February 2, 2018 Pinedale Roundup Page 1
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EMTs help
heart patient
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Lina Streeper and her dogs run by the Green River during Pinedale’s stage of the Pedigree Stage Stop Race on Tuesday. Streeper would go
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Free EKG clinics
on Feb. 8, Feb. 15
From Rural Health
Care District
SUBLETTE COUNTY – The Emer-
gency Medical Services departments in
Pinedale and Marbleton are the sole pro-
viders of emergency medical services for
Sublette County where Emergency Medi-
cal Technicians responded to 1,310 calls
in 2017.
Sublette County EMTs work in a fast-
paced rural environment but will slow it
down for two days in February to provide
free 12-lead EKG heart recordings for
local residents to have a copy on file with
their provider. The primary purpose of a
12-lead EKG test, a noninvasive routine
examination of the electrical activity of
the heart, is to screen patients for under-
lying heart conditions.
The recording is shared with physi-
cians to help detect irregularities in the
heart. The most common reasons for re-
cording an EKG are to aid diagnosis of
chest pain, to know more about a patient's
heart rhythm, to examine the heart with a
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murmur and to examine the heart in those
who have high blood pressure.
“It is a simple diagnostic test that
causes no pain and has no side effects, the
screening will take about 5 minutes and
you will not feel any discomfort at all,”
said Dr. Brendan Fitzsimmons, Medi-
cal Director of the Marbleton-Big Piney
Medical Clinic. “The first safety net is
to share your EKG recording with your
primary provider. An abnormal reading
does not always mean there is some-
thing wrong, and further investigations
are necessary. If your doctor thinks you
may have heart disease or a heart related
problem, they may refer you to a cardi-
ologist.”
Fifth annual EKG clinics will take
place Thursday, Feb. 8, from 12 to 6 p.m.
at the Marbleton Medical Clinic EMS
Building and then on Thursday, Feb. 15,
from 12 to 6 p.m. at the Pinedale Medical
Clinic EMS Building.
To schedule your appointment, call
(307) 367-2315 or for further details or
email Sue Briggs-Stanfill at susanb@sub-
lettehealthcare.com. n
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dog's life
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FEBRUARY 2, 2018 One Dollar
What is considered
a conflict of interest?
Airport hangar lease tabled after
mayor identified as leesee and leasor
By Holly Dabb
hdabb@pinedaleroundup.com
PINEDALE – The Pinedale Town Council
tabled a proposed five-year hangar lease after
discussing a potential conflict of interest with
Mayor Bob Jones.
The action took place at the Monday, Jan.
22, Pinedale Town Council meeting when
Jones was absent from the meeting due to a
family emergency.
ARJ Extra, LLC., assumed the hangar
lease previously signed by Robert and Angela
Hocker. The previous lease would have ex-
pired in 2019. The request was to extend the
lease to the new owner for five years and the
airport board had already approved the lease.
However, council member Tyler Swafford
inquired “Who is the representative for ARJ?”
Airport manager Jim Parker said, “Bob
Jones.” Swafford questioned if there was an
appearance of impropriety.
In November of 2017, Jones had nominated
himself to finish an Airport Board seat vacated
Official newspaper of Sublette County and the town
of Pinedale.
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by Barbara Boyce. At that time, the remaining
four council members approved his nomina-
tion. The board seat expires in December of
2019
Swafford said two months later the council
is being asked to approve a lease agreement
and have the mayor sign a contract with him-
self and also as a representative for the Airport
Board.
“The timing is what appears inappropriate,”
Swafford said. “Bob is affiliated with all three
parties.”
Councilman Matt Murdock said the issue
should be brought up when Jones was avail-
able. He added, “We live in a small town
where there are a lot of arms-length transfers.”
He added the airport board approved the lease
with a 4-0 vote.
Swafford said, “I’m not trying to assassinate
his character when he is not here.”
Murdock defended Jones, saying, “I don’t
see a person harmed.”
Parker agreed saying Jones did not vote
See ‘CONFLICT" on page 6A