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^mmm 4k «•»* , k Northern New Y6rk% Greatest Weekly A Prize Winning Tow** qt Country Newspaper -'•--. --•• •— t : - Gouverneur, NT. 61969 MRS Printing Inc. *s - •'•' 3,1990 14 Page*-35 Cents .«£*> &^ruitinjg1Pnysiciansffear's T6p ••-• ~r? \\ :' -• . ••;¥' - •\* -\*•'•' \ J > By lisa L. Reape X LAKE~€lifton- Fine Hospital's new ad- Tftinlstrator, Rodney Boula, and the hospital's board of managers have declared attracting addi- tional physicians to the medical facility as the hospitaTs top priority for -•Tliey're hoping a new brochure being put to- gether with the help of Papyrus Paper Co., New- ton FallB^ffonnerly New- ton Falls Paper Co.) will help them in their quest. \Our primary juncture is to get another physician in the area,\ Mr. Boula said. \Currently we have only one physician (on staff), Dr. James Latimer. -/We have an active physician search commit- tee in contact with a number of search firms, but at the current time, we have no prospects. We have had dialogue with a number of physicians and for a number of reasons, ^ We haven't come Up with anything solid yet may be in contact with an agency for an interview after the first of the year. -We're working with search firms because we don't have the contact network to conduct a search of our own,\ Mr. Boula added. \We're in the process of putting together a bro- chure with the help of the (Papyrus Paper Co.) to market the area to physi- cians that would have an interest in coming to a rural area. —We're cur- rently looking to attract a family practitioner, some- one in internal medicine, a general surgeon, and a general practitioner.\ Mr. Boula said the bro- chure w&) help in those efforts by enabling the hos- pital to show prospective doctors what the area as a %. ^^m^m^ -W-^-JV. ^r* - -\3r^ „% ~w v ., -^ -r ;:;• ;;;*• whole has to offer—some* thing that's difficult to da over the phone. - •/<% , *Star Lake has been called the 'Gem of the Adi- rondacks' for years,\ he said. That's why we think it's important that our board gets into marketing the area. People want to see what your area looks like. tt (When you talk) with people over the phone...the * things they remember are » the negative ones. Wfien 3 you get to something that's i not quite right for the , person or the hospital but r that can be worked out, ^ that's what sticks in their ;* minds, not the 20 or so ' positive things. -7 \With a brochure, we can - send this to prospects, - then they can see what we : have to offer: the hospital, , the surrounding area, the - school, the golf course. This area is a tourist at- traction for all four sea- sons. We have boating, fishing, hiking, skiing. We're close to Canada, close to the universities. ^ • About the only thing going •£ RODNEYBOULA See Recruiting pg. 6 : THE GOUVERNEOR ELKS CLUB and L»dte« of th« Ettcs vlsh the Kinney Nursing Home and EJ. Noble Hosprtal ^imually «t Christmas time, and distribute gifts to patients and personnel with the help of Santa. Santa gives a f rurt .^basket to personnel at the nurses station at E.J. NoWe. With Santa are, from left, Lisa St Amour, RN, Barb Uidlaw, Debbie Bates, LPN, Loretta Reid, nurses aide, and Sheni Davidson, RN. , Tribune Photo/Clarence Evans .'. ~- '.-f AtJEJ. Noble Administrator Search Underway By Lisa L. Reape With a signed manage- ment, contract firmly in han<Ufce E. J. Noble Hos- pital Board of Directors is now in the process of in ter- viewiag candidates for a permanent administrator. Brimand Associates, the firm tfeehospital board has contracted with for man- agement services, recom- mended three candidates for the position of admin- istrator at the hospital. Dr. Timothy Monroe, board president, said one of those candidates has since accepted a position at another hospital, and another candidate has emerged to take his place. Thus far, the board has interviewed one candi- date, James R Heath, a former administrator for Massena Memorial Hos- pital, who currently works Pennsylvania. Dr. Monroe said the board hopes to interview the second candidate, from Massachusetts, later this week. u Not enough informa- tion is known yet on the third candidate,\ Dr. Monroe said. Dr. Monroe noted that Mr. Heath \came recom- mended to us on a private basis\ before the board had reached a decision on con- tracting with Brim for management services. \We had made some inquiries with him, and Brim had also proceeded through their own efforts to talk with him. After we reached an agreement with Brim, we learned he (Mr. Heath) was one of the candidates Brim recom- mended. Even ifhe hadn't been one of the candidates Brim recommended, we would have said we were See Search pg. 6 Smoking Restricted at E.J. Noble in The signs were up Mon- day at E.J. Noble Hospital and Kinney Nursing Home asking patients and visitors not to light up. The hospital, in compli- ance with the state's new smoking law which went into effect Jan. 1, is trying let patients and visitors know that smoking will no longer be permittedin the hospital or nursing home, except on the base- ment floor. \For the helath and safety of our patients and personnel, we ask that visitors not smoke int he hospital or nursinghome,\ said William C. HArvey, hospital administrator. This is a New York State Health regulation, and we're asking for the pub- lic's understanding and cooperation.\ Notices have been given to patients and hospital employes notifying them of the change. \On April 1, the hospital and nursing home will join a large and ever increas- ing number of hospitals and nursing homes in the country in becoming smoke-free facilities,\ Mr. Harvey added. Mr. Harvey said the hospital will offer assis- tance to personnel who wish to stop smoking. He added the hospital will look into smoking cessa- tion programs and con- sider partial reimburse- ment for those employes wishing to participate. Meetings were held with both smoking and non- smoking hospital person- nel to discuss the issue last year. After Disappointing 1989 Car Dealers Regroup for More Prosperous New Year ;By Tracy Gerlach and 1 Kelly Fargo : Car dealers saw some Wd times in 1989 with a ^nationwide trend of low- ered new car sales In the north country, the rJeflerson County Depart- jnent of Motor vehicles >eported a decrease of TOO .new car registrations in ,1989 as oppo&ed to 1968, '-based on new cars regis- tered in the county ^Trucks and vans are not deluded in the figure .) ... In StLawre nee County, * Similar trends were evi- dent with a decline of 220 in the number of new plates issued last yexr be- •tween the months of April and October. These num- bers include all new ve- hicle registrations. In order to compensate for last year's iiowered sales as well as prepare f or what's to com e in 1990, many dealers are making changes in their opera- tions. In 1990, David G. Mar- sala, rice president and owner of State Street Body Works, Watertown, said the dealership plans to decrease inventory to lower floor plan costs as well as implement a hir- ing freeze to make up for a 25 percent decrease in sales in the past year A^so, rather than focus or. car sales, he said, other avenues are being ex- plored for profit Increases in other areas, such as the body shop, and service department and after sale items, will hopefully make up for some of the lost sales. To cut expenses further, Mr Marsala said the deal- ership shopped for a dif- ferent garage liability insurance policy, saving •tens of thousands of dol- lars annually.\ Parkview Auto Sales, Inc , Watertown, has gone as far as adding a 60 X 40 foot addition which will- house a franchise muffler and quick lube service as well as a modern car wash \The auto industry is moring towards service ability,* sa^d Christopher W. Dembs, sales manager, truck division. The car dealer that can offer this will reap the benefits.\ The dealership will be extending these service hours until 8 p.m. The name of the game is to offer the convenience people are looking for these days,\ Mr. Dembs added By adding these three :new services. Parkview hopes to attract people driving by to use them and, once on the lot, to look at cars Although sales were off about 20 percent frcm 1968, Mr Denote sa;d Parkview wasn't *hit quite a§ hard\ in 1959 because their ^product was strong\ The dealership, he said, sellsfour of the top 10 cars listed in motor trend magazine for 1989, includ- ing the new Mazda Mi- a da. *Our product line is strong, which is a benefit to us,\ he said. The Japa- nese are leading the way in engine technology.\ Similarly, Northland Motors, Watertown, was hit with 25 percent low- ered car sales in 1989 Jokn Smith, sales man- ager, said in 1990, car dealers will be tightening their buckles and fc the strong wiii survive.\ He added that North- land Motors will begin targeting the used car market strongly, buying Chryslers at vehical auc- tions, and reduce their new car inventory. They're projecting a slow first six months for 1990:, but, hopefully the market will be back by the middle of the year,\ said Mr. Smith. Terry Warden, manager of St.* Lawrence Motor Cars. Ltd . Alexandria Bay, said, since most of their sales are local, the dealership has seen mini- mal effects from the slow- year \Small dealers get through these times eas- aer.\ he said fc Our over- head is lower—theamount of cars, and we don't em- ploy 300 people \ \When times are good, there are things you over- look.\ said Dave Spilman, owner. \We just have to tighten up.\ \It's been a rough year on all of us fear dealers';, * he added \It's a trying time.\ Used car dealers, how- ever, saw a different trend, matching or surpassing their last year's sales fig- ures \We had a 35 percent increase in sales,\ said Lynn Leonard, president of Lynn's Auto Center, Wa- tertown. There's a na- tionwide trerxi towards buying used cars \ With customers saving between $1,000-$4,000 on a used model compared to a new, Mr Leonard said, his dealership's strength is in the late models(1987- 89) and he expects sales to remain constant in 1990. At Highway Motors in Gouverneur, sales also were up from last year, with their highest sales months being October and November, according to Art Baker, sales manager. However, Mr Baker said this figure is based only on a two-year period as the used car dealership is just three years old. Dealers also noted that car sales are baaed or a cyclical market and that may account for fluctua- tions from time to time.
