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Show JANUARY Beaver County Monitor 15, 1998 PAGE 2 Freelance Artist Sets Up ShopIn Milford Letters to the Editor You! vo: Thank you for all of the cards, flowers, food, and phone calls following my surgery. The kindness shown by friends and siee community is sincerely appreciated. _ /s/ Veda Cox Call Your Congressman Children’s Exhibit (Continued from page 1) for the garden of Eden, and Cain slaying Able. In continues with stories of Abraham leaving Haran, Noah and the ark, Abraham offering to sacrifice Isaac, Isaac blessing Jacob, and Joseph and the coat of many colors. Among the other works on exhibit are portrayals of Moses in the New York to Salt Lake,” will close Monday, January 19. portrait drawings. He can either create the drawing or it can be taken from reference photos. He works in graphite, colored pencil, charcoal or pastel. Prices range $75 up to 11X14 and The museum is located just west of Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City. Open hours are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and on Saturday, Sunday, and most holidays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The museum is closed on Christmas and New Year’s Day. It will close at 5 p.m. on December 24 and at 11:30 p.m. on December 31. Admission is free. Recorded information on current exhibits is available at (801)240-3310. Group tours may be scheduled at (801)240-4615. $100 up to 16 X 20. Ken Bailey Auto Sales Bouck’s new Milford business will be located at Country Floral on 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, except holidays. Stop in or call’387-2000 for more information or an appointment. Bouck has several years experience, dating back to high school days with the yearbook. He is currently working toward a major in Art Emphasis in Computer Graphics Art. Phone Slamming addressed at the national level, the fact that it affects so many of us individually makes it important that we try to take some steps at the local level to warn and protect us here in Utah.” Giani says on common -way for someone to get slammed is by innocently entering contests or drawings at fairs, trade shows or expos. Often consumers who thought they were entering a drawing were in actuality signing an authorization form to have their long-distance carrier switched to another long-distance company. right to “Consumers have know what they signing,” shouldn’t business deceit.” said and to Giani. won’t. be the are “We allow conducted According Campbell, director “Slamming appears to be down side to opening up the (Continued from page 1) problem that may have to be by resort to “cut-throat” tactics to try and obtain even a small slice of. telecommunication pie. Unfortunately, consumers will always have to be a to this problem from now on.” The Department of Commerce suggests the following tips to help portect from slamming: Never sign anything without reading it carefully. Don’t may begin at what rates. Find out you’re paying now and compare offers. “As we move to the point where we will. have the opportunity to choose between If you haven’t switched services but receive a letter or -posteard or phone call verifying a several local service providers, the risk for slamming a the local switch, notify the sender that you level increases.” Read your phone bill carefully every month. If you see Campbell Division of reports Public the any unfamiliar names or charges receives three to fiye complaints a you can’t identify, call the company issuing the charges or day from individuals who have been slammed, which are then referred to the communication Commission. Even those aware of slamming can become victims, as Consumer Protection’s Giani and several staff members from the Committee of Consumer Services and Division the Utilities have distance had carrier of Public their long improperly Ask your company other $ 5,495.00 P.O. Box 69 *Minersville, Utah 84752* (435)386-2302 Call the company that slammed you and ask for proof that you authorized a switch. Tell them you'll only pay the charges your preferred carrier would have charged. If the carrier refuses, write the FCC. . You can also call the company you were switched from, tell them you were slammed: and ask to be reconnected. There should be no charge to reconnect. not sure unless the Send any service documents, mailings Federal Communications Commission/Common Carrier phone Bureau, Enforcement Division Informal Complaints & Inquiries Branch Mail Stop Code 1600A2 * REFINANCE Public. Washington, D.C. 20554 EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY Division of Consumer Protection/160E 300 South Salt Lake City, (801)530-6601 Initial application deposit of $350 is required and will be * PURCHASE or unauthorized bills you received to: Low fixed rate loans _ THEW. FREDERICK GROUP : : (800) 779-0599 ext. #402 with no closing costs. Utah 84114 credited to you at funding. This offer is subject to current or/ Utah Division of Public Utilities interest 160E 300 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 (801)530-6652 or 1-800-874-0904 rates, and may change without notice. The W, Frederick Group, Inc. a Utah registered mortgage brokerage. * DEBT CONSOLIDATION who receive /s/ Elsie Baldwin; RN’ DeWalt Tool Sale Heavy Duty Drill & Saw $279.99 12" Heavy Duty Compound Miter Saw $379.99 7 V/4" Cireular Saw $129.99 7 1/4" Heavy Duty Worm $189.99 about and numbers of comapny representatives you spoke to: and Utah RATES if was Slammed, and daytime phone number, names of your local and long distance companies: names You can also contact: FOR COMPETITIVE those local. information HOME CALL NOW from Total Homecare, 68 North Main, Beaver, UT 84713 (801 no 438-5703 2025 M Street, NW ej hear number on your bill to have your service switched back. NO CLOSING COSTS! LOANS delegates your case, including your name, address, telephone number that provider at the customer service switched. 1986 Nissan Extended Cab 4x4 FCC. providers: in Utah offer a similar service. If you are slammed: Call your local Congressional services and from you and not just from those who provide services. Please call your representative: Repieopiaiye ecu B. Cannon.(801)379- 2500. Grd. District aM against the company _ that slammed you, here are some options: File a complaint with the slamming telephone $ 5,495.00 $ 5,495.00 comapny receives the cusomer’s authorization. If you want to take action protection. ‘US West offers free slamming protection. — For information call 1-800-922-1879. Most $ 8,995.00 $ 6,495.00 delegates today. Please tell them to cosponsor or vote in support of Mr. Rahall’s venipuncture bill HR2912. Tell your Senator and member of Congress how the Medicare home health benefit affects you personally, or your loved ones, and permits them to receive needed services in their home. It is very important that our 1987 Toyota Extended Cab 4x4 switched local phone for $10,900.00 $ 3,995.00 Please help us in our effort to continue to provide needed home health services. We need you to call your congressional. long distance carrier cannot be your local phone company. Federal 1992 Dodge 250 4x4 Cummins 1992 Chevrolet Corsica 4-Door “freeze” of their long distance phone carrier. In that way, the did not authorize the change. Utilities $ 5,995.00 _ to take effect on February 5, 1998, time is of the essence! local phone company to request a what appearing in the local market as well. 1993 Cutlass Cierra 4-Door you’ve been slammed, call your local phone company to double check your long distance and local toll providers. Giani, Ball and Campbell suggest that customers call their to soon $13,500.00 $13,500.00 $10,900.00 If you’re sign “cash bonus checks” or respond to contest offers without Ric _ reading the fine print. of the If you receive a phone call about long distance or local Division of Public Utilities, toll service, ask questions about slamming, while up to now only which service they’re offering and affecting Utahns’ long distance carriers, $13,500.00 1995 Nissan Maxima 1994 Chevrolet Z-71 SWB 4x4 1993 Nissan Extended Cab 4x4 1987 Mazda Extended Cab 4x4 competition are part of daily life. Telephone service providers often the 1995 Ford Extended Cab Eddie Bauer Package 1991 Ford Extended Cab 4x4 1989 Buick LeSabre 4-Door telephone service to competition, adds Roger Ball, executive secretary to the Committee of Consumer Services, the state’s small business and. residential utility advocate agency. “We used to take for granted that our phone. service came from the phone company. Now with deregulation, numerous providers and identified for elimination. Patients who qualify for and receive based solely on monthly blood draws (venipuncture) are scheduled to lose their home health benefits on February 5, 1998 because of the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. In rural communities where nearly 38 percent of residents are unserved by public transportation, Medicare beneficiaries who need blood monitoring will face special problems. In these areas, travel by the elderly, sick or disabled seniors is nearly impossible. Ambulance services would cost as much as $250 a trip - much, much more costly than paying for blood monitoring at home. Moreover, if these beneficiaries can not get proper blood monitoring services, they will end up in institutions like or or nursing homes at a much higher cost to Medicare. _ ' Because many of his constituents called his office to express their concern with the loss of their home health services, Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV) introduced legislation on November 7, 1997 which would reinstate venipuncture as a qualifying service for Medicare home health coverage. The “Venipuncture Fairness Act”, HR2912, will repeal the provision of the Balanced budget Act of 1997 that prohibits home health benefits based solely on drawing blood. Congress is presently in recess and our representatives should be in their local offices until Congress reconvenes on January 27, 1998. Because the venipuncture provision is scheduled Schools of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” Leonard portraits, 50th wedding anniversaries, individual indoor/outdoor sittings, and pet shots. On the art side of things, Bouck does balanced Budget Act of 1997, an essential home health benefit was shepherd, Solomon as judge, King David, Elijah and the priests of Baal, added, “but it contains timeless images of faith-promoting stories for anyone interested in what the Old Testament has to teach.” The exhibit will continue through Sunday, April 26, 1998. The Bible exhibit replaces “Discovering South Pass,” which closes Sunday, January 11. Two other short-term exhibits, “Women of Faith” and “From Visual Expressions, Art & Photography by S. Brandon Bouck, provides photography service for weddings, family The Medicare home health benefit was created to help. elderly citizens receive needed medical services in the comfort and familiarity of their homes at a cost to the Medicare program which is significantly less than the same care delivered in a hospital or nursing home. On August 5, 1997, when President Clinton signed the home health services, including Nurses and Home Health Aides, to be most appreciative when we aim an exhibit this way.” “The exhibit compliments the 1998 course of study in the Sunday Photographer ® bulrushes, the Passover, the battle of Jericho, the boy Samuel, David the Elijah ascending into heaven, and Daniel before King Nebuchadnezzar. “As parents, many adults will want to be active participants in the exhibit with their children,” Conder said. “We have always found parents S. Brandon Bouck Letters to the Editor must be signed and have a daytime phone number Jor verification. Comments do not necessarily express the editorial policy or viewpoint of the Beaver County Monitor. 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