City Council
Renew Tax; Levy
ght
City Council voted
renew the levy for prop-
Approximately $254,858
for the general fund
taxes, according to Re-
Pennington. The levy is a
of rates assessed the
years.
business, council mem-
the possibility of
repairing sidewalks in a
neighborhoods. Council-
McClung suggested the
of sidewalks along the
of Court Street. "Practi-
you can see folks
up and down Court
said. "There is an in-
amount of traffic in that
sidewalks would make it a
those people."
Paul Cooley men-
southern end of the one-
Street is narrow and cre-
hazards for drivers when
other.
discussed the possi-
assessing landowners for
Land street construction and
in the neighbor-
Court, Church, and Maple
~or Phil Gainer said he
letters to property owners
areas of town to obtain
regarding the possible
he June 30 expiration of
Lef Richard McClung on the
Landmark Commission, the
VOted to appoint Beverly
to a term ending June 30,
McClung indicated he did
serve another term.
said he had received
from some residents of
Estates about road
caused by trucks
from behind the Brier
I_nc~l members agreed it
Unfair to install weight lind-
ns to the exclusion of those
neighborhoods.
Underwood Estates rest-
complained about mud
into the road from the
n project and clogging
It was agreed to ask
owners to install silt
keep the dirt from filtering
and onto the street.
with the Mountain
20, Brier Inn Ben-
John Walz said the
hired crews to haul dirt
Which the motel owns in
Estates. The dirt is
to fill in a low area for a
new parking lot, he said.
said the "round:up pro-
Which water customers
their payments to the next
netted the Parks and
Department $1,316 this
discussed a request
Street lights on Montvue
Drive and decided to ask West Vir-
ginia Power to review the situation
for another recommendation. A pre-
vious study by the electric utilities
company recommended only one
additional light, but Council mem-
bers Paul Cooley and Liz Scott said
they had assessed the situation and
feel at least two are needed.
A request from a resident for a
"Caution--Children at Play" sign on
Echols Lane was granted. The sign
will be placed in the vicinity of Mor-
gan Manor.
Police Chief Richard Weikel said
Lieutenant Danny Fisk will attend
two weeks of training in preparation
for instructing area students in the
Drug Abuse Resistance Education
Program, a federal effort sponsored
by Kentucky Fried Chicken. The pro-
gram was endorsed in March by the
Greenbrier County Board of Educa-
tion.
Poster Prize
The Greenbrier Valley Theatre
announces its Summer Season '90
Poster Contest. A $100 prize will be
awarded to the winning designer.
Submissions must be made by May
12, and must include the following
information:
Mention of all four shows of 1990
season, incorporating a graphic de-
sign, either of each show or a com-
posite of all shows. The shows are
"Annie," "Educating Rita," "The
Nerd" and "The Wizard of Oz."
There is no age requirement for
contestant entries. For additional in-
formation on the contest or back-
ground information on the Summer
Season productions, please call
645-3838. The winning design will
be used for all publicity purposes by
the Greenbrier Valley Theatre for
the 1990 Summer Season.
By Jonathan Wright
Humane Hospital Greenbrier Val-
ley in Fairlea has become the first
medical facility in the state to ac-
quire a laser lithotripter, an instru-
ment used to fragment kidney
stones.
The $240,000 Candela "Laser-
Tripter" was purchased by Humana
to treat patients whose kidney
stones do not respond to treatment
with the normal lithotripter. A typical
treatment costs $900, not including
surgeon's fees and hospital ex-
penses.
"Having this equipment is essen-
tially a urologist's dream," Kyle Fort
of Greenbrier Valley Urology Associ-
ates said at a press conference April
18. Dr Fort is Chief of Staff at Hu-
mane.
The LaserTripter is used by in-
serting a ureteroscope (a small in-
strument with a light in it) into the
patient's urinary tract and guiding it
to the stone. The ureteroscope en-
ables the physician to view and lo-
cate the stone and provides pas-
sage for the laser beam through a
tiny, thread-like fiber directly to the
surface of the kidney stone.
The laser emits up to 20 pulses
of light per second, containing
enough energy to fragment the
stone but not producing enough
heat to damage surrounding tissue.
The stone is broken into particles
which are then passed naturally
from the body in the urine. The treat-
ment involves virtually no pain, ac-
cording to Dr Fort, and takes as little
as 20 to 30 minutes.
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Dr Fort and registered nurse
Carol Fowler demonstrated the
equipment on a raw egg submerged
in water. The laser broke the shell
into small fragments while the egg
membrane remained intact.
The older lithotripsy procedure is
used mostly for stones which are
still in the kidney or in the upper
third of the ureter. The newer Laser-
Tripter treatment is used for stones
in the lower ureter.
Humana Hospital Greenbrier Val-
ley is one of 24 hospitals east of the
Mississippi River to have the new
equipment. West Virginia is part of
the southeast "stone belt," according
to doctors, with a higher incidence
of kidney stone trouble than the
country as a whole. According to
urologist Thomas Kowalkowski, wa-
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body dehydration in this area of the
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United States could play a role in
the kidney stone problem.
Humana's mobile lithotripter untit
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Richands, Virginia; Bluefield; and
Fairlea. The LaserTripter will remain
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