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AJC. Felt, Hev. Doug Thomas (It), and Fred Martin (L) watch as
Kent Goodyear prettentu Jim Bier a check for the newly formed
hospital foundation.
A free standing mm profit,
tax exempt foundation has
been established for Pioneer
Memorial Hospitul in Hep
pner. The foundution, formed to
dedicate long term support of
health care and education in
Morrow County is incorporat
ed under statutes of the State
of Oregon. No memlers of the
hospital board are serving on
the foundations board, said
hospital Administrator. A.K.
Felt, and no funds generated
by the foundation are to be
used for general operating
expenses.
The Doctor Search Commit
tee, formed several years ago
to locate needed physicians to
the area, donated a little over
$4,200 in cash and certificates
to aid in forming the founda
tion, said Felt. Kent Good
year, chairman of the Doctor
Search Committee, said the
funds (donations from area
neppner man nominated to
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Selective Service claims board
Gov. Vic Atiyeh has nomi
nated 105 Oregonians as
members of local standby
Selective Service claims
boards throughout Oregon.
The names of Atiych's nom
inees have been forwarded to
President Reagan for his
approval.
Selected to serve on Local
Board 19, serving Morrow,
Gilliam, Sherman, Wasco and
Umatilla counties were Har
old McLean, Heppner, Mor
row County Deputy District
Attorney, Roger Smith, Con
41 mills closed, 16,645 workers
affected in
The Western Wood Products
Association recently reported
employment figures for the
week ended Oct. 3 in the
Western lumber industry.
The report showed 54,900 or
54 percent of the 102,000
sawmill employees in the
Western lumber industry were
either unemployed, or work
ing short or curtailed shifts.
Morrow County's
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businesses and individuals)
were used bythe foundation. If
the area should ever need
another physician, the founda
tion would be the group in
charge, he added.
The following people will
serve as officers of the
Foundation's Board of Direct
ors: Linda LaRue, foundation
president; Carly Drake, vice
president; Jim Bier, treasur
er; and A.K. Felt, non-voting
secretary (the secretarial pos
ition will always be filled
bythe hospital's administrat
or, said Felt.)
Board members of the
foundation include Betty
Brown, Heppner; Alfred B.
(Buzz) Clough, Arlington;
David Hanna, Heppner; Cathy
Peck, Lexington; Larry Mills,
Heppner; Don Peterson, lone;
and Rev. Doug Thomas,
Heppner,
The first meeting of the
foundations board of directors
don rancher, Evan Ellis,
principal, Dufur Elementary
School, Peter Macnab, Wasco
rancher and Arlea Cole,
Pendleton business woman.
Upon approval by the presi
dent, the nominees would
serve on local claims boards if
there was a national draft
call-up. Oregon Selective Ser
vice System Director Robert
B. Ball said duties of the
boards include hearing re
quests for exemption from the
draft.
Those named took part in a
large scale recruitment effort.
Oregon
For the previous report (week
ended Sept. 26), figures were
40,600 or 40 percent.
Of the 756 sawmills in the
West, 148 were closed and 282
were operating at curtailed
levels. Figures for the pre
vious report were 129 and 218.
Oregon , with the largest
number of mill workers,
31,076, shows 16,645 workers
The Heppner
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will be on the fourth Tuesday
of January, 1982. A new board
of seven directors will be
elected at this annual meeting-Lifetime,
nontransferable
voting memberships are a
vailable to any corporation or
individual of lawful age for $5
or more. So far, memberships
have been purchased for about
$20 each, said Felt. Anyone
wanting to purchase a mem
bership should contact Betty
Brown, Carly Drake. Linda
LaRue. Larry Mills or the
hospital, he added.
Hospital Board Chairman,
Fred Martin said the forma
tion of the foundation is like a
"Dream come true." I'm glad
to see' the foundation estab
lished to help the hospital.
Martin said the foundation
would provide a permanent
institution for those individ
uals who might like to donate
funds to the hospital.
Nearly 300 applications were
submitted to the Oregon
Selective Service office. All
applicants were screened by
nine reserve military officers
making up the Selective
Service staff and those recom
mended were submitted by
Ball to the governor for his
nomination.
Ball said he will soon
appoint five from among the
300 applicants to serve on a
statewide Selective Service
appeals board. Atiyeh does not
have a part in these appoint
ments. affected. Oregon, with 210,
also has the largest number of
mills normally working in the
west but at present 78 have
been curtailed and 41 have
closed.
The report covers Western
sawmills only. It does not
include paper, plywood, part
icleboard or other segment of
the Western forest products
industry.
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Co. Court
By MARV ANN CERULLO
Deputy District Attorney,
Harold McLean, last Wednes
day, informed Morrow County
Court that the City of Heppner
will grant a conditional use
permit for the proposed heli
port on Thompson Street if
Morrow County agrees to hold
the city harmless to any
liability that may occur.
The helicopter pad is cur
rently under consideration for
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
use.
Harold McLean agreed to
present the hold harmless
agreement to the court as soon
as it was prepared.
Morrow County Court ac
cepted the City of Heppner's
terms over the PMH heli-port
and signed the hold harmless
agreement later that day.
Noel G. Harshman Jr.
convicted October 9
Noel G. Harshman, Jr..
Heppner, arrested and charg
ed with delivery of a control
led substance (methampheta
mine) and possession of a
controlled substance on June
19, 1981 was found guilty by a
jury on both counts Friday,
Oct. 9, at the Morrow Co.
Courthouse in Heppner.
F.E. Glenn, Boardman, rep
resented Harshman and Har
old McLean, deputy district
attorney was prosecuting at
torney for the case.
The jury was in deliberation
about 30 minutes and a
pre-sentence investigation
Heppner woman deeds
5 acres to Morrow Co.
Virginia Rosewall. Hep
pner, had deeded five acres of
land to Morrow County in
memory of her late husband,
Clarence, announced Morrow
County Judge Don McElligott.
The property, located ac
ross from Morrow County
Grain Growers in Lexington,
ajoins three acres the county
New Adventure Club
begins for area kids
A New Adventure Club for
children in grades one through
four has begun at the First
Christian Church in Heppner.
The group meets every
Wednesday from 3:30 to 4:30
p.m. in the church basement.
Special features of the club
Farmers may extend
grain hen 90 days
By BOB COSTA.
Morrow Co. Extension Agent
The Oregon Legislature pas
sed the Grain Lien Bill in July
1981 to protect wheat growers
when they sell their grain. The
bill places an automatic lien
on grain sold by farmers for a
period of 90 days.
The lien attaches to the
HEPPNER. OREGON
agrees to hold city harmless for
Portland General Electric
and Kinzua Corporation are
currently proposing a Waste
Fuel Generating system, the
court learned as business
continued.
Construction of the system
is being considered for the
Kinzua mill at Heppner.
Kinzua has requested an
endorsement from Morrow
4 County and the City of
Heppner for the project,
explained Judge Don McElli
gott. '
The Morrow County Plan
ning Department approved
the endorsement and recom
mended that the court do the
same.
County Court drafted and
signed a letter to Kinzua
Corporation stating the
court's support of the waste
fuel generating system and
offered any assistance toward
was ordered, reports the
Morrow County District At
torney's office.
Harshman is also currently
awaiting a show cause hearing
for alleged violations of proba
tion. Probations violated were
those sentenced to Harshman
on July 20, 1979 upon his plea
of guilty to manufacturing a
controlled substance for con
sideration - two counts, and
possession of a controlled
substance six counts, for
which he was sentenced to
eight years with the state
corrections division, execu
tion suspended.
already owns.
The acreage was donated to
enable the county to enlarge
the shop and yard area located
on the original three acres.
Plans will be drawn up for a
new shop area, to be financed
through the sale of other
county property and revenue
sharing, said McElligott.
are songs, Bible stories,
games, craft'-, puppet skits
and refreshments. A contest
will be held each week with
the winner receiving a prize.
All children in the commun
ity ar? invited to join. For
more information, phone 676-
9209.
grain and to the proceeds on
the date the grain is sold, or on
the date the grain is delivered,
whichever occurs last.
Farmers can extend the lien
for an additional 90 days, but
they must file the proper
forms with the Secretary of
State. Farmers must file the
forms to extend the lien during
the initial 90 day period.
Weather
By City
Tues.,
Wed.,
Thurs.,
Fri.,
Sat.,
Sun.,
Mon.
that goal.
Orlin Culbertson of the State
Parole came before the court
to discuss a new state bill
which went into effect July
first. The bill concerns the
collection of fines and fees
from people on parole and
probation.
Culbertson explained that
according to the new bill,
there is now a minimum $10
fee for supervision which is
added on to the individual's
fine. This fee can only be
charged to those who were
placed under supervision on
or after July 1.
The County Clerk will be
responsible for collecting both
the fine and the new supervi
sion fee, and then turning it all
over to the state Corrections
Division, stated Culbertson.
Barbara Bloodsworth, Mor
row County clerk, expressed
Bellamy appointed to Ed.
State Representative Billy
Bellamy (R-Culver) has been
appointed to serve as vice
chairman of . the interim
committee on Education and
Labor, and on the joint
committee on Sunset Review,
in the Oregon House of
Representaives upon recom
mendation of House Minority
Leader Paul Hanneman (R
Cloverdale). "Billy has served on the
Education committee in both
of his terms in the House,"
Hanneman said. "He is recog
nized as one of the most
knowledgeable people in the
House on education issues."
"The issues that will come
Fire Dept.
responds to
wood stove
related fire
The Heppner Fire Dept.
responded to a fire reported at
the Bruce Clement residence
at 595 S. Court St. in Heppner,
Friday, Oct. 9.
Fire Chief Forrie Burken
bine said the fire started in the
floor under a wood stove,
but that the cause of the fire is
still under investigation. The
outside of the house received
minimal damage but the
inside received considerable
smoke damage, he continued.
The fire was reported at 8
a.m. by two boys who were in
the house cooking breakfast,
said Burkenbine. The boys
turned off the appliances,
called in the fired and waited
until we got there he said. "I
think the boys handled the
situation very, very well,"
said the fire chief.
PMH Board
to meet
October 28
The Wednesday, Oct. 21
board of directors meeting at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
has been postponed un'il
Wednesday, October 28, 9:30
a.m. to obtain a quorum,
announced Fred Martin,
chairman.
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her concern over the extra
time and paperwork that the
fee collection would require
for her office with no benefit to
the county.
Culbertson suggested that
the county set up an ordinance
to charge a small fee for the
administration. The sum of $2
was discussed.
Currently, there are forty
individuals on parole or proba
tion within Morrow County.
Harold McLean agreed to
draw up the suggested ordin
ance for County Court's
approval.
In other business, District
Attorney Ann Spicer discussed
with the court the open
position of Justice of the
Peace in Irrigon. Spicer
reviewed the rules and re
sponsibilities of the position.
Also presented was the possi
bility of Irrigon becoming an
up in this committee relating
to labor will be very important
to the economic future of
Oregon. The last session took
the first step toward reform
ing the Worker's Compensa
tion system in the state, but
there is still a long way to go.
We must make the system less
expensive and more effi
cient," Hanneman said.
"Billy will bring to the
Sunset Review committee a
strong conviction that govern
ment should do only those
Wheat Growers League
fall meeting slated
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Norman Goetze
By BOB COSTA,
Morrow Co. Extension Agent
The Morrow County Wheat
Growers League will hold
their fall meeting and banquet
on Friday, October 16 at the
Heppner Elk's Lodge.
Committe meetings will
begin at 1 p.m., followed by a
social hour at 5:30 and a
buffet -style dinner at 6:30. The
social hour will be hosted by
the Morrow County Grain
Growers. Music will be pro
vided by the Gene Rietmann
Combo.
Following the dinner, OSU
Extension Agi-onomist Dr.
Norm Goetze wili show slides
Heli-port
alternative site for Justice
Court.
County Court moved that
the District Attorney draw up
an ordinance to widen the
Justice Court boundaries, pro
viding Irrigon as an alterna-l
tive site.
Walter Pettigrew next came
before the court to present his
resume for the position of
Justice of the Peace for
Irrigon. Pettigrew is currently
an electrician working out of
Boardman. .
Business continued with
Morrow County Court accept
ing the resignation of Anita
Boyer to the Juvenile Services
Commission. Valerie Doherty
was appointed to fill the
position.
Ron Currin was reappointed
to another three-year term on
the Morrow County Fair
Board. Currin's term was due
o expire in December.
committee
things which the people cannot
do for themselves and it
should do those things with the
least amount of tax dollars. I
know if he sees an agency that
isn't doing anything but inter
fering with the people's busi
ness, he will move to change
that agency," Hanneman
said.
Interim committees of the
Legislature study possible
legislation to be introduced at
the next regular session of the
Assembly.
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phoio by Virgil Rupp
from his recent agricultural
consulting trip to Yemen. Dr.
Goetze will discuss one or
more timely topics for wheat
growers.
A soil probe and a pocket
calculator will be given away
as door prizes during the
committee meetings.
The fall meeting is a time
for grass roots action by
members of the Oregon Wheat
Growers League. The Wheat
Growers League provides pol
itical representation, market
development, and educational
programs in behalf of Oregon
Wheat farmers.
Everyone is welcome.