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Show Groups Challenge Location of New Bryce Clinic TROPIC An effort to have the location of the Bryce Valley Medical clinic changed from its presently designated site of Cannonville, to Tropic, was brought out in a meeting of representatives of the Garfield Memorial Hospital governing board in Tropic last week. Bob Benfield, Executive committee member; Grace Benfield, representing Robert Kruse, executive committee member and hospital director; and Guy Thompson, Garfield County Comissioner, representing Governing Board Chairman George Middleton were on hand to receive input from the Tropic City Council. The council has been seeking to have the proposed Bryce Valley Clinic (currently set for Cannonville) located in Tropic. An advisory board for the proposed clinic was formed in September, 1981, with Governing Board member Laurie Dea Holley selected as chairman. She chose as advisory board members Sara Littlefield and Ben Riddle of Tropic; Shanna Goulding and Janet LeFevre of Henrieville; and Jim Clarke of Cannonville. The advisory board has held two or three fund-raising events to provide the money needed to adapt the Cannonville Community Center for use as a clinic. Tropic City Council members questioned the Cannonville location, stating that at the time Garfield Memorial Hospital was built, Tropic had contributed more than its designated amount of money and excess funds had been set aside to build the Bryce Valley Clinic in Tropic. A piece of land had been selected, surplus bricks from hospital construction had been shipped to Tropic for use in building, and promises of lumber donations, electrical wiring, plumbing and related skills obtained towards construction of the proposed clinic. Only the hospital Governing Board's decision that a clinic at that time was not practical caused the plans to be shelved, council members explained to the Governing Board representatives. Benfield asked for specifics which council members promised to supply and Benfield said that he would take the information gained from the meeting back to the Governing Board which would take the matter under advisement. The City Council discussed adaptability of the Scout House for use by Family Life Services and the probability of obtaining the services of that office for residents of the Tropic area. The building will also be used for energy assistance program workers on a regular basis and by the County Nurse under the Southwestern District B aith Department for immunization and well baby clinics. The need for a small refrigerator that can be lcckcd, an examining table and scales was also discusesd. In other business, Fred Stout, general manager of South Central Utah Telephone Associaton appeared before the council to discuss the telephone building located at the northeast corner of the city's park property. Stout explained that the company saw some important uses for the " (Continued on Page 2) New Bryce Clinic (Continued from Page 1) building in the future and currently was not interested in exchanging or selling the building. He acknowledged that materials stored in the building could probably be stored elsewhere and the building made available to the town for rent. Mayor Evan Chynoweth and council members Doug Ahlstrom and Katie Thomas will be in Salt Lake City January 14 to appear before the Community Impact Board to request $40,000 in grant funds for Tropic's spring development to alleviate water shortages such as occurred last summer. They will take samples taken from Tropic's new streets for analysis . by engineers in Salt Lake City. Dean Wintch, representing Tropic and East Fork Irrigation Company appeared before the council to make final payment of $1,200 on the flow line associated with the water system which Tropic installed several years ago. Kathy Shakespeare, community school facilitator appeared before the ; council to explain the role of the facilitator in the community and her I relationship to the city council. She !. Stated that a planning team was being I organized and sought support from the ; city council for the program. The planning team would be composed of the Bryce Valley school principal, the PTSA president, PTSA board member, -studentbody president, two community1 members one from Tropic and. one from the Bryce "Cany on area, and the community school facilitator. She pointed out to the council that Garfield County School District has been selected as a pilot district for the program and urged support of the community newsletter published by the school district. She said the program would promote community-school relationships and pride and that the planning team would serve as a channel between the community and schools. Council member Katie Thomas asked Mrs. Shakespeare to provide council members with a list of funding for the program and for the community newsletter. Mrs. Thomas said that she felt the makeup of the planning team was overbalanced with education representatives providing the schools with yet another strong influence throughout the county where education already exerted strong influence and that such Planning Teams throughout the county could usurp the role and authority of the elected school board. She said more information about the program was needed. When other council members voted to support the program, Mrs, Thomas voted no. In other business, council member Ferrell Brinkerhoff was appointed fire chief; Ella Adair was appoitned cemetery superintendent; Doug Ahlstrom and Katie Thomas were given the responsibility for roads and streets and the city park; and Mayor Chynoweth accepted responsibility for culinary water and the city's sanitary system. It was decided that city equipment will be stored on the city-owned land where the old headhouse is located with efforts to start immediately to prepare the site and the building. Equipment stored elsewhere will be removed to that site. |