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The Heppner Gazette-Times M o r r o w C o u n t y ’s H o m e -O w n e d W e e k ly N e w s p a p e r VOI i n V i 3 WEDNESDAY, J A M ARY 16. 1983 I P A liE I Heppner, Ortffuri 25' Hospital administrator resigns Pioneer Memorial Hospital Ad mimstrator John Ochsner submitted his resignation to a surprised and shocked" Hospital Board at a spe cial budget meeting last Friday morning. Jan II Fred Martin, chairman of the hospital Board reports that the Board has been "happy w ith what he (K hsner1 has done at the hospital Ochsner's resignation w ill become effective February R He says that although he w ill "hate to leave the people here at the hospital. " he has a chance to go with a health care management company as an admin istralor and w ill hopefully he provid ed access to a greater array of experiences which w ill help his professional growth He w ill not know for a couple of weeks yet where he w ill la- located, but expects to continue working in rural hospi John Weather l>> ili«* City of Heppner Tues , Jan 8 Weil , Jan 9 Thurs . Jan lu Fri . Jan II >vat . Jan 12 Sun . Jan 13 Mon Jan 14 High 38 26 25 26 28 27 41 1 om 18 20 20 29 21 20 22 Precip 0 03 Marine Board to rule on Willow ("reek Lake use Jan. 17 tals The decision was not made over night," he says, "but it was not in the m ill lor a long time either The situation came up and I had to give It some good hard thought (Khsner officially began as hospi tal administrator March 5. 1984 Charunan of the Board Martin says that the board is undetermined at this point what procedure it w ill follow in the task of recruiting a new administrator He says that the last time the Board was laced with finding an interim administrator, they ustsl the services of Brim and Associates He says (hut the hoard has not yet determined which proce dure to use this time, but w ill discuss the matter at the next regularly scheduled Hospital Board meeting Tuesday. Jan 22 Ochsner Fillies ranked 9 in Oregon Heppner s Varsity Girls' Basket ball Team was ranked ninth in the Slate in Class “ A ", in the coaches poll released last week At the time, the Fillies carried a record of 7 1. having won all their games since a season opening loss to Imbler luist Saturday night, on the road, the scrappy young ladies of Coach Mike Royer dropped a tense 39-27 game to the No 1 ranked Cmatilla Vikings The Vikings now carry a mark of 11-0. and lead Heppner by one game in the Columbia Basin Conference's Eastern Division Friday. January 2S. Cmatilla will provide a return match with the Fillies at Heppner High School, at s p m In risking their top ranking. Cmatilla w ill match its height and strength against Heppner s speed and quickness H II S fans are encouraged to include next week's boys and girls games in their plans The Mustangs and Fillies have two road games this week Friday night at Pilot Rock and Saturday at Stanfield la-fore returning home next week for F r i day s Cmatilla showdown and Satur day encounters with Wahtonka Game tunes for all games is 6 p m for the girls and 7:30 p m for boys Ice Fishermen fry co m p le te ly over d u rin g residents should Chamber banquet honors businesses The Heppner M orrow County Chamber of Commerce held its annual banquet last Tuesday night, and honored three local businesses for economic contributions to the city. Central Market, which last year initiated an ambitious expansion project doubling the size of its store, and Heppner Auto Farts which remodeled the old creamery build mg and moved in there, were both presented with plaques of appreci at ion Kin/ua Corporation of Heppner was also presented with a plaque to show the Chamber's appreciation for the new wood fired electrical generating plant being built by the wood products firm outside town "The Chamber would like these businesses to know that their efforts are appreciated." said Dr Wallace Wolff, the chamber member who presented the awards The banquet. which was decorated by the Heppner Garden Club using old oil lamps and other antiques in honor or Morrow County 's Centen nial. was headed up by master of ceremonies. l-arry Mills Entertainment was provided by Don Christensen and a group from the high school performing several musical selections and the crowd of over 120 people also heard from Heppners new mayor Cara Costa, incoming chamber president. iHiug Smith and outgoing president. Har ley Sager Officers for 1*5 were also instal led including Doug Smith, presi dent Gerald Pierson, first vice president Birdine Tullis. second vice president. Justine Weather ford, secretary , and George Koffler treasurer Board of directors for 1*5 in dude Doug Smith, Gerald Pierson. Birdine Tullis. Justine Weatherford. Hob Costa. Jim Hayes. George Koffler. John (k-hsner, and Judy closure The Heppner office of the Depart men! of Motor Vehicles w ill be closed Friday, January 18 Creek Lake recent cold b e w a re o f thin The stale Marine Board has pro posed restrictions for Willow Creek laike as follows Proposed restrictions on the lake include It lim iting motorboat operation on the Balm Fork arm of the lake to boats with electric motors having so pounds or less thrust in an area where the Corps had proposed no motorboat usage. 2> restrict motorboat speeds to five miles perhour or "no wake" on the W illow Creek Arm of the lake 3« the open speed portion of the lake w ill I k 1 marked and extend from a "point on the south shore l.(XX) feet east of the boat ramp perpendicular across to the north shore Wrlgi Terwilliger of the Oregon Lake snap, h o w e v e r was re p o rte d w ith w a rm in g fro ze n trend ic e Slate Marine Board told the Gazette Times Tuesday that although the proposal is unique for a small body of water he is convinced that it ran w ork" and doesn't believe that the Board will have any problem with its adoption He described it as "a good solid, proposal " If adopted as a rule, the proposal will lie effective in less than 60 days and w ill In- considered a temporary guideline If major concerns shoud develop. Terwilliger says, the Ma rine Board meets quarterly and could address those concerns at any time He continues to explain that («■cause of the amount of public concern over the proposal that Wil low Creek laike w ill probably be monitored more closely than some other areas The Corps, of Fngin eers. local people, and the Sheriff's office w ill lie the Marine's Board's main sources of information, al though Terw illiger says that should the waler quality and environment become a problem, he ex|iccis the overseeing agencies would inform the Marine Board The Marine Board's main charge is to enhance the pleasure and safety of boating The proposed restric lions w ill I«' discussed al the Board's January 17 meeting at the Portland General Electric Service Center in Salem The meeting w ill la-gin at 9 a m and is open to the public Hope to trim budget to 8% increase Bob and Porne A lo h a Despain B urkenbm e and Ernie McCabe The Budget Committee for the Morrow County School District has after study and input from various Advisory Committees presented a prospective 1*5 86 budget to the School Board reflecting a 13 percent increase in money required from tax revenues over the 1*4 H5 budget Morrow County School Suporin tendent and Budget Officer Doyle McCaslin has announced that the administration is hopeful that the increase can lie cut from a 13 percent increase to an eight percent increase before going to voters This year's budget is expected to include 32.746.632 in carryover funds which were unused this year, to apply to next year's budget The iotal dollar value is projected at 3R.701 414. an amount more than 31 million over this year's budget In his budget message McCaslin cites expected increases in nearly all areas of the budget Additional teachers at Sam Board man. Heppner Junior High, and Columbia Junior w ill increase the amount needed for salaries, but salaries w ill also bo increased Me Caslin says, "because of the recent and numerous report* on the stale of education nationwide, a teacher shortage is due to bo felt by 19H7 and to pinch by 1990. and school adminis trators in Morrow County need a gi««l teacher recruitment schedule it replacement* are going to bo attracted to our area " Becuuse negotiations are not yet complete with teacher and classified em ployee organizations. McCaslin says that the final amount settled on for salary increases lias not been deter mined, but the proposed budget allows a seven percent increase for most accounts l«*cause "teacher salaries in Morrow County are below the stale's average Increases in rales for garbage water, sewer, telephone services which the district must purchase from agencies outside the school district McCaslin says are based on reasonable increases based on analysis of the costs and the known increases in cost for the service since July of this year In the case of electricity for example he says that although the district has been in formed of a five percent rale in crease the budget was constructed to allow for a 12 percent rate increase which has already t«-en seen in this year's bills If the total proposed budget could bo reduced from the 13 percent proposer) increase to the hoped for eight percent increase, the total amount of the taxes needed to balance the budget would decrease from 36.282,108 to 3.897,108 which roughly translates to an estimated saving from 37 57 («-r 31.<xx> of assessed tax valuation to 37 II i « t 31.18X1 McCaslin says that cutting the budget from the proposed 13 percent increase, as far down the scale as an II percent increase, would result in cuts in the areas of proposed sup(s>rt programs, or additions to present equipment, but in trying to cut the budget further to an eight («orient increase over last year's budget may result in loss of funds in areas of supplies in the classroom and instruction Elks free throw contest slated Jan. 26 Committee to plan 10-year reunion DMV announces W illo w School Hoard and Hudget Committee H um tik e The committee planning the 10 year reunion for the Heppner High School Class of 1975 w ill hold an organizational meeting January 17. R p m at the Heppner Elks Club All classmates in the area are urged to attend The meeting agenda w ill include picking a date for the reunion and com piling addresses of fo rm e r classmates For more information, contact Joyce Hughes 676 5818 or Judy Eckman 6765228 luck on ■ m V Kent G o o d ye a r Local AAUW to hold special meeting The Heppner Tone branch of Am erican Association of University Women w ill focus on "insurance and finance" al a meeting Thursday. Jan 17 at 7 p m al the lone United Church of Christ Spouses and friends of A A l ' W members are to be special guests for the evening "Anyone else interes ted in A A l W is warmly invited to attend." said April Hilton Sykes, membership chairperson Refresh ments w ill be Mors d oeuvres pro vided by A A U W members Anyone needing transportation or more information call Hilton Sykes. 676 99:19 Fair Board re-elect Daly The Morrow County Fair Board met Monday night. Jan 14 to elect officer* and begin forming the bud get for the coming year P i* «*ls>r'*r>r4 « • r>r«»c »H«>M « ft« icy itaiy with bob McLaughlin elec ted to serve as vice president < ither member* of the Fair Board are Merlvn Robinson. Pete Richards and Harold Peck » The Heppner and lone competition for the 13th annual Elks lloopp .shoot, the national free throw shoo! mg contest for youngsters age eight through 13, w ill be held Saturday . Jan 26 from 10-11 30 a m at lone and from II .301 p m at Heppner, announced Jim Swanson of lone, local contest co-ordinator Conte* tants need to bring proof of age to enter the frei- throw contest This is Swanson s loth year of helping with the annual hoop shoot He w ill oversee the competition at the lone High School gym, while Dale Holland w ill he in charge of the event at the Heppner High School gym Almost three million youngsters from throughout the country entered last year's competition for boys and girls in age categories 8 9. lo - ll, and 12-13 Each contestant has 25 shots at the hoop The boy and g irl in each age group with the best scores advance through four tiers of com petition to qualify for the national finals at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis lax-al winner* w ill compete a gainst other contestants in the dist net event al Hermiston in February Winners advance through four tiers of competition local, district, state and regional semi finals until only 36 hoys and 16 girls remain From this final group, one boy and one girl emerge as national chain pions in each of the three age categories The winners receive trophies anil their names are in serdwd on a special plaque in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield Mass The Elks Hoop Shoot is the country's largest free throw shoot mg contest for youngster* It is also the largest and most visible of the many youth activities sponsored by the Elks and has served to highlight the Elks' national commitment to youth The program began as a local Elks activity tor young boys in Corvallis in 1946 Within 12 years, support for the event had grown enough for the Elks Oregon State Association to take il to the stale level And in 1972. the "Elks Hoop Shoot was expand ed to include contestants from 19 stales By 1974 girls were added to the competition, and the program has continued to grow ever since The com petition to become a champion is rugged but rewarding Af each level, contestants lake a total of 25 free throws National finalists have averaged around 90 percent accuracy in recent years Families of finalists on the state, regional and national levels attend the competition as guests of the Elks and are encouraged to play an active part throughout the contest Please come to lone or Heppner January 26 and watch our young people compete." Swanson said For m ore in fo rm a tio n contact Swanson or Holland Mayor Costa announces office hours Heppner Mayor Cara Costa has announced that beginning January 19. she w ill maintain office hours from 9 12 a m on the first and third Saturday of each month at Heppner City Hall
