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Show i&sm Page 10 :i i UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. September 7. lW and you ve taken a look down the road in the medical field and form other in terms of personal preparedness, joint ventures to benefit the commu- whats next? Well, for everyone who has checks nity and local entrepreneurs. This is something we ought to be with the 19 printed prior to the year, more than careful in," expressed Comyoull be happy to know you can cross missioner Guy Thayne. The issue of out the 19 and write in 20 and they Continued from page 1 competing with the private sector is will still be accepted at the nk.fr still a problem for me, but 1 don't you're planning on taking out a stash believe the hospital has the ability to of cash to help ease your mind, do it ever be sold. The appointment and keep afloat if something doesn't hap- befort the last week in December, said make-u- p ofthecorporation'sboardof pen. Carter. Don't worry about a shortage directors, and whether the corporaNot everyone is eagerly accepting of green stuff. The Federal Reserve is tion - which isnt subject to open the possibility of a change, but previ- printing millions of dollars in extra meeting laws - will allow the public to ously strongopposition appears to be cash to help ease a possible shortage. attend their board meetings, will also waning with the assurance that the They also predict that when people be addressed in legal papers. will retain ownership of the find out they don't really need the A corporate veil would shield the county nsh on hand, they will return it to the facility. county from liability connected to the 1 think the compellingrea-so- n bank and it will soon be retired from really change in status, or in the event the to look at this - and I'm still not circulation soas not to cause economic hospital was ever returned to the sold - is the hospital needs flexibility. repercussions. county with outstanding debts, said The dictates from Washington, D C. When it comes to your finances, UBMC attorney Blaine Bernard. are true and there are incredible shifts Carter says, balance your accounts and We need to continue to react prop- in where the money comes from. The reconcile your statements; keeptrack erly to society and the economy and it flexibility the hospital has had in the of all your financial records and by all appears this particular process can past isn't going to be there in the means keep your deposit and withgive us the flexibility to continue to future, stated Roosevelt businessdrawal receipts. Good advice for any keep this medical facility one of the man Marc Eckels. time, really, notes Carter. finest, said Ross. A question on the minds of many, Retired Roosevelt businessman Hospital administrators say that Alva Snow was one of the original to a lesser or greater extent, is when in the future, as a county entity the members of the hospital board when we have known about Y2K for years, hospital could very well be prohibited it was built some 50 years ago, he fears why the sudden rush just before the services from operating the loss of the hospital to a large deadline in many cases to become such as the pharmacy, home health company ifartk ies of incorpo- compliant?" Could it be some sort of care, medical supplies and physical private aren't government conspiracy? No, say the ration properly defined. therapy -- areas which are responsible The real concern is the loss of the experts. Chalk it all up to human for roughly 70 percent of their revhospital. Ultimately if we could be nature. We procrastinate, noted enue. this hospital would not go out Winegar. "Its just not pushed to be a assured Asacorporation, the hospital would of the hands of the county without a priority until we had to. be free to compete more aggressively referendum All in all, say industry and governvote, then most of your in the area of managed healthcare by Snow ment would experts in dealing with Y2K, it away, go opposition becomingahealthcare insurance pro- stated. never hurts to be prepared and well vider. Branching out into business informed sbout anything. In fact, they ventures aside from the traditional say education about Y2K is just what services of caring for hospitalized pawUl calm everyone's nerves. tients is fast becoming a necessity for hospitals facingdrasticcuts in federal Continued from page 1 Medicare reimbursements. Another benefit, say those pushing the plan, is that as a corporation the tiononY2K, experiencing about 4.000 Continued from page 1 hospital will be able to pull their hits from all over. act is and The responsible thing to membership in the State Employee Retirement Plan. The hospital for- behave as if we arrpart of something UBATC office personnel watched their newest board member from the glass feits between 160,000 to $80,000 much greater and not just be conpane of the inner door. annually to the state in retirement cerned about ourselves, cautioned Price arrived within minutes with benefits for employees who leave their Jim Winegar. representing small busilive a trap. The dilemma, how to get Utah and nesses the Manufacturing jobs before five yean. The hospital has the badger in the trap. UBATC enz-tried unsuccessfully for four yean to Extension Partnership. scurried to their lunch bags Small businesses have the greatest get out of the state plan, but as a Siloyees But what does a badger themselves to find lacking county entity, is unable to do so, said potential eat for lunch? Meanwhile the badger hospital Administrator Brad Le Baron. when it comes to navigating through found a corner he seemed particularly Another issue that must be ad- possible Y2K glitches, said Winegar. with. After a minute or comfortable small businesses 60.000 There are addressed in the equately two of grooming himself he curled up scale 54 in On national Utah. a satisthe to structure percorporations faction of commissionen deals with cent of the small businesses have yet as if to sleep. The trap was baited with tuna fish the role the hospital will play in the to do anythingto prepare for Y2K. he and pushed inside the room through for related,' Utah that sector. figures adding private the outer door with a broom. The Le Baron says as a 50UCR3) the are comparable to the national aver- badger didn't appear interested in 0e- hospital will be able to partner with the trap or all the spectators watching are If involved compliant" computers your struggling privateenterprises him. After a few minutes Hague entered with a straw broom and pushed the trapdoser to the badger, bloc king his entrance tothe room.The badger made an attempt to slink behind the potted O- nmvr 3 plant and escape but Hague blocked J? : his departure, keeping the broom 03 pwhingthe animal hack until hia only relief point was entering the cage, which be soon did. Hague dropped the door and the animal was captured. After UBATC employees took a closer look at the badger before Price removed the animal. Hague estimates the animal was "last years pup weighing between 15 and 20 pounds. Because the animal was young and Hague has had experience with badgers he felt be could hurry the capture, but If it had been older I would have been behind the door, he said. The animal was transported to the outskirts ofBaUard and reieased,Prics said. I was relieved it was caught so easy, we had one a long time in Rooaevelt a long time ago that the DWR captured, it was trying to bite everybody." This is the second badger call Price has taken since she took the job as animal control officer with the city 14years ago. The first badger encounter occurred about twoyears ago near Wendell Lane just off ofWert Lagoon Street in a residential neighborhood. Just a couple of hours before the badger entered UBATCaeecond bad- - UBMC Hospital out-patie- spotted dashing into the road near the Utah State University data-room complex on Lagoon Street. "I was in my truck leaving for lunch and onewas crossing the road, Istopped and it charged my truck! Mid Lynn Walker, UBATC Maintenance Director, adding that it was not the same young badger that slipped into the board room, but a larger and perhaps older one. Jason Teeguarden, conservation officer for the Division of Wildlife Resources says that anytime abadger is spotted stay clear of it. They are just plain mean and very aggressive. They're notafraid of people and will come after someone if they feel cornered or if they're tormented,1. Teeguarden said, addingbadgers like other mammals can carry diseases through fleas that are vectors for bubonic plague. They can also carry rager was Geological Survey notes 50th anniversary exploration and development of Utah's mineral, oil, gas, mid geothermal industries. Crawford was succeeded in 1961 by William F. Hewitt, who refocused the Survey's activities on economic, rather than scientific, geology. Under his direction, the Sur vey began to aggressively pursue the collection and distribution of information regarding Utah's mineral resources. In 1974. Hewitt retired and was From a operation in a small room at the University of Utah, the Utah Geological Survey has grown in its 50 years to a state agency working on millions of dollars worth of resource development, mapping, geologic hazards and education, water resource, archaeological, and paleontological projects. Originally called the Utah Geo- logical and Mineralogical Survey in an act of the Utah Legislature in 1949, the UGS had a' budget of $25,000 for its first bienniun - or bies. barely enough to cover expenses and the salary of its first director, Arthur is when a badger says Teeguarden spotted, "stand off and if possible L. Crawford. The Survey was made keep an eye on it while you call the a part of the State School of Mines division, or have someone watch it and Mineral Industries at the U of while the call is being made, to help U. Crawford immediately set out to the officer locate the animal in case it stabilize the Surveys revenues by wanders away. What's happening right now is soliciting manuscripts to publish on young badgers from this spring are scientific investigations, maps, and moving to find their own territories reports. The state legislature, in ' and set up house keepingon their own. creating the UGMS, specifically Because they arent afraid of people stipulated that the agency could sellthey'll do that right on the outskirts augment its appropriation by oftown. Teeguarden explained. ing publications. Crawford also oversaw the creTo report a badger or any type of wild animal that has strayed from ation of the Geologic Sample Litheir natural environment, contact brary, which today houses thouthe Division of Wildlife Resources at sands of samples representing the one-pers- succeeded by Donald T. McMillan, a mining geologist who shepherded the Survey into its new incarnation as a state agency. He continued its activities in identifying and completing a dependable inventory of the state's mineral resources. Genevieve Atwood succeeded Hewitt in 1981 and created a mapping section to prepare much more accurate and detailed geologic quadrangle maps of the state. She bolstered the economic geology program, promoting investigative efforts into tar sands, mineral resources, saline studies, oil fields, and coal projects, and made geologic information more readily available and accessible. Lee Allison took over the agency in 1989 and began aggressively pursuing research grant money to fund scientific investigations into oil, gas, resource exoloration and 789-310- 3. Y2K tar-ean- d and development BADGER t $ o, . - 'S . Tftrn? fVraefl WARRANT OUT-- A warrant has been issued for Hancock Cove man Cory Taylor who failed to report to jail on a negligent homicide charge. See from page story Family seeks healing and justice in mother's death. RESTING SPOT-- A young badger perhaps seeking a new territory wandered into UBATCs boardroom last week and made himself at home. When a raccoon ;comes to call. who do you call? vl ' ' W ' V S a. f 1 Jl It happens all the time, excited calling US Fish and Wildlife Management Office to ask them to remove a wild animal, says Dave Irving, Project Leader for the departfolks ment. "We are a management office that deala with federal type projects, its the state who actually handles animal calls, the DWR, (Division of Wildlife Resources), Irvingsaid, adding, We don't have cages or the equipment to doit." According to Irving, his office is called continually concerninglicensea for fishing and hunting as well aa animal calls, "that authority falls under the state (DWR) also, he said. The US Fish end Wildlife Service provides technical assistance on projects involving the Uto Tribe and other Indian Tribes in the state as we 11 as Hill Air Force Bose, Irvinguya. So, when a raccoon comes to call, don't call --call the DWR. PANEL DISCUSSION The century will be changing at the best time of year" w hen it comes to power demands, say officials with PaafiCorp at Qucstar. Protections have been built into power systems so that, even if computer systems should act up in January 2000, "they can be brought back in." Pictured left to right are Ken Bassett. Venial City administrator; Gary Harrison, area manager for US West; DcLynn Rodchack. operations and business manager for PacifiCbrpUtah Power, and Don Gingell, Y2K coordinator for Ashley Valley Medical Center. - " - 'Wl f - , JK - .. If C errsesiias? - S." - ' . v , 4 ? Just Got Even Better! iMKmlt Branch GREAT DOWNPOUR-Motori- sts Uintah Basin last week. Manage Mark Mutrnj; Mkonss Dm FdigeroW Is fain Craft were caught in the deluge of several thunder storms that rolled though the Don Fitzgerald has been sen ing the financial needs of the farmers and ranchers in the Uintah Basin for over 20 years. Togctlicr with Mark Murray, our Roosevelt lending team now has over 40 years of experience lending money to agriculture. Come on by our oflicc and help us welcome Don to the Farm Credit team, and sec why Farm Cretlit is die only credit you need! A Farm Credit Services Utah Production Credit 5 SO Ea.t 200 North Roosevelt, Utah Asvyl-itio- & Federal of Utah land Rink Association of Utah. 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