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A bare necessities tax levy was approved
by the voters of Heppner Monday. 172 138.
It was the city's second go-around with the
levy outside the six per cent limitation. The
approved levy adds $32,138 "to the city's
budget.
If the city voters would have balked at this
second levy, taxpayers would have had to
settle for the Heppner tax base of $39,137. For
an example of this total, Blue Mountain
Community College's tax base at least
doubles Heppners.
The first levy brought before Heppner
voters was for $93,866 outside the six per cent
limitation. The budget committee pared that
amount over $00,000 to the now approved
$32,138.
When they shaved that sum, budget
committee members called the new levy "far
below that which would be necessary to
maintain any resemblance to the present levy
of city services; that the city is growing in
population; that costs of unexpanded services
are increasing by more than six per cent each
year; and that the pared budget was probably
inadequate to maintain city solvency and
fiscal responsibility."
The lk-ppner city council approved raising
water rates last week to raise an additional
$21,600. Swimming pool rates were doubled.
The city will not get as much federal
assistance this year, financially. This year's
revenue sharing monies total $16,925,
compared to $35,704 from last year.
The total operational budget was $309,446.
With the approved levy, the total budget will
be $348,584. This new increase will provide the
city with more money for street department
employees, street paving, a part time police
clerk and the city's share towards maintain
ing a night dispatcher on conjunction with the
sheriff's office.
Gov. Straub
to visit Tuesday
Gov. Bob Straub will visit Heppner
Tuesday, meeting with local officials and
citizens, and then tour Kinzua Corp. later in
the day.
Straub's town hall visit Tuesday will be held
at noon in the Heppner High School
auditorium.
Aloi.g with Heppner. the governor will visit
Hood River, The Dalles, Pendleton, Milton
Freewater and the Hermiston-Uniatilla area
on his two day. June 21-23 tour.
Since entering office, Straub has visited
with Oregonians in 18 counties throughout the
state.
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Heppner, OR, Thursday, fty-1, 1976
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Respiratory therapist
receives certification
The City of Heppner has a
certified breathing specialist.
Craig Cooley received his
certification from the Ameri
can Certification Board for
respiratory therapy this week.
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CRAIG COOLEY
Cooley has been actively
employed at Pioneer Memo-,
rial Hospital here since Jan. I.
There are two bourds for
certification. Cooley said a
national and an American
board. He was required to
pass one of two board tests. He
has not yet received word on
the National certification.
Cooley is employed in a
rather new field. Respiratory
therapy is about seven years
old. according to Cooley, but
new progress is Iwing made
every day.
Ureal lung is a very essential
part nf living and Cooley
knows just alsiut everything
when it comes to that.
At Pioneer Memorial, he
has such tasks as performing
elcclro-curdmgrams on the
heart, oxygen therapy, pul
monary function tests, and
croup test therapy for infants
and pediatrics.
He will also head up any
emergency rescusitalion
teams for cmphasema and
asthma, chronic diseases.
His oxygen therapy and
pulmonary function tests are
much like the breathmobile
that will come through Hepp
ner Wednesday but his work is
more advanced.
Cooley is working on pros
pects of obtaining a blood gas
analyzer to determine am
ounts of PH in the blood. He
said this information was
valuable to doctors lor diag
nosis Cooley trained at the Uni
versity of Oregon medical
school hospital after stints at
Blue .Mountain Community
iinil Ml. Hood Community
Colleges.
The 25 year-old has been in
resprilory therapy for four
vears. He lives in Heppner,
with his wife Valarie and his
two children. Carrie, four and
Curtis, three.
Morrow Couniy premium
books note two additions
The 1976 Morrow County
Premium Books were mailed
this weekend. .Recipients of
the books are invited to study
them and plan to exhibit at the
1976 fair. Aug 24 27.
The entire schedule for both
the fair and rodeo, which
extends through August 29 is
Included In the book.
Anyone who did not receive
book but would like one can
stop by the Extension Offices
in Irrigon or Heppner or call
Ui Curtis, liTfi !M.'.4
Exhibitors w ill note two new
additions lo the open class
section of the book. A trophy is
to be awarded to the Im-sI
exhibit in each of 10 depart
ments in the open class section
of the fair. They are Ix-ef.
awarded by Sabre Farms;
sheep Western Fmpire; poul
Irv and rabbits Sabre Farms;
AAcCabe
"good"
Laurie McCabe, a
ITyearold Heppner
girl, was listed In
good condition Tues
day al Kadlec Hos
pital In Richland. She
has been at Kadlec
ince June 7 fol
lowing a one car ac
cident. Sunday mor
ning. June 8.
According to her
mother, Mary Jenn
McCabe, Uurie has
shown encouraging
signs. She has some
movement, accord
ing to Mrs. McCain'
but is still partially
paralyzed.
She suffered frac
tured vertebrae In
the accident near
Ruggs, The car Miss
McCiiIm' was in failed
to negotiate a curve
live miles south of
Rungs, flipped end
over end and came lo
rest on its lop All
Ihrce passengers in
the front seal were
thrown from the car.
Mrs. McCain' said
there were plans lo
move Iuric lo Good
Samaritan Hospital
in Portland In two
weeks She is in a
striker frame right
now. a Irailion tie-
in'
other commercial crops
Sabre Farms; fruits and veg
etables John and Ann Prag;
flowers Heppner Garden Club
home economics Kaslern Ore
gon Farms; Arts, cralts and
collections Oregon Potato
Inc . children's corner Lind
sey Ranch; and teen corner-J-S
Ranch
Hum year's fair will see the
addition of competition for
commercial potato growers as
descrilied on page 24. DO.
Nelson is in charge of the
exhibit and is responsible for
its development. The Blue Ml.
Potato Council is awarding a
serial Irophy for Ihe cham
pion exhibit In Ihe competi
tion. Entrants In Ihe (pen Class
Horse Show. Friday, Augusl
27. should note than an
English Equitation class and a
winking hunter hack class
have hi-cn added. To speed up
this year's show there will be
I wo Judges and two rings
running simultaneously.
The second Annual Family
Fun Night, including a picture
of entertainer Marly Davis. Is
featured on page two.
One correction should be
noted Page M. titled Child
ren's Corner should have also
said Teen Coiner. This is
noted in smaller print under
Ihe heading. There Is a Tern
(Continued on Pag 7)
Tucked away in the rim-rock canyons of
Kck Creek, lives a pretty cowgirl that could
probably gentle maverick cattle with her
smile as well as a horse and rope.
Morrow County can boast of Patricia Van
Schoiack's good looks and personable altitude
when they start to talk about this year's
Queen of the 1976 fair and rodeo.
Patricia lives with her family. Bob and
Kattie her parents and three brothers and
ihrce sisters about 23 miles wesl ol Heppner.
deep on the canyon road to ljmerock.
A trip to the Van Schoiack ranch reveals
rolling lulls, mountain sides and trickling
creeks, inhabited by all kinds of Morrow
County wildlife.
The scene is serene and Patricia likes it
that way. She uses the ranch, now, for a
weekend recluse between busy weekdays at
Blue Mountain Community College and weeks
uh.ii weeks of fair and rodeo parades and
upiiearances in Ihe summer.
Trisha. as she is often called, has In years ol
4 II exH-rience behind her now. She was a
member of the Gooseberry Livestock Club
Her two olilest brothers. Bill, 18 and Dan Hi
along will) sisters Kathleen 13, Marie 14. and
Anne 12 still In-long to the club.
Little brother Mike, age six. well. Trisha
jus) calls him a "holy terror" and watches
him skidaddlo through the fields wh le her
brothers move inigation pipe.
Her weekend retreats lo the rancl. i ren't
filled with lackadaisical day dreami. a and
napping. She is E'ill included as an integral
part of Ihe family ard thai means WORK.
As Ihe oldest child in her family, she is still
called upon as the main cowhand and uses her
vears ol horse experience on Ihe ranch as an
asset .
Along with Ihe fall round up of mountain
grazing cattle. Patricia also doubles as the
ocrator of a hay -baler, mover of irrigation
pix and basic ranch hand feeding and caring
nl animals.
All her work doesn't involve just ranching.
She is an expert seamstress and is presently
working on a blouse thai she will wear in
court apix-arances.
She sews most of her own clothes and has
worn some ol her work in appearances
already.
An avid cook, she says banana bread is her
favorite hut she can whip up about any kind of
cake or cookie your lasle buds favor in a
matter of minutes.
This year Patricia attended Blue Mountain
Community College in Pendlelon. living there
during Ihe'week and taking the 90 miles plus
trip home on weekends.
Lasl vear she received a certificate in
general business at BMCC and al Ihe end o'
July this summer, she will graduate from
the college as a licensed practical nurse
U.PNI She plans lo work at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital this summer and poss
Iblv through the fall.
Future plans are too far away right
now.
Royally isn't anything new to the Van)
Sihoiaek family. Mother Kattie was a
number of Ihe court in 1950 and was the
queen in 1952. She knows what work it entails
miprn and as motner.
pne of Ihe stipulations Involved with the
court. Is that a parent must be able to haul
around horses and other paraphernalia for
the queen and princesses.
Kattie is jil aa busy as her daughter this
summer. Every week through Ihe fair and
even after In September are chuck full of
appearances In rodeos, parades, dances and
festivals.
Queen Patricia will be honored this
Saturday in her own dance, June 19 at the
Morrow County Fair Pavilion.
Patricia, standing a slender 57" with grey
eyes and shoulder length dark brown hair,
w III ride "Ivan" In Ihe parade this year. Ivan,
a seven venr old with "loo much thorough-
Queen Patricia enjoys
Rock Creek serenity
bn-il ha been with Patricia through her
roiil' vears.
member of Ihe Northwest Rodeo Asso
i i.i ion. Patricia is still an active member of
the Wranglers and enjoys competing in jack
pit rodeos in the area.
Her specialties are barrel racing, steer
dobbing and goat tying.
The 1974 graduate of Heppner High School
has to relv on her family for support as well as
constant help. When she doesn't have the
lime, sisters are willing to help with her
chon-s.
Patricia Van Schoiack enjoys her life in the
Rock Creek serenity. She is the Morrow
Con.: v Fair and Rodeo Queen and Morrow
Coin xliould be proud of that.
197S Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Queen
Micki Hoskens will crown Patricia Van
Schoiack as this year's fair and rodeo queen
at the coronation exercise. Saturday, at 8
p.m. in the county fair pavilion.
The coronation ceremonies w ill be followed
by the coronation dance at 9 p.m., featuring
music by Mirage.
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