. II
11-%7 1 13
Benton Harhor area news
ercy- emonal b
�ploy drug te
. BENTON HARBOR - To easure a health care en . ODment
free &om effects of s tance abuse, Mercy-Memorial Medical
Center, Inc. will . this month to screen P'ospectiYe employees
for usc •.
Merq-Memorial's'oc drug testing policy requires pr05oec�
em� to undergo • urinalysis which can detect the f 10
differeDt indudiDg cocaine, marijuana and ampbe . .
I If the test detects drug use by a prospective employee, and a second
. l! t con resul Mercy- emorial e't hire that person.
The test . � �ry ccar te and can sometim detect drug use
after the use occurred, id Valerie Flory, R.N., Mercy
MellD01'ial'S Employee Health Service coordinator.
According to ercy-Memorial's' ne P9licy, prospective
emplO)US . fail the drug t Can re-apply for employment if
they aasfully complete a profession., counseliDg program and
then aDO er drug test
The drug testing policy pplies only to prosepctM employees
d.oot those individ already employed by Mercy-Memorial
L C 0 ers E T training .
f
BENTO TWl» - Lake
ichigan College will offer
B ic Emer ncy edical
T logy hom 4:30 to 8:30
p ondays and Wednesdays
bC&l1DDJl· � September 7 t the
uclear P nt Dear
South Haven, ccording to
P .. Hall, dean of OCCUp;l-
bon dies. .
HaD said 1S-wee course
. bei offered to meet the
needs of employee of Par des
others in the area 0
are interested in becoming
E ergency Medical Tech-
.. (E s).
Iostructor· Karen Lane, a
certified instructor/coor-
The OD Harbor Area
Schools ] uctiag a three-
day district -wide Kindergarten
Round day, ToI�",
and Wednesday, (August 22, 23,
and.24) from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00
noon and 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the
District' Pre-School Center,
636 Pipesto Street, according
to school otracials. I
dinator. The same course is
beiDg offered from 6:30 to 9:30
p.m. The day and Thursdays
with additional cl ss time
scheduled on. some Saturdays
beginning August 30 at the
LMC main campus in Benton
Township. t willbe taught by
Bill Pesel, also a certified E T
. tractor/coordinator.
C size are limited to 20, so
interested persons are advised
to register soon. They may
re . ter for the Palisades class
o receive more information by
ca liD, Bob Baumgartner,.
Pa· des' training coordinator,
t764-8913. Reg' tration for the
main campus class i being held
•• - ••••••• 1 from 9 a.m.. to 3 p.m. daily at the
College, 2755 E. apier Ave.,
Benton Township.
. .
Center reaches agreement
Mercy-Memorial Medical' Blue Cross ubsaibers will con-
Center, Inc. and Blue
CrosslBl Shield of Michigan
have reached a tentati agree
ment, announced Joseph A.
Via erman, pre ident of
ho pital. The ne agreement
will be put into contract � as
oon as possible, Wasserman
said.
The 0 d contract expires Sep
tember 30,1988. The two or
gaoizatins ha\le been negotiating
since September 1986.
The De agreement means
tinue to ha\le full pitalization
insurance at Mercy-Memorial
Medical Center within the limits
of their policies, Werman
said. Blue Cross supplemental
coverage also remains unaf
fected, does ccwerage by any
other hospitalizatio iasurance.
Waserm ... added that the
hospital -expects the oew (X)Il
tract to be the b . of a Ioag
term associatio with Blue
Cr -
, .
ATTOR EY and COU SELOR AT LAW
K. dRRI �I
v�NERAL PRACTICE OF LAW
C II 616/926-71 3
Our PtofaMtull Sill/! b EJrIMctIIIr
(616)
�
The Kindergarten oundUp
will be held for those children
who will be 6\le year of e on
or before December' I. 1988 and
will be entering KindetprteD in
the fall.
Accordiiog to the Distri�s
Health Services Department, it
is very important that Kinder
garten parents bri the follow
ing informa· with them wile
enrolling thei children: (1) Im
munization (Shot) Records -
(Health Department, doctor's
office, military or immigration
records); (2) Child' Birth
Validation - (State birth cer
tificate, hospital birth record,
b ptism record, edicaid card,
other governmental records);
(3) Proof of their current d
dress - (drivers license, a aIE-
rea rent receipt, a current
utility bill). .
School official h ve an
nounced t, dwiDg this time,
all District Kindergarten
registration will take place at
the Pipestone Preschool Center
and not t the in . . dual D· trict
elementary chool. The
primary r is to �e sure
I he n w ki dergarten students
Health recort have been u�
dated
Children s ould be present
when registering. School nurses
will 100 I health reeor and
give shots if needed. Any ques
tions about Kindergarten Roun
dup sho Id be directed to the
Health Services De�D at
925-2157.