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The Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 23, 1979 ELEVEN rm, r tv v fV i iPn ft JF. Search For Cash Disaster Scenario Ione's Quick Response Unit removed a victim from the top of a truck during Wednesday's Mock Disaster scene a block away from the lone City Hall. The group received a perfect rating for treating six patients in a half hour after the simulated crash of a car and two trucks. 'Accident victim' in lone receives prompt care from ambulance team in mock disaster rehearsal Youngsters sifted through straw on the floor of the Livestock barn at the Morrow County Fairgrounds Sunday searching for money hidden in the Kid's Coin Hunt. The event was one of many fun events staged this year in the 1979 Morrow County Fair. School begins day after Labor Day Ione's Quick Response team responded to a simulated mass-injury accident August 15 a block away from lone City Hall. The mock drill had injury victims thrown through a car windshield, one women lying next to an open car door. There was a victim lying across the hood of a truck, as if involved in the accident. Another tanker truck was leaking water (simulated to be a gasoline leak) and another patient simulated a heart attack watching the accident. At 7:31 p.m., the siren at city hall blew and shortly afterwards, the ambulance with the quick response team arrived on the scene followed by the city fire truck. Team members, who were undergo ing the mock drill as a final test in the Crash Injury Management Course taught by Linda Connors, immedi ately began working on the simulated disaster victims splotched with blood. By 8 p.m., the team had all the victims treated. The drill's coordinator, Lin da Connors, said on a scale of 1 to 10, she would rate the team's performance at 10 because of the time it took and the care the group showed in rescue procedures. To remove a man sup posedly injured while standing in the rear of a truck carrying equipment, a back board was gently applied by the team and lifted to the ground. He was later put on a stretcher. The team is awaiting the outcome of written tests to be fully certified as the city's Quick Response Unit. Firemen at the scene strung hose around the accident and helped the ambulance crew in the emergency. It drew a large group of onlookers in cars, on motorcy cles and some comments from o Irrigon news Francis Rose Wilson 922-3352 The Irrigon Council ap proved Clark Tavern's appli cation for renewal of a liquor license, when they met Aug. 14. Paul and Barbara Brown, owners of the B&E Service Station were present to ques tion petitions being circulated in the community protesting their plan to place mobile home units in a complex for use as a motel. The petition was purported to have been signed by council members who supported the proposal when it was presented. The 12 units are to be placed in a commercial zone set back from the highway east of First St. Their placement was approved at the July Council meeting with the provision that their use would be re-evaluated in two years, since the proposal was for temporary use. Irrigon has no overnight facilities and the move was considered econo mically good for the city. A petition by a home owner for vacation of an alley between his house and the courthouse annex was intro duced. It had been approved by the planning commission. ECOAC has informed the city that the policeman will be funded through Sept. 5 and it will be necessary for the city to pay his wages after that time. Several spoke in support of his being retained. Since only three of the council members were present the matter was tabled. A contract was signed with Faunt, Lewis and Bare for an audit of the city's accounts for the year ending June 30. It was moved to call for bids on construction of a water line on First Street to serve the new Junior High School, south of California Ave. First Street ' is to be improved to serve the school. The council felt the work should all be coordinated. Correction In our story last week reporting details of the Port of Morrow Commission meeting, it was incorrectly reported that Bruce Nichols appeared before the Port to request a duty-free port for I.M. Dock ing. I.M. Docking made the request himself. Nichols asked the Port for permission to lease four acres for a retail building trades business. the sidelines. Brenda Ekstrom's dog thought her made-up blood was'real and was licking it off when she was lying next to the open car door. With lightning streaks visi ble in the southern skies towards lone, the mock disas ter continued. Members of the Quick Response Unit included Herb Ekstrom, Wayne Hams, Chuck Starr, John Akers and Jerry Stefani and firemen participating in the exercise were Mike Rowell, Gene Crowell and Tom Gates. Sally Winter served as Tri-Age nurse. Volunteering as victims were Dean, Thelma and John Markham of Stanfield, Kim Breath of Life fund leader Martha Munkers has been named as chairman of the 1979 Breath of Life campaign in Lexington and Heppner by the Oregon Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Mrs. Howard Crowell as chairman of the 1979 Breath of Life campaign in lone, according to chapter director, John Floyd. Twenty-five years ago, when the foundation was organized, CF children rarely reached school age. Today, with early diagnosis and comprehensive medical care, a child with CF has a 50 per cent chance of living past age 19. The organization will soon have a campaign march in both communities. Pettyjohn of lone, Jeff Hams of lone, Brenda Ekstrom of lone, Diana Hams of lone and Doug Morrison. School begins September 4, the day after the September 3 Labor Day holiday, for Mor row County youngsters. Registration has been going on this week and will continue next week. Registration is currently underway at Hepp ner Elementary School from 8 a.m. until noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. Parents may call 676-9128 for more information. Stu dents new to lone schools were scheduled to register Wednes day, August 22 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and bring their immuni zation records with them. Regular students were also slated to register at that time. Heppner High School stu dents will register August 27-31 from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 to 4 p.m. in the high school office. Phone 676-9138 for more information. At A.C. Houghton Elemen tary School in Irrigon, regis tration is August 27-31 at the grade school. Phone 922-3321 for more information. At Riverside Junior and Senior High Schools, the registration dates have not been announ ced. New teachers in the district will be given a tour of the county August 27 by County Extension Agent Harold Kerr. Cont. from page 11 UuulijLI MM I W JAKE A Hl-C SUMMER f REFRESHMENT BREAK! fmi raws CHERRY, CITRUS, FLORIDA PUNCH, WILD BERRY, GRAPE, ORANGE PEACH OR TANGERINE 46-OZ. SIZE .. f n A f e i hi PRICES EFFECTIVE AUGUST 22 THRU AUGUST 28. 1979 CLASSIFIEDS WORK FOR YOU! Call The Heppner Gazette-Times, 676-9228, to place your ad. CHERRY, FRUIT PUNCH, GRAPE, LEMONADE, ORANGE OR PEACH 29.2 OZ. SIZE w& mum COPYRIGHT (C) 1979 ASSOCIATED GROCERS INC.. SEATTLE THRIFT AY ZDS r i?
