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
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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
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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
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Morrow County Picnic
Sunday, August 5
Held At Laurelhurtt Park
39th & S.E. Bumside Portland, Or.
School board hires teachers
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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.
Talks are underway on the
possibility of extending con
tract service to Blake's addi
tion. Supt. Doherty said the
diesel bus has been repaired.
three brothers, Wilson Trot
ter, Sheridan, Charlie Trotter,
Clatskanie and Acie Trotter of
Willamina, Oregon; two
sisters, Mary Glenn, Willa
mina and Cordelia Burt,
Ranier, Wash.; and nine
grandchildren.
Contributions may be made
through the local Cancer
Society through Burns Mortuary.
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Special Meeting Wednesday, Aug. 1 at
8:00 p.m. at Lodge Hell for Odd Fellow
and Rebekchs. Visitation by Grand
Matter Herbert M. Mansell after regular
lodge meeting, followed by meeting with
Grand Master. Light lunch at closing,
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