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' 3 g V V SW-W'-i-i 4''- ' 'Is i i ii r si I! i' ; ' Balverslty of Oregon Eugene Or 97403 Hi Low Pre. Wed.,Jun.28 86 58 ',: Thurs., Jun. 29 81 56 .03 y" Fri.,Jun.30 81 58 1 Sal., Jul. 1 81 54 50 V Sun., Jul. 2 74 48 50 rV Mon..Jul.3 70 55 02 Free. June 1.04 The Heppner Weather by Don Gilliam jrID ii ii HL ii n gvi 1 ic Morrow County's Award-Winning Weekly Newspaper Normal 1.40 1977 .34 VOL. 96 NO. 27 HEPPNER, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1978 12 PAGES 20c Rick Peterson of lone rides thermal draft over McNab rangeland, as he practices for , upcoming national hang gliding competition. See story and more photos on page 3. Foster homes needed for 3 Morrow children Foster homes are needed for three children in Morrow County, a girl age four and two boys ages three and two, according to Bill Sheirbon, caseworker for the Children's Services Division in HeDpner. "These kids are brothers and sister and we would like to keep them together if possible," said Sheirbon. New monthly payment rates for family foster care are now in effect, as follows: children 0-5 years, $132 per month; children 6-13, $154 per month; children 14-21, $209 per month. "The need for foster families in Morrow County is with us constantly, but finding a home for these kids is an immediate concern," said Sheirbon. "It's much better to "keep the children here than ship them off to another area, so we can work to re-unite the family." Interested persons should contact Children's Services Division, South Main Street, Heppner, Phone 676-9121. lone teenager shot ; no charges yet filed A 16-year-old lone youth, Alan Lee Roberts, was the victim of a single wound from a small caliber handgun about 10:30 p.m. Thursday, June 29. Morrow County Sheriff Larry Fetsch said Roberts was on private property between Main Street and Highway 74 when the incident occurred. The single bullet entered the boy's chest near his right shoulder. Fetsch said the bullet was removed and Roberts was released to his home, where he is reportedly "doing fine". A suspect in the shooting, LaVerne (Pete) Hams, 57, of lone was questioned in regards to the incident. No arrests have been made or citations issued, pending further investigation, according to Fetsch. Fetsch said his office would finish the investigation as soon as possible and would turn the information over to District Attorney Dennis D. Doherty, who had no comment at this time. U 17 for Harold Holtz Whenever thunderheads boil over the rolling Morrow County wheatland, and thun der echoes through the rocky guillies, flash floding becomes a distinct possibility. That possibility became re ality in a portion of the Eightmile area southwest of lone last Thursday. Rancher Harold Holtz had seen the thunderclouds and felt a brief sprinkling of rain while working in the fields that afteroon. At the time, he said, he didn't feel the weather was much to be concerned about. When he returned to his home, which is fronted by a normally bone-dry gully, his son was moving the ranch's trucks up a slight grade and parking them, so rainwater could drain out. A flood was not expected, just the possibi lity of some more rainfall. .... ... :" ' XAfV As it turned out, the boy's efforts may have saved the vehicles from destruction. "Just after he finished moving them, I saw a big wall of water coming down the gully," said Holtz, who esti mated the floodwave's depth at about four feet. "It was a strange sight," added his wife, Irene, "There were weeds and junk rolling around in front of it. ..you'd have to see it to know how strange it looked." The Holtzes retreated to their home, and watched as the water swirled around a combine parked in front of the shop. The water pushed the combine about 50 feet down stream before it came to rest. "Luckily, it was left out of gear, whithout the brake set. If it had been in gear, it would have been rolled over for sure," said Holtz. 1l Sumner recount fails to alter primary vote A recount effort by Rep. Jack Sumner, D-Heppner, to regain his party's nomination for District 55's seat in the Oregon House of Representa tives, failed to turn up any new votes in his favor. Slate elections officials con ducted the recount late last week of four Heppner pre cincts and two precincts in Condon. In the precincts in question, Sumner lost by substantial margins . during the May primary. Morrow County and Gilliam County poll officials on Mon day confirmed that as a result of the recount, all votes remained unchanged. Sumner, a long-term mem ber of the House, a member of the Ways and Means Commit tee and the Executive Board, lost to political newcomer Chuck Bennet of Gates during the May primary. Bennett won the Democratic nod for the House seat by a 2,490 to 2,366 margin. I rh sit sxnr jt Clll f family of Holtz and Al Winkleman had been overhauling the com bine's engine before the flood struck. Many of the engine parts were swept away. Win kleman waited out the flood in the shop with a family dog, doing his best to hold a sliding door shut in an attempt to keep out the water. Winkleman's car had been parked between the combines and the shop, which prevented it from being swept down stream. However, its engine was covered by the muddy runoff. The water swept away all the ranch's corrals, then made a mudly island out of the barn. A horse, recently acquired in California, was up to its belly in the floodwater inside the barn. Another horse suffered superficial cuts from the debris. A horse trailer was Doctor search committee drive moves into full swing in Morrow County It's two communities searching for three doctors now in Morrow County and a full-scale effort is underway. At a meeting last Thursday in the Courthouse, 22 persons from throughout the county gathered to plan a campaign that would attract doctors to county -owned clinics in Hepp ner and Boardman. Residents 1 of north Morrow County have been searching for a doctor for the past several months and with the recent announcement that Heppner would be losing two of its physicians, the search for doctors became a ' county-wide necessity. Kent Goodyear, appointed chairman of the Morrow County Doctor Search Com mittee by Judge D.O. Nelson, opened the meeting with comments stressing the ur gency of locating physicians for the two communities and appointed committees to carry out and prepare for special efforts. The committee decided to look into a two-fold approach that would include finding temporary physicians to ser vice the communities while attempting to attract doctors that would want to establish a permanent practice here. Alice Bartlett of Boardman, who has been a driving force behind the search for a doctor there, told the group that the Health Service and Research Institute of Salt Lake City had a program through which communities could contract for doctors either for long term or short term situations. A representative of the Institutue will be arriving at the airport in Lexington Thursday, July 6 to inform the committee of what his organi zation has to offer. A luncheon meeting will be held at the West of Willow Restaurant. "We have to do everything we can to reduce the amount of lag time between August and the time we get doctors here in the community," commented Mark Murray, vice-chairman of the commit tee. Heppner physicians Rich ard Carpenter and Joseph H. Diehl have said they will discontinue their practice here as of August 1. lone swept from the parking" area around the barn, receiving a number of dents in the pro cess. Runoff flooding reached as high as the curbing along the Holtz home's front lawn, but failed to enter the residence. "I thought I was behind (in his work) before this hap pened," said Holtz, who indi cated that the flood damage will probably set back his ' harvest a week or so. "Some thing like this always seems to happen at the busiest time of the year.. .As dry as this valley is, you'd never think there was this much water." "In a way, it makes you feel like sitting down and crying," said Mrs. Holtz. "But that woulan t do any good.. .Be sides, it could have been worse. One of the kids could have been down in the creek when it hit." In addition to working with a placement agency for locating temporary doctors, the com mittee discussed what ap proach should be taken to find permanent medical staff for Morrow County. It is expected to cost at least $3,000 a month for an interim . physician, with all patient fees collected during that time being used to off set the cost of paying the doctor. The committee decided that promises of financial help were not to be considered in attracting new doctors, with the exception of the two clinics that would be rented to them for a nominal monthly amount. "We need to sell the community to the doctors... make them want to come here to establish a practice," commented one member of the audience. The group decided to con tact all physician placement services both those that charge a fee and those that don't and in addition, will advertise in as many trade journals and magazines as possible. A brochure will be prepared , to send to prospective doctors and a hospitality committee was formed to meet with prospective doctors here and where they are located. The search committee will also send a delegation to Portland Saturday, July 15 for a luncheon and reception sponsored by the Oregon Medical Association for all newly licensed Oregon physi cians. A booth will be set up at . the luncheon and interested doctors will be able to discuss the situation in Morrow County with members of the delegation. Also discussed by the com munity was why the present doctors are leaving. Many reasons were speculated on, including continuing educa tion, the combination of being a rural area and the workload involved, facilitites for health care, and dissatisfaction with peers. The committee felt that they should be prepared to answer that question for prospective doctors. Committee officers are: . ..-1.T ' '- ' ' " - s - '-i -J - ; . 1 I - - - - - . - ' ----- . : , ... 1 t, S , I 1 ..... . ,...,.,' . ., ., . . M...i.... ... I w- . . ... Sfca ... .. ... .. ,. rv. . .. - ' , l- - "" , -, f l v--t ? I ( ' ' " -v, , . . . - ij "" "IV"" fr- i in ' i .J 1 i I 1 ' f - ' i ", ii,i i t m""" ; i " 'I J ' , ' , v- . : Wash out Kent Goodyear, chairman, 676-5040; Mark Murray, vice chairman, 422-7494; Pat Wright, secretary, 989-8256 or 989-8169; Larry Mills, treas urer and fund raising commit tee, 676-5546 evenings, 989-8221 days. Committee assignments are: Alice Bartlett, Dick Sargent, Don Cole and Sheri dan Tarnasky, social commit tee; Terry Hager and Jim Swanson, public relations: Pat Wright, Loa McEIIigott, WW Funds are sought in search for doctors in county Council votes to outlaw band concerts from park Heppner City Council Mon day voted to outlaw bands from playing in the city park, and refused to donate an antique City Hall clock to the county museum. The move to ban musicians from inpromtu concerts in the park followed a rash of complaints over noise from residents of adjacent homes. The city already has noise and nuisance ordinances on the books, but Police Chief Dean Gilman indicated that he felt a specific rule regarding the park was necessary. Councilman Hubert Wilson Flood debris, including remnants of a washed-out corral remain piled in front of water damaged barn at Harold Holtz ranch. Flash flood struck the Eightmile area northwest of lone last Thursday. Dan Sweeney, correspon dence. A complete list of commit tee members follows and persons that have information or ideas are urged to call anyone on the committee. Cheryl Amnions, 481-4160; Alice Bartlett 481-5505; forest Burkenbine 676-9690 Home 676-9614 Bus.; Bob Byrnes 676-9133; Don Cole 676-9425 or 676-9128; Liz Curtis 676-9454; Kent Goodyear 676-5040, Terry The Morrow County Doctor Search Committee is currently launching a fund-raising campaign to help finance the effort that will ultimately attract three new physicians to Heppner and Boardman. Larry Mills, chairman of the fund raising committee, said a group of persons will begin contacting business and industry for help but he added, "We need an all-out effort from the individuals in the community to raise the funds we need." "Every dollar and ten-dollar donation will really help defray the costs of mailing, advertising and brochures that we need if we're going to attract competent physicians," continued Mills. The committee has about $600 left in the treasury from the last time the Heppner community tried to attract doctors. The committee hopes to raise several thousand dollars to meet their needs this time around. Persons wanting to make donations to the Morrow County Doctor Search Committee should send them to the Bank of Eastern Oregon in care of the committee. introduced a measure that would have turned over pos session of an antique, double wind City Hall clock to the Morrow County Museum. On ly Wilson voted for the clock's donation, with council mem ber Cliff Green voting against the measure, and Larry Mills and Caroline Cole abstaining. The council voted to enter into an urban growth joint management agreement with Morrow County, for adopting future zoning and planning rules for the area immediately outside the Heppner city limits. Hager 676-9228; Bill Helphin stine 676-9187 Bus. or 676-9439 Home; Homer Hughes 989 8474 ; Margaret Jorgensen 922-3357; Frederick Martin 422-7142; Larry Mills 676-5546 Home or 989-8221 Bus. ; Mark Murray 422-7492; D.O. Nelson 676-9775 Home or 676-9233 Bus.; Dick Sargeant 676-9961; Jim Swanson 422-7162; Dan Sweeney 676-9962; Pat Swee ney 676-9226; Sheridan Tar nasky 676-5059 Home or 676 5133 Bus.; Wallace Wolff 676-9250; Pat Wright 989-8256. In another development, the council voted to move forward with condemnation proced ings on a vacant house owned by Melvin Moyer near the corner of May and Chase Streets. Councilman Mills initiated a discussion on implementing a previously adopted policy that the municipal planning com mission chairmanship be ro tated among commission members. City Mananger Marshall Lovgren was asked to expedite the policy of rotating the commission's leaders.
