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. 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 .
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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.
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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
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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.