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Show The Emery County Review, Tuesday, October 21, 2008 VOICES A5 Celebrating the People and Lifestyle of the San Rafael Swell Area Missionary Recognition Emery Miners Win Mine Rescue Contest Elder Bruce Terry Bell Elder Bruce Terry Bell has returned home from serving a mission in Birmingham, England. He will be speaking in the Orangeville First Ward on Oct. 26 at 11 a.m. He is the son of Randy and LeAnn Bell, the grandson of George and Ann Bell and Dorr and Elizabeth Hanson. CONSOL Energy Inc.’s Emery Mine-Black team, from Emery, claimed first place honors in the CONSOL Energy “Best of the Best” Mine Rescue Contest held Sept. 16-18 in Virginia, capping the 2008 contest season. The Emery-Blue team claimed third place overall in the Virginia contest. A total of 18 teams from throughout CONSOL Energy and its subsidiaries from five states, including those based in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Utah, competed in the event held at the CONSOL Energy Mine Rescue Training Center at Oakwood, Va. CONSOL Energy has more mine rescue teams than any other company in the industry. Competition was held in two divisions defined by team experience and saw the Emery-Black Mine Rescue team from Emery, claim first place honors in Division I; followed by Coal River Energy-Red, of Alum Creek, W.V., second; and Emery-Blue, from Emery, third place overall. The AMVEST WV-Gold team finished fourth overall. Also competing in Division I were the AMVEST W.V.-Blue team and the Coal River Energy-Blue team from Naugatuk, W.V. Members of the EmeryBlack mine rescue team are Ron Wright, Brandon Wilde, Matt Crosland, Johnny Donan, Corey Prettyman, Kasey Thompson and Jim Kulow, trainer. Members of the EmeryBlue mine rescue team are Josh Christman, John Justesen, Josh Johnson, Dylan Larsen, Bret Tennant, Brett Cox and Richard Borg. Teams are judged in the competition by Mine Safety and Health Administration and Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy personnel, who watch the teams and judge the team’s execution in solving the particular mine rescue problem presented. The competition takes into account not only how quickly a team successfully solves the problem, but also the manner in which the problem is solved. Discounts, or docks, are given to teams for mistakes made. “The competitions are a great learning tool,” said Spartan Spotlight Boyd’s Family Pharmacy Community Nursing Services Home Health & Hospice For All Your Pharmaceutical Needs Emery vs. Salem Hills & Delata Abbie Kay •Free In-Home Evaluation Care Covered By Medicare Resource Options For Non-Medicare 381-5464 (435) 613-8887 (435) 381-2044 25 West Main Castle Dale, Utah Good Serves - 7 Blocks - 5 Good Hits - 8 Kills - 3 Saves - 1 Thank you Gordon’s Barn’s Grill for sponsoring Nursery & Floral our Spotlight Excel Dental Care “Excellence In Dentistry” Family & Cosmetic Dentistry Implant Surgical Center Fresh Flowers, Plants And Gifts Where Beautiful Smiles Are Created •No Charge Consultants •Latest Cosmetic Techniques •Metal-Free Ceramic Crowns •Implants 686 N 400 E Huntington 381-2447 687-2264 Shawn K. Leonard, DMD, PC Mon-Fri 9-6 •Saturdays 10-3 15 E. 600 N. (Upstairs) Castle Dale, UT 84513 Lewis Jewelry Company, Inc. Forever Est. 1921 435-637-2176 46 East Main Price S Christy’s alon ensations Emery vs. Salem Hills & Delata Brooke Jensen Good Sets - 7 Good Passes - 9 Blocks - 21 Good Hits - 4 Kills - 8 Saves - 1 Thank you Barn’s Grill for sponsoring our Spotlight “Service With A Smile” Katie Brady 190 So. Main, Huntington 435-687-9766 Authorized Dealer Home & Office Supplies Portable Music Computer Accessories Power & Batteries & Much More Hardware The helpful place. Your Supply Headquarters •Fishing•Vacation •Camping•R.V. Parts •Paint•Home Goods •Hardware•Tools •Hunting & Accessories We never stop working for you. 185 E Main Castle Dale, UT 381-2421 fortunate to be down here for an event like this. It’s an opportunity to celebrate the wonderful things that you do and the example you set for the people in our company.” Lilly noted it is an exciting time to be in the coal industry and he stressed the importance of working safely. CONSOL Energy Chief Operating Officer Bart Hyita echoed comments made by Lilly. “For all your efforts, all your sacrifice to serve on a CONSOL rescue team and to participate in mine rescue, thank you,” Hyita said. “It takes time away from your families and the whole industry appreciates your service. You are the most highly trained people we have in the company.” As the competition started the next day, Division I teams entered two fields set up with a procedural ventilation problem to solve and worked the problem in an average time of 34 minutes, four seconds. Emery students get lesson on credit cards In the midst of a credit crunch, Emery High School students are learning to “Get Smart About Credit.” Zions Banker BreAnne Mawhinney taught the perks and pitfalls of credit to Emery High students in Shanae Butler’s class on Oct. 14 in honor of “National Get Smart About Credit Day.” Mawhinney is one of nearly 50 Zions employees throughout Utah and Idaho who went to local schools to teach teens the importance of using credit wisely. Students learned the importance of maintaining strong credit reports and how to choose between different credit card offers. Last month, Zions Bank was recognized nationally with the Excellence in Financial Literacy Education Award from the Institute for Financial Literacy for its educational outreach programs. Zions also offers an educational web site for high school students, parents, and educators - bankhs.com - that provides financial literacy resources and information. “In light of today’s credit crunch, we are reminded how critically important it is for young consumers to be financially literate early on so that they can make smart decisions while navigating an increasingly complex financial marketplace,” Mawhinney said. “It’s important for teens to know that the choices they make when using their first credit card, or handling their first loan, can change their lives for years to come.” Zions Bank’s volunteer effort comes at a critical time for Utah high school students, as the state is now one of eight nationally that requires a personal finance course prior to graduation. The Get Smart About Credit program is targeted to high school students, before most of them obtain credit cards. According to the American Bankers Association, 83 percent of college students have at least one credit card. At the same time, the average American carries about $5,000 in credit card debt (Bankrate.com, 2007). Only 48 percent of teens knew that a credit card holder who only pays the minimum amount on monthly card balances will pay more in annual finance charges than a card holder who pays their balance in full, according to the Jump$tart Coalition’s 2008 national survey of high school seniors. Castleview Hospital recognized with HealthInsight Quality Award Jones Jones Walk-Ins Welcome or call for an Appointment Tuesday - Friday Christy Collard Spartan Spotlight CONSOL Energy Mine Rescue Teams Coordinator Bill Tolliver. “Contest officials meet with the teams after their competition rounds to explain to them where mistakes were made and how they could have improved on their performance.” Teams arrived at the Oakwood training center at 7 a.m. on contest day and were escorted to an area where they awaited the start of their competition round. The order in which teams competed was selected in a random process the night before at a dinner held for all the teams. CONSOL Energy Coal Group President Peter B. Lilly was in attendance at the dinner for the teams. He commended teams for their dedication to mine rescue and the extra time they put into being members of the mine rescue teams on which they serve. “It’s an exciting time as I look out and see all the new faces,” Lilly said of the many new miners who have volunteered to serve on CONSOL mine rescue teams. “Mine rescue leads the way and we are 185 E Main Castle Dale, UT 381-2421 Castleview Hospital was one of five Utah hospitals recognized for quality during the Utah Hospitals and Health Systems Association Annual Meeting on Oct.9. The hospital was recognized by HealthInsight, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Utah and Nevada as a recipient of the 2008 HealthInsight Quality Award. The five hospitals were selected for demonstrating high quality health care and excellence in performance on publicly reported quality of care measures. These measures come from data that is voluntarily reported by hospitals across the nation. The HealthInsight Quality Award program was launched in September 2004 to promote transparency in health care. According to the Institute of Medicine, transparency in health care is defined as a system that is “accountable to the public, works openly, makes results known, and builds trust through disclosure.” By using available quality data to identify high performing providers and publicizing the results, HealthInsight aims to help providers improve health care and help patients become more active and informed participants in that care. |