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First responders face pay disparity, budget cuts

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 23:37:02 MDT

First responders face pay disparity, budget cuts

By Marsha Mercer Stateline.org

Updated Jun 8, 2013 11:37PM MDT

When bombs exploded in Boston and a monster tornado tore through Oklahoma, paramedics and emergency medical technicians ran toward danger. As first responders, they put their lives at risk in order to save the lives of others. Yet EMTs and paramedics are governed by a haphazard patchwork of rules that vary widely by city and state. And their wages differ widely, as well, from a high of $52,930 a year in Washington, D.C., to a low of $25,900 a year in Kansas. The national average wage was $34,370...

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A fond farewell to Ogden’s good sisters

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:11:13 MDT

A fond farewell to Ogden’s good sisters

THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

Updated Jun 7, 2013 03:11PM MDT

This “Sister Act” will be tough to follow. The Sisters of St. Benedict are leaving the Ogden area after nearly seven decades of spirited service. The five remaining nuns — Luke Hoschette, Danile Knight, Stephanie Mongeon, Mary Zenzen and Jean Gibson — are returning to their home monastery in Minnesota. Ogden Regional Medical Center hosted a farewell open house this week, so doctors, nurses, employees, volunteers and community members could wish the sisters well in their next venture. “We leave w...