280 Living
October 2015 | Volume 9 | Issue 2
neighborly news & entertainment
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State budget to affect Oak Mountain improvements Catch up with your local teams’ wins and losses on the Friday night field.
By SYDNEY CROMWELL
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Many park visitors called their legislators and attended a rally to express their opposition to state budget proposals, which have included taking money away from the state parks division to cover other deficits. Most state park funding comes from user fees. Photo by Sydney Cromwell.
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Transition from Trinity By SYDNEY CROMWELL
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While legislators in Montgomery were trying to fix a $200 million budget deficit, Greg Lein was asking his employees to figure out the exact minimum amount of money they would need to keep the parks running. As director of the state parks division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Lein said he had not anticipated being faced with park closures across the state. However, the state legislature’s budget discussions for the 2016 fiscal year had included potential transfers of millions of dollars from DCNR’s budget to the general fund to cover other state expenses. Since fiscal year 2012, Lein said, the state has transferred a collective $27 million from the DCNR budget to the general fund to help alleviate other budget shortfalls. The park system and conservation departments have been operating on less and forced to downsize programs and cancel projects and renovations across the state.
The ambulances that transport patients and equipment to the new Grandview Medical Center will look very similar to a presidential motorcade. On Oct. 10, a “package” of four ambulances, a moving truck and two police cars will leave Trinity every 15 minutes, making their way to their new home.
It’s a routine the hospital has practiced for more than a year to get just right, testing everything from nurses’ familiarity with the ambulances to the route that will cause the least traffic problems. It will take more than 30 ambulances to complete. Chief Nursing Officer
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The hybrid operating room is one of several services at Grandview Medical Center. Photo by Frank Couch.
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