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Show - ij 7 U" I'- - 2&S m v- i rr d r XW ' t ; rl5 f ; mi ss K3 2G - ml . W A,' '"T. I 0C l t-- - U - S lnn : I. I. I...SI E CM . iTV -- " 1! E E'-'-'L- OC'EF-ErSE- :' r T C'H'J -- i Mi I 1 I (($ ' hometown Newspaper :'r i T U I.A.IT! - - i !1. j for san jian county, utah since ibis Excessive water use concerns officials in Monticello Lower than average precipitation and record breaking heat in May is causing local water officials to worry about water storage in the coming year. What has officials in Monticello most concerned is what they call the wildly excessive use of water. City officials say that the very limited watershed that provides water to the area is certainly not large Jessie Barton checks a headstone on Memorial Day at the remote Verdure cemetery. Lesli Tracy photo CAT Scan planned for hospital that there by Anna Adair A CT scan at San Juan Hospital may be more than a dream in the near future. At the May 23 meeting of the San Juan Health District Board, the Board approved a rescoping of funds received from San Juan County and the Community Impact Board in order to purchase a two year old CT scanner. The board decision is based partly on approval of the idea from the medical staff, department heads and a positive response from the Monticello health care advisoiy committee. Approval by the county and the CIB board would virtually ensure purchase of the machine. The rescoping eliminates several items from the original grant request, including film ultrasound tables, an roof a on new the processor, Monticello clinic (which has since been sold to the County), replacing the hospital phone x-r- ay system, and a portable fetal heart monitor. The medical staff determined that the items could wait for another time to be purchased and are not vital at this time. The elimination of these items would free up $78,000. The machine that the District would like to purchase has a price tag of $69,000 with the remainder of the funds being used to renovate a room in the hospital to house the machine. It is hoped that having a CT Scan at the hospital will increase income by decreasing the number of patients that are currently shipped out of the county. Hie District is confident R. COPY F will be plenty of CT Scan procedures completed to justify the expense of the machine. A new CT Scan would cost more than $500,000. However, because of recent technological on new breakthroughs machines, the District can get a old machine at a used two-yevery reasonable price. While the machine will not be it was just two years ago. In other business, Health Care District CEO Cleal Bradford reports that with the new electronic billing system in place and operating, the District was ar state-of-the-a- rt, state-of-the-a- rt able to bill Medicaid and Medicare for $835,000 in the past several weeks. This does not include billings from the Blanding Clinic or through Indian Health Services. It is anticipated that 65 percent will return to the district in dollars. Bradford reports that the financial situation of the district is improving and will continue to improve with the new billing system. The district continues to seek Critical Access designation for the hospital, which could increase the Medicare and Medicaid payout to a possible 80 percent of the billed amount. A report was given on a grant request as a joint effort between the Health District and Oljato Chapter to the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health. The request seeks $136,868 a year for a BilingualBicultural Service Demonstration Program. If awarded, the grant will be used to train at least 18 health enough to support the excessive water use in recent weeks. Monticello City Water Supervisor Carl Taylor states that Monticello city residents are using approximately 535 gallons of water per person per day. The state average is 185 gallons a day per person. Taylor simply states, We don't have enough water to do this. The use of both treated and secondary water has burgeoned in recent weeks. Taylor states that the new water treatment plant is processing nearly 500,000 gallons of treated water a day. ' -- y Graduation quotes Before and after through the secondary water system in the past month, which translates to almost 700,000 photography gallons of secondary water a day. After struggling for years to devise a watering system that Letters to Editor - - works, the Monticello City Council recently rescinded all watering restrictions. However, they beg that city residents use common sense to avoid wasting water. Those pleas have obviously fallen on deaf ears, as water use and misuse has grown to a staggering level. City officials warn that there may be no choice but to reinstate watering restrictions if water use continues at current levels. dramatically would be to increase the length of time between lawn watering. Many area residents are apparently setting their automatic sprinkler systems to water every day office. According to City officials, despite the fact that the decision to move the office was made in December, the City was not told until the bags were packed and ready to go. The city questions the decision See page 6 Wild turkeys flour- area ishing in See page on May 26 to discuss the possible alternatives to closing the office. - See My View, My Cave, pg 16 Did you remember your Buddy Poppy. - See Whats will never reopen in Monticello. The city says they will do whatever they can to delay the move and stop it if possible. New, pgi7 TOfeqpQDB Monticello May Hi Lo Pr 22 82 46 23 87 51 24 84 57 25 76 44 26 27 28 It is the feeling of the council that if the office is closed now, it 14 Bubba takes on DWR and phone company and, in some cases, twice a day. Experts state that lawns do not need to be watered every day. The Council also discussed sending letters to legislators and Governor Leavitt regarding the situation. Councilman Evan Lowry expressed his desire to and the reasoning behind it. remind the Governor of all the DCFS says they no longer have things he promised he was going the funding to maintain both to do for this end of the state offices. However, the council during his visit to Monticello pointed out that the lease on the this past fall. Council members said that building the DCFS currently Monticello in for runs the work that the social workers occupies another two or three years. do in Monticello is very Councilman Clyde Christenvaluable, with programs and sen said he has a problem with community service work, and the State subletting the space in that the council needs to fight order to cover their lease, as this to maintain the program. means they are competing with Problems with the electrical private enterprise. See page 3 Mother of the Year See page 1 1 A simple way to cut water use Monticello City opposes closure of local Social Services office by Anna Adair The Monticello City Council wont let the Division of Child and Family Services close their Monticello office and move its social workers to Blanding without attempting to save the See page 2 - In addition, approximately 66 acre feet of water has flowed I 71 46 77 39 89 51 I Blanding Hi Lo Pr 89 52 94 58 92 65 82 55 79 50 85 49 94 57 Record high temparatures were recorded in Monticello on May 22, 23, and 24 and in Blanding on May 23, 24, and 28. INDEX NEWS ROUNDUP. LETTERS SOCIETY. SPORTS COMMUNITY NEWS 1.EGALS REAL ESTATE CLASSIFIEDS 2 6 8 14 16 20 21 22 Other system council members questioned where the savings would be, and said there should be enough funding to keep at least two social workers in Monticello if there are eight to ten in the Blanding office. Council members and Mayor care professionals and para (please turn to page 3) Black met with DCFS officials r trmsvWEEKl acquisition were discussed briefly at the May 24 council meeting. The City and almost all of the members of the council have been served with the legal complaint that stopped the Citys purchase of the electrical system on May 15. (please turn to page 4) JUAN HER OF THE YEAR See page 11 |