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The Heppner
Weather
by Don Gilliam
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Morrow County's Award-Winning Weekly Newspaper
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1977 .34
VOL. 96
NO. 27
HEPPNER, OREGON
THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1978
12 PAGES
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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,
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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.