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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 />
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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 />
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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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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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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 />
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