The Reedley Exponent from Reedley, California • 20

I nr Immunization Census Coming REEDLEY EXPONENT ThuNday tape 16 1076 22 Mobley RepOrtS! BT Medi have been Immunised against selected diseases Michael Long director of the Regional Office In Los Angeles announced Local representatives of the Bureau of the Census will conduct a survey In this area during the week of Sept 20-27 to determine the extent people bills or to moving measurergoaL out of their house of origin had The Medi-Cel-Peer Review long passed' Project's demonstrated cost However the cause was not effectiveness fould be a lost Assemblyman Gordon welcome relief for the tax-Duffy had a bill which he folt payers of California was not getting the kind 3 Snto-ihwMidiik Buxman Is He agreed to accept amendments to his bill that offered to keep the peer review project alive to an Instructor additional two years 1 As expected he ran into stiff pt 7 l)il Painting by Ernie Mobley Assemblyman 31st District A pilot program that delivers Medi-Cal benefits to the underprivileged in the Fresno area at a very favorable (nice to taxpayers almost slipped away during this recently concluded legislative session A crisis arose shortly after the legislature recessed for the summer when the State Department of Health abruptly notified the Fresno-Madera Medical Society that its Medi-Cal Peer Review Project would be terminated at die end id September The department explained that it had no authority to extend the program Curiously the department chose a time when ft seemed that nothing could be done legislatively to keep the program alive The legislature was in recess the deadlines for introducing new The immunization survey is conducted throughout the U5 every year and provides information on immunization against measles influenza polio diphtheria whooping cough tetanus rubella and mumps The information is needed for administration of health programs geared to disease prevention These health questions are in addition to the usual ones asked in the monthly survey cm employment and unemployment conducted nationwide by the Bureau for theUS Department of Labor Results of the monthly employment survey provide data on conditions in the labor force prime indicators of the economic health of the country For example in July the survey indicated that of the 953 million men and women in the civilian labor force 879 million were employed The unemployment rate was 78 per cent up from 7 per cent in June but substantially below the recession peak of 89 per cent reached in the second quarter of 1975 Personal information supplied in the survey is kept strictly confidential by law and the results are used only to compile statistical totals Hygiene Offered Bigger and Tulare avenues in Parlier September 20 and 28 at 600 Springfield Avenue in Reedley September 21 23 27 and 29 and at Adams and Citrus avenues in Orange Cove September 22 AH hours are from 11 am to 2 pm Staffed by two M-lingual persons the 28-foot Open Road serves as a mobile classroom and source of social service assistance for seasonal and migratory farmworkers After demonstrating proper dental hygiene techniques the staff will distribute free toothbrushes to visitors Refrigerate Quickly When buying groceries take them home immediately and refrigerate or freeze them properly Store all food in covered metal glass or plastic containers Place leftover foods in shallow containers and refrigerate as soon as the meal is finished opposition with the bill in committee and ended up agreeing to drop the original portion of the bill while retaining the extension for the pilot project Thus the project was saved from oblivion On the next to the last day of the session the Senate unanimously passed the bill and it was sent to the governor who was expected to act favorably on it However the saga of the Medi-Cal Peer Review Project is far from being complete The bill passed by the legislature extends the program until January 1 1979 REEDLEY POUCE Department recently added a new team to its K-f Officer Jay Frame and K-9 Trapper John The team was certified for police duty on Aug 81 culminating six months of rigorous training in such diverse fields as obedience agflity search and suspect apprehension Officer Frame joined the Reedley Police Department within the last year having been previously 'employed with the Kings County Department and Reedley College Campus Security K-l Trapper Is a tws-and-one-half year rid Doberman Pinscher with a hearty bark Free Dental Services Are Free dental hygiene services to low-income families will again be offered by Migrant Nutrition van when it visits Reedley Parlier and Orange Cove the last two weeks in September The van will be at the low-cost housing projects at snuii mean your own carpets (Mipwfywiii KMT OUR tha carpal daaaiag aMchiaa dial lifta £rt rhaa aad raaidaaa act carpata aad Saaa tha (S piahwiaaal daaaan diarpa ap la a SaaSraS Mlarttor "it" I HWlC I Mwwnly mid li due Ml MMr Extract Im prawn caifat daanii Rant for only 11200 1 REEDLEY HARDWARE 1010 6 St RaarNay 410-1713 Donations Still Needed or ETV Channel 1 8 At that time the same situation will face us again unless some positive steps are JullB JCjctrilS taken to remove it from pilot project status and make it a permanent program Personally I like the idea of making the project permanent because it has been demonstrated that this system of monitoring the administration of Medi-Cal is the most cost effective of any attempted so to In fact I believe that the project should be expanded to include the rest of the state and I will work toward that 1 1 Top Honor 4 Vernon Ens of Ena Associates has earned elusive membership this in Mutual Security production dub This honor is based upon distinguished record of vice to clients as well as sales production for company -r The Channel 18 4-County Fund Raising Steering Committee met this week to its final reports to be turned in to chairman Joanne Lippert Volunteers in the San Joaquin Valley have raised $193000 in cash and pledges to help bring Public Television to Central California Mrs Lippert announced that part of the HEW Grant has been received and that by combining this with local funds Channel 18 officials have been able to issue purchase orders for the tran ALUMINUM AWNINGS PATIO COVERS Cabans Rooms for Residential Mobile Homes Free Estimates 638-3967 GENERAL AWNING Co smitter antenna studio transmitter link the colorization of a video tape recorder and remote control equipment Enough money is being held in reserve to the installation costs of the above items equipment is necessary however for KMTF to become the first class station we know it can be This additional equipment will be ordered as soon as more local funds become The original goal of the fund drive was $250000 including the cost inherent in any fund raising campaign Mrs Sells Fast Mrs Luther Sulsberger of Reedley was so pleased with her ad which ran in last Reedley Exponent end Bargain Banner that she reported her success Mrs Sulsberger advertised a black and white television and a window air conditioner Both items were sold so quickly that it surprised her Lippert stressed that the goal of the fund drive is still $250000 though it is time to our loyal volunteers to take on new commitments in other areas we are confident that money will keep coming In to this campaign until the goal becomes a has been one of the most difficult fund raising drives I have ever worked onj' said Mrs Lippert because people were being asked to contribute to something with which they were not familiar I am certain that once Channel 18 is on the sir early next year our community will respond to public television just as millions have all over the country There is no turning back It is coming and we are very pleased with our Mrs Lippert urged all who had not done so to send their contribution to Channel 18 PO Box 462 Fresno 93709 A final report will be made by the Chairman to the Fresno County School Board at their September 18th meeting Utility Warns of AU PGE Imp Paul Buxman Reedley vea artist Judge and tehcher will instruct beginning oil painting to adults at the Fresno Arts Center 1 The class begins Thursday Oct 7 from 7 to 9:30 pjn and continues for tod weeks: Registration is Instruction includes the use of oil pigment application and techniques preparation of canvases and painting surfaces composition and color theory For registration mail name class title and check to the Fresno Arts Center 3033 Yale Fresno' 93703 or call the Arts Center at 485-4810 i ex- year: top his ser-' high the i-3 LI i Uibi stH I- t'B 1 does have employees contacting customers in the field regarding De Young said However all employees carry plastic laminated identification cards bearing the photograph Social Security number and Mrthdate The cards are beige with brown printing and yellow and brown emblem appears at the top A customer who Is suspicious of a person allegedly representing should immediately notify the police and the nearest office Brvant' Assigned To Infantry Army Private First Class John Bryant 21 son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Bryant 1145 East Ave Reedley recently was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division in Wurzburg Germany A-finance clerk in the division's 3rd '-Finance Company Pvt Bryant entered the Army last February completed basic training at Ft Leonard Wood Mo and was last stationed at FL Benjamin Harrison Ind 1 A 1973 graduate of Theodore Roosevelt High School he attended California State University at Fresno lest Reedley Dress sale 20 to 50 off Customers of Pacific Gas and Electric Company were warned by company officials to insist on positive identification of any person who claims to represent The caution comes on the heels of a few scattered incidents throughout service area involving individuals who fraudulently claimed to represent In one case the name apparently was used to induce the consumer to purchase a particular product In another the misrepresentation was to the purpose of gaining access to the home to theft are in the energy said Joseph De Young vice president-customer Operations of course we recommend that the consumer take all feasible steps to maintain an energy efficient home This Includes such measures as installing insulation having a contractor service your heating or air conditioning system or purchasing a solar heater for a swimming For homeowners who are considering making any home improvements aimed at reducing their energy consumption De Young urged getting bids from three established firms before making a final selection is one of the very best protections against being financially he said from time to time Starts 9:30 AM tomorrow on hundreds of fall dresses And you can charge it GROUP I 50 OFF Light Colors Some Sleeveless GROUP II 33 OFF Dresses A some Pontsets GROUP 111 20 OFF Long Dresses FREE Keep-Your-Home-Cool Survey Hit PH 638-9273 Jack's Refrigeration Inc Sine 1321 St SAVC CHOPPY COQTO Your Attic rnfll Call 638-9275 AJJ-U For Free Honest Appraisal MMlM'aMMMi I Jack's Insulation Co 1321 Reedlev Cwtr JCPenney Reedley 17 JCFannay Co 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