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14-A The Island Packet, Wednesday, June 23, 1993 Organs (Continued from Page 1-A Rochester, Minn. His report didn't name hospitals. Evans said "that reflects typical cost-shifting that goes on in the hospital setting." Cost-shifting occurs when hospitals make up money lost from patients who can't pay or pay fully by boosting prices for other services. "The question is whether that's appropriate," Evans said. Organ procurement prices typically include surgeons' fees, lab tests, ground transportation and air transportation and hospital overhead, all of which may vary greatly.

The agencies differ greatly in efficiency, even though all 67 of them are non-profit, said Brian Broznick, executive of one of the largest, the Center for Organ Recovery and Education in Pittsburgh. "Our overhead here is 15 percent. Some places I know it's 50 percent," he said in a telephone interview. Evans studied procurement because it has twice gotten attention from the inspector general's office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which found a "disturbing" escalation in spending to obtain kidneys.

Most of the nation's kidney transplants are funded through the Medicare program, so the federal government keeps tabs on procurement of kidneys. Kidney transplants accounted for 10,108 of the 16,475 major-organ transplants in 1992, Evans said. In 1988, kidney procurement prices ranged from $682 to $87,629, with the median at $12,290, Evans said. For hearts, procurement prices ranged from $390 to $60,000, with a median of $12,578. Liver procurement ranged from $4,775 to $65,652 per organ, with a median of $16,281, he said.

Heart-lung procurement ranged from $5,149 to $38,000 per set, with a median of $12,028, and pancreas procurement ranged from $585 to $32,952, with a median of $15,400, Evans said. Coastal Council hopefuls await county decision From staff reports BEAUFORT The Beaufort County Council Planning Committee chose not to narrow the field of S.C. Coastal Council candidates Tuesday, electing to leave that decision to the full council. The committee interviewed five candidates, one of whom will fill the Beaufort County seat vacated by the resignation of chairman William "Wes" Jones. The candidates are Donald B.

Cooler of Camp St. Marys, Laura McIntosh of Bluffton, Kirk Nivens of Seabrook, Gregory Shorey of Dataw Island and Beverly D. Snow of Fripp Island. Charles Peyton, who was placed on the list by the committee last week, was dropped from consideration at his request. The County Council must nominate three of the candidates by a majority vote.

The council meets Monday. The county's legislative delegation then will chose one of the nominees to fill the seat for a four-year term. Deaths Hilda Brown Hilda Brown, 84, of Hilton Head Plantation died Monday at her home. She was a native of Vienna, Austria, and the daughter of the late Henry and Anna Mayer Papousek. She was a part-time island resident for seven years before moving to Hilton Head in 1990 from Tequesta, Fla.

Survivors include her son, Milton N. Brown. Graveside services will be private. Send memorials to the American Heart Association, 4 Cardinal Road, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 29926.

The Island Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Leona W. Giles Leona Dean Wasson Giles, 96, died Tuesday in Willard, Ohio. She was the mother of James E. Wasson and Mabel Lohr, both of Hilton Head Island.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete. Florida lottery Winning numbers Tuesday in the Florida Lottery's Cash 3 game are: 0, 9,1. Winning numbers Tuesday in the Play 4 game are: 4, 8, 8, 0. Robbery (Continued from Page 1-A) of the Gainesville bank at about 8:25 a.m. before it opened for business and minutes after a Wells Fargo armored car delivered Wal-Mart deposits.

They left with 19 bags containing more than $306,000, according to an FBI report. The last confirmed sighting of Mitchell was in 1988 around Galveston, Texas, and he has a special fondness for coastal areas, authorities said. March said investigators don't believe Mitchell used an accomplice in Monday's robbery, "but that's not to say there isn't any." He is considered armed and dangerous. said he doubts if the suspect remains in the Hilton Head area. Authorities said Mitchell "is a gourmet cook who is especially fond of seafood prepared Cajun style." He is a fitness buff who used to jog but since a back injury rides bicycles to keep trim, according to an FBI profile.

"He's also a heavy cocaine user," March added. "He likes the South he likes the warm weather and beaches. I guarantee someone on the island knows him." Mitchell may have kept the getaway car at a storage facility while staying in the Hilton Head area, bringing it out for the robbery, March said. The car, a blue 1993 Hyundai sedan, was stolen from Dan Vaden of Savannah on April 14, according to authorities. It was found near the back of Sandy Paws pet shop at Port Royal Plaza shortly after the bank holdup.

It was partly burned. According to a FBI profile, Mitchell "pays cash for To acquaintances, Mitchell may represent himself as a salesman, March said. Mitchell worked as a salesman for soda pop, paper and The Associated Press Ritzenthaler, who claims to be President Clinton's half-brother, takes in the Henry Leon from the observation deck of the Empire State Building in New York. view Tuesday Family matters Clinton, new sibling circle each other politely WASHINGTON President Clinton and the man who claims to be his half-brother both talked a lot Tuesday about talking to one another, but neither quite managed to get through by telephone. The pattern was probably familiar to anyone with siblings.

But as it played out on morning television and in the Oval Office, the blend of good will and reticence struck an oddly public note. Clinton said he had twice left word for the man, Henry Leon Ritzenthaler, "that it'd be fine for him to call" the White House. But Ritzenthaler, 55, the retired owner of a janitorial supply company, said he was "not real sure" about how the president might react to an overture. Land By DOUGLASJEHL N. Y.

Times News Service (Continued from Page 1-A) courses. Three percent is considered for light industrial use and about 1 percent 5,600 acres in each of the two counties is considered for commercial development. "We envision ultimate development densities which are significantly lower than allowed under current zoning," Alderman said. "Because of the strong interrelationship between the two counties in the Cherry Point area, we encourage coordinating planning efforts to ensure positive development." Tom Brechko, chairman of the subcommitte, said Alderman's presentation and land use maps prepared by Sasaki Associates of Watertown, for Union Camp provide a "starting point" for subcommittee members who hope to manage growth in the area. "Other than the potential Del Webb community, Union Camp has no large sales of land pending today in Beaufort or Jasper County, and no decisions have been made at this point regarding immediate development on any of the company's remaining land," Alderman said.

Del Webb, an Arizona retirement community developer, has said it is considering a project on 5,100 acres at McGarvey's Corner in the southern part of Beaufort and Jasper counties. Responding to questions by committee members, Alderman said The Branigar Organization, Union Camp's wholly -owned subsidiary based in Savannah, could develop planned residential communities for the company. Branigar developed Skidaway as a 20-year project near Savannah and currently is working on Champion Hills near Asheville, N.C. Alderman said any long-range chemical companies before beginning a career as a bank robber. The FBI profile states Mitchell enjoys horses and horse betting and often changes his appearance by dyeing his hair, growing or shaving a beard, getting faces lifts and by using Retin-A, an anti-aging 1 medication.

The FBI profile lists nearly nearly 20 fake names used by Mitchell, along with three Social Security numbers. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 170 to 185 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes. Mitchell has a scar between his eyebrows and an appendectomy Schools (Continued from Page 1-A) ways to trim the budget. Of the board members who could be reached, only member Johnnie Mitchell proposed cuts directly related to students. She said she backs eliminating 23 new teacher positions that would cost $805,000.

Administrators say the teachers are needed to handle an extra 587 students expected this fall. She also called for cutting $150,000 proposed to pay 200 teachers $750 each for 10 days of sensitivity and multicultural training this summer. Board members Reuben Greene and Dale Friedman couldn't be reached. But other board members said administration would be the most likely area to be cut. Administration makes up $13.3 million or 25 percent of the proposed budget about $116,000 less than the district is spending in its current budget for administration.

The administration budget accounts basically include all nonteaching staff, from the superintendent to custodians. Among the accounts are the office of the superintendent, attendance and social work, finance services, human resources, and curriculum and instruction. Administration also includes operations, which covers school maintenance and student bus transportation. Administration employees in addition to superintendents, principals and assistant principals include department directors, supervisors, office and school secretaries, accounting personnel, social workers, attendance clerks, food service and clerical workers, and other staff. The proposed budget for board of education programs, also considered part of administration, is $377,228 and includes salaries and travel money for board members and for insurance coverage for the school district.

"Operating with 9.3 mills certainly will mean some major changes. When you drop from 12 mills, you're looking at (only funding) debt service and mandates and not much else," said board member Laura Bush of Bluffton. Bush said she didn't have a list of specific cuts, but wanted to be sure programs for children are spared. Board member Craig Germain of Hilton Head Island also has called for cuts in administration and the board of education budget. scar.

According to the FBI, he has a tattoo on his upper left arm it once was "Helen-Pat" but has since been covered along with a tattoo of a cross on his chest and five dots on his left thumb. Rewards exceeding $6,000 are being offered by bankers and through the Beaufort County Sheriff's Departments Crime Stoppers program. March asked that anyone with information about Mitchell contact the FBI at 1-254-3011 in South Carolina, (912) 232-3716 in Georgia, the South Caroliona Crime Stoppers program at (800) 452-1111 or the Beaufort County Crime Stoppers program at (800) 525-7175. Administration makes up $13.3 million or 25 percent of the proposed budget -about $116,000 less than the district is spending in its current budget for administration. "If we need teachers I would hire them.

If we have to put a hiring freeze at the administrative level, do it," Germain said. Saying the district is top heavy with administrators, Germain, Mitchell and Schneider have called for a 20 percent cut in administration and 50 percent cut in the portion of the budget for the board of education $377,228. The district has 13,259 students in its 19 schools and has 40 administrators, according to deputy superintendent Herman Gaither. A state study a year ago showed the county with one of the lower administrator to student ratios in the state. School board chairman York Glover of St.

Helena Island said he would like to see many of the new initiatives in the budget remain including more technology, the expanded gifted and talented program and multicultural training. "Even though there is shortage of funds. I think the board should move forward with those Glover said. Glover said there may have to be cuts in the hiring of new teachers, which could result in larger classroom sizes and fewer courses at some schools. Gaither said district officials are.

waiting to get final figures on how much money the district will get from the state next year, and a final figure on how much property tax revenue the district will get with a 9.3 mill increase. "We have to make our budget work to that," he said. He said the board normally approves its budget around the first part of July. Also, at that time, the board will be able to determine cuts, he said. Gaither said the administration also will make recommendations on cutbacks and delays in certain programs.

"I would feel like I'd be invading his privacy," Ritzenthaler said on CNN, "and he's a busy man, and I don't think he's got time. "If he takes time out himself and gives a few minutes, that's -that's quite all right, but for me to to call him, he'd be in some kind of conference with somebody, and that's not fair for me to break in and talk to the man." Clinton and Ritzenthaler, who have never met and until relatively recently did not know they had anything to talk about, praised each other from afar. Ritzenthaler, who lives in Paradise, said in one television interview that he would be honored to talk with the president "even for five minutes." Clinton expressed admiration for what he called the "very appealing and humble" way Ritzen- plan must be able to adjust to changing situations. "The variables include economic conditions, market cycles, and changing regional he said. "Union Camp plans to provide continued cooperation where possible on regional issues, including providing land for the connector highway to I- 95, water and sewer facilities, and other community Some details pointed out on the company's maps Tuesday include: A commercial areas west of McGarvey's Corner, near where Del Webb has an option on 5,100 acres of Union Camp land to build a Sun City retirement village.

Light industrial areas by the Schultz tract between S.C. 46 and Simmonsville Road north of Bluffton, and at the Buckwalter tract on S.C. 46 near S.C. 170 north of Pritchardville. A planned unit development on Palmetto Bluff.

Land for a possible school site on S.C. 46 and S.C. 170 north of Pritchardville. A potential boat landing for Hardeville. a A wetlands preserve.

"Affordable housing should be part of the mix," Alderman said. During a presentation on the work of the Beaufort County Economic Development Board that brought Del Webb to the area, executive James N. McDill Jr. said about 65 percent of the planned Sun City project is expected to be in Beaufort County and about 35 percent in Jasper County along the border west of McGarvey's Corner near Cherry Point. McDill said the board's efforts in the past year included an application for a $1 million economic development grant now being reviewed by government agencies in Washington.

thaler has reacted to the disclosure last weekend of documents showing that they had the same father. The White House would not say whether the president believed that the man was indeed his halfbrother. The relationship was made public in Sunday editions of The Washington Post. The newspaper cited Ritzenthaler's birth certificate, which lists his parents as Adele Gash and William J. Blythe.

The Post said the couple were married in 1935, when each was 17, but divorced a year later. But they remained friendly, and Miss Gash told the newspaper that she became pregnant by Blythe in 1937. Blythe married Clinton's mother, Virginia Cassidy, in 1942 and was killed in an automobile accident in 1946, a few weeks before Clinton was born. Tax (Continued from Page 1-A) We need to put together a comprehesive incentive package to offer Del Webb. This is just not the way to do things," said committee chairman Ron Atkinson.

The company's lawyer had asked that Del Webb be exempted from the county's proposed new real estate transfer fee. The .25 percent fee is contained in the proposed 1993-1994 county budget which comes up for adoption Monday. Money produced by the fee is to go to improve drainage in unincorporated areas of the county. The Phoenix development company announced last week that it had is considering buying 5,100 acres of land from Union Camp in the McGarvey's Corner area where it wants to construct one of its Sun City retirement communities. Councilman Leonard Tinnan disagreed and recommended the county grant the exemption if the company agrees not to ask for additional exemptions from impact fees, allows property holders outside the community to tie into the drainage project and takes other steps.

"I think it is vital that the county indicate that it is in favor of this project by taking real and meaningful action," Tinnan said. Joel Martin, who seconded Tinnan's motion, was the only other committee member in favor of it. Chairman Ed Pike and W.R. "Skeet" Von Harten of the Beaufort County Economic Development Board endorsed the request. Hilton Head lawyer William Rose, who is representing Del Webb, said company officials thought it should 'You would be doing a disservice to Rose Hill, Moss Creek and other developments to grant this, if it is not offered specifically as an incentive for that company to locate here.

When it comes to incentive we ought to be giving it a lot more thought first, so we know what we are giving away for what we are Councilwoman Vicki Mullen have the exemption since it planned to construct its own drainage system. Rose proposed that the county change the wording of the ordinance to exempt all new planned unit developments of 500 or more units. "The company will also be enhancing county efforts to improve drainage by digging the canals to evacuate the water. This is something other people could take advantage of outside that community," Rose said. While all committee members supported the Del Webb project, most wanted to develop a county incentive proposal to take to the company before approving exemptions.

"I think it would be very, very premature. We should not be granting exemptions on an ordinance that hasn't even been adopted yet," said Councilman Bill McBride. Councilwoman Vicki Mullen said she believed it would be unfair to grant the exemption to Del Webb when other communities nearby did not receive the same consideration. "You would be doing a disservice to Rose Hill, Moss Creek and other developments to grant this, if it is not offered specifically as an incentive for that company to locate here. When it comes to incentive we ought to be giving it a lot more thought first, so we know what we are giving away for what we are getting," Mullen said.

County administrator Mike Bryant also discouraged council members from approving the exemption. "This is for the council to decide, but no hydrology studies have been done to determine whether the cou ty would be tying into their system or they would be tying into ours, Bryant said. "The transfer fees are being paid by people moving into the county, taking advantage of the infrastructure that has aleady been paid for." After a closed-door discussion betwen Tinnan and Bryant, Tinnan withdrew the motion and offered a new one which altered the language of the proposed use of the transfer fee funds to include sewage as well as drainage projects. That motion passed. "I had no idea that they were going to be be here today.

Something like this is going to take a lot more thought that we can put into it at one meeting," said Atkinson..