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lone woman says
Renewal of funding for the
Oregon Poison Control and
Drug Information Center,
OPCD1C, is being considered
by the State Legislature and
an lone woman says its
services have helped her
safeguard the life of her five
year old son.
Linda Tullis says she used
the agency's information ser
vice twice this year when her
five year old, Dalton, ate
Dieffenbachia, a common
houseplant and was suspected
of eating the miniature pod of
a tulip called "Golden
Charm."
About a year ago, Dalton,
known affectionately by Tim
and Linda Tullis as "Digger",
ate the Dieffenbachia while
the family was visiting her
brother's home in Portland.
Dalton started vomiting and
his tongue swelled up.
A nurse living in the house
next door responded to the
emergency, taking Dalton's
pulse and phoned the poison
information center. For
tunately, said Mrs. Tullis, an
antidote was not needed.
Two weeks ago, the boy
Group selects
new officers
New officers for the Grand
Squares for 1979-1980 will be
Dorothy Warren, president,
Elmer Heath, vice president,
Cindy Breidenbach, secretary
and Ron Davis, treasurer,
according to Grand Squares
secretary, Cindy Breiden
bach. Fireman
attend
school
Fire Chief Ed Baker and
Captain Bill Sheirbon of the
Lexington Volunteer Fire De
partment recently attended
FMC Operation and Mainte
nance School in Tipton,
Indiana.
Certificates for the two day
course were awarded based on
actual classroom work and
field exercises covering basic
and advanced apparatus oper
ation and maintenance.
The pair also purchased the
city's new fire truck from the
corporation. Headquartered
in Chicago, FMC is a major
international producer of
machinery and chemicals for
industry and agriculture with
1977 sales of $2.29 billion.
Time to
It's time to speak up, if you have an opinion
on what the Bonneville Power Administra
tion should charge others for the use of our
transmission facilities.
We're just starting to develop our 1980
transmission rates. We'll be accepting sug
gestions tor our initial proposal until
June 25, 1979.
There'll be additional opportunities later on,
of course, tor you to have your say on this
question. After the draft rale proposal is
ready, and before adopting a final rate pro
posal, we'll be scheduling Public Informa
tion Forums and Public Comment Forums.
But if you'd like to have your say now
during the initial shaping of our proposed
1980 transmission rates we must hear
from you by June 25, 1979.
That's why we say now is the time to speak
up.
How This Affects You
You probably know that BPA not only sells
power at wholesale to utilities and in
dustries and other Federal agencies, but
that we also provide other services. One very
important extra service is carrying power for
others over our lines. We call this
"wheeling."
OK, but why should you care what we
charge others tor the use of our transmis
sion system. How much is it going to have to
do with your bill?
Not a lot, true at least not if you're an
average residential or small business user
of electricity.
But some.
The Issues
And, most importantly, there's an issue of
equity here. What's fair?
reportedly ate the pod of a
tulip as witnessed by his
brother, Ken. Mrs. Tullis
phoned Jackie Yeaman, a
poison specialist from the
center and was told that if his
lips blistered, it would be a
sign of poisoning. That day,
she gave the boy a great deal
of liquids in hopes of diluting
the suspected poison; the
treatment worked and Dalton
is carrying on like a normal,
healthy five year old.
"The poison specialist call
ed back four times," Mrs.
Tullis said, "to find out
Dalton's condition."
Because of these two inci
dents and the availability of
poisonous plants in the home,
Mrs. Tullis urges area resi
dents to write Sen. Ken
Jernstedt and Rep. Bill Bel
lamy, urging renewal of
funding for the center. The
center handles over 50 calls a
day.
Funding is derived from a
variety of non-renewable
sources which will run out by
June, 1979. To continue, the
OPCDIC needs to have state
legislative approval and fund
ing. Center officials say that
the funding will cost taxpay
ers about ten cents a year for
the 24 hour emergency ser
vice. Besides providing immed
iate medical help in poisoning
cases, the center dispenses
"Mr. Yuk" stickers which
have proven effective in
preventing poisoning among
children. It also acts as a
clearinghouse for information
about possible sources of
poison.
A number of plants found in
the home and county's yards
are considered poisonous, ac
cording to information sup
plied by the center. They
include dumb cane, asparagus
(uncooked shoots and ber
ries), Azalea, geraniums, En
glish ivy, mistletoe, oleander,
snow on the mountains, Afri
can violets, coleus, hibiscus,
jade plant, palm and wander
ing jew. Considered "ques
tionably toxic" are poinsettia,
begonias, cactus, ivy and
orchids.
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It should be a simple question, perhaps
because all we're required to do is iepiy the
Federal Treasury the full cost ol the Federal
investment in power facilities. It ought to be
easy to figure out how much others ue oui
lines and charge accordingly.
But it isn't all that simple. Setting transmis
sion rates fairly and precisely always
requires some judgment and interpreta
tion especially as regards the proper
allocation of costs for use of our lines.
How much of the costs should each group
bear? That's the basic issue.
We'd also like to hear any ideas you have
about rate design alternatives which would
not only produce the revenues we should
have for "wheeling" services, but which also
would promote the development of a
regional power grid that is the most
economically and environmentally sound
while meeting high engineering standards.
Please do not confuse this deadline tor sug
gestions on our transmission or "wheeling"
rates with the dates and the processes for
changing our wholesale power rates
they're separate matters.
In the meantime, if you have any questions,
please contact the BPA office in your area
or me,
Donna Lou Geiger
Public Involvement Coordinator
P.O. Box 12999, Portland. Oregon 97212
or call me on one of our new toll free
numbers 1-800-452-8429 or 452-5976 for
Oregon callers 1-800-547-5977 or 547 6048
for callers in Washington Idaho, Montana.
Nevada, California. Wyoming, and Utah.
Bonneville Power
Center saves lives
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Mrs. Linda Tullis shows her five year old son, Dalton, "Mr.
Yuk" stickers at their lone home as a preventative measure
to instruct him not to eat household plants. Mrs. Tullis has
used the services of the Or egon l'oison Information and Drug
Control Center twice because Dalton swallowed a piece of
Diefl'enbachia anil was suspected of eating a tulip called
"Golden Charm", hoth poisnnnus.
Symtonis of poisoning may
include skin irritation,
nausea, vomiting, swelling of
the mouth and tongue and a
burning sensation.
Mrs. Tullis said a common
plant found locally, water
hemlock, is another poison
which should be avoided.
The lone housewife sees a
need for the poison control
center and urges residents to
write their lawmakers in
support of renewed funding.
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Seniors wishing help with or
information about Social
Security matters should come
to the Heppner Neighborhood
Center on Friday morning,
June 8.
On Tuesday, May 29, there
was a small attendance at the
May meeting of the Morrow
County Senior Citizen Advi
sory Council. Doris Gollyhorn,
lone, council lice-president,
presided in thV absence of
president Ardith Hunt, Lex
ington. Budget problems were dis
cussed and officers for the
coming year were elected.
Reports were heard concern
ing special programs such as
the Homemaker system and
Pair chosen
to attend
Boy's State
Terry Starr, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Chuck Starr and Larry
Snider, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Snider, lone, have
been selected for Boy's State
in Eugene, June 10-16 at the
University of Oregon.
Both are seniors at lone
High School and were selected
by the lone American Legion
on the basis of scholarship and
leadership qualities.
Terry is next year's student
body president, has been
active in National Honor
Society as secretary-treasurer,
a member of Letter Club
and plays in a variety of
sports.
Larry Snider served as vice
president and has been active
in J.V. basketball and track.
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Senior Citizen News
the county's three mealsites.
Officers chosen to head the
council after July 1 are
President, Doris Gollyhorn ;
Vice-President, Justine
Weatherford; Theta Lowe will
continue as council secretary.
Coming meetings for sen
iors include the June 25 Area
Agency on Aging monthly
meeting at John Day and the
June 27 Morrow County Senior
Citizen Advisory Council
meeting at lone.
One of my interesting Eur
opean experiences was a bus
trip with 50 senior citizens of
Bielefeld, West Germany. We
traveled about 45 miles up into
Summer
reading in
lone
The lone Elementary
Library will again hold a
summer reading program
from June 19 through July 24
on Tuesdays, from 10 a.m. to
2:30p.m. at the school library,
according to Library Aide
Mrs. Betty Carlson.
From June 19 through July
31, from 3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.,
the AAUW will sponsor a
storytime program for young
sters. And on July 31, from 2
p.m. to 3 p.m., an awards
party for summer readers and
parents is scheduled at the
lone Elementary Playground.
Mrs. Carlson said children
who enter the program will be
able to read books for lion's
paws.
The summer reading pro
gram is sponsored by lone
Schools, AAUW and lone City
Library.
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forested mountains to a large
and famous health resort at
Bad Pyrmont. There we
walked through the spacious,
lovely gardens, drank some
mineral water from the ren
owned springs, viewed the
large clinic and sanitarium
and had a coffee and cake
break and social time. Every
one was so friendly to me and
despite our language differ
ence, made me feel most
comfortable.
I regret having missed the
senior bus trip to Pendleton to
attend BMCC's "Fiddler on
the Roof" with friends here
but found it easy to make
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because
Morrow County citizens need the hospital and it's
services. Our growing county economy will support
the improvement of it's vitally needed service."
VOTE YES For
HOSPITAL
Paid for by "Friands of the
24-II0UR SERVICE
TRUCEt & AUTO
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senior friends in West Ger
many. Menus for the senior dinners
on June 11, June 12 and June
13 will include: Tuesday,
chops and mushrooms gravy,
mashed potatoes, green
beans, carrot-pineapple-apple
and raisin salad, hot biscuits
and jelly and chocolate sundae
cake; Wednesday, the
Father's Day dinner, will
feature at lone and Heppner:
orange juice, turkey supreme
with dressing and cranberry
sauce, candied sweet pota
toes, tossed green salad,
buttered corn, hot breads and
jelly and rhubarb sauce cake .
with topping.
Alan Niitod,
Kinzva Corporation
"I am
VOTING
FOR the
hosptial
budget
Ths
Hospital", Mark Murray, Treasurer.