The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas • Page 7

2 The Salina Journal Wednesday, February 8,1985 Page 7 Trustees approve Wesley sale Fruit Corners Fruit Roll-Ups: America's favorite fruit roll! WICHITA (AP) Wesley Medical Center trustees approved the sale of the church-affiliated hospital Monday, but the actual sale still could be three to six months away, Wesley executives said. The timetable represents several months delay from the date projected by Wesley executives in November, when hospital trustees signed a letter of intent to sell the hospital to Hospital Corporation of' America, a for-profit health care chain. At that time, Wesley executives said the hospital board would vote on a final sale contract by sometime in March. Wesley President A.B. "Jack" Davis said the delay is the result of time needed to take care of legal matters.

Among those legal matters, the Internal Revenue Service has been asked whether HCA can assume some bonds that were issued to the non-profit hospital, or whether the for-profit company will have to pay off the bonds. Davis said the IRS ruling is taking longer than expected. "There are some things you can't hurry, unfortunately," he said. Meanwhile, in separate votes during a closed meeting Monday, the boards of the hospital; of Wesley the hospital's parent company; and of the Wesley Medical Endowment Foundation unanimously approved the sale proposal that Methodist leaders endorsed Friday in Salina. Under the church-approved plan, the endowment foundation would get $200 million of the $265 million sale price, and the remaining $65 million would pay off the hospital's debts.

The foundation would then pay the church $32 million over three years to further its health care mission, and the foundation's board would be restructured so that it has 51 percent Methodist membership. The Methodists' approval of the plan was important because the governing body of the church had maintained that its permission was needed for the sale. Davis said one trustee abstained and the rest voted to approve the proposal. The Wesley Corp. trustees all endorsed the sale, he said.

The hospital board has 44 members, and the Wesley Corp. board has 21 members, 10 of whom also are members of the hospital board. Most members of both boards were at the meeting, said Davis. The attitude of both boards toward the plan was "very super, very positive." The Rev. Duane Dyer, foundation president, said the foundation board drafted a letter of appreciation to Kansas Methodist Bishop Kenneth Hicks and the church task force that negotiated the plan with Wesley executives.

He said the 54-member board also authorized its lawyer to begin changing foundation bylaws to dissociate itself from Wesley. The foundation originally was begun to support Wesley programs. After the sale, it will fund health-care programs in much of Kansas. Dyer said the board's nominating committee would meet this month to start implementing the stipulation in the sale that the board have 51 percent Methodist representation, including two Methodist district superintendents. The board now is about 35 percent Methodists, and must have majority Methodist representation by April, 1986, Dyer said.

County accepts bid for 911 equipment A $71,480 bid for equipment used in a countywide 911 emergency telephone system was unanimously accepted Tuesday by the Saline County Commission. The accepted bid was made by Southwestern Bell Telecom, a subsidiary of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. The county received the equipment last week and the service began Saturday for most of the county. The bid, which the commission had approved earlier, was formally accepted Tuesday. The equipment allows county residents outside of Salina to dial 911 to report emergencies.

Calls are answered at the Salina Police Department. Salina installed its 911 service about 10 years and was one of the first Kansas cities to do so, according to Police Capt. Jim Huff. The new equipment also provides a digital readout of the caller's telephone number and holds open the line in the event the caller becomes disabled. County General Services Director Dana Morse said "earlier the emergency service is -expected to be available to Brookville and Salemsborg areas by April.

The cost of the equipment and telephone access lines is being met by Saline County telephone subscribers, who pay a tax of 2 percent on their base telephone bills. That tax has been levied since November. The Legislature gave counties the power to begin the 911 service tax three months early in order to help fund initial costs. The county expects to raise about $5,500 a month from the 2 percent tax, Morse said last week. He said the equipment is expected to be paid for in 60 months, at which time it will become county property.

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24 at the Kenwood View Nursing Home, but the music will be ragtime. Kenwood View residents are dusting off their favorite rockers and oiling their wheelchairs in preparation for the eighth annual Rock 'n' Roll Jamboree. The event raises money for the American Heart Association and is sponsored jointly by that organization and the Kansas Health Care Association. "We will have rocking chairs set up and we will be rolling people around, too," said Sandy Gibson, activities director. "We might have some dancing." Local ragtime pianist Bill Nea- derheiser will create a toe-tapping atmosphere, she said.

A sale of baked goods made by employees also is planned. More than 180 Kansas nursing homes are scheduled to participate in the fund raising event and sponsoring associations hope to raise $75,850 in Kansas. "When we are rocking and rolling we just set cans out and let people donate," Gibson said. Last year the Kenwood View event raised $34. Gibson hopes that more can be raised this year.

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