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Health care team
being studied
The possibility of a health
care team to serve Morrow,
Gilliam and Wheeler counties
was the outcome of a meeting
held with National Health
Service Corps personnel,
Thursday, in Heppner. Re
presentatives of the medical
profession, county judges and
citizens gave approval of
exploring the possibility of
having a team of two doctors
and three nurse practitioners
from the Corps, serve the
three counties. Under the
plan, the doctors, along with
Dr. Wolff, would be located in
Heppner. A nurse practitioner
would be located in Fossil,
Condon and Heppner. The two
doctors with the Corps, would
then visit Fossil and Condon
on a weekly basis.
Coy Gainey, regional pro
gram director, with the Corps
in Seattle, told the 25 people
present that the Heppner area
as well as Gilliam and
Wheeler counties qualify as
areas of "acute need."
Qualification is based on one
Chamber
Farmers using our feed
pellets here and abroad, could
possibly start a new trend in
the farming industry in Mor
row County, according to
Frank Lamb, president of
Eastern Oregon Farms, guest
speaker at the Chamber of
Commerce Monday.
"There is a market for the
pellets in the Orient and other
countries and the people of the
Orient are willing to sign
commitment papers now, but
we are reluctant to do so at the
present time because of fluc
tuations in market prices,"
said Lamb.
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FRANK LAMB
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Princess Cassy Chapel
displays some of her art work.
doctor per 2,000 people. Dr.
Roger Rosenblatt from the
Seattle office, Dr. Buhl, Corps
doctor in Fossil and James
Kronenberg, representing the
Oregon Medical Assn., stress
ed the figure of three doctors
for 6,000 people was a more
realistic figure. "Doctors now
are afraid to work alone,"
stated Kronenberg. Thus,
those present felt that a three
county approach to obtaining
a team of medical people w as
the direction to follow. (
Margaret Ross, Oregon
State Health Division rep
resentative, explained the
nurse practitioner to the
group. She said a nurse
practitioner is a registered
nurse with additional training
in dealing more directly with
the public. The nurse
practitioner works under a
doctor, although that doctor
may be based in another
county or town. The nurse
practitioner plans and insti
tutes health care programs in
the community, provides pre
fold of agriculture
"Freshly cut corn or alfalfa
can be made into pellets after
being put through our dehy
drator. The end product can
be easily stored until needed
by the farmer, usually in the
late fall or winter months, and
the space required to store the
pellets is relatively small
when compared with bales of
hay," stated Lamb.
Although Eastern Oregon
Farms is new to Morrow
County, having started in 1971,
the name 'lamb' has been
connected with agriculture
since 1950.
Frank Lamb was speaking
ventative care and health
maintenance services, man
ages acute and chronic ill
nesses, referring patients to
other health personnel or
agencies. In general, this
professional coordinates
health care in the community.
Nurse practitioners are also
available through the National
Health Service Corps.
Requests to the Corps for
medical personnel are made
by the community or area
wishing help. Gainey stated it
would be at least a year, at the
earliest, before doctors might
be available for the. three
county area. Persons serving
with the Corps serve for a two
year period. It is hoped that
they would remain in the area,
although in the case of Condon
and Fossil, both Corps doctors
have indicated they will be
leaving at the end of their tour
duty. Gainey further stressed
that obtaining doctors through
the Corps is not the only
answer but obtaining doctors
through the program could act
of his father and uncle.
Recently, Frank and his
cousin Robert Lamb started
farming in Eastern Oregon
near Boardman, forming Eas
ern Oregon Farms.
As a result the Lamb family
is proud to be involved in the
agri-business in the Northern
part of the county, as "We are
happy to be farming in
Eastern Oregon," said Lamb.
At present we are striving
toward four goals, namely to
gain experience, to build a
name for ourselves, and to
establish markets for our
products in various countries
of the world. "Only after these
three goals have been achiev
ed will we strive to gain our
niche in farming," he said.
Eastern Oregon Farms is
owned by the Lamb family
with a few stockholders, and
they recently purchased 12,000
acres of land from the Shell
Oil Company." The plans for
Shell changed, the land was
just sitting there, so we
purchased it," said Lamb.
Presently they are irrigat
ing 54 circles, each containing
130 acres.
Most of the land under
irrigation is planted in alfalfa,
corn, potatoes, with a cover
crop on the remaining acre
age. Some of the acreage will
be planted later this year for
next years harvest.
"Many people are under the
impression that we are in a
joint venture with Sabre
Farms, however, all we own
jointly is the pier, which
provides water from the
Columbia River," remarked
Lamb.
Once the water is pumped
from the Columbia, we use our
own pumps and Sabre Farms
have theirs. The water is
pumped from the river at low
Real love for horses
Princess 'mainstreet cowgirl'
"I have wanted to be on the
rodeo court for as long as I can
remember.", maintains
Princess Cassy Chapel. Her
dream is evidenced in a
picture taken when she was no
more than three or four and
she was the "best-dressed
cowgirl" in the rodeo parade
and proudly informed her
folks she had the "best cow
pony in the whole county."
"This summer," she says, "is
one I'll always remember."
"I'm the only 'main street
cowboy' on the court.",
Cassy admits with a grin. She
and her mother, Delsie
Chapel, live in lone. Their
trailer house is on the edge of
town, so Cassy can have'
pasture for her horse Iona
El-Jazz-Bar. The horse was
the last gift her father, the late
Blaine Chapel, gave to his
horse loving daughter.
She and her horse are close
friends. Says Cassy, "My
horse is a good listener, she
can't talk back. When I want
to get away we have a special
hill to ride to."
Horses seem destined to
always play a part in Cassy's
life but they will take a back
seat for four years while she
attends Eastern Oregon
College at La Grande. She
as a catalyst to interest other
doctors to come to the area.
When asked, Dr. Wolff of
Heppner, said he felt the
Heppner area could support
three or four doctors.
Dr. William Fisher, from
the Family Practice Depart
ment of the University of
Oregon Medical School, stated
every means of obtaining a
doctor should be explored. He
said that a recruiter from the
community would be welcom
ed to talk to the students in the
Family Practice program at
the school.
Judge Andrew Leckie from
Wheeler county and Judge
James Burns from Gilliam
County came for the meeting.
The citizens' committee work
ing to recruit doctors will be
joined by representatives
from Condon and Fossil at a
meeting Wednesday, July 31,
at 8:00 p.m. in the Judge's
office to further study the
procedure for drawing up a
plan for the three counties.
progress
pressure and it becomes
pressurized after passing
through three pumping sta
tions making it usable for
irrigation. The water is car
ried through 54 inch pipes and
then reduced at the pumping
stations to smaller pipes.
The overhead sprinklers are
controlled in clusters rather
than individually and we
presently have 19 control
points controlling the 54 cir
cles with ail but 9 or 10 in
productive operation at this
time.
"Some of the alfalfa will not
be harvested until next year,
and will serve as a cover crop
for this year," said Lamb.
Presently 100 per cent of the
alfalfa used in making pellets
is being purchased from
farmers in the area, "In the
future we plan to produce 60-80
percent of our own crop and as
soon as the market steadies,
we can expand the present
mill," said Lamb.
A few years ago much of the
land in the area could have
been purchased for dry land
farming from $4 to $10 per
acre, now with water on the
land the current market is
from $150 to $200 per acre, a
high price for specialty crops.
Joyce Bergstrom, Morrow
County assessor, confirmed
the statement by saying, "The
market value of land in the
county has increased by 31
million dollars, most of it due
to farming in the northern
part of the county."
Guest speaker at the Cham
ber of Commerce's next
meeting will be the 1974
Harvest Queen and her court
from Boardman. The court is
comprised of Queen Denise
Henkle, and Princesses
Debbie and Etta Lou
Christ ianson.
1 plans to major in elementary
education, minoring in music.
Then she dreams of raising
horses on the ranch owned by
she and her mother four miles
from Hardman on Rood
Canyon. In there someplace
she hopes to stick in a year of
rodeoing.
The Rood Canyon ranch is
presently rented by William
Rill, whom Cassy fondly
nicknames her "big brother"
because he has helped her out
so much this summer in her
travels with the court. An
other traveler in the group is
her thirteen year old brother
Frank Engleman, who must
be very proud of his sister.
When Princess Cassy leaves
lone this fall, she will be
. missed by many. She has been
, very active in her community
, sharing her talents and
leadership abilities. Many
people feel that she is, in some
way, their girl and they are
justly proud of the outstanding
young woman she is.
Outstanding among her
achievements was the Odd
Fellows sponsored United
Nations Pilgrimage for Youth
trip to the United Nations in
New York, won last year. This
year she was awarded the
Soroptomist's citizenship
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Vol. 91, No. 24
Further action needed
Senate committee
approves dam
A full Senate sub-committee
on Public Works approved
construction of Willow Creek
Dam, last Thursday, accord
to reports from Senator Mark
Hatfield's office.
The measure will now go to
the Senate floor, where Sena
tor Hatfield expects passage
of the measure by unanimous
consent of the full Senate, as a
roll call vote will not be
needed.
Final decision could pos
sibly be reached within a few
weeks by the Senate and the
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award, Cardinal Club scholor
ship and the "I Dare You
Award" both in high school
and 4-H.
Music is big with Princess
Cassy. She plays the piano and
the alto saxaphone. She has
played in the school band ever
since fifth grade. When she
participated in "Music in
May" at Pacific Univer
sity in Forest Grove last year,
she was chosen to play in the
saxaphone quartet. Cassy has
sung in the high school chorus
as well as her church's choir.
Her junior year she helped
direct the Junior High band,
She was awarded the out
standing band member this
year.
Cassy graduated as a mem
ber of National Honor Society.
She was editor of the year
book this year. She lettered all
four years in volley ball and
was an active member of
G.A.A. Her junior year she
was class secretary.
She has been active in 4-H
clubs for nine years. Her
projects are horse, sewing,
skiing and Empire Builders.
Her outstanding projects have
been sewing and of course
horse, winning county medals
in both. Mrs. Chapel says
Cassy is a perfectionist when
Heppner, Ore., Thursday, August 1, 1974
measure would then go to the
House for their approval.
Once approved by the House,
construction can be author
ized. "This should be good news
for the people of Heppner,"
said the Senator's office, "as
they have been behind this
project for a long time, only to
be faced with one obstacle
after another during the past
years."
During the engineering and
design studies, the Corp. of
Engineers had to modify the
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she sews and the fact comes to
light at fair time. She has to
her record a championship in
intermediate style revue and
overall reserve grand champ
ionship in that competition.
Her horse Fuzz Button has
won her a trophy.
Cassy's leadership abilities
and fondness for working with
children have been practiced
in 4-H. She started out as a
camper at 4-H camp and for
the last three years has been a
counselor. She attended 4-H
Summer School at Oregon
State University for two years
and would like to go one more
time. For the past three years
she has been a Jr. Leader for
Linda LaRue's horse club.;.
She has other activities in
the community too. A past
worthy advisor of Rainbow
Girls, she has been a member
since she was 12 years old. She
holds the Grand Cross of
Colors degree for her
assembly.
Princess Cassy is a member
of Willows Grange in lone. She
has taught first through the
third grades of Sunday school
at the United Church of Christ
in lone. In her free moments
she finds time of help with the
senior citizens dinner in lone,
square dance, swim and
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project, changing the dimen
sions of the dam. Once the
dimensions were changed re
authorization of the project by
Congress became necessary.
"Hatfield, the ranking Re
publican on the Senate Public
Works appropriations Com
mittee, had given the con
struction of the Willow Creek
Dam, a high priority ever
since he has taken office, and
he has been instrumental in
gaining much of the pre-con-struction
funding in the past,"
his office said.
Kastern
collect cups and saucers.
Cassy's love for horses
stands out. She began showing
in the Wrangler's Horse show
when she, was four or five.
Last year she won overall
reserve champion with her
mare. Rodeos and horses are
in her blood. Two years ago
she was queen of the Spray
rodeo. Her real mother, the
late Ida Lee Engleman, was
on the Spray court in 1953 and
on the Heppner court in 1951.
Cassy has been a penant
bearer on the Heppner Court
for three years.
Mrs. Chapel says that what
Cassy has done she has done
by herself because she has had
too. Cassy is one young
woman willing to dream
dreams and has the deter
mination to make them come
true.
Her immediate dream is
that lots of people will turn out
for her dance Saturday night
and dance to the music of the
Muddy Creekers from
Condon. "I'm inviting every
one and their dog. or horse."
exclaims Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo Princess Cassv
Chapel.
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Hatfield introduced the bill
and it was referred to the
Senate sub-committee last
May. At that time City
Engineer. Steve Anderson and
Orville Cutsforth, appeared in
Washington D.C. to testify in
favor of constructing the dam.
The Corp. of Engineers were
also present at the hearing
and they testified as to why
the dam had been changed,
making re-authorization nec
essary. Oregon Grain Fields.