc a cas m the in luopr ils in the old lucihties till cli huger than HC claims the new hospital construction will allow the hospitals to meet the tequirements lot certilicaton b the hunt ( omtmssion on Accreditation ol Hospitals a ilia lor goal lor each hospital West Millard Hospital histon West Millar d Hospital opened Aptil 16 1964 and was constructed without unds state or am other financial aid and labor were all donated In essence ( Utah Gov Norman Bangeter was special guest speaker at the dedication of the Delta and Fillmore Medical Centers Tuesday The Governor praised officials for having the foresight to plan ahead for Millard County's future medical health care needs He said Millard County is one of the few to buck the trend toward dosing rural hospitals without replacing them AMTRAK ground breaking May 22 After months ol delav it looks like the AMTRAK railroad shelter in IXJta will finally be built To confirm that it is so the Delta Area Chamber of Commerce is inviting the public to a official ground breaking ceremonies Wedncsdav Mas 22 the to the chamber According 00 a m ceremony will take place at at 400 West 450 North 1985 Delta burglars confess Delta Burglarv suspects lohn David ki Cornish 18 Salt ake ( itv and Haniala 18 Salt ake ( itv have join ed a third suspect in pleadme guiliv to the lebrudtv 16 hutglaries el ( Video and Radiev Shack in Delta loe Millions The third suspect 19 Salt ake ( itv conlewed Chave to the crimes upon at rest in Maich Lven though he has not been in plicated with the Salt ake ( itv crim minals charges are still pending acamet a fourth suspect RuvveH J Mu Milav of Della who was ai tested iit't duvs after the weekend burglaries wete ik This post office in Wells Nev is similar to what the new post office will look like in the hospital was a coiim units md built b te ns and trieinls ot 'lie area West Millard Hospit il wo soil ilh 16 strtlctcd to be a 46 bed kilitv beds lot acute cate and 2o beds toi lie hospital skilled nuising cate as served an atca that includes the com Himklcv Oak mumties ot Delta nndv ( its )asis eammgton and ( ran icon Due to the limited availubihiv ot Hinds squaie lootage is kept to a n bate minimum m the construction cillatv and support departments pai ticiilarlv the emcigciiev phatmaev labotatorv radioloev iccovctv and otticc dietaiv administrative ateas sul lered acuteK due to the shot tage ol needed space In addition significant population gtowih and cotiespondme iiictcascs in the demand lor health services hast resulted Horn the coiistiiktion ol the Power Ptoieci neat Intermountain Delta led Ml ol these ladots to the decihie h has sion to replace the hospital servcil the connmmitv lor mote than 20 vcais Mistorv of illmore Hospital lie illmore Hospital was built m I947 ith the help ol the DS ( hursh he hospital was a 22 bed acute cate lacihtv that has serv cel the residents ol Fillmore Holden Meadow Fvanosh Supio and low ell and was considered the oldest Utah health cate faalitv I nlot without maior renovation tunatsTv the deteriorating condition ol the facihtv was placing seven limita s on the uhilitv to meet lions hospital the medical needs ol these communities he physical lacihtv ad nails began to have a direct effect on patients’ use ol the facihtv and on the recruitment ol cornmumtv phvsicinns and othei health professionals ire and saletv code violations were increasing with everv survev because the building did not complv with present dav building standards gam a deem m was made to icplace the (illmore lacihtv with the illmore ( ommunitv Medical entet committed The two hurglancs wete the worst wats accorduie Delta has seen in tilt to police out with pt o In a deal woikcd s ( in inch and Haniala pleaded sc at chat ces on condition cm Itv tei bine lat that theft cliuees be dipped ( have had alteadv pica bargained lot lesser chaiues based on bis cooperation in colvine the case Poluc wete able lo apprehend the confessed burglars bv sharing with police inhumation departments thtouehoiit the state lew weeks alter the buicTanes thev learned that some ol lie Radio Shack goods were among the items lound in ( have' cat when lie was stopped in Salt akc ( itv Vltct Millard ( ouniv police ot cits coordinated the positive idenhtua ion as at tested lor id tlk propel tv ( have the Delta crimes Ibis lead to the at test ot ( ormsh and Haniala (tnlv a small pomon ol the stolen goc'ds have been icuwoul because tliev wete “fenced so quuklv" the Shcnlt's Department said Delta when completed New Delta Post Office slated for 300 East 100 South A new Delta FJost Office will be built this summer on the corner of 4(X) I ast Tom F’ostmaster and 100 South Hamilton revealed this week Construction on the 41000 squaie foot all wood building is slated to begin in June and should take four months io complefe “We hope lobe in the new building by the end ol September" Mr Hamilton said Unprecendented growth in Delta has led to the need for a new post office Prior to IPP the Delta I’ O delivered to no more than l0o0 households Now it serves 280(1 plus 700 at the IPF fivefold increase m Mancanip--the amount ol mail that is being handl ed Mr Hamilton said the growth continues and that although the P O will maintain it present staff of 14 people bv the time the building is up a new rural route will be added bring ng the total to five The land and the new F’ost Olfice building will be owned bv low bidder Inc a W yommg contractor who R D will build the lacihtv The Posf Office will lease the building R D J Inc “The 198 members of the Fillmore Volunteer Fire Department are (left to right front row) (at k Peterson )im Frampton Rodger Dennv Mike Evans lohnson Postal Service considets it cheaper to lease than mown and is muc h caste lo gel out ol a building if we need to move again” Mi Hamilton vaid Mail box numbers should reman tlu same despite the move the Postmaster noted New features at the new I’ O will be large new postal meters tor mail handling which should reduce the time ustomcr service people stand m line a large will also he enhanced by cu'tomcf lobhv with three instead ot two windows Mike Brunson Engstrom Domink Howard Andrews Guite Bill Emmett (bark row left to right) Tons Dearden Errol Alan Roper Reed Dearden Fillmore Fire Dept elects Fire Volunteer The Fillmore Department has elected the following officers to serve their respective terms DennyS Brunson Chief Chief Assistant Michael Evans Michael Engstrom Captain 2nd (juite 1st Lt Bill Emmett 4rd Lt Reed Jim Frampton Robison 4th Lt Jac k Peterson 5th Lt Rodger Johnson 6th Lt Lt Robison Lynn Kidman Roland Turner Drew Rasmussen Lynn Greenhalgh Wendell Robison Lyn Williams Peterson and neyv Randy Steve Rowlev Don Frampton officers The Fillmore is department for new applications accepting Interested membership persons should contact any department member for further information |