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A flurry of end-of-the-week
activity brought the adminis
trative board of Pioneer
Memorial Hospital its long
awaited Certificate of Need,
which cleared the path for the
board to pursue funding al
ternatives for hospital expan
sion. The Certificate was granted
following a May 27 meeting
with the State Health Com
mission in Portland.
Library moves
for volunteers
Faced with the prospect of a
financial shut-out from both
the county and the city bud
gets, the governing board of
the Heppner Library Associa
tion has moved to continue
library service through volun
teer help and donations.
Board Chairman Ed Struth
ers called the move "a step
backwards," but said it was
necessary for "an interim
period until long-range stable
financing is available."
Struthers said the best op
tion for the eventual financing
appears to be the formation of
a library district. But, he said,
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Marguerite Glavey, Heppner. Many former and present residents enjoyed looking through the
building and admiring the authentic old furnishings and materials displayed there. The
building was dedicated at a Bicentennial event of July 4, 1976.
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Hospital Administrator
Uene Wyman said the meeting
was the third in a series of
conferences which followed
the original application sub
mitted in January. Earlier
steps included meetings with a
state Review Team and the
Hospital Siting Advisory Com
mittee. A similarly-tied application
by Good Shepherd Hospital in
because of the legal pro
cedures and red tape involved,
"we could be looking at nine
months."
Tentative board discussions
indicate the most feasible
boundaries for the library
district would follow existing
voter precincts. lone would be
excluded from the district
since the city already operates
its own library.
"If we could get it (the
district) formed, the tax rate
would be less than 10 cents per
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Hermiston, forced the Pioneer
board to reverse its original
intention of completing a
feasibility study before seek
ing the Certificate.
The board was told if its
application was submitted
after the Hermiston request,
chances of approval would
have been greatly reduced.
Now that the Certificate is
secured, Wyman said the
board will proceed with the
time consuming feasibility
study.
"We were completely re
stricted without the Certifi
cate," Tri-County Health Di
rector Bob Ewell said. "We
couldn't so much as build a
door."
With the Certificate in hand,
the board can now explore
various options for funding
construction. Plans call for
moving 20 acute-care beds
into a new wing, leaving the
vacated space for a badly
needed 12-bed nursing area.
Also, the board plans to move
the nursery into the hoped-for
addition, leaving room for ex
pansion of the laboratory
area.
As for the funding, District
Attorney Dennis Doherty is
now looking into the procedure
for changing the present ar
rangement to a district hos
pital concept. Currently, the
hospital is tied to the purse
strings of the County Court,
which leaves a tight squeeze
for expansion funding.
Trucfr mi'smp
Friday
An Eastern Oregon Logging truck bound for the Kinzua Mill
with a load of lumber to be planed, overturned on the
Heppner hill about three miles outside of town. Both the
tractor and the trailer overturned when the back load of
lumber shifted. The driver, Ed Kendall, Spray, was treated
for minor injuries at Pioneer Memorial Hospital.
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VOL. 94, NO. 22
fee3 COMInltfy
As of the Tuesday official
deadline, three letters of ap
plication for the Morrow
County judgeship were on file
in the office of Ed Sullivan,
legal counsel to the governor.
..., The . search for , a replace-. -.
ment to the post began three
weeks ago following the resig
nation announcement of Judge
Paul Jones. The position will
be vacated by Jones effective
July 1.
W.W. Weatherford, D.O.
Nelson and Daniel Creamer
have ail filed applications.
Sullivan's office announced
that late entries will still be
considered through this week
before the names are for
warded to the governor for his
consideration and appoint
ment. Letters of recommendation
concerning any of the can
didates are also encouraged
and Sullivan's office reports
numerous letters from indi
viduals and groups are now on
file.
W.W. Weatherford, Hep
pner, submitted his letter of
application May 20. He has
campaigned for the position of
County Judge twice in the
past as a temporary Inde
pendent in 1970 and as a
Democrat in 1976.
Weatherford operated a cat
tle ranch in Morrow County
for more than 20 years and in
1972 became the proprietor of
the Heppner Laundromat. For
the past four years, he has
been a part-time employee of
the Morrow County School
District as a bus driver.
He is currently a director of
the Morrow County Historical
Society and helped in its
Bicentennial programs. Wea
therford has served on two
Morrow County School
Boards, has been a supporting
member of the Masonic
Lodge, the BPOE, the Tri
County Shrine Club and the
Morrow County Cattlemen.
"My loyalty to, and concern
about my county's govern
ment has not and will not let
down. I trust the citizens here
and because I am absolute in
my belief that public business
should be public knowledge, I
will plan to open the County
Court and other departments
to regular public exposure,"
Weatherford said.
"I am aware of the large
administrative and financial
problems facing this county in
its immediate future. I feel
qualified to meet the chal
lenge of leadership here," he
added.
D.O. Nelson, Heppner, a
30-year resident of the county,
made his application public
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soon after Jones announced
his resignation.
He is a current member and
past president of the Morrow
County Budget Committee,
past president of the county
The annual commencement
exercises in the Heppner High
gymnasium, May 26, at
tracted one of the largest
gatherings of the year here.
The 46-member class chose to
especially honor two teachers
they had enjoyed earlier in
their school years, Inez Mead
or and Alan Beck.
Class members who re
ceived awards were intro
duced by Principal Jim Bier
and others. Carl W. Troedson
grant-in-aid awards ($750
each) went to Darla Lynn
Cooper, Carl David Christ
man, Deborah Jo Anne Hol
land, Mark Phillip Sargent
and Christian Karl Rauch.
The Kinzua Corporation
Scholarship ($300) was award
ed Sharon Anne McCarl. Two
B.M.C.C. full-tuition scholar
ship grants went to Patti
Lucille Lott and Patricia Kay
Saling.
The Heppner Elks' Scholar
ship awards, first places, were
for Darla Cooper and Stephen
Charles McLaughlin, second
place, to Victoria Rae Ed
mundson. Elks' Leadership
awards were, first places, to
Deborah Holland and Stephen
McLaughlin and second place
to Darla Cooper. These
awards bring $150 to $250.
The Oregon Scholar Award
with a certificate from the
Governor was f gained by
Sharon McCarl. Nola Steers
Binschus and Sharon McCarl
were presented special tro
phies as class valedictorian
and salutatorian. Honor-student
plaques went to Lisa
Marie Burkenbine, Darla
Cooper and Victoria Edmund
son. "I Dare You" awards
were given Darla Cooper and
Mark Sargent. The Warren
Williams' Memorial awards
went to Katherine Bernice
Marshall and Carl Christman
($50 each). The large Jim
Barratt athletic trophy was
awarded to David Earl A1I
stott. The Oregon Dads' Club
awards went to Debbie Hol
land and Mark Sargent.
The blue-gowned graduates
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THURSDAY, JUNE 2. 1977
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School Board, has served on
the county Planning Commis
sion and is a past president of
the Morrow County Grain
Growers.
Nelson has been active in
(14 wearing gold Honor Soci
ety cords and the girls each
carrying a long-stemmed yel
low rose) were led by the
grand marshals to their places
on the stage. The evening's
invocation and benediction
were by Rev. Kenneth Miller
of All Saints' Episcopal
Church. Sharon McCarl de
livered the salutatory address
and Nola Binschus gave the
valedictory. Band instructor
Jim Ackley and his musicians
presented an Ackley composi
tion, "It's A New Beginning."
lone Principal Charles
Starr, who formerly taught
and coached football at Hep
pner, gave a friendly, humor
ous address which included
many references to his ex
periences with members of
the class. The class was
presented by County Supt.
Matt Doherty, assisted by
Counselor Vi Lanham, and
they received their diplomas
from School Board member
Irvin Rauch.
The class had chosen blue
and gold as its colors and a
yellow rose as its class flower.
The motto they selected was
"It's A New Beginning." Their
class advisors were Chris
Borgen and Duane Neiffer.
Class officers were: Presi
dent, Deborah Holland; Vice
President, Sally Matheny;
Secretary-Treasurer, Nola
Steers Binschus; and Ser-geant-at-arms,
Christian Karl
Rauch.
Students who were chosen to
help with the evening's cere
monies included: Grand Mar
shals Lori Turner and Mark
Huddleston; Candlelighters,
Lynne Gochnauer and Jerry
Cutsforth; Program Girls,
Janice Healy and Sally Sum
ner; Ushers, Ken Grieb,
James Wishart, Gordon Hoff
nagel, Sam Myers, Curtis
Sweek and Bruce Young.
All members of the Heppner
faculty, most of the directors
of the county school board
were included in the large
crowd attending. Most of the
viewers moved from the gym
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4-H leadership activities and
is now chairman of the county
Fair Committee.
The Democratic Central
Committee, which is chaired
by the incumbent judge,
into the school cafetorium to
congratulate the graduates
and to enjoy refreshments
arranged and served by the
school's faculty and staff.
lone
Auction
June 4
Excitement is building for
the 14th annual Auction and
Barbeque sponsored by the
United Church of Christ, to be
held June 4 at Willows Grange
Hall in lone.
Activities begin at 10 a.m.,
when the ringing cf the
cowbell signals the opening of
the Country Store. The store
offers hand-made sewing, fan
cy work, arts and crafts, used
but useful household articles,
home cooked foods such as
bread, rolls, sweet breads,
cakes, pies, jams and jellies.
Areas of special interest to
children will be the Fish Pond,
with 5 cents fishing; the Kid
die Korner, with toys, games,
puzzles, books, sporting
goods; and the Snack Shack,
which is open all day for
sno-cones and pop.
For the 14th consecutive
year, Don Winks will be
calling for the first bid on a
variety of new and used
articles at 10:30 a.m. Some
items of interest will be a 1951
ton Dodge pick-up, washer
and dryer, dishwasher, daven
port and chairs, bedroom set,
pop, ice cream and an authen
tic Australian boomerang.
Antique Alley and the Silent
Auction both have items of
interest to the antique col
lector. Some articles to be
auctioned off after lunch are a
curved glass oval picture, 2
old fashioned sewing ma
chines, 2 kitchen cabinets, an
elk head, a sad iron, an old
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recommended Nelson for the
soon-to-be-vacated post.
"I don't have any cut and
dried solutions until I get a
closer look at the problems,"
Nelson said.
"I think the county has been
fortunate not to go outside the
six per cent limitation, but
with all the services now
required, a new tax base may
be needed," he said.
The application of Daniel
Creamer, Irrigon, was receiv
ed by Sullivan's office this
week.
Creamer, now retired, ran
in last year's primary judge
ship election on the Repub
lican ticket. He is a member of
the county Planning Com
mission, the Boardman Clinic
Advisory Committee, the Hep
pner Elks and Boardman
Eagles.
Before
Creamer
his retirement,
was project man-
ager for the Pacific Inland
Navigation Co.
Now a registered Democrat,
Creamer said he wanted to
switch his party affiliation
before the primary, but was
obligated by law to remain on
the GOP ticket.
"Who wants to be a Repub
lican after Watergate?" he
asked.
On his reasons for applying
for the judgeship, Creamer
said, "Maybe staying within
the budget is not relevant in
the 1970's. Maybe more county
services would be better. I
want to be a judge for the
entire county, not just the
north end."
Creamer has cited the need
for a more efficient Sheriff's
Department and to better
inform the people on juvenile
crime issues. He advocates
stiffer penalties for repeat
juvenile offenders.
Weather
High Low Precip.
Wed.,
May 25 70 37 .03
Thurs.,
May 26 63 42 .26
FrI.,
May 27 62 36 T
Sat.,
May 28 63 33 .05
Sun.,
May 29 69 35
Mon.,
May 30 72 42
Tues.,
May 31 78 52
May precipitation 2.44. Nor
mal 1.34. 19761.16.