On Thursday, Sept. 19, business owners and employees from around the Carbon Corridor gathered together for the Carbon County Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon. Within this luncheon, as is tradition, business spotlights and community spotlights were awarded. Carbon Medical Service and StepOne Service were awarded the business spotlights and the Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum receiving the community spotlight.

First was Carbon Medical, with CEO Lisa Clark accepting the award. Clark explained,” The mission of Carbon Medical is to provide access to Quality Health Care for all. And we try and strive to do that.” One of the ways that this is accomplished is through the Clinic’s sliding payment scale. Their website states,” Whether you have insurance or not, we offer an income-based sliding scale to make our service affordable without sacrificing quality.”

Carbon Medical has Clinics in Sunnyside, Price and Helper, and according to Clark, they see approximately 4200 unique patients a year. They offer services such as dental, behavioral, OBGYN and other medical resources.

Next to step into the spotlight was Tawnee Eley, who was representing StepOne Services. StepOne is an acute withdrawal management service offered by Castleview Hospital. The program is voluntary admission, but it assists people going through withdrawal symptoms to help manage those in a controlled environment, while also assisting the patients in setting up their post-release rehabilitation plans. Before entering the program, patients must have already started the withdrawal process, but once they enter they will receive the level of care every patient in the hospital would expect.

The last award to be given was the community spotlight, which went to the USUE Prehistoric Museum. Alyssa Serl, a volunteer with the museum, accepted the award. Serl stated,” The Prehistoric Museum’s mission is to create understanding and appreciation of the natural and cultural processes that form the geologic fossil and prehistoric human records found in Eastern Utah.” This mission is accomplished through educational and interpretive programs based on academic research. The museum is also searching for volunteers to help aid in these programs. Those interested in volunteering can apply here.

Castle Country Radio would like to congratulate these organizations as well as thank them for the work they put in to help our community thrive.