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Show Paae ID North Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, July 25, 1984 just as important as people Richard B. H Winward D.V.M. 1 Vly - S j v I T3. W Rig 1111 T "7 if: 1. ih tlMC ; rr Pi Lyl f yr pyy; , ;v ilVV i m I 'V"' vk 4 T , V h 'lit) ALTHOUGH Most surgery is minor, once in a while Doctor Winward has to work to save an animals life. CLEARFIELD- - Richard Winward is up, at the crack of dawn every morning and on the go for 13 hours, often with no break. But its a job he thoroughly enjoys, says this Clearfield veterinarian. For 17 years he has about eight surgeries to perform. They range from three or four s routine declawings and to removing a tumorous ovary from a blue heeler cattle spay-ing- dog. Its very rewarding to be able run around and tried to take release the animals back to to care of everybody, (the 'their parents, :'i .mean iowners, -- and his two ase and three sistants estimate he sees between 30 to 40 dogs and cats a day. He also works on other small animals, such as ferrets or birds. Winward part-tim- full-tim- e when they come to pick them up, says Peggy Bateman, Windwards technician who assists in surgeries and preps the animals beforehand. After treating abscesses and re- long-haire- te ite DOCTOR RICHARD Winward enjoys his work with the animals. Its very rewarding to release the animals back to their parents, I mean . Keck said.: : If the study shows a need for contracted service, the switch would be made between If an employee is a good sol- APRIL ADAMS s id performer who has been on Review Staff LAYTON- - The Utah Transit the job for awhile, every effort, is considering some Authority will be made to place them elseof bus service into expansion said. she where, parts of northern Davis County Companies that may be under its new, improved sysawarded contracts with the base tem to start in November. would also be required to allow will be held A civilian employees the right of on public1 athearing 7 Aug. p.m. in the comfirst refusal for employment mission chambers in the county openings in positions ip which courthouse in Farmington to get they are qualified. residents input into the issue, said UTA spokeswoman LeAnn Employees who are eligible Black. .. will also be Allowed to register UTA representatives will pres- with the Office of Personnel a proposal to the public for ent Management displaced employee route and schedule revi' major program and computerized sions, interned for a more effreference programs. icient system, said public relations Telford. Lynn director, These programs help' in find the employees jobs The proposal is based on a defense departments. study to determine the routes and bus stop centers that But its imposssible to would the most rider-shiresult on provide end the at speculate are she Calculations said. this moment. Its too far down on based planthe road and we wont know transportation ners study of traffic patterns until it happens, she- said. and population' density of areas. The Freeport Center in ClearThe one military official will field is one area that is seriously be reassigned. : , . , - . ? . : two-ye- ar ; ' The procedure to be followed on civilian employees if contracts are decided upon is very complicated and highly regulat-- . ed, she said. It depends on many different factors, she p, - J cat. te . Occasionally, an animal comes in, suffering in the last stages of a deadly disease, or has been badly hit by a car. Though its sad and they are just as important to us as people, some things are out of our control. We cant shut it on and off when we get home, but we have to realize that some of the animals die, Winward says. But if we can pull an animal through a major ordeal, we become very attached to the animal. Its hard to let them go back to the owner when they come them up. , Photos By Rodney Wright Text By April Adams UTA May For Six Services . and Hea9 AL May Contract LAYTON- - In a move, that could affect up to 275 civilian personnel in five different areas, Hill Air Force Base has begun a Study to decide whether or not to contract these functions with private companies. : The change could also affect one military official, said Hill spokeswoman Carol Ann Keck. The Study is being made to determine the of the six operations, she said. f We, are trying to decide if it will be more economical to switch to private companies for the services. Who knows, out of. the six, there may be only two that will be contracted, Ms. treatment medicine, its off to see two Dobermans suffering from nose and eye allergies. He stops to take a phone call from a worried client. Hello, and hows our little Tuffy doing today, Winward asks, as he chats easily with the person for a few minutes. A gray poodle comes next, then a nervous , . owners." Hill prescribing black-and-whi- moving the common but irritat A usual day begins about 7:30 ing June grass seeds from a little a.m. when Winward arrives at" d gray dog, its off to his office to check on the ani- see both scheduled and unschedmals that have been there over- uled patients. night. He treats the gray cat that In the dog examination room, was spayed the day before and complete with flowered and blue changes the bandages on the cal- wallpaper, pictures and ceramic ico kitten that was declawed yes- statues of dogs, Winward terday. removes more June grass seeds How are you doing there, from a big kid, he asks one big black dog, collie, while the owner looks lying in its kennel. The dog re- anxiously on. Then its off to the cat sponds to the kind voice with a also room, friendly banging of its tail on the examination complete with with wallpaper, ground. He checks on the intracat pictures and statues. venous fluid bottle of the A young boy is waiting there cocker spaniel. After checkups, there is usually with a small white cat. When he brown-and-whi- sees the doctor, the boy says with concern, I got a sick cat with some bad eyes. After determining cause and V Expand in Davis County being looked at for expanded service, Telford said. the UTA provides proposed regional bus service to Utah County, he was concerned that Davis County is treated fairly. V Though there is no provision at this point for UTA service inWe have felt that the Ogden to Clinton, West Point and Syracuse, the proposal does allow for and Salt Lake areas are getting more extensive service than expansion into that area. Davis County communities, he The UTA used to provide bus said. into these areas, Telford service He said that though he realized said, but the attempt wasnt very it was impossible to take bus successful. There just was not service into every one of our so out we much ridership there, had to discontinue service, she little neighborhoods," there are large residential areas that are explained. without bus service. L But because of recent populaThere are residential areas in tion growth into these communi-tieare being serviced, yet Roy whatever otherthatareas arent. We are recommendations made at the we cant have why wondering hearing will be seriously considhe said. He referred to service, areas are recognized ered. They Clinton, West Clearfield, West as increasingly growing. Point and Syracuse, where the communities population total is We would like to expand to over 15,000, he said. these areas, but we must see the need for ridership out there, He has recieved complaints she said. from residents in these outlying areas, wondering why there is no County Commissioner Chair- bus service, Saunders said. man Glen Saunders said that if According to Telford, the , . s, . commissioners have expressed a desire to link up the entire Wasatch front. This is possible, considering but very proposed progressive system. We feel we are taking a step in the right direction, she commented. our Provo and Orem area will vote in the Aug. 21 primary elections on whether to set up a mass transit system that will be publicly funded by a sales tax increase in those two cities, Telford explained. But there will be no reduction of service to any other county, with the revised system, she said. The proposed system is also an attempt to make bus riding as simple as possible, she said. There will be provisions for a d system to be tried in areas south of Farmington, hwhere with different colors, people will know where the buses will be going, or where to stand at a bus stop. color-code- 4 |
