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Show Utah Training School Gets Epilepsy Bldg. Governor Calvin L. Rampton dedicated the Mark K. Allen Epilepsy Center at Utah State Training School Friday, December 3. The new $462,000 facility will offer unique treatment and research facilities which previously have not been available in the western United States, according to Dr. Paul S. Sagers, superintendent of the training school. Construction costs do not include furnishings or special closed circuit television monitoring systems. The new treatment center will be a total medical model, but will incorporate normal family living settings. It will house 20 mentally retarded residents of the school, as well as community slients, during observation and treatment. The building was constructed con-structed by Comtrol, Inc., of Salt Lake City. Sharp and Pinear, Salt Lake City, were architects for the new building. The facility includes treatment rooms, bedrooms, kitchen and living areas and an enclosed patio is also a building feature. Others participating in the dedication services were Dr. Jack A. Madsen, medical director; Algie Ballif, former director of the Division of Family Services; Dr. Mark K. Allen, long time staff member for whom the building was named, and Dr. Sagers. The invocation was offered by Dr. Antone K. Romney and Elder Marvin Ashton, of the Council of the Twelve, of The LDS Church, offered the dedicatory prayer. Tours of the new facility followed the dedication services. |