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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1973)
IIEPPNER (ORE.) GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, January 25. 1973 Horrid! Health Director Specks at lone Church By CASSANDRA CHAPEL Dave Mitchum, director of the Morrow County Health Clinic, was the guest speaker at the lone United Church of Christ. He and his wife have recently moved to Heppner and have started a Mental Health inic in the old Dr. McMurdo' office. He explained what they hope to do and answered questions. Annual Business Meeting Sunday, Jan. 28 after church there will be a potluck meal. Following the meal there will be the Annual Business Meeting. During the meeting there will be election of officers and other decisions concerning the year's program will be made. All interested members and friends are urged to attend. JAIL... for behavioral modification Soroptlmlsts Have Sheriff Escort Through Jell Pomona Grange Pomona Grange will be held at the Grange Hall Saturday, Jan. 27 beginning at 10:30 a.m.. Dinner will be served at noon followed by a program at 1:30. At 6:30 there will be a potluck supper and at 8:00 there will be a card party with $1 00 donation. Birthday Miss Lori Fetch had her sixth birthday on Jan. 18. She had a small party. Present were: Mrs. Norma Kilpack, Jackie and Gay, Mrs. Delsie Chapel and Cassandra. Sharon Crowell, her brother Duane and also her mother, Mrs. Larry Fetch. The Women's Fellowship will meet Jan. 25 at 10:00 for their sewing day and business meet ing. Bring a salad for the potluck luncheon and join them as they make bags and other items for the State Hospital at Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert lmel went to Portland Jan. 19, to visit their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James lmel. While they were there they attended the boat show at the coliseum. Their grandson, Danny caught the largest fish from the pond at the boat show. r I " n " f F I 1 M I r n r p I: , zj : 4,rnr?r,? I ; Bunch Grass Rebekah Lodge met Jan. 18. The meeting consisted of plans for the installation and discussion of the State President's visit which will be in March. Refreshments were served. WAC Mm-ting There was a WAC meeting Jan. 19 which was an all day meeting. The meeting was held at the home of Mary Lindsay. Potluck dinner was served at noon and the business meeting followed. There were fifteen members and one guest pres ent, Mrs. Myrtle lmel. Delsie Chapel won the door prize. Extension Club The lone Extension CTub met Wednesday at the Grange Hall. The topic of discussion was the ABC Of Health Insurance led by Mrs. Gordon Meyers. Refresh ments of coffee and Danish pastry were served by the hostess, Mrs. Van Hubbard. Willows Grange Ione's W illows Grange No. 672 met Jan. 21. There was a potluck dinner at 12:30. Dave Mitchum, director of the Mor row County Health Clinic, was the guest speaker. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Bud Big gerstaff , of Cold Spring Grange No. 801. He invited Willows Grange to an old fashioned basket social and dance Feb. 22. Mr. and Mrs. Don Scheelar and son, Mark, of Salem visited Mr. and Mrs. Leo Crabtree Jan. 19. They all went to Walla Walla Friday night to watch the Scheelar's son, Jim, play basketball. He is attending the Spokane Falls Community College. They won the game and Saturday night the group went to Kennewick where Jim played the Columbia Basin College. They returned Sunday. Mr. Scheelar is a brother of Mrs. Crabtree. Some company should hurry up and design plastic song sheets-for people who sing in the shower. PLEASE PHONE IN YOUR NEWS Just because a fellow doesn't take baths regularly doesn't mean he's a hippie. He could be a father with four teenagers and one bathroom. "Vikes. look at this". Soroptimist members inspect the oversfzed lever that slides one or both doors shut on the steel cells. Sheriff Mollahan seems to be getting a big charge from the reaction of Gladys Jones, Justine Weatherford, Marlene Gray, Lenna Smith and Birdine Tullis. Sheriff John Mollahan gave an informative talk to the Heppner Soroptimist Club Thursday on the purpose of jail for behavioral modification. He said that individuals can be come high on criminal behavior as they can on drugs. Jail brings them down. In avoiding being caught, they have a total disregard for their own safety as well as the apprehender. There is a constant search for new methods for treating the criminal. In the next few years, there will be an 83 percent turn-over in the institutions. In a year only 15 percent will stay for more than a year. Those in for murder represent only a small population in the peni tentiary. Morrow County Jail The present facilities were built in 1902 when the Court House was built. Steel bunks two on each wall provided bedspace for four in each of the small cells. The bunks have been removed and a single bed is in each one now. Two cell blocks are made of steel. Years ago there was a cook stove and inmates cooked their own meals. This also provided the heat. Sheriff Mollahan said that in 40 to 50 percent of the felonies committed alcohol is Involved. Police work has changed. "We don't have the fights we used to have". Than people would get drunk in the saloon and start a fight. Everybody knew them. People brought in now are total strangers. He mentioned how peoples' social drinking habits are changed. He would hope that a new facility might come from part of the Revenue Sharing funds. A city-county facility could be used by city and county and preferably down town," the sheriff said. The facility could pay for itself as Umatila charges $7.50 a day for pris oners besides the transportation costs back and forth as well as taking the public safety officers out of the county. Sheriff Mollahon noted that the 911 emergency number may be put in the telephone system next year. To make it work someone has to be on duty. This could be handled by a dis patcher at the police station on the hours no one is in the office. I V ! ' i . ' M Heat hangs from the ceiling. Now the heat units hang from the ceiling but have been reached and torn from the ceiling. The plumbing is ex posed and can and has been torn out by inmates. There have been two suc cessful suicides and several attempts. "One of the major faults besides the physical aspects of the jail" the sheriff said "we don't have somebody up here around the clock". If someone is arrested at 2 o'clock in the morning, he only has to be held to appear in court and then released." They are transport ed to Umatilla County. If it is a multiple arrest, this means several trips as male, female or juvenile are not transported in the same car. This could mean that all members of the department are enroute with the prisoners to Umatilla County at the same time. They have had them try to jump from the car. Under the new criminal code intoxicated persons, incapable of caring for themselves are not under arrest but are held for detoxification. They usually aren't taken home because there they might harm them selves as well as others. Morrow County has no place to put them. Sheriff Mollahan stands with keys in hand as he talks to Soroptimist Gub members. He assures them he has never used the "Heat Box". He suggested to members they stop to see the new facility at Arlington. Tour the Jail About 10 of the Soroptimist members went up to tour the jail. "The sweat box" brought exclamtions. they agreed it would certainly force behavior modification as the inmate could do nothing but stand up straight. It is even doubtful if he could scratch his nose. The massive doors, the lever closes both or only one door of the steel cells with a clang that made everyone glad they were on the outside and not on the inside. Meeting changed The board meeting will be held Jan. 25 as usual but Tom Sullivan with the Governors Committee on Youth will speak on Feb. 1 at noon at the Wagon Wheel. The business meeting will be held Feb. 8 at the Neighborhood Center. Exposed water pipes. lone Basketball Scores lone 57 - Union 47 lone 44 - Wheeler 36 lone 53 - Arlington 42 lone 43 - Umatilla 53 lone 29 - Stanfield 30 lone 49 - Condon 59 lone 41 - Dufur 71 lone 67 - Union 58 lone 67 - Umapine 38 lone 60 -Echo 51 lone 50 - Wheeler 37 lone 51 - Riverside 35 lone 53 - Dufur 61 SO CAMS HELIX JAN. 26 JV. 6:30 Varsity 8:00 i l, vjj Jr. Hi Schedule Jan. 25 at Umatilla 2:00 Feb. 1 vs Echo 2:00 Feb. 8 vs. Riverside 2:00 Feb. 16 vs. Heppner 2:00 Jerry Martin, coach lone C Schedule 25 vs. Heppner 6:00 30 at Riverside 6:00 3 vs. Heppner 6:30 6 vs. Riverside 6:00 12 vs. Condon 6:00 Feb. 22 at Heppner 6:00 Gordon Meyers, coach VARSITY Feb. 2 at Weston Feb. 3 vs. Umapine Feb. 9 at Echo Feb. 10 at Arlington Feb. 16 vs. Riverside Feb. 17 at Helix Feb. 23 vs. Weston March 8-9-10 Regional Tournament March 15-16-17 State Tournament Del LaRue, coach IONE VARSITY, front row I to r: Paul Peterson. Mark Rietmann, Kent Gutierrez, Joel Peterson and Coach LaRue. Back row I to r: Dick Snider, Mike Warren, Phil Carlson, David Warren, Gregg Wilson, Don McCarty. This ad sponsored by these civic minded firms: Thel's Cafe Akers Motor Service Jordan Elevator Co. BrisroVt Market Gene's Chevron Station tndiptndmt Garago Columbia Basin Electric Co-op Chos. O'Connor, Insurance Riehnann's Hardware font Uons Club Undttrom Bros. Iron Works Ekstrem Trails r Soles md Trawl TmUm 4 Vkkw T & C Storage Storm or Bins Horn's Truck Lint (23-7Z7T The Office fJr.dscy tlincald B & C Repair port of Morrow Paul Pettyjohn Co. Morrow County Grain Growers Bank ef Eastern Oregon Debfn's Pest Control Jba w. J Murray Rx Stables M Mmamf
