TowerTalk Volume 1, Issue Nr. 4, February 1980

              Vol. 1. No. 4
February, I960
Solnt Joseph Hospital, Denver. Colorado
Van Pooling�
What a Way to Go!
With gas prices soaring ever higher,
one of the best ways to cut down on
your driving costs is von pooling to
work. It only costs about $1.50 a day,
compared to driving your own car at
an estimated 30centspermile. If adds
little or no time to commuting, as you
are picked up and delivered near
your home. By being part of a van
pool, you are also doing your part to
conserve energy and reduce
pollution.
Saint Joseph Hospital currently
operates a van pool from Brighton to
Denver and there are now spaces
available for passengers on this route,
according to Jim Burridge, who drives
the van Monday through Friday. The
route includes areas such as
Commerce City, Adams City, Dupont
and Henderson.
Those interested in joining the van
pool should be on the 7 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. shift and should contact either
Jim Burridge or Pot Johnson in Plant
Engineering as soon as possible at
837-7070 to reserve a spot. Your
monthly van pool payments may be
handled any way you wish �either
by payroll deduction so you don't
have to worry about having the cash
handy, or on a passenger-ro-driver
basis at the beginning of each month.
The schedule and route is very
flexible � don't rule van pooling out
until you have called Burridge and
discussed if.
There is also a possiblity of adding
another route if there is adequate
interest in any area of the city or
suburbs. A driver would also be
needed. Contact Jim Burridge if you
are interested in establishing another
route.
With a wove and a smile, Sonio Alyn-Weiss signals her pleasure over the comforts of Saint Joseph
Hospital's van. Alyn-Weiss recently joined the Hospital Community Relations Department os
writer-editor and is the contact person for Tower Talk.
as likely to ignite upholstered furniture
or bedding �two common accident
patterns.
BY JACQUE DECKER
Risk Management
Where There's Smoke... A
Massachusetts congressman has
introduced a bill that would force the
tobacco industry to produce cigarettes
thatsfop burning within five minutesof
the last puff. Representative Joe
Moakley of Boston and other
proponents of safer cigarettes,
including the American Bum
Association and the National Pre
Protection Association, say such a
measure would save hundreds of lives
annually, because the self:
extinguishing cigarettes would not be
Secure Parking
There is now reserved parking
available for 3 to 11:30 p.m.
employees in the lot directly across
from the Emergency Department on
the southwest corner of 18rh Street
and Humboldt. Parking stickers for this
lot may be purchased from Jack
Mansfield's office in the Mdtown
Medical Building, first floor, 2005
Franklin St., between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday. The
stickers will cost $12 per month, with
the first month payable in advance.
Thereafter, you will be billed each
month by mail. For more information,
contact Frank McGregor at 837-7750.