The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 3, 1978 FIVE
Swim team posts win over
Hermiston, The Dalles
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Executive session to air hospital
woes set for tonight
Hospital Notes
The Heppner Swim Team
won a three-way home meet
'against "B" team from The
Dalles and Hermiston Mon
day, after placing last in a
three-way at Prineville on
Saturday.
Heppner racked up a total of
301 points during the home
meet, well ahead of second
place Hermiston at 181.5 and
last place The Dalles at 153.5.
Multiple first place wins
were logged by Kelly Berg
strom, who topped competi
tion among Il-12 girls in the
freestyle, breaststroke, back
stroke, and butterfly events;
Karen Kenny, who won the
freestyle and breastroke
events the 13-14 girls division;
and Shelley Biddle, with first
in the freestyle and butterfly.
Heppner will compete in a
district meet at Pendleton this
Saturday.
Heppner point winners in
Monday's home meet inclu
" ded:
MEDLEY RELAYS '
MO (iris
Heppner (H. Samples, A. Ball, S.
Sumner, S. Biddle; first
11-11 girls
Heppner second
n-12 boys
Heppner third
13 U girls
11-14 boys
Heppner first
Heppner first
Frtajyto
Eight and under boys (25 meter)
Duane Ball, first, 27.3; Kevin Curnutt,
second, 28
MO girls (SO meter)
Shelly Biddle, first, 55.9; Andrea Ball,
fourth, 59 3; Heidi Samples, fifth, 59.7; S.
Sumner sixth, 1:00.9
11-1 girls
K. Bergstrom, first 49.5; P. Orr, fourth,
1:04.1
11-12 boys
F. Gregg, third, 55 1; Cam Geroge,
fourth, 55 6; J. Mitchell, sixth, 1:01.4
13-14 girls
K. Kenny, first, 42.2; Judy Ward, second
44.4; Lottie Laughlin, third, 45.9; M.
Arbogast, fifth, 51 6; S. AAcAAhn, sixth,
53.7
15-17 boys
Scott McEwen, first, 42.4; Shane
Laughlin, third, 44.9; Jeff Orr, fifth,
57.1; J. Sumner, sixth, 1:00
Breaststroke
Eight and under boys ( JS meter)
K. Curnutt, fourth, 47.2; D. Ball, fifth,
54 4
f-10 girls
S. Biddle, second, 31.9; H. Samples,
third, 36.1; A. Ball, fourth, 34.2; S.
Sumner, sixth, 31.7
11-12 girts (50 meter)
K. Bergstrom, first, 1:04; P. Orr,
second, 1:20.2; D. Reid. third, 1:23.7
11-12 boys
C. George, first 1:09.1
11-14 girls
K. Kenny, first, 57.2; L. Laughlin,
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second, 58; C Bergstrom, third, 59, J.
Ward, fourth, 1:01; S. WcMIrm, sixth,
1:17.2
11-14 boys
S. Laughlin, second, 1:00.4; J. Sumner,
third, 1:09.1; J. Orr, fifth, 1:16
15-17 boys
S. McEwen, first, 55
backstroke
Eight and under boys (25 meter)
D. Ball, second, 40.3
M0 girls (50 meter)
H. Samples, first, 28.4; A. Ball, second,
32.4; O. Reid, third, 33.2
11-12 boys
C. George, fourth, 1:12.4; F. Gregg,
fifth, 1:13.1
11-14 girls
K. Kenny, first, 47.4; J. Ward, second,
54; M. Arbogast, fourth, 1:00.3; C
Biddle, fifth, 1:07.8; S. McMinn, sixth,
1:08.9
13-14 boys
S. Laughlin, second, 1:02.2; J. Sumner,
fourth, 1:15.01, J. Orr, fourth, 1:15.01
15-17 beys
5. McEwen, first, 54.1
Butterfly
Eight and under boys (25 meter)
K. Curnutt, second, 48; D. Ball sixth,
1:06.1
M0 girls
S. Biddle, first, 29.8; H. Samples, third,
37.3; S. Sumner, fourth, 39.7; A. Ball,
fifth. 41.3
11-12 girls
K. Bergstrom, first, 1:05; P. Orr,
second, 1:17.8 0. Reid, fourth, 1:25.3
11-12 boys
C. George, first, 1:10.2; G. Connor,
second, 1:15.3
11-14 girls
K.Kenny, first, 5X5; J. Ward, second,
59.8; M. Arbogast, third, 1:06.5; L.
Laughlin, fourth, 1:06.8; S. McMinn,
sixth, 1:11.8
13-14 boys
J. Sumner, third, 1:17.3
15-17 boys
S. McEwen, first, 57.2
Freestyle Relays
M0 girls,
Heppner first, 2:07.7
11-12 girls,
Heppner second, 1:49.3
11-12 boys
Heppner second, 1 :52
11-14 girls
Heppner first, 1:29.5
Items sought
for fair antique
display
A new feature at this year's
Morrow County Fair will be a
display of antique farm ma
chinery. Harold Peck will
have charge of the collection,
which will be arranged in the
old barn near the Hinton
Creek Bridge at the Fair
grounds. He is eager to have people
contact him if they have
interesting relics of the area's
agricultural past. His phone is
676-5318. He can come to pick
up some articles.
A public "executive ses
sion" without Administrator
Bob Byrnes present is sche
duled for this evening (Thurs
day, Aug. 3) at 7:30p.m. in the
Courthouse for the benefit of
the public and Pioneer Memo
rial Hospital employees.
Hospital Board Chairman
Fred Martin said anyone
wishing to address the board
concerning hospital personnel
or operations will be given a
private audience.
The request for an executive
session closed to the mem
omit above paragraph
The request for a meeting
behind closed doors came at a
, public meeting held in Hepp
ner last week. Also asked for
was an employees grievance
committee that would meet
with the board on a regular
basis.
"At a meeting with mem
bers of a hospital employees
group last Friday we estab
lished a procedure for hand
ling employee problems,"
said Martin. The employees
will elect or appoint three
persons to meet with and
advise the board on a regular
basis.
Tonight's meeting is open to
the public but discussions will
be private.
Patients admitted and later
discharged from Pioneer Me
morial Hospital between July
11 and 31 were Emma
Peterson, Carol Campbell,
Jeanne Hansen, James Brew
ster, Alvin Bunch, David
Morgan, Erma Hams, Jana
Pen-in and Gladys Alderman,
all of Heppner; Robert Crum
and Eric Bergstrom, lone;
Frank Robinson, Lexington;
Phyllis Cook and Joseph
Crawford, Fossil; Troy Mc
Carl, Vancouver, Wash, and
Denise Delaney, Spray.
Anna Malin, Heppner and
Genet Mandt, Lonerock were
transferred to Pioneer Memo
rial Hospital Home.
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SAMPLE SPECIAL ELECTION BALLOT
FOR-MORROW COUNTY, STATE OF OREGON
PRECINCT NO.
TO BE HELD Tuesday, August 8, 1978 FROM
' 0:00A.M. to 8:00P.M.
Mark A Cross (X) Or A Check Mark ( ) In The
Voting Square After The Word "YES" Or After
The Word "NO' For The Answer Voted For.
REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE COUNTY COURT
OF MORROW COUNTY, OREGON
PROPOSAL:
Shall Morrow County be authorized to levy and
collect taxes in the sum of $246,655 outside the
limitation imposed by Article XI, Section 11, Oregon
constitution, for the fiscal year commencing July 1,
1978, and ending June 30, 1979, the said funds to be
used to balance the 1978-79 budget.
EXPLANATION OF PROPOSAL:
The total proposed FY 1978-79 county budget to'
provide the level of county services approved by the
budget committee is $1,867,318. That includes all
county budgeted items except the hospital, which is
the subject of a separate ballot. The resources to
balance the budget come from many sources,
including federal and state payments and the local
property tax levy. A property tax levy of $574,164 is
necessary to balance this budget, including the
$327,509 tax base and the $246,655 additional, for
which voter approval is required. The total county
property tax levy, including the serial road levy,
would require $2.20 per thousand of assessed
valuation. If this measure is approved, the
operating budget to be financed by local taxes will
be $315,193 greater than last year.
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TAX LEVY
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PROPOSED TAX LEVY
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1978
An Open Letter Concerning The
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Levy Request.
J. he Pioneer Memorial Hospital budget for 1978-79
comes before the voters of Morrow County for
approval on Tuesday, August 8, 1978. Before you go to
the polls, please take time to read the facts presented
here.
The budget of the county-owned hospital has,
historically, been balanced by a combination of patient
revenues and tax levies. Only last year (fiscal year
1977-78) did the hospital operate without taxes, relying
instead on reserve funds which are now depleted.
Tax support for the hospital is necessitated by the
fact that patient generated revenues will not be
sufficient to pay escalating costs for supplies,
materials, equipment, personnel, improvements
dictated by state and federal regulatory agencies and
cost of physician recruitment for all of Morrow County.
How Much Is The Tax Levy?
The Pioneer Memorial Hospital levy requested is
for $146,598 which is an estimated 42-cents per $1,000
assessed valuation.
More than $43,000 has been cut from the $190,082
levy defeated by voters on June 27, from areas
including personnel, supplies and other operating
expenses.
The $146,598 levy request is projected as the
minimum necessary to maintain satisfactory inpati
ent, emergency and nursing-home care services.
It is important to note that not all of the $149,598 is
needed to simply "operate" the hospital. More than
$50,000 of the levy is needed for capital improvements
and equipment basic items that one would expect a
hospital to have for its patients and staff. Another
$20,000 of the levy amount will be used for doctor
recruitment and doctors are a basic requirement for
operating a hospital.
What Is Doctor Recruitment?
Doctor recruitment is the means through which a
community without doctors finds some.
The $20,000 earmarked for doctor recruitment will
be paid to a business firm that, in essence, works for
both the community and the doctor that wishes to
relocate. The recruiter is paid a sum of money
around $5-6,000 for each doctor when and if the doctor
decides to come to Heppner or Boardman. The
recruiter visits Morrow County, compiles information
about its economy and people, the medical facilities
available including the new clinics and the hospital,
and then approaches the doctors that would be
interested in a family practice in a small, rural
community.
The community has the last say as to whether or
not a particular doctor would locate here it isn't a
'take-what-you-get' proposition. In addition, if the
recruiter doesn't find doctors for Heppner and
Boardman, he doesn't collect his fee.
By working through a recruiter the community can
obtain certain guarantees that will help prevent some
of the problems recently experienced with medical
staffing and services in Morrow County.
Another reasons for needing the 'doctor recruit
ment' monies is that without doctors hospital patient
revenues will drop drastically which means that the
taxpayer will be asked to pick up the difference if the
hospital is to continue to operate. One doctor is worth
tens-of -thousands of dollars to a hospital; many, many
times the doctor recruitment fee.
Looking Ahead
Looking to the future of health care in Morrow
County, much depends on the passage of the Pioneer
Memorial Hospital special levy next Tuesday.
The Morrow County Court, hospital board of
directors and the public has taken a look at the past in
recent weeks and some new directions are being
implemented and planned.
One is the possible formation of a health care
district which would encompass all of Morrow County
and would provide for all medical services clinic
operations, hospitals, ambulances and emergency
care in both the northern and southern portions of the
County.
The proposed health care district would be
governed by an elected board of directors rather than
an appointed group as is the case now. Secondly, the
proposed district would take operation of health
services out of the county's hands and put it directly
before the people where it should be.
To become a reality the proposed health care
district must be voted on by the people of Morrow
County, but in the meantime it is imperative that
hospital operations and doctor recruitment for
Heppner and Boardman be funded.
In A Nutshell
We, the undersigned people of Morrow County,
support the Pioneer Memorial Hospital budget and
levy request because we want modern and adequate
health care for everyone.
Without voter approval of the levy request next
Tuesday, not only will hospital operations in Heppner
suffer, but efforts to recruit doctors for Heppner and
Boardman will suffer. Further, a federal grant that
will provide new ambulances and other equipment for
Heppner and Boardman will be hampered.
We respectfuly urge all voters to go to the polls
next Tuesday with a "yes" vote for the Pioneer
Memorial Hospital levy.
Mark Murray Faye Wilson William Kuhn Nancy Brownfield
Robert Abrams Larry Mills Larry Lindsay BobRietmann
Paul Brown Dick Sargent Rosella Lindsay Betty Rietmann
Sandra Murray Lynnae Sargent Corrine Lindsay Marilyn Rietmann
Betty Brown Gene Pierce Cliff Green JimWishart
Marion Abrams Faye Pierce Hazel Mahoney Phyllis Kroll
Kent Goodyear Marvin Padberg Don McEUigott Forrie Burkenbine
Mrs. Kent Goodyear Tanna Padberg E.H. "Tad" Miller Ernie McCabe
Alvin Bunch Paul Tews Al Osmin Vernon Keithly
Betty Bunch Rikka Tews Donna Osmin Ginger Keithly
Barton Clark Steve Tollefson Steve Peck Robert Stickney
Beth Clark Vicki Tollefson Cathy Peck Dianne Stickney
Don Cole JudyMaas Robert Mahoney William Kenny
Carolyn Cole JohnMaas Sherree Mahoney Marge Kenny
GaryGrieb Cal Sherman Betty Mills Jim Rogers
Virginia Grieb Beverly Sherman Hubert Wilson LeRoy Gardner
Dr. LeeHazen Paul Arbogast Marj Gardner Joe Miller
BryceKeene Gail Arbogast RobbRush Barbara Peterson
Louise Keene Steve Brownfield Terry Hager Dan Sweeney
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