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Show t The Uintah Buin Center u now in operation Dialysb in its location 'djacent to the Duchesne County - hospital and the Roosevelt MiH Clinic. Ed Bulloch is assistant administratthe facility, with Robert G. Peterson, Salt. Lake City, chief executive officer. The parent corpors- tion la Utah Dialysis Laboratories. Salt Lake City, which operatMtwo , other centers on the Wasatch Front On May S of this year, the first patient underwent kidney dialysis in the new facility, and at the present time ten patients receive treatment for four to six hours, three tlmw a week. . . Prior to establishment of the center, or established at the present time. . Service. The cost of the dialysis procedure is The facility is equipped with three $160 per treatment, with the cost Travenol machines and one back-u- p .unit The dialysis process is one in averaging $25,000 per patient. The which a patients blood is cleaned" by treatment program at the center is of Medicare and Medicaid approved,' machine; that is, metabolism are removed when the since in 1974 renal failure was categorised as a catastrophic disease. kidneys are unable to do the Job. period Normally, the kidneys work around Treatment over a three-mont- h the dock. Tbs dialysis units do in five is required for a patient to quality as renal disease patient," as to six hours what the kidneys would an opposed to a patient who is suffering normally do over a period, - Renal failure can be caused bjr a acute, but temporary, kidney failure. variety of conditions, including diabetes and other genetically transmitBullock said that the age range of ted diseases, infections, injuries, etc. patients is from about seven or eight The head nurse at. the Center is years into the seventies. The proced-- 1 Tyler Green, who has been in the ure is relatively painless. However, nursing field for about three years, patients are under certain restrictions and working in this speciality for as to diet, fluid intake and physical . about one year. Green said that . activity. additional technical and nu perBullock said that visitors are sonnel will be necessary in the future. welcome at the Center,- and that an Technicians must have extensive training in biology and microbiology. .open house is planned for the near future to acquaint area residents with Since dialysis is a relatively new field, the new treatment facility. there are not many training facilities d 48-ho- . ta Mtonta requiring dialysis had to tra'vel to the Wasatch .Front for treatment - Bullock said that efforts to establish the facility had been underway, for over a year. The center presently has contracts .with Duchesne. County hospital and the Indian Health . 1 y' Uintah Banin Standard Thursday, June 5, 1980 THE LITTLEST MEETING TODAY ; 5,at rSf Du- full-tim- - . ' ; . ten-year-o-ld 1 pjn. Fishermen in the area had assisted Mr. and Mrs. Bawden and Shayne Murphy, but young- Bawden was swept away in the rough water.' - . school auditorium. By-Law- present. The amount of membership fee was Joseph Richards has been manager at Ute Research Laboratories, Ft. Duchesne, since December of last year. A graduate of . , Brigham Young University, Richards has pursued pos- tgraduate studies at the University of California at Davis and Utah State Univer- sity. He was an instructor in at Northern chemistry ' . Arizona University, and presently instructs at the USU Extension Center in 'Approval has been announced of a grant of 2." established, and three directors were selected. They are DeVon McKee, .Paul Kitchen and Lennis McKee. t " The directors then held a meeting and selected DeVon McKee as president ; with Emma , Wilson as secretary and treasurer. I Dr; Myton receives Tridell Community Corporation The Tridell Community tion held its second meeting Wednes' day, May 14. s i Ray Nash presented the and 'Articles of Incorporation to the group. They were adopted by those S'f .r t. cap and located the boys , Divers fishing gear Tuesday. - Rescue efforts ' began Sunday even-L were but poor ing, hampered by ' visibility, moss and other vegetation in the lake, and inclement weather. The body was discovered about 9:90 ' a.m. Saturday on the east shore of the lake near the road, by Doug McKee, a rancher who was enroute to his farm. -Uintah County Sheriff Arden Stewart and Deputy Jack Reynolds ' transported the body to the hospital in Vernal,' and it was later removed to ' Ogden, where funeral services were held Monday, June $5,088 announced Advanced College the establishment ' Placement to the City of Myton. was made by The announcement Senators Jake Garn and Orrin Hatch. An earlier grant of $819,800 was used fur the construction of a sewage collection system, outfall line, main pump station, and wastewater treatment lagoons for Myton City. The project was completed lasttM. The final inspection of the project was conducted Feb. 18, after vhich the second pant was requested to reimburse Myton . City for cost overruns on the construction. Roosevelt. at the center. recently The training program will only Licensed Practical Nurses who wish to become Registered Nurses, and has been approved by the Utah State Board of Nurses. Funding has been passed by the Utah State of an Program to provide registered nurse training, effective this fall, according to a press release from the Uintah Basin Association of Governments. The program will be held at the Uintah Basin Area Vocational Center . and various area health care facilities. ' , according to Jean-Smitdirector. Licensed Practical Nurse program h, . Boys body found in Pelican Lake The body of Mike Bawden, 9, was recovered Saturday at Pelican Lake, as divers with the Uintah and Duchesne County Search and Rescue organization began their sixth day in search of the youth. The youth had been on a with his parents, Mr. and fbhintrij) Bawden, Roy, and a companion, Sunday, May 25, when their boat capsized in the lake about 5 ' g, . on the machines, three times a week. Weber State 40-ye- . . to establishment of the Uintah Basin Dialysis Center in Roosevelt. Patients on dialysis must spend from four to six hours Advanced placement RN program approved hospital would be feasible, Duchesne City would apply for a Joint Community Facility Loan. This loan is physician. period. Mayor Browning said they will also a 5 percent loan over a investigate the possibility of building a The loan would cover the cost of hospital-nursinhome ; complex.' construction plus acquisition of the "There are doctors who want ' to equipment ' needed to operate the' practice in a small town, said hospital. The. Bureau of Community Health Browning. We Just need, to find such . Services would then assure the a doctor. , ... Utah State University is conducting hospital that there wonld be doctors to a survey to determine the feasibility of work at the ' hospital. They would a hospital in Duchesne. guarantee this, plus help pay hospital , If ..the survey , shows t that the operating costs for the life of the loan. Any residents who are interested in attending, especially those from the western end of the county, should come to the county building in Duchesne at 7 p.m. U attendance is greater than expected,' the meeting will be moved to the Duchesne high this reason. Browning believes e can support a chesne full-tim- Dillon Dalton, 8, has been on dialysis since the end of January. According to his mother, Mrs. Audrey Dalton, it was necessary to travel with Dillon to Salt Lake City for treatment prior Rill time physician e The possibility of a physician for Duchesne .will be discussed at a meeting to be held the Thursday (today) June county building in Duchesne. According to Duchesne Mayor Ed Browning, Naonf SOverstone, Director of Rural Health,- will be at the meeting to answer any questions that ' area residents may have. Browning1 said the medical dinfo located in Duchesne sees between 500 ! "and 600 patients a month. H said the dink serves about 6,000 residents. For ANGEL? S Legislature. The program will be under the direction of the Nursing Department at Weber State College in cooperation with Utah State University." e UBAVC to offer full summer class schedule The Uintah Basin Area Vocational Center (UBAVC) will begin its summer quarter on June 9. Course offerings this summer will include special sessions for real estate salesmen and an advanced vocational training program for- - secondary students. Most courses will begin on June 9 and will run until Aug. 8. The UBAVC offers class times from 8 a.m. until 4 word processing, The Vernal and Roosevelt family services agencies have unified to set up a safe house in Vernal fur victims of spouse abuse in the Roosevelt and Vernal areas. Mark Nelson is the director of the safe - house. The safe house can accomodate 17 and children for a maximum of three months, and offers them food, shelter, clothing, a listening ear, and support. Play therapy for the children and parenting skills for parents is also offered. Medical and legal services are available .through the safe house, victims and machine tran- scription. Refresher classes in math, English, reading, and study skills will also be taught. High school students desiring advanced vocational training may sign up for courses in the following areas: accounting, typewriting (beginning and advanced), word processing, data processing, management and supervisory development, business communications, business English, office occupations, human relations, business math, business, machines, and other office occupation areas. These classes are designed to provide students with marketable vocational skills for full time employment upon graduation or for placement into co-o-p programs during their junior and senior years. A $75 tuition fee b required for all . real estate salespeople wishing to enroll in a real estate course. The class will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m., beginning June 10. State law requires this course for all salespeople before they can take the real estate exam. Lynn Snow, a broker few Century 21 Realty and Jim Curtis, a Century 21 salesman, will be the PlUe The ten week standard summer quarter will offer courses in accounting, typewriting, management, business communications, mathematics, Safe house now open for abused spouses, kids social skills, and office occupa- al tions such as record keeping, business machines, secretarial procedures, to Clara Allen, VISTA volunteer contracted to the local according agencies in Roosevelt and VernaL Mrs. AUen stated that Roughly 50 to 60 percent of families have violent situations involved regularly." She further stated, "roughly one-thir- d of child abuse cases also involve spouse abuse." The contact person in Roosevelt is W. D. ScholL Scholl may be reached at the Roosevelt Department of Social Services office. Individuals may also obtain assistance by calling Helpline at 90-ho- instructors. Fa further information 722-457- 4. UBAVC 722-278- Beverly 722-452- the contact on summer session, Evans or Ralph in Roosevelt Hill at East elementary jumpers have tiie most The O. Bell presented a plaque to East Roosevelt elementary school in recognition' of that FOR THE MOST MONEY RAISED-Pa- ula , schools generating over $6,000 in tributions to the Utah Heart Association. Accepting the award are, from left, Orvel . con-- ed by the Utah Heart Association resulted in the recognition of East Roosevelt elementary school as the in the state of Utah. top money-raise- r Paula 0. Bell, executive of the Roosevelt Area Chamber of Commerce, presented the plaque to school officials at the awards ceremony held Friday, May SO, along with suit for a jump rope and a warm-u- p Superintendent of Schools Lowell C. Caldwell in recognition of hb support Hullinger, principal; Kevin Heaton, who directed the by which the money was raised; and Duchesne County Superintendent Lowell C. Caldwell,' who received a warm-u- p suit and a jump t rope of his very own. Jump-Rope-A-Tho- sponsor- Jump-Rope-A-Tho-n n of the project Two 'hundred eighty two students and hteen adults, including mem- bers of the Roosevelt Police Depart- ment joined together to raise a total $6,826.60. The . teams for three' hours as one Friday afternoon, then collected pledges based on the number of hours each individual jumped. Kevin Heaton, fifth grade teacher at the school, directed the event He said that the activity was rewarding to the participants, both physically and aa a source of pride in doing something for someone else. The winning team of fifth graders raised $306, and fifty other partici" ' pants raised over $50 each. ; Heart to the Additional gifts Association may be made in memory of late residents of Duchesne County, according to Fawn Leavitt memorial gifts chairman far the Duchesne Heart Association. She said the Heart Memorials offer a way of paying tribute and respect to friends, relatives and associates who have passed away, and give hope to the living by supporting projects designed to help reduce the toll of death and disability resulting from heart disease." Such gifts are accepted and may be made by mail or in person to the Heart Association in care of Mrs. Leavitt, Box 427, Roosevelt, Utah. The telephone number to call with reference to Heart Association memorials b , Conn er year-aroun- ; d, - 722-241- t Jp , jSij if rnmm V v..; " i " -- CT, ' st - r t x. 'v-- |