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Wednesday, December 19, 2012<br />

PHOTO COURTESY DALE HENNINGSON / QUANTUM INGENUITIES<br />

Quantum Ingenuities, recently named “2012 Business<br />

-of-the-Year” by the Six County Assocation of Governments,<br />

in designs, engineers and manufactures its<br />

electrical products from its plant in Manti.<br />

Business<br />

(Continued from A1)<br />

which can be found at cldspecialties.com.<br />

A Manti native, Henningson<br />

graduated from Manti High<br />

School and Snow College before<br />

heading for Logan where he<br />

earned a bachelor’s degree in<br />

electrical engineering at Utah<br />

State University.<br />

After working for a small<br />

company in Roosevelt, he made<br />

his way back to <strong>Sanpete</strong>, working<br />

for Auto Meter for seven years<br />

until the company left the county.<br />

“It was when they closed<br />

down that I decided to stay in<br />

the area and try it on my own,”<br />

Henningson said.<br />

He started out small, founding<br />

the company in 2004 and<br />

designing electronic devices from<br />

his home.<br />

“After a couple years I started<br />

hiring people, then built a workshop<br />

behind my house and worked<br />

out of there for a few years.”<br />

Just last year, Henningson<br />

built a new building where he and<br />

13 employees design and manufacture<br />

the company’s products.<br />

“We’re really honored that<br />

<strong>Sanpete</strong> County would select us<br />

for [2012 Business of the Year],”<br />

he said.<br />

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Quantum Ingenuities won<br />

a statewide business-innovation<br />

competition last year, earning a<br />

prize of $10,000.<br />

That competition, called<br />

“Concept to Company,” was<br />

sponsored by Utah Ventures and<br />

Zions Bank and was created to<br />

encourage Utah’s entrepreneurs to<br />

develop ideas into real businesses.<br />

Also recognized at the banquet<br />

was Snow College, which<br />

received the SCEDD’s Regional<br />

Recognition Award, presented<br />

to Snow College President Scott<br />

Wyatt by SCEDD Board Chairman<br />

and Piute County Commissioner<br />

Rick Blackwell.<br />

The college was recognized<br />

for its “vision, leadership and<br />

commitment in developing...<br />

programs that assist in business<br />

retention and expansion of business<br />

and industry within the Six<br />

County area.”<br />

Commissioner Blackwell<br />

also recognized outgoing board<br />

members, including <strong>Sanpete</strong><br />

County Commissioner Spencer<br />

Cox, who will vacate his seat on<br />

the commission at the beginning<br />

of the year to represent District 58<br />

in the Utah House of Representatives.<br />

“Your local<br />

floorist!”<br />

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Mayor: Sandra Bigler<br />

and all Mt. Pleasant<br />

City employees<br />

<strong>Sanpete</strong> <strong>Messenger</strong><br />

Gunnison’s finances in order<br />

By John Hales<br />

Staff writer<br />

GUNNISON—Gunnison<br />

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health, according to the<br />

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Representatives from the<br />

Kimball & Roberts said they<br />

found everything to be in order<br />

when they examined the city’s<br />

records.<br />

“We were able to offer<br />

a clean opinion, meaning we<br />

didn’t have to take exception<br />

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statements represented<br />

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UNDERSTANDING<br />

HEALTH INSURANCE<br />

In a recent survey performed by the Kaiser<br />

Family Foundation, only 1 in 4 people identi� ed<br />

health as a top issue of concern. With the rising<br />

cost of healthcare, health should be a concern<br />

for everyone. In 2005, healthcare spending<br />

reached $2 trillion, and is expected to reach $4<br />

trillion by 2015. Health insurance premiums are<br />

a large part of the increased cost of healthcare.<br />

Between 2000 and 2007, health insurance<br />

premiums rose 87%. In 2007, premiums rose<br />

6.1%, two times the rate of in� ation. In 2007,<br />

of the city at June 30,” said<br />

the auditor who reported to<br />

the Gunnison City Council on<br />

Wednesday, Nov. 28.<br />

Auditors noted that, as of<br />

the end of the budget year, Gunnison<br />

City had taken in about<br />

$106,000 more than it had<br />

spent. In the general fund, the<br />

city had almost $22,000 more<br />

in revenues than expenditures.<br />

The city’s business activities<br />

(water, sewer and irrigation),<br />

brought in about $84,000 more<br />

they spent.<br />

“It shows you were in good<br />

conditions,” the auditor said.<br />

And, he said, “You’re within<br />

your budget on all of your<br />

expenditure categories in your<br />

ADVERTISEMENT<br />

the average premium for<br />

family coverage was just<br />

over $12,000 per year.<br />

Premiums for employersponsored<br />

health insurance<br />

in the U.S. have been<br />

rising four times faster on<br />

average than workers’<br />

Michael McQuivey<br />

earnings since 2000. Average<br />

out-of-pocket costs<br />

for deductibles, co-payments for medications,<br />

and co-insurance for physician and hospital<br />

visits rose 115% during the same period.<br />

In light of these numbers, many people are<br />

searching for ways to offset out-of-pocket costs.<br />

One of the ways to achieve this is by working<br />

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Councilmembers:<br />

Jeff McDonald<br />

Justin Atkinson<br />

Coleen Oltrogge<br />

Monte Bona<br />

Ann Deuel<br />

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closely with a knowledgeable, friendly, and caring<br />

pharmacist. Good pharmacists work closely<br />

with doctors to determine the most cost effective<br />

treatment options.<br />

For those patients on high priced brand<br />

name drugs, pharmacists can often times call<br />

the doctor to � nd a suitable generic alternative<br />

to help save money. Pharmacists not only have<br />

drug therapy knowledge to meet patients’ medical<br />

needs, but also the drug pricing knowledge<br />

to reduce patients’ � nancial burden. Armed with<br />

this knowledge, pharmacists have the unique<br />

ability to help people save money, while ensuring<br />

the best patient care possible.<br />

—Pharmacist Michael McQuivey<br />

Understanding Health Insurance<br />

Serving our<br />

entire community.<br />

general fund, so that was good.”<br />

The city has debt, but it is<br />

being managed well, auditors<br />

found.<br />

At the end of the fiscal<br />

year, the city had outstanding<br />

debt of $3.6 million. But the<br />

auditors said, “The important<br />

thing with that is you have a<br />

way to pay or that debt each<br />

year.”<br />

“One of the main things<br />

we look at is to see if the city<br />

has any internal controls and,<br />

if you do, if you’re following<br />

them,” said another Kimball<br />

& Roberts representative. “We<br />

found no exceptions to our test<br />

of internal controls and compliance.”<br />

The healthcare world is complex, and expenses are increasing every year. Did<br />

you know that health insurance premiums rose 87 percent between 2000 and 2011?<br />

Manti Pharmacy works with most insurance plans. We also handle worker’s<br />

compensation claims, with no out-of-pocket expense to patients. We also review<br />

patients’ profiles to determine if there is a more cost-effective treatment, and<br />

contact their physician to make a recommendation, if appropriate. Did you know<br />

that insurance copays are set by the insurance companies, which means your<br />

copay should be the same, wherever you fill your prescriptions! At Manti Pharmacy,<br />

we care about providing patients with the best possible healthcare value.<br />

Manti Pharmacy - Michael McQuivey<br />

159 N. Main, Manti<br />

835-4225<br />

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