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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1979
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County clerk resigns
after 34 years in office
Santa was greeted by a large group of youngsters when he came to Heppner last ueek.
Lamaze instructs parents on childbirth process
Commentary by
Steven A. Powell
Blue Mountain Community
College offers the only classes
in the Heppner are that teach
the art of "Lamaze."
Lamaze is not . natural
childbirth as many people
think. It is done usually in a
hospital under the care of a
doctor.
What Lamaze teaches is
knowledge about pregnancy
so the mother and father can
be in control of the birth
rather than it controlling
them.
Concentration is the name of
the game in Lamaze. The
mother learns to concentrate
on a focal point to block out the
pain that many women feel
during labor. With the pain
blocked out, the woman can
relax so her uterus can more
effectively expel the baby.
As the labor pains increase,
the mother learns different,
more complicated breathing
patterns to keep her mind off
the pain. The father partici
pates in the labor as a coach to
keep her in her breathing
patterns and comfort and
encourage her.
The biggest advantage La
maze couples have over other
parents is the knowledge of
the entire process.
Lamaze not only teaches
what to do in labor but also
plans a good diet for the
mother and ways to care for
the baby once it is born.
Lamaze couples usually are
not completely natural be
cause they do believe in
medications to aid in the
delivery of the baby to make it
as safe as possible.
The BMCC Lamaze course
is eight weeks long and it is
taught by Chris Adelman.
The first week she tells the
history of Lamaze with its
objectives and the man's role
in the child's birth. She also
goes over the anatomy of the
woman that is involved in the
birth process. Adelman then
explains the body building
the period of
labor and introduces the art of
relaxation and the slow chest
breathing pattern.
The second week, the cou
ples learn about the three
stages of labor, back labor,
hyperventilation and the
rhythmic shallow chest
breathing pattern. They also
learn efflaurage the art of
massaging the woman's sto
mach for relaxation.
The transition stage of labor
is learned by the couples the
third week. Also taught is the
premature urge to push,
expulsion, episiotomy and af
ter pains. The second hour is
always for exercising and
Adelman introduces the accelerated-decelerated
breath
ing pattern during this week's
session.
The fourth week, Dr. Joseph
Gifford comes to class and
explains the use of medica
tions for expectant women. He
explains about the use of
inductions, forceps and ejec
tions among other delivery
practices. The couples learn
exercises ior
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Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Harsin work on the Lamaze back-pressure technique while Chris
Adelman watches.
the pant-blow breathing pat
tern for the strongest labor
p;iins and also the counter
pressure method that is ap
plied by the father to the
mother's back.
A movie on a Lamaze birth
is shown the fifth week and
Adelman. who has three
children of her own by the
Lamaze method, explains to
the couples about the sign of
labor and hospital procedures.
During the exercise session,
the breathing pattern used to
expel the baby is demonstra
ted. The sixth week includes a
hospital tour and a session on
breast feeding while the
seventh week is the baby bath
class.
The last class is on the
postpartum and there is a
review session.
Adelman constantly urges
the couples to practice the
breathing patterns and work
ing together so the birth of the
baby will be an enjoyable
experience. The better pre
pared the couple is. the easier
the birth usually is.
She also emphasizes relaxa
tion during every exercise
because the baby will come
out easier with a relaxed
uterus.
Couples are asked to prac
tice each breathing pattern 15
minutes a day and practice
relaxation 15 minutes daily.
Hints are also given on how
to be more comfortable in
pregnancy when sleeping,
standing, sitting, and so on.
Tips are also given on how U
prepare for breast feeding,
diet and danger signs to report
to the doctor.
On Nov. 17, my wife. Renita,
and I had the opportunity to
use the Lamaze techniques.
Once we got to the hospital,
Renita was already dilated to
five centimeters so we started
at the accelerated-decelerated
breathing pattern.
After an hour, she was eight
centimeters dilated and the
pain started to get worse so we
changed to the pant-blow
breathing. It worked for
awhile but the pain got bad
and she would go out of the
pattern but soon go back into it
with some coaching.
The Lamaze classes teach
information that is valuable to
all parents and the joy of both
the husband and the wife
working together to bring the
newborn into the world is
something everyone should
feel.
While many public officials
have come and gone at the
Morrow County courthouse,
the county clerk position has
been held by Sadie Parrish for
34 years.
But she will not fill the
position any longer as she has
announced her resignation
effective Dec. 31.
Parrish has worked for the
county since 1942 when she
was hired at the school
superintendant's office. In
1946, she was appointed as
county clerk and in 1948 she
ran for the position for the
first time. She has continually
run for the elected position
every four years since that
time. Parrish has been a
candidate for county clerk
eight times but has run six
times unopposed. She was last
elected in 1976 over challenger
Pauline Winter.
As county clerk, Mrs. Par
rish keeps records and files
for all of the courthouse
activities: She keeps records
for the county court, the
circuit court, juvenile cases,
she serves warrants and is in
charge of the county payroll.
She uses the same bookkeep
ing procedures as the tax
collector and treasury depart
ments so they all serve as a
check and balance system for
each other. The clerk is also in
charge of all elections.
A successor to Parrish has
not been named by the county
court. She is leaving the office
one year short of her term. As
for the qualifications for
someone to replace her. Par
rish humorously said it would
not take much.
"There are no qualifications
for the county clerk. You could
be an idiot and still win if you
get enough votes," she said
jokingly.
Parrish said the county
assessor and the sheriff are
the only courthouse positions
that require qualifications.
When she began working for
the county, Mrs. Parrish
made $90 a month. She said
she thought she was rich when
she got her first raise which
put her over $100 a month.
"The dollar went a lot
further then," she said.
"County officials are not
overpaid you know."
Parrish has lived in Hepp
ner since 1935 at the same
address. 525 Jones St. She said
she has been in and out of
Heppner most of her life.
"I went to high school here
for one year during World War
I but they closed the school
down so I finished at Condon."
Her official resignation sta
ted, "Upon the advice of my
doctors. I am submitting my
resignation effective Dec. 31. 1
would like to say that I
appreciate the support and
encouragement that the good
people of Morrow County have
given me over the years I have
served as your county clerk.
"The office is one of honor,
responsibility and service and
I have made an earnest effort
to render service in every way
possible. It has been a
pleasure, and most rewarding
experience. I treasure every
friendship and thank you for
allowing me to hold this
honorable position for so
many years."
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Sadie Parrish swore in judge Don McElligott as part of
her county clerk duties.
Port reviews plan to avoid law suit
In a special session of the
Port of Morrow Commission
ers Nov. 21. they decided to
hire an engineering firm to
review the proposed expan
sion of the industrial wastewa
ter treatment system.
The proposed system is
supported by Port Manager
Buddy Toadvin but problems
arose when an attorney for
U&I Sugar, which owns a
cont-olling interest in the
Gourmet Foods potato proces
sing plant at the Port of
Morrow, threatened a law suit
against the Port of Morrow
Commissioners.
The commissioners have
been looking into the necessity
of upgrading the port's waste
water treatment system. The
system now in use is not
acceptable according to the
standards set by the Depart
ment of Environmental Qua
lity. The DEQ has said it will
shut down the port if the
system is not upgraded in
some way.
Attorney Michael Hubbard
said U&I Sugar does not think
the plan the Port of Morrow
Commissioners have been
working on for six months will
work and he said the company
will sue to stop the project.
Hubbard said Gourmet
Foods hired an engineering
firm to look at the plans to
upgrade the present system
and that firm said the plan
won't work. The study showed
that the plan would not
properly separate sand, pota
to peelings and starch from
the effluent water which is
the same problem the present
system is having.
Gourmet Foods wants ano
ther engineering firm to
review the proposed upgrad
ing plans.
The proposed plan was in its
final stages when the possibi
lity of a suit was mentioned.
The treatment system was
estimated to cost $418,000 and
the project was planned to be
paid by through a loan from
the state and would be repaid
from the monies brought in
from customers that are
leasing the land that is
irrigated by the effluent
wastewater system.
In the special meeting, the
commissioners decided to
seek out an engineering firm
to review Toadvin's plans,
i''l!nving Gourmet Food's request.
The plan as proposed will
pump effluent water to 800
acres of Port land leased to
J&B Farming for irrigation
purposes. The lease will help
to repay the $425,000 state loan
that is being used for the
project .
Gourmet Foods Operations
Manager Murray Meade said
he wants a consultant engi
neer, who is experienced in
treatment for potato effluent,
to review the plans.
The port is currently inves
tigating firms to review the
plans for the project and will
decide on one at the regular
Dec. 13 meeting.
Toadvin estimates the cost
of the review at $25,000.
U&I Sugar agrees with the
potato waste disposal system
but opposes the design of the
sedimentation basin.
Steve Gardels, DEQ re
gional director, said Toadvin's
proposed plan is better than
the current system but there
are other ways to do it.
The port decided to stop
work on the current design
and pay the company $14,000
for the work it has done. The
company will restart the
project if the plan meets the
approval of the engineering
firm.
In other port news, Buddy
Toadvin went to the Depart
ment of Economic Develop
ment Monday to apply for a
$125,000 grant to extend Ma
rine Drive to the port.
The commissioners also
rejected a settlement offer by
Pacific West Construction to
install Techite pipe in the
present effluent system at a
cost of $50,000. The present
pipe has failed repeatedly and
the port wants it replaced. The
Techite pipe has had more
than 20 breaks in it so the port
wants to change to a more
expensive concrete cylinder
pipe for the effluent svstem.
Pacific West Construction
installed the Techite pipe five
years ago but it has never
passed requirement tests so
the port has been given an
extended warranty on it to
July 1, 1980. The port wants
PWC to replace the defective
pipe but the company offer
was to put in a better type of
Techite pipe and not the
concrete cylinder pipe that is
desired by the commissioners.