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Ifrllrf 6fcvS.vnifc.,'Sis- Satm -i. SERVING FLAGSTAFF AND NORTHERN ARIZONA Friday, July 29, 1988 Tw mre stallions the way KNAZ-TV Meanwhile, Standard Life Co. and the Zach T. 4. i 4- 'r -4 fc w.

4, i -c, o' 4 V. IVl-x 'I 444 .4.. 1 Mg Sta4 ft Jt 4 iM" 4 Sun Photo by Robert Spink her mother and brother careened off 1-17 south of the city and rolled down an embankment. An Arizona Department of Public Safety officer and Susie Bennett rush a 4-month-old child to a rescue van Thursday afternoon after the car she was riding In with Accidents take a dramatic toil Vol.42 No. 311 Cancer center coming $3 million facility to open next June BY PAUL SWEITZER Sun Staff Reporter A comprehensive cancer treatment center will open its doors at Flagstaff Medical Center next June, hospital officials said Thursday.

The center will use the surgery area of the hospitals former main building on the west side of North Beaver Street. The center, first of its kind in Northern Arizona, is designed to serve the states five northern counties and will cost an estimated $3 million. Five positions will be added to the hospitals staff, including a physician specializing in radiation therapy. Hospital spokesperson Ann Hartman Kolacki said Thursday that the center will be directed by Gary S. Simpkins, former manager of cancer care services at St.

Vincents Hospital, Worcester, and formerly a physicist on the staff of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He joined the staff at FMC Feb. 1. Simpkins will be project manager for construction and opening of the center, the result of a study made for the Flagstaff Health Management holding company of the hospital, by Richard C. Velve Associates, Inc.

The new center, Kolacki said, will have state of the art technology and specially-trained personnel. The study made for the hospital shows that by 1991 there could be as may as 1,200 new cancer cases in the five-county area each year. The new" center, Kolacki said, will be able to care for about one-third or 300 to 350 of the new cases each year. Phoenix and Tucson have the nearest similar centers, with the University of Arizonas Medical Center being the best-known in the state. The new center will involve a complete renovation of the former surgery area, Kolacki said, and also will involve construction of a new entrance to the area on the north side of the building.

Technological advancements that will be part of the new center, Kolacki said, include a new dual energy liner that will allow treatment of virtually any tumor with medium and high energy X-rays as well as electron beams. The treatment will be possible at virtually any depth of the body and will minimize the publicized side effects of radiation therapy. The new unit, Kolacki said, will be housed in a specially built vault that will have walls and ceiling of high-density solid concrete. The walls and ceiling, Kolacki said, will be about seven feet thick. In addition to the radiation specialist called an oncologist the staff will include technologists trained in treating with radiotherapy, nurses trained in caring for patients undergoing such treatments and a physics staff to calibrate the machines and ensure proper delivery of treatments.

The. center will house a variety of support services, including dietary and social services geared to meet the specific needs of cancer patients. The area will be decorated to provide a positive atmosphere for the patient, Simpkins said. Sunspots PRICE 25t Insurance Heder-man family, both of Jackson, will sell KNAZ and KMOH to AM-TECH Capital according to an application to the Federal Communications Commission. KNAZ broadcasts on channel 2 in Flagstaff and KMOH broadcasts on channel 6 in Kingman.

Indiana businessman Peter J. Klein is the limited partner, sole stockholder, sole director, president and secretary of AMTECH, according to the application, which was docketed July 18. Klein, whose business ventures include S.T. Semiconductors of Indiana has no interest in other media companies, the application says. Klein could not be reached today to describe his plans for KNAZ.

As I understand it, we will continue with our improvements and expansion, KNAZ station manager Don Purnell said Thursday. They have indicated that there will be no personnel changes, Purnell added. Purnell said he believes the pending sale is unrelated to the advent of competition on VHF television frequencies. Pending approval by the FCC, the See TELEVISION, Page 2 will hear Thursday James Hancock of Prescott ordered Hannah off the ballot because many of the nominating petitions lacked the date of the primary but said the other names could stay on because they had gathered sufficient signatures with the correct date and had only minor deficiencies elsewhere. Hannah attorney Charles Apt III acknowledged in his appeal that certain blanks were not filled in as completely or correctly as they could have been.

But he said Hancocks order exalts form over substance because the date of the elections is SeeSUPERVISOR, Page 2 Sun Photo by Brian Winter business owners along the route. The north side of the street Is due to be closed In the next few weeks. spokeswoman. The driver of the station wagon, Josenina Tello, 40, Flagstaff, was admitted to FMC with a broken sternum and bruises. She was in stable condition on the intermediate-care floor this morning.

Three passengers with her also were admitted to the hospital. They were: Nancy Wescogame, 52, Flagstaff, sustained multiple-trauma injuries and bruises but no condition report from the hospital was available; Dorothy Dale, 28, Flagstaff, suffered multiple-trauma injuries and is listed in stable condition on the recovery floor; and a man, Terry Hunt, 21, sustained multiple-trauma injuries and is in stable condition on the recovery floor. Meanwhile, a woman and two children were admitted to the hospital after the car in which they were riding careened off 1-17 just south of the city and rolled down an embankment, according to DPS reports. Helena J. Gorman, 28, Flagstaff, suffered neck and internal injuries and was in stable condition on the recovery floor.

Five-year-old Byron Gorman sustained head and internal injuries and was in stable condition this morning in the pediatric unit; and 4-month-old Tammy Yazzie was admitted to FMC for a fractured skull and was in stable condition this morning in the pediatric ward. Although hospital records list the infants name as Tammy Yazzie, DPS reports identified her as Tammy J. Gorman. Reports indicate seat belts were not in use in the rollover. A three-car pile-up on U.S.

89 just north of the city sent nine people to the hospital Thursday night, according to the Highway Patrol. Meanwhile, the Department of Public Safety also reported a one-car rollover that occurred around 4:25 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 17 just south of Flagstaff. In the three-vehicle accident, a Toyota pickup truck, driven by Jerry J. Rushing, 23, Mesa, was northbound at about 8:45 p.m.

when it veered across the center line and struck a southbound passenger car head-on, according to Department of Public Safety reports. A third vehicle, a southbound station wagon, then struck the passenger car, according to DPS reports. Rushing was admitted to Flagstaff Medical Center with a skull fracture and a broken back, according to a DPS spokeswoman. FMC spokeswoman Laurin Bosse said Rushing is in serious but stable condition. The family in the passenger car was taken to FMC.

The driver, Charles A. Potter, 25, and Joyce L. Potter, 30, both of Glendale, each sustained facial cuts and were admitted to FMC. Charles Potter was listed in stable condition in the intensive-care unit this morning. Joyce Potter was listed in stable condition on the recovery floor.

Two children passengers, Ross Potter, 6, and Sara Potter, 8, both of Glendale, sustained less serious injuries, according to reports. Ross was treated and released from FMC with a broken arm, and Sara sustained internal injuries for which she was treated and released, according to the DPS being sold BYSTEVE RYAN Sun Staff Reporter As Flagstaff awaits its second and third television stations, existing station KNAZ and its Kingman sister station KMOH are being sold for $3.6 million to an Indiana mans corporation. Six applications have been received for approved Flagstaff broadcasting slots on channels 4 and 9, Federal Communications Commission staff attorney Mark Berlin said today. An administrative law judge will evaluate the applications, including those from Flagstaff Broadcasting Ltd. and WTWV Inc.

for Channel and those from and Communications Grand Coconino Broadcasting, Overview Communications Ltd. and Carl M. Fisher for Channel 9, said Berlin. Berlin said information about the applicants cannot be conveyed by telephone. Barring complications, selection of an applicant usually takes a year or less, said Berlin.

Stations must be constructed within two years of selection unless extensions are granted, Berlin said. High court Hannah on BY STAFF AND AP PHOENIX The Arizona Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday on an effort by Coconino County Supervisor Mel Hannah to get his name back on this falls primary election ballot. Also heard will be a rival candidates cross-appeal seeking the ouster of two other candidates as well. The case began when candidate James Coffroth tried to knock Hannah, C.W. Pritchett and Hank Hastings off the ballot for supervisor in District 4 because of deficiencies in their nominating papers and petitions.

Visiting Superior Court Judge V- VT' 4 Hk Construction on Santa Fe Avenue Is hitting high gear these days, but the worst may be yet to" come for Fe construction losses are forever woes closer ded daily hours to ensure they finish by Nov. 1. i Santa North lane BY PHILHAGEN Sun Business Editor Interested in recovering some of your sales losses from the state due to construction on Santa Fe Avenue? Forget it. Der Wienerschnitzel owner Gary McElfresh was hopeful that there would be some course of action to recover his losses of up to $300 per day, caused by the lengthy construction. But state and city officials say that unless negligence is the cause of a business losing money, theres not really any feasible recourse.

Obviously anyone can sue, says City of Flagstaff Administrative Assistant John Roberts, who has been handling complaints. You have to show that ADOT (Arizona Department of Transportation) or the construction company is negligent in what they do. The mere fact that they are in construction is not enough reason for them to give you money. If its in the normal course of events, I dont know of anything (business owners can do), says Paul McGonigle, ADOTs community relations director in Working nights are out of the question, he says, because of the contract. Our contract is written such that we cant work between 10 p.m.

and 6 a.m. because of the noise level, said Trulson, adding that the reason is because the construction site is close to many motels. In the meantime, businesses dont have any alternative but to wait out the construction process, Roberts says. So far, people have been real good about it, he says. But the longer this thing goes on, the level of frustration starts to rise.

Were already starting to get a few more complaints. I expect to see that escalating as the summer goes on. People basically get tired of messing around. Roberts expects to field the most complaints when construction switches to the north lane of Santa Fe (sometime in the middle of August), since nearly all businesses are located on that side. Maybe by that time I wont be answering the phone, he quipped.

Phoenix. Usually people are aware that the end result is going to be better for them. Waiting for the result isnt easy for McElfresh, especially since his business will be one of the few affected by Santa Fe construction two summers in a row. After the eastern stretch of Santa Fe is completed by Nov. 1, the western side will be ripped up and repaved next summer.

Der Wienerschnitzel is on the comer of Switzer Canyon and Santa Fe, the dividing line between east and west. I dont understand why they dont work 24 hours a day to get it done, McElfresh says. They could work double shifts, have lights out there and everything, and have it done in half the time. Forget that, too. The deadline for completion of the construction is Nov.

1 and how (the contractor) meets that deadline is his own business, Roberts says. Rob Trulson, vice president of Construction Company out of Phoenix, says theyve already kicked the working schedule up to six days a week from five and exten ap.