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VOL. 102 NO. Tlll'nSDAY. FEBRUARY . I9M
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HEPPNER, OREGON
by the City Of HeppilCr Total precip. for January was 0.46 inches.
Normal is 1.41 inches.
P.M.H. staff gets preview
Lifeguard Medical Transport adds
fixed-wing plane
Cost of proposed Willow Cr. recreation
area discussed
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By MARY ANN CERULLO
The Heppner Economic
Development Corporation and
the Corps of Engineers met
with Morrow County Court
last Wednesday to discuss a
50-50 cost sharing agreement
for the Willow Creek Recrea
tion Area project.
Construction of the park has
been estimated by the corps to
cost $216,000. The county is
expected to provide $118,000 of
that and hopes to cover a
majority of it with payment
in-kind.
The corps asked the court to
establish what projects the
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county intends to provide
through payment in-kind so a
report couid be drawn up and
submitted to the Corps of
Engineers' central office for
approval.
Dick Weller of the corps
warned . the development
corporation and county court
that approval of the report
could take several months but
once approved, funding would
become available.
"Your chances for funding
from the corps is much better
before September 30 while
money is still coming out of
the construction fund," said
Weller, "When the (Willow
Creek) dam's budget begins
coming out of operations,
you'll (the county) be taking
your chances for federal
money."
Weller explained that after
September 30, money to ope
rate the dam will be coming
from an operations fund which
has a tighter budget.
Dick Weller and Lee Turner
of the corps agreed to provide
the development corporation
with their specs on iabor and
materials to help them plan
what they will provide for
payment in-kind. The de
velopment corp. and county
court agreed to meet during
the next week to draw up their
plans.
In other business, the court:
heard complaints from a
delegation from lone who
stated they weren't happy
with the way the lone City
Council handled the recent
garbage collection controver
sy. discussed drawing up an
ordinance on road closures
and load limits to help enforce
state penalties on violations
with Mike Oths, county
counsel.
Education costs for handicapped to be slightly
higher next year
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Mdtcol Troniport ytm' new plon.
Costs for Uie required edu
cation of handicapped child-
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Dr. Gregory Brown (cnr) xplainM how critical patient wll! b. transported from one medical facility to another on lifeguard next year than in the current
year, according to Matt
Doherty, Morrow Co. School
District superintendent.
The proposed budget for
1984-85 will again include
funds to provide programs for
handicapped children through
specially trained teachers and
specialized equipment, mate
rials and facilities. Special
programs are provided for
speech and language handi
caps, remedial reading, edu
cable retardation and other
learning disabilities. The dis
trict also budgets to provide
special help for physically
handicapped and the visually
or hearing impaired through
cooperative agreement with
programs, as well as other
costs such as extra transpor
tation, programs for the han-
Ur. Clare Koinck, Physi
cian's Assistant Ken Dyball
and several nurses Irom Pio
neer Memorial Hospital In
lleppner viewed a new fixed
wing airplane operated by
Lilt-guard Medlc.nl Transport
at the Lexington Airport last
Thursday. Gregory Brown
M l), medical advisor for the
aircralt, was on hand to ex
plain the new service.
The aircralt, which Is leased
Irom Sun West Aviation of
(gltn, Utah, is medically
retrolitted and is stalled by a
flight team which Includes a
critical care nurse and a
respiratory therapist. The
plane will be used to transport
critical patients from one hos
pital to another. The Lite
guard Transport system cur
rently operates a helicopter in
northeast Oregon and south
east Washington. It is pri
marily used for patients
involved In accidents and for
short trip transports. The
plane will allow patients to be
transported almost twice as
fast, and will free up use of the
helicopter lor emergencies.
No money Irom tax levies is
used to support the plane's
operation. The funds will
come primarily from patient
revenue collected from the
flights, and also Irom St. Mary
Community Hospital in Walla
Walla, Wash. If patient reve
nue falls short, explains Mar
lene Krout, administrative
vice-president of Lifeguard
Medical Transport, which is
based at the Walla Walla
Airport. Dr. Brown stated that
it is hoped that the plane will
generate enough revenue to
help ollset costs of the heli
copter, which is funded
through tax revenue.
Cost per trip on the plane is
$200 for liftoff and $3.50 per
llight mile. In comparison,
cost per trip aboard the heli
copter is $200 for liftoff and
$4.00 per flight mile. Brown
explained that after the plane
lands, its medical team will
travel to the hospital to check
and ready the patient for
transport. The patient will
then be taken by ambulance to
the airport and flown out. He
stressed that the patient's
family members do not fly
with the patient on board the
plane.
During the first stages of
operation, Brown said he
would accompany the medical
team on flights.
other districts or with Umatil
la County Educational Servi
ces District. .
CFunds for special help Jor . ew pllOne boOKS tO be
the handicapped are received
delivered soon
dicapped are more costly than
regular programs, Doherty
concluded.
from both state and federal
sources but the largest share
of these costs are born by the
local taxpayer. A total of
$295,000 is included in the
proposed budget to fund the
program during the next
school year.
Aid to handicapped
children by school districts is
a requirement of both state
and federal law and has done a
great deal to provide an equal
educational opportunity for
these handicapped children,
Doherty said.
Because of the small
teacher to pupil ratio re
quired for these specialized
Delivery of the now tele
phone hooks will hogin Thurs
day Keh Q in south Morrow
Count v Distributing the hooks
annin this year will he Mr and
Mrs Ml Allvn rf l,exingtnn
and Mrs Merlvn Knhinsnn of
Mcnpnor The delivery will
take approximately- one week.
Mrs Allvn said
Appreciation Day to be
held Sat. at M.C.G.G.
New senior supervisor hired for
Morrow Co.
County acquires additional law
enforcement services at no cost
The Knst (Vntrril Oroenn
A!wi,iiion ol Counties - Area
on Aonrv nn Acini' nnnnun
fwi t hr rrvr-ni hirinc nl Cnrn
lv n I'.'irrfl In the position ol
senior sTVicr Supervisor ol
Morrow I'nuntv She replncr
I vmien Snrcfiil who hn heir)
ho rtiiion since M was est.'ih
hhcr m Annl lRI S.ircenl
looks torw.irrl In hrr retire
mont in ornVr to pursue other
Interests
Thn nositwn ol senior ser
vices supervisor hns in the
n.isl been n three-ounrter
'ime position' however. It hns
heon ovnfinrM into a lull time
enrionvnr Pnreel will he re
sponsible lor nrovirlinn nwl
surwrvisinff the senior ctlien
rtn1 hnndirnnnert nersons
stirirvirt service svstem as
m:in nvwilnhle throimh the
Aron Acenev on Atfine She
will he coordinating n svstem
of service anrl serve ns n
contact person for senior citi
?on within Morrow Countv
Those ma lor services include
nutrition nuirpflch Informa
tion nnrl referral escort.
homemHker merlirare. legal
nnd transportation services
Parcel eomes to Heppner
from the Tifffird area She
mvs sheenlovsthe charm and
trnnnuiliiv of a town the sire of
Mennner nnrl looks forward to
hooominp an intecrHl part nl
tic community bv mnkintf it
positive ennirihiition to the
onnlitv of hie for the senior
eiiicns of Morrow Countv
Those needing assistance or
iniormntmn ninv contact Par
cel ni r.Tfi ri071 or mnv cull the
Area Agency on Aging at
1-800- 452-8112.
Search for new P.M.H.
administrator continues
The Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital Board will hold a special
meeting on Monday, Feb. 13, 7
p.m., at the hospital. Hiring a
new hospital administrator
will be discussed.
The public is invited to
attend the meeting.
Ontario man joins
Heppner City Police Dept.
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Joe Mallea
loe Mallea henan working
t n nntrolman for the City
Police Department last week
Mallea comes to Heppner
irom Ontario where he was a
leiial investigator Prior to his
employment as nn investiga
tor he spent lit venrs with the
Ontario City Police Depart
ment the last (our as ser
I'ennt He has also worked for
Oreimn l.ioimr Control as an
inspectpor i" 'he Portland
n f oreem on t division
Mallea who was horn and
raised in the Jordan Vallev
has an associate degree in law
oiitorcemeiii from Treasure
Valley Community College in
(intiirio and is a graduate ol
the National Crime Preven
tion Institute I 'diversity in
I oinsvtllo Kentucky
Vii-n officers nf the Cnlum
hia lfi-er Inter-Trihal Kishe
nes H'niorcement I 'nil were
iteniiti-jed hv Morrow Countv
Clerk Harhara Bloodsworth
last Thursday ottering Mor
row County nddiiinnol law
enloreemenl along the Co
lumhin Hiver at no ettra rost
in i ho countv
The Inter-Tnhal Kisheries
Knloreemeni I 'nit is hnsed In
a field office in Hood Hiver It
is nart of the Columhia Hiver
Inter-Trlhnl Kish Commission
which is based in Portland
The funding for the program is
tedernl under a contract with
the I ' S Hureaii of Indian
The enlnrcement ac
part of an overall
management program assis
iim the lour Treaty Tt'ihes
who have fishing rights nn the
Columhia Hiver - the Yakima
Warm Springs I'matilla and
e Perce The primary en
loreemenl duty is to apply the
individual Trihal HegulaMnns
in ihoir respective tribal
memhers We strive to protect
the fishing resource hv pre
venting illegal fishing main
taining peace on the mainsiem
Columhia Hiver and sate
"uardipg individual rights and
hherties of those exercising
their fishing rights explains
David B Hogers captain of
the unit
The enforcement unit has
line patrol officers and live
dispatchers The unit main
tains "M-honr year-round
nntrnl-disnatch activities It
works eloselv with several law
enlnrcement nPeneies and
heiongs to the Columhia Hiver
I aw Knforcement Committee
The officers patrol in
J wheel drive vehicles
sedans n "' iet boat nnd 30"
nmn hoat During the main
season thev also make dnilv
helicopter patrols The units
natrnl area is in the Zone fi
reoinn which is from Bonne
ville Dam to McNary Dam.
Rogers asked the sheriff of
each county in the Zone 6
reoinn to deputise the officers
snt hat they can provide more
law enforcement services
Knners also offered the she
riffs the use of his men boats
and vehicles for emergency or
other use.
The five officers deputized
were- David .1 Hogers. 29'
Michael W Cardinal 31:
D.annvl. McCoy William
H 'snwver and Hicharrt S
Casey "
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South Morrow Youth
Comm. meets
Getting youth representa
tion and adult participation
were topics of concern at a
January 30 meeting of the
South Morrow Youth Com
mission. Several students
from lone High School and
Heppner Jr. High attended the
meeting as did principals
from both schools, reports a
commission spokesperson.
John Edmundson, assistant
to the superintendent of the
Morrow Co. School District
answered questions regarding
alcohol, drugs and school poli
cy and stressed the impor
tance of parental backing of
school policy.
An Alternatives Committee
was formed, to be chaired by
Mike Douglas, Catholic youth
advisor, to find new and diffe
rent activities for Morrow
County youth.
The committee heard re
ports from Aloha DeSpain,
law enforcement committee
chairman, and Stuart Dick,
chairman of the Education
Committee.
A community meeting will
be held Tuesday, Feb. 21, 7:30
p.m., at the Heppner High
School cafeteria, at which
time a movie, "Epidemic:
America Fights Back." will be
shown to the public and com
mittees will report on various
aevtivities of the commission.
Lee McCarl with prizes
The Morrow County Grain Growers will hold its annual
Customer Appreciation Day this Saturday, Feb. 11, at the
main offices in Lexington. The day will start off at 8 a.m. with
a free pancake breakfast, running until 12 noon. The public is
invited.
Factory representatives from many major farm supply
companies will be on hand to discuss products and answer
questions.
There will also be an opportunity for you to win one of the
many door prizes to be given away, including; a kerosene
heater, large tool box, truck box, IH toys and a G.E. toaster
oven. There will also be many dealer prizes given away.
If you would like to sample some delicious treats, there will
be a variety of demonstrations by The Wheat League, Oregon
Wheat Commission, Morrow County CowBelles and the
Morrow County Extension Service staff.
A variety of equipment will also be on display, including:
The Calkins Culta-weeder with the all new hydraulic drive,
the Steiger Panther, the International Harvester Hillside
Combine (the world's largest), as well as other tractors and
trucks.