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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 19, 1979 THREE Hospital levy trimmed, on ballot again Aug. 9 Port Commissioners f orsee new fuel developments on port property r; r it From a motion by Commis sioner Dorothy Krebs, the court approved a change in the hsopital levy to medical levy and set Thursday, August 9 as the date for the third levy election. Eighty-three thousand dol lars have been trimmed off the original .levy figure sub mitted to the voters in the first vote May 22, with a tax fate of $1.32 per $1,600. The latest request asks voters to support a lower tax rate or $1,125 per $1,000, almost $.20 per $1,000 cheaper. The total budget require ments have been dropped from $1,685,274 to $1,633,685, total resources from $1,186,152 to $1,173,450, therby lowering the amount outside the 6 percent limitation needed to balance the budget or $460,385 compared to the previous $499,122. The hospital board expects $15,000 more to be available at the end of the year as cash-in-hand, recommended a change in operations require ments and resources, $924,501 is the new figure compared to $920,501 for requirements and $758,105 is the new figure for resources compared to the previous $758,105; $2,700 was added to the resources and requirement side of the bud get, although balancing out with ho funds on the amount necessary to balance the budget (that amount will be the rent charged the hospital administrator for rental of a house adjacent to the court house) ; the $87,000 contigency and $25,000 in planning and development funds were left unchanged; the capital im provement and replacement . fund was increased by $7,000 for requirements; the amount needed to balance the budget for physician service for the rest of the year or physician relief; the new figure and funds for the North Morrow clinic were left intact in the amount of $157,140 in require ments and $127,990 in re sources. The court accepted the board's recommendation that surgical expenses be left in the budget despite the profession al staff's recommendation to delete the requirement be cause no surgery was being done at Pioneer Memorial. Also accepted was $33,639 reduction in physician relief, malpractice and insurance, a $5,000 reduction in physician recruitment, reduction in a physician's salary by $12,500 thereby reducing income by $18,744, adding $2,342 for reimbursement of telephone billing for individual patients, increasing laboratory fees by $4,000 and proposed $6,000 as the increase in income from lab fees because of a physician recommendation that the work should be done at Pioneer Memorial rather than farmed out to other laboratories. ospital Administrator resigns Byrnes cites 'political situation ' as reason for leaving The Port of Morrow doesn't want a piece of the rock but it would like to have the U.S. Navy Bombing Range prop erty under its jurisdiction should the property become available. Port of Morrow Commis sioners went on record Thurs day in support of a resolution by Commissioner Beverly Kyd, that the Port would be the state utility to receive the land for orderly development if the Navy moved out of the bombing range and author izing Port Manager Buddy Toadvin to conduct a feasibil ity study on irrigating the land. Kyd forsees future develop ment of the property into family sized units, possibly tied to a cooperative program for producing grain for a gasohol distillery. Kyd and Commissioner Larry Lindsay recently at tended the Western Regional Gasohol Conference at the Oregon Technical Institute in Klamath Falls and presented a report to the commission. Following the report, Toad vin posed the question, "What would be required for the Port building a gasohol plant or having it built and bonding the construction?" Pioneer Hospital Admin istrator Bob Byrnes resigned his position -at Tuesday's Hospital Board meeting, ef fective October 31, citing the "complex political situation" and it would appear that I am at this time "a . .potftical liability." "It is with regret that I tender my resignation effec tive October 31, 1979. There does not appear to be any solution or compromise to the complex political situation. "I feel much has been accomplished in the past two years for the hospital in areas such as organization, systems, planning, financial reporting, analysis and accountability. It is unfortunate that change is always traumatic." "I would expect to receive any unused accrued benefits such as vacation and some freedom during the subse quent months in order to firm up plans to relocate. "I believe that the hospital is now at a turning point and I extend my best wishes for the future of the hospital and the board." The board accepted the resignation with regrets and several members expressed disappointment in the res ignation. Board Member Ed Dick said, "I feel the board has no alternative but to accept the resignation with regrets. Board Member Gladys Hobbs said she felt "we are making a mistake. I don't know we could find an administrator to pick up the pieces ; he knows what we are doing." Dick further stated that he had received "various indica tions of the distrust of people of our operations; this is a prevelent feeling. There has been distrust on down from the higher levels of govern ment individually and collect ively. It's terrible we have to yield to these pressures. Bob has seen these pressures." Board Member Alice Bart lett said "I regret we have to use this means; he is being used as a scapegoat." A motion by ' Ed Dick to accept the resignation was seconded by Dan Sweeney and the board approved it unan imously. In announcing the letter of resignation, Chairman Fred Martin said the board should require an audit at the end of Hospital budget Conf. from page 1 creating "more than a first aid station" at Pioneer Mem orial Hospital as the long range goal of the institution. Sweeney insisted the court make a decision on his call for a change in administration. County Judge D.O. Nelson adjourned the public session of the court meeting to go into executive session asking members of the public to leave the courthouse meeting room. The news media was allowed to stay but unable to report any of the details of the session because of state law. 90 days to afford protection to but noted that the Port could start on a small scale by setting up docking facilities. Lindsay felt the time for construction of a gasohol plant would be determined by the national demand for gasohol to ease shrinking gasoline supplies. The commission took no action on authorizing planning for a Port gasohol plant but approved a $25 membership in the National Gasohol Associa tion Inc. Faced with problems with an effluent or wastewater pipe installed in 1974, the commis sion approved a motion calling for litigation against the Teckite Corporation, the pipe manufacture and allocated a $1,500 retainer fee and $65 an hour to a California Attorney, Stanley Grydyk of Areata, California to begin proceed ings against the firm in California and Washington. The Port's legal counsel, Herman Winter, said he had contacted Grydyk about his legal work in several product liability cases lodged against the corporation and learned that attorney has worked seven years on such cases and won a half million dollar settlement for the city of Areata. Responding to commission effect would be spending the legal costs of trying to win. Commissioner Lindsay flet the "facts are on our side" and introduced the motion to initiate the litigation. Com missioner Gene Allen said, "We have to aggressively pursue this case," and the other commission members agreed, voting unanimously to hire Grydyk. When the 30 inch pipe was first installed, its installation cost was estimated at $183,000. The $5,000 ft. section, which has experienced 17 breaks in about five years would cost about $200,000 to replace, Toadvin told the board. To provide information on ,the chemicals in the waste water system as required by the Department of Environ mental Quality, the commis sion is considering hiring a chemical laboratory to take water and soil samples. One company representative, Eugene Kuo of Agri-Check Inc., submitted his firm's price list for quarterly soil Replied Lindsay: "There the administrator as well as would have to be an assured questions, Winter estimated advice from the District supply of grain." He said it that the Port might have to Attorney. He then asked the might be premature to invest spend upwards, to -$25,000 to in gasohol plants at this time win the case and the adverse sampling of the irrigation circles and monthly water samples. Port members felt the cost of $9,364 for the year's testing program was too steep and tabled action until further costs are investigated. Kyd suggested the commission budget might hire a person to test the soil for the cost and the board tabled the matter until its August meeting. A question raised by Com missioner Louis Carlson was whether the firm could an alyse the soils data submitted and Kuo responded that his partner, Dave Anderson, a former county extension agent in Morrow, would be able to explain the findings. The commission also tabled action on a proposed five year lease with Miracle Potatoe. Commissioner Allen said a vote on the proposal had resulted in a split vote and because of inadequate infor mation wanted action tabled. "More study is needed before we step out on this long Cont. on page 10 Morrow County Picnic Sunday, August 5 Held At Laurelhurtt Park 39th & S.E. Bumside Portland, Or. School board hires teachers Cont. from, page 1 the next regular meeting on August 20 at Heppner High School beginning at 8 p.m. The board accepted the resignations of teachers, Mark Carnathan, Susan Dick er, Mary Benedict, Louise Schmidt, Ken Lemley, all of Heppner schools and Joanne McGovern of Boardman and hired new teachers : Maureen McElligott, social studies, Riverside, graduate of Uni versity of Portland and M.A., Brenda Weygand, intermed iate, Heppner Elementary School, EOSC graduate with a OBITUARY Mabel Rash Mabel Grace Rash, 67, Boardman, died at Commun ity Hospital in Pendleton Wednesday. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Boardman Community Church. Mrs. Rash was born June 2, 1912 in Clatskanie, had been a resident of Boardman since iQsn Shp is survived bv her husband, Darrel Rash, Board man. She is also survivied by a son, Darrel Rash Jr. of Bend; three daughters, Elmora Pan ages, Boardman, Dorothy Getz, The Dalles and Diane Buchanan, Kenai, Alaska; B.A.; Bruce Martin, instru mental music, Heppner, Cen tral Washington University graduate with a B.A., Regi nald Clark, language arts Spanish, Heppner High School, University of Wash ington graduate, M.A.; Lisa Nelson, librarian at Heppner Elementary and Jr. High School, B.A. from Athens State and EOSC; Gene Sar tain, music, lone, Arizona State University, B.A.; Don Vanos, language arts, physi cal education, Heppner High School, University of North Dakota, B.A., Kim Webster, special education; University of Idaho, B.A.; Al Roehl, art, A.C. Houghton, EOSC, B.A. and Mark Bake, language arts-social studies, Brigham Young, B.A. , Riverside High School. The District called for maintenance on district school buses and eliminated a con tract run in the Valby area. 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