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1 Tacoma Washington Mon Oct 28 1985 New hope: UW heart transplant team is ready ment and into the range of therapy most insurance companies cover them Evans found 80 percent of transplants are paid for by insurance companies The remainder are paid for with private or government funds In Washington Kennedy uid government funding for specific transplants likely will come through federal programs such Medicare Kennedy uid his team does not intend to implant a mechanical heart in any patient and would use partial mechanical hearts only a stopgap measure to keep patients alive until a human heart could be found He uid plans have been announced to start similar transplant programs in Spokane and Portland but he doesn't think they are necessary The three centers would split the supply of donor hearts and each would end up doing fewer procedures than one central center might That he uid could mean the skills might not be sharp possible be prepared to make a lifelong commitment to stay on drugs that will prevent their body from rejecting the new heart In return Jamieson said his team has been able to offer transplant recipients an 80 percent chance of surviving with a good quality of life for one year and a 70 percent chance for surviving and thriving for four years One of the two surgeons heading the University Hospital team is Dr Margaret Allen who until recently was a member of the Stanford team Her presence and expertise uid Kennedy make him confident his team will be able to match the Stanford success rate Other members of the team include Dr Tom Ivey and Dr Peter McKeown Kennedy said the development of the center has placed no additional burden on the tax- TS not necessitated the purchase of additional equipment for the department which already does about 750 open-heart surger Once a heart is obtained it is matched with a recipient solely on the basis of size and blood type If hearts are in short supply potential recipients are not In the national study on heart transplants he conducted for the federal government Evan found 15000 people across the country could benefit from a transplant in a riven year During that time it is likely 400 to 1300 hearts would become available Locally Kennedy said the hospital receives inquiries every week from patients who want to become candidates for transplant Kennedy said the program's criteria for transplant candidates are similar to those at Stanford University Hospital in California At the American Heart physician symposium on cardiovascular usHM Thursday Dr Stuart Jamieson a surgeon with the Stanford program outlined those criteria He said candidates must be 59 or younger must have a good family support system and must ies a year Nor has it required new staff Allen is filling a position that had been in the budget Kennedy said that while the program did not cost taxpayers extra it has the potential for uv-lng lives on a more egalitarian basis than previously was offered "We were remote from an available transplant he said nearest good program was at Stanford The usual Stanford approach is to have the patient and the family move there for several months which is very difficult It's really meant that only wealthy people were able to do he uid estimating University Hospital hu referred only two to six patients to Stanford over the years The presence of a local program may put a transplant within the economic reach of families covered by conventional health insurance for medical expenses Kennedy Hid He estimated the operation and follow-up care will run between $50000 and $100000 Now that transplants have progressed out of the realm of experi will become available to the transplant team in the next IS months The criteria for donor hearts are strict Evans said First the donor must have a healthy heart and medical care that keeps it functioning after brain death is established Because Americans develop heart disease at an early age the upper age limit for male donors is IS Females must be 40 or younger Moot heart donors are victims of accidents violence or suicide and sustain injuries in the head Time is also a factor No more than four hours may elapee between when the heart is removed from the chest and when it is put into the recipient That Kennedy Hid means most donor hearts for the program probably will come from Washington Idaho and Oregon Recipients also probably will come from the same region though initially most probably will be from Western Washington Kennedy said By KATHLEEN MERRYMAN The News Tribune Twelve people with terminal heart diseue may get a new chance at life in the next year through the Uhiveraity of heart transplant program The program which took a year to (dan is ready to go said Dr Ward Kennedy chief of cardiology at University Hospital in Seattle The staff is trained the facilities are prepared and there are three patients approved for transplants All the program needs Kennedy Hid Is its first donor heart But donor hearts are scarce in Washington and all across the nation and it is unlikely their number ever will rise to meet the demand Roger Evans a research scientist with the Battelle Human Affairs Research Center in Seattle and a nationally recognised expert on the economics of organ transplant estimated IS suitable hearts Tacoma planning $350 million in I i I VSjl ws-r projects Value Pricing system which could drive the cost of Bonneville power sky Caha uid hydro power after bond amortization is far leu expensive than Bonneville power We can lay off the power we need to other power suppliers during the bond amortization period and at the end of that time we will have inexpensive Cana said the Wiley project is not nearly far along three other projects and it will be at least eight yens before the Wiley dam is completed He said it will be three years before the city acquires the property and applies for a license License approval for such a Mg project will take two more years That would make it five years before a final design is approved and construction is started The project will take at least three years to complete making it early 1994 before the plant could be on line City Light also hu made a license application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a 10-megawatt powerhouse to be built near an existing Corps of Engineers dam on the Wynoochee River near Aberdeen Licensing Caha uid probably will come in two years with construction to begin about 1990 Construction would take two years The same time schedule is expected on the City Light application to build a 10-megawatt powerhouse downstream from the Corps of Howard Han- son Dam on the Green River Caha uid City Light would be able to use the head of water developed by that dam to produce The same time frame would exist for construction on the Wy-noochee project Caha said it would take about two years longer to complete a third hydro plant on the Elkhorn project on the Dosewallips River where City Light is cooperating in the construction with Jefferson County Public Utility District to build a dam to produce 13 megawatts of power Continued on Page B-2 new dam By JACK PYLE The News Tribune Tacoma has approximately $350 million in hydro-electric power dams on the drawing boards to help relieve dependency on Bonneville Power Administration generation and to help meet a growing energy need in this area uys the power manager DonCaha City Light received a preliminary permit last week to develop an 86-megawatt $300 million power plant at the Wiley hydro-electric site on the Snake River near BUss Idaho Caha said the power need for City Light is estimated to increase by 1J percent a year Peak load he said is 1000 megawatts indirating City Light will need to improve its power supply by 18 megawatts per yearr The projects on line will Just about keep up with that growth without decreasing the power take from Bonneville he said can get more power from Bonneville but we're concerned that they may use the Federal Authorities try to identify skull The skull of a woman found near the Harts Lake Loop Road east of McKenna may be that of Ruth Cooper who hu been missing since Aug 10 authorities said today The body of companion wu found Aug 14 near a remote campsite in the same area the skull wu found Cooper 43 of Tacoma wu believed to have accompanied Stephen A Harkins 37 on the camping trip Several days after Harkins' body wu discovered searchers found the body of the dog Tiro hunters walking at the Hail end of Eighth Avenue South found the skull of a woman with long Mack hair Saturday Pierce County Sheriffs SgL Pete Carder said The Pierce County medical office is attempting to match the skull with dental records a spokesman said tv I of Among challenges Moore sees the union facing is a chronically tight state budget The state hasn't fully implemented its civil service ulary survey findings since 1969 and there's been only one general pay raise in the past two years will be pursuing ularies as our top priority in the coming legislative session and we will also seek funding of comparable Moore said 4 Yf -'T' i really foresee no major changes in the direction of the Moore Hid continue to aggressively represent our members in the Legislature and before the personnel boards Well be aggressive in organising and pursuit of comparable worth" He uid he is the union can settle money issues raised in its comparable worth suit against the state but he de railroad depot for sale again The 99-year-old railroad depot at Lester once an im- $185000 to move the depot to its railroad park is too portant staging area for the Northern Pacific high North Bend Mayor 0 Healea said the city is construction of its Stampede Pass route apparently considering building a replica of the depot and would get a new home North Bend purchased the like to getlts buck back by selling it The NP built the historic structure for $1 but it decided a bid of depot In 1886 Staff photo by BRUCE LARSON picked to head state union tin Thursday Moore was chosen by the He and his wife will move from Seattle to Olympia clined to talk about any details a settlement Seattle man OLYMPIA (AP) The biggest state employee union hu chosen an 11-year veteran of rank-and-file union work its new chief executive The Washington Federation of State Employees AFL-CIO announced today that Gary Moore one of three union representatives in the Seattle area will be its new executive director Moore 36 will replace George Masten a veteran of more than 30 years in the union Masten will re 43 directors after a series of candidate Interviews during the weekend The new executive of the union which represents about 18500 state employees grew up in Chebalis He earned an undergraduate degree in political science at the University of Washington and a degree in public administration and labor relation from the University of Wisconsin April 22 1924 Measure to change Mount Rainier to Mount Tacoma passed UA Senate (failing later to get through the House) April 30 1893 Puyallup Town Council incensed at high costs ordered street lights shut off and indicated light town with lanterns George Long the timber baron One of the questions the speakers were to address was: our development well balanced self sustained and permanent or are we wring at the spigot and spilling at the A question that could well be asked today Entertainment wu provided by Orchestra and vaudeville performers from the Pantages The meal began with martini cocktails" and progressed through tomato bisque boiled ulmon and roast chicken with oyster dressing to the Hog and Hominy described thusly: PorksMp will be daintily barbecued in good old Georgia style all-beribboned and flanked with He will Mwe in state for a time then be carved and pasud to the diners" Who presumaMy pigged out Aug 27 IBM First wheat harvested in Tacoma grown in field on site of today's post office Nov 23 1916 Coach Gil Dobie ended nine years University of Washington football coach 58 wins no losses three ties But were they true grits? Bruce Le Roy certainly one of the oldest living historians (Murray Morgan also lays claim to the title) hu sent me a menu from a Hog and Hominy Dinner thrown by the Tscoma Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce Oct 22 1914 The title the menu indicates is derived from an excerpt of a speech by President-elect Lincoln in 1861: "Our country hu come now to a hog and hominy basis and we must turn to a consideration of the sourcu and foundations of wealth rather than of wealth Whatever that meant Anyway it apparently wu a pretty Mg deal Gov Lister and Congressman Albert Johnson attended and the speakers included Dobie apparently had been forced to resign following which the calendar notes a Seattle paper editorialized on Dec 16: president of the UW fails to grasp the fact that his institution is simply the setting for that Jewel the football I love it The calendars researched primarily by PMlip Roberts of Seattle and published by Calendars Unlimited of Billings Mont are available for $595 at several local outlets including two Waldenbooks locations and the gift shop at the Washington State Historical Museum While I am living in the past here is a quote from an Olympia paper published on this very date in 1876: suffrage ticket on ballot We pity the men that will be led by those apron I wonder how the vote came out? That item is one of 365 Washington History notes one for each day in a 1986 calendar that hu come to hand It is illustrated with great old black-and-white photos including three helm HesteruAooe collection is in the NationallSaritimeuse-um in San Francisco Birth dates are listed for such Tacoma natives Bing Crosby Dyan Cannon Juris Paige Earl Anthony and Ron Cey and here are a few of the historical notes that caught my eye: Add to previously noted Halloween week festiveness the Hal loween Fun House at Villa Plaza co-sponsored by Villa Plaza merchants and KLAY to benefit the Salvation Army It's described by Salvation Army Maj A1 Jarvie maze of exhibits that are surprising and scary without dwelling on evil spirita and the The fun house is between Frederick A Nelson and Wool worth's and coats $1 with two-for-one coupons available from the merchants i i r- A A.