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SERVING CRANFORD, GARWOOD andKENILWORTH Vol. 92 No. 40 Published Every Thursday Thursday, October 3,1985 USP$ 136 800 Second Class Postage Paid Cranford, N.J. 25 CENTS,;':. ."••••.-•••..•-•.• '"••.• - •*••/"'• In brief Alternate health 'Double jeopardy' on Springfield Storm.pickup Fifty fpur trees or large limbs care crates I went down iifhurricane winds, 37 of them between noon and 2 p.m. I Friday, police reported. Seven- , teen serious live wires were reported, too, and local as HMO's expand i authorities and utilities had a • busy weekend. No serious in- Health Maintenance Organiza- with HMO'sTiffsome cases with more ' juries were reported. The tions(HMO's) are proliferating than one of the 14 different HMO's I Department of Public Works ex- dramatically in this area and the now operating in the state. pace of participation is expected to Mineur of HealthWays calls the pects to be pidking iip debris (not accelerate further in this area when . leaves) into next week. primary care physician--who is Blue Cross of New Jersey introduces typically a family practitioner, its HMO. general practitioner or internist-the A 'housetrap' Two Cranford men are playing ma- "gatekeeper" in the system. He jor roles with different HMO's. One is believes the trend toward HMO's will A tree enveloped a house on pr. Henry Mineur who is medical High St. in foliage and live wires. director of HealthWays and a Upon advice of police; the owner, member of its board of directors. The -Lois Brown, and her visiting other is Kevin Trapani who is djrec- 19 doctors cousin from Pittsburgh remained -tor— of—sales—and—marketing for " -inside, for severalhoursiijniillBe Medigroup Inc., the first statewide lines were cleared. Then^ihey HMO which is establishing regional climbed out-a windowrPhptos^on HMO operations. , participate Page 8. Nineteen of the 22 active At least three other HMO's are private medical practitioners in busy marketing their organizations Cranford are participating in Garwood to doctors in the area. They include Health Ways. Seven of these are Crossroads, Prucare and the HMO of personal physicians'1 who jre^n- A developer wanted to build 10 Greater New York. i_ trus^ed with the total health care one-family houses on a cul de sac The traffic has become so pro- of subscribing patients and ar- in the north part of Garwood, but nounced that the Union County range for specialists. Three the planning Board said no...Fire Medical Society is meeting with each Kenilwqrth practitioners, all per- Oak tree felled, by hurricane winds carried ago, forcing major repairs. This portion fell th6 I Prevention Week will get launch- recruiting HMO group this month to sonal physicians, are also signed primary power lines down with It and kept other way. Kathy and Michael Meyer and ed with an open house Sunday.. .A explore advantages and disadvan- Springfield Avenue blocked for nearly 24 1 up With that HMO. Charles and Ellen Hunt view the damage, health testing program was an- tages of various programs. The goal hours. The tree posed "double trouble" for the Photo by Greg Price. More storm photographs': l no, u need for borough is to help members make an inform- Hummer family. Part of it toppled over on their on pages 8, 9 and 10. :: residents...Pictures of the hur- ed choice about participation in accelerate and that in five years house at No. 706 in background several years 1 ricane. Page 15. HMO's, said Ethel Stevens, ex- there will be between 8 and 12 major ecutive director of the society which hea Uh^jmajmgeniejiLand health is based in Cranfordr ~~~ "delivery systems in the state. ~ Kenilworth" In a speech to the Cranford*Rotary Mineur anticipates that local TwrKenihyorth^rssidents are Club last week, Trapani said Blue- physicians-wilyoih-several HMO'sr part of the NASA space flight Cross's emerging MedigrouprMetro Trapani said that Medigroup is team...The borough answered a HMO is is in the process of .interview- recruiting the most successful suit by a Ideal builder by claim- ing and "credentialing" private private physicians who can belong to ing the town is entitled to reim- physicians. Doctors can join more other HMO's. The choice of hospitals bursement for rents collected on than one HMO and the roster of parr and specialists is usually, handled improperly . .rented ticipating local physicians here is ex- through the primary care physician, apartments...The new space pected to expand with the Medigroup but the patient has a say by knowing game is a hit. Page 13. advent scheduled here later this fall. which doctors in the referral network An HMO is an alternative health practice at which hospitals. > care delivery and financing system Most HMO's are accessible npw on- ly through employers' or .'for older Missionary safe foa| off^jte menibers. a cpniprehen- : Bive range of managed services for a citizens with Me|(jfeprei.qdl'j^' ' EUeenO'DonneHof Cranford*a . aid, fixed monthly fee, unlike Ptirventionisaccentedi , •missionary serviijg W Meilfco Ci- Speak of ''well c#fe" and ^j : itidrtal insurers which reimburse ty, esqaped injuty%m ,0W] subscribers for hospital and physi- approaches to health. They also p quakes there She talked "tothe cian bills. , mote lower costs and less paperwork family this week and reported I , The sysfems and benefits vary b,ut she has been assisting the Red j the general thrust of HMO's is to em- Cross in caring for victims, page phasize prompt preventive medical 3. , .••:.'• ; • :•'«•' ' ,,.,•• care for minor conditions in order to minimize the need-at a later* date and. a higher coste-for other treat- [ fareiit workshopj ment including hospitalizatipn. Of- ; fice.: visits, and all diagnosticpX-Ray ^rA workshop o^r gifted students' and laboratory tests, as well as all will be presented for all parents necessary immunizations, periodic in Cranford on Thursday, pet. 10 health assessments, vision care/ and, at 8 p.m. The lecture, is a 24-hour emergency care, are preliminary to an in-service I customarily covered in full by an workshop for all teachers on Fri-, HMO. '.• '.•.•• • : day, Oct. li when school will be Trapani said HMO's are/ closed to students. Page i':' I Tree crashed IniWiCfm Livingstone's garage at wrecked, too, If the garage hadn't been a sturr "booming." The concept dates to 3 Doering Way. Mrs. Livingstone saw it happen dy one. Fire Chief Leonard Dolan photograph- 1929 but it didn't arrive in New and said the car Inside would have been ed the damage. Jersey until Blue Cross started one in Flu shots Mercer County in 1973. Jn the past three years enrollment in^all HMO's The Health Department will in the state has risen from 100,000 to administer flu shots' Monday 500,000. Enrollment is expected to Kings bring 54 cyclists on from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Communi- double to one million in the next five ty Center. •'-• ' ' '• ••"•••••• ••'' years. Under the Blue Cross system, pa- tients may use their family doctor if Health "services will be a lot SAT resiilts he participates in the HMO group. more responsive." through JL1,OOOmile tour to Cranford Otherwise they pick a primary care HMq's. Keyta Trapani 'speaks Cranford High School seniors physician. Surgeons also affiliate at the Crawford Rotary Club. Paul and Ruth King of Cranford huge transfer trailer truck dubbed In a newspaper interview^ in, scored an average of 446 in the •v,<. • • • •• :• • i'.- ,. ... ' are bicycling the perimeter of the "Possum." The interior has been Florida in March, King said the, ,. verbal portion of the Scholastic United States with an unusual en- converted into 50 bunks stacked five group is sharing faith along the Aptitude Test (SAT) and 468 in tourage of; 54 cyclists and will bring levels high. Each bunk has its own route. Eight weeks later he reported the math portion to again lead the their compatriots to their hometown storage space, window and light. from Texas |hat the group was intact state average scores. The verbal Town elders veto this month. and headed for the West Coast. By A converted school bus which score here is ahead of the •. The brother^and-sister have been serves as the chow and supply Wagon that time it had a roster of project ex* national average, but the math on the road for eight months with also contains a dozen bunks. perience: painting a day care center; score is below' the national "Wandering Wheels" and have two for minority children, fixing up a: average. Page. 2. automatic weapons more to go on their ll.OOOjnile trelc ,'—ehurch-schoolr-worlring~"ata~drugT~ A Police Dei J&_jp^y^jV-iiiKjuH>ed^ —^Paiir-^econa^iircommand"i rehabilitation facility, clearing an; senior T"epla"Ce~~Rs current handgun local policemen had to fire weapons, group ami Ruth is cooking for it. inner-city site for a minority group; weaponry with automatic weapons visited the touring cyclists in the wanting to build a church there. '.• py p Guerti~ ' •n said the last tim• e was •th- e Participants .do more than cycle. Jamestown, N.Y. vicinity recently. Now that summer is over, it's was rejected by the Township Com- bank robber chase up the parkway 20 Students in the "Circle America" His sister, Ruth, 28, also graduated mittee this week. Robert A. Guertin, months ago. 4~'" tour are earning college credits at Paul, 34, played football and time to think about those home basketball at Cranford High School from CHS. She has taught school ih mamtenance^ir6jects7See pages police chief, testified that the change "I hope we never have to use Taylor .University at night and the Upstate.New York and at the Gracte was "important to improve the safe- group performs community and and has been cycling since a tour of 8 to 12 for home improvement them(the automatics)," he testified, Europe in his days as a student at and Peace Fellowship school here.- information.' •;"j..< ;'•.,''',-.;;;' '-.

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