The Tribune from San Luis Obispo, California • 3

fi A l-V vu -v v-v A i 4 i San Luis Obispo County (Calif) Telegram-Tribune Thursday May 15 1986 3A 11436 RIB142qi27 86-05-13 2 From Page One 200- 200- 4 IS0- Nurse shortage 100- so- OflHL NO Graph left shows normal background radiation Right peaks of new radioactivity measured although levels are still called safe Poly profs describe Chernobyl radiation CHRNNCL NO Iodine-132 The radioactive particles were all detected in concentrations of a thousandth of a picocurie per cubic meter of air A picocurie is a trillionto of a curie the unit used to define the quantity of radioactivity emitted by radioactive materials are very low levels the equipment we use is very sensitive" said Poling a normal reading is he said of these have ever showed up on our air filters 150- 100- 50- 1 5 8 The lab analyses particles collected from paper and charcoal filters placed in three locations in the county The paper filters collect tiny particles of dust and dirt and the charcoal filters collect gases Computer analysis of the filters showed 0052 picocuries per cubic meter of air of Iodine-131 detected here The Environmental Protection Agency has said that breathing air contaminated with Iodine-131 at 10 picocuries per cubic meter for an entire year is about the equivalent of a third of a chest X-ray bid lose the company" Deaton said board of directors questions financing method for the takeover Deaton also said Blair stockholders will lose telling our shareholders: Why tie up your stock? a real shooting match A motive to sell is that he thinks he can get more for a stock from Macfad-den than from any other source Return on investment is the key to Deaton said Blair executives are trying to put together a better offer for stockholders will speak to any and all parties about a better offer for toe company Blair executives plan to sell or distribute Advo-System They bought Advo and expanded it rapidly They ended up putting $100 Intensive care nursery urged In order to save San Luis Obispo General baby business a group of citizens has urged the immediate construction there of an intensive care nursery The group which calls itself CARING Committee Assuring Renovation and Identification of Needs at General wrote a letter to the Board of Supervisors this week expressing concern over the future of obstetrical and newborn services at the county hospital Historically the most popular place in the county to have a baby General controlled 53 percent of the obstetrics business in 1984 But with Sierra Vista Regional Medical plans to open a neonatal intensive care unit many obstetricians have said they will admit their patients there The Board of Supervisors directed hospital staff last September to seek state approval of an intensive care nursery That approval was granted in late January but nothing has been done pending the completion of the Arthur Young and Company consultant report on the hospital That long-awaited report was scheduled to be released to the public Wednesday It been received yet by county officials who said it would be released today In its letter the committee wrote: this board is on record as favoring the continued viability of General Hospital it appears imperative that the vital service of OB (obstetrics) remain available to the community both private pay and others delay in the construction of the Level II the committee wrote result in the loss of ime of most precious throughout the country are also a decrease in said Ann Grant chairman director1 of Cuesta College's nursing division In past years three to four times as many people as could be accepted have applied to Cuesta 's two-year program she said However only 30 percent more than could be accommodated applied for enrollment in this entering class of 36 One of the reasons for declining enrollment is that the profession is starting to at the baccalaureate as the entry level for professional Grant said Many people who intend to make nursing a lifetime profession are preferring to pursue a of science in nursing degree through a four-year program she said Though is only a two-year program faring better than others Grant said because it is an excellent one and because a BSN program is available to its graduates through the California State University Consortium is really hard" Grant said are sicker very difficult for nurses to meet the responsibilities placed on them right Continued from 1A Besides the contract with Upjohn Hanna is negotiating with Twin Cities Community Hospital to share nurses when one hospital's patient census is low and the is high like General the Templeton hospital is suffering from a nurse shortage So much so that it is offering a $1000 bonus to any registered nurse who agrees to work there Nursing Director Martin said Those on staff who successfully recruit a nurse will receive a $1200 bonus as will the recruited nurse Martin said running tough competition with Atascadero State Martin said Nursing directors at the five hospitals said all have lost nurses to Atascadero State which offers relatively high pay and is hiring nurses at the rate of six to eight a month Some hospitals also have lost nurses to the California Colony which has increased its nursing staff from 11 to 19 in the last six months said spokesman Ed Martin David Hamilton Atascadero spokesman said the hospital has hired about 0 nurses during the last year little over a year ago we only had 43 nurses on staff As of the first of this month we were at Hamilton said we have hopes of getting up to about 135 by Octo- The increase in staff is needed because Atascadero like the other four state hospitals and CMC is trying to earn accreditation through the Joint Commission for the Accreditation for Hospitals Hamilton said pay fc at Atascadero State ranges from about $1700 to $2800 a month or about $10 25 to $1885 an hour At Twin Cities Martin said pay ranges from $1037 to $1513 an hour She said 13 new graduates are scheduled to begin working in June but the hospital still needs about seven experienced nurses French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo also is looking for nurses particularly those who are specially trained said Linda Meade nursing director Arroyo Grande Community Hospital has lost a few nurses to Atascad-' ero State but pretty said Michelle Mercer associate administrator for patient care services The hospital currently has two openings Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center is also constantly recruiting nursing staff have a superb group I just have said Nursing Director Geneva Dingus During her 12 years at Sierra Vista she said only been six to eight months about two years ago when hospitals in major cities were laying off nurses that she had sufficient candidates Part of the problem here Dingus said is that difficult to recruit married nurses because their spouse get a job and difficult to recruit single nurses i because they tend to gravitate to-ward the cities Like hospitals nursing schools Chickens Continued from 1A to the delegation not to go now" sort of thing what America is made of and it gives a toimiitoting Anthony Beaumont-Dark a member of Par-J liam mi said of the rash of cancellations are a bit prone to The news of the Soviet nuclear accident April 28 releasing Did You Know AGGSON'S CARRIES FRAMED MIRRORS DOOR MIRRORS David Cox general manager stands in the San Luis 1 I 5 Radiation from Chernobyl fallout has been detected in other California cities Air particulate data released by the Environmental Protection Agency in San Francisco found that low-level traces of Io-dine-131 were detected Wednesday above Los Angeles Olympia Wash Boise Idaho El Paso Texas Jacksonville Fla and Charlotte NC Trace elements of Iodine-131 measured above the six cities ranges from 016 to 16 picocuries per cubic meter of air Tony HertzTelegram-Tribune Obispo television studio million into it making money now but obligated to give the shareholder an alternative The Macfadden offer is not fair This is a better offer" Boylan of Macfadden said his company which already owns 8 percent of Blair attribute any real value to Advo-Systems" If they convince shareholders to keep their stock Blair executives plan to fight the takeover before toe FCC Deaton said Deaton said the FCC will look closely at past ownership of two publications Chert and Pillow Talk magazines Boylan of Macfadden described that argument as a Boylan said Blair officials will say anything to prevent the takeover NEW 22ND Obispo! Cal Poly professors say some types of radiation detected here for the first time are from the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident in the Soviet Union Dr John Poling Dr Anthony Buffa and Dr Arthur Rosen all nuclear physicists have been monitoring radiation levels In this county for toe past three years using a grant from the Cal Poly foundation Data collected last week and analyzed Wednesday shows low levels of Iodine-131 Cesium-137 Ruthenium-103 Cesium-134 Lanthonium-140 Barium-140 Tellerium-140 and Aid promised to oppose oil initiative By Brooks Townes Telegram-Tribune An oil company executive Wednesday promised considerable support to those fighting the countywide oil initiative are going to get some real help in fighting this initiative" said Don Cornett environmental coordinator County Supervisor Carl Hysen called the supporters uninformed The initiative would require voter approval of onshore support facilities in the county for oil and gas development offshore Hysen told a friendly crowd of about 100 attending a Citizens for Adequate Energy lunch are going to have oil development off San Luis Obispo no matter what voters say have to cooperate with the oil companies if we are going to have any say over our fishing industry our tourist industry or the air quality in the county lot of people feel if they pass this initiative keep offshore oil away but that is not so" Hysen said are going to drill out there anyway" If offshore oil companies are denied processing plants crew and supply boat bases and other shore-side facilities in San Luis Obispo County they will simply build processing plants offshore or use tankers to haul toe oil to friendlier counties Either way the county loses jobs and a greater tax base as well as control over the environment Hysen said Under terms spelled out in the initiative he said if oil companies want -to locate a facility of any sort in San Luis Obispo County they have to go through the county Planning Department hoops before seeking voter approval Ted WaddeU a director of Citizens for Adequate Energy also criticized the initiative and announced a new committee was formed to fight it the Citizens for Sensible Local Ordinances If the election were today toe initiative would win he said and defeating it is a long shot Legal Assistant Patricia Gordon Emphasis Takeover Continued from 1A his offer includes $25-a-share plus any per-share profit from the sale of the Advo-System holdings is a tremendous drain on Blair that threatens the broadcast Boylan said In a May 5 letter Blair president Fritz warned stockholders of ability to pay for all shares tendered Macfadden has no experience and no track record in obtaining financing of Hii Boylan said he has toe financial backing to consummate the takeover is an all-cash tender he said let the stockholders decide Come Monday if they cone up with a white knight to make a better offer Mr Fritz will For tho wlno afficionado In your crowd mj fs 7b 3) off Now at the Gabby Book Store Monterey at Morro SLO a cloud of radiation across Europe came fast on the heels of the threatened reprisals for the US bombing raid Some officials predicted a 50 percent drop in tourism this year but the British Tourist Authority remains determinedly optimistic Its spokeswoman Sandie Dawes suggested that if much more business might pick up Watch For The ALL RICHARD RACOUILLAT is pleased to announce the opening of his new Law Office 1301 Chorro Street San Luis Obispo REOPENING AROUND MAY Madonna Rd Plaza San Luis Attorney Richard Racouillat Areas of CHILD! 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