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\ The Heppner Gazette-Times Tues , June It Wed . June 12 Thur June 13 Eri June 14 Sat . June 15 Sun , June 16 Mon . June 17 M orrow C o u n t y '» H o m e -O w n e d Weekly N e w s p a p e r VOL 181 M l » W EDNESDAY. J I NK I*. 1*0 a I*AGES unes she is aware of in the state that have tested for asbestos so far The board asked McCaslin to check with Eastern Oregon districts to see if testing is being done in this area before any action is taken by the board heard that the district has 14 applications so far for the principal's yob at lone, which will be vacated with the appointment of present principal Chuck Starr to assistant superintendent of the district Approved the following coaching and other positions Heppner Junior High Football Head Coach. Dave Gun derson. Assistant Coach. Al Heck Volleyball Head Coach, Jean Strange. Assistant Coach. l.ea Cal vert Hasketball Boys Head Coach. Dave Gunderson. Avsistant Coach. Tim Hirkby Hasketball Girls Head Coach. Jean Strange Assistant Coach Sar ah Carlson Track Head Coach. Phyllis Ray ne. Assistant Coach. Doug Sheirbon Cheerleaders Dance Team Sar ah Carlson and la*a Calvert Academically Talented Coordin ator Linda Shaw lone High School Assistant Football Coach. I>el l a Rue. Head Volleyball Coach, Joce lyn Jones Head Basketball Coach 1 Hoys), Del I-aKue. Head Hasketball Coach tG irlsi Jocelyn Jones. Head Track Coach. Del l.aHue Athletic Ihrcctor. Del l.aRuc Music (l*ep Hand1 Geneva Mathews. Cheerlead er Advisor. Bonnie Hall. Annual Advisor Marlene Davison lone Junior High Football Coach Mark Jones. Volleyball Coach. Bar hara C ollin. B l l k t t k l l l 1 i Boys'. Mark Jones lone Elementary Head Teacher Hetty Rietmann General Academically Talented Coordinator Marlene Dav ison Riverside Football Asst Terry Starr, Vol leyball. Head Thresa Ruud. Asst Donna Barton Basketball Hoys Varsity Larry French. Jr Varsity Mike Wetherell. Frosh Krvan I'ratt Girls Varsity Dirk Dirkson Jr Varsity Donna Harton Track and Field Head lairry French. Asst Ik>nna Harton Haseball Head Ke van Pratt. Asst Dirk Dirksen Ten ms Head Maureen M cElligolt Golf Head Mike Wetherell Cheer leader Advisor Sharon Harrick Annual Advisor Randy Gundlach Talented and Gifted Advisor Hob Deeler Athletic Director lairry French Heppner High Football Head Coach Tim Hirk by. Asst Coach Jars Payne Hasketball (H oys) Head Coach Brent Eggers Hasketball iG irls) Head Coach Alike Royer. J V Coach le s Payne Track Head Coach Dale Conklin I" I • ' IÜ III id I o H h M kl R q er Golf Head Coach Duane Neiffer Dance Team Pat Ctausen lone principal hired for A ssi. Supt. slot meeting Monday night He replaces John Edmundson who resigned in May to take a yob teaching math at Heppner Elementary Starr is well qualified for the job. Superintendent Iloyle McCaslin told the school board, and "w e feel fortunate he has decided to apply for ibis McCaslin said that the board was polled by telephone last month fol lowing Edmundson s resignation, and that every board m ember gave a positive response to hiring Starr as assistant superintendent Starr came to the district in 1972 as a math teacher at Heppner High School He spent four years in that job before moving to lone A graduate of Lewis and Clark College in 1963. Starr has also taught math. P E . Health and coached al West Linn, and was a professor of education for three years at Pacific University He received a masters degree in education administration from the University of Oregon "1 have found all of the people in Morrow County to be friendly and supportive, and interested in quality education for their kids." said Starr about working in the district He has two sons. Terry. 23. who is a teacher at Sam Hoardman. and !\o longer welcome M l malilla Co. Prisoners to go to St. Helens Fair Premium Books included in this week 's newspaper reserves the right for Umatilla County to refuse Morrow County prisoners when the facility is full or near c a p a c ity with th eir own prisoners Until the situation rr solves itself, "U m atilla County will not accept prisoners " This effected Morrow County last week when the first notice was received that prisoners had to be moved Escapees from the Oregon State Penitentiary, John W Krebs and Richard Glenn McCawley were transferred to the nearest available Tacility. the Clackamas County Jail "A ls o ." says Sheriff Drago. "tw o burglars were released when tne situation arose Now two felons who should be in jail are out walking the streets " With Umatilla County Jail closed to M orrow County prison ers, Columbia County Jail at St Helens is the nearest available facility Although the Oregon State Police prov ide a prisoner transport co op at no cost to the counties, it only operates Wednesdays Prisoners needing to tie transported on other days of the week will have to be transported by a Morrow County Deputy at a cost of approximately $250 to Morrow County Which includes the deputy’s wages, mile age and transportation costs, and an additional off-duty officer which would have to be called in and paid overtim e to cover the duties of the deputy in transit The results, says Drago. is that "only the most violent and professional criminal types will be lodged " Morrow County has paid out nearly $11.000 during April and May for housing prisoners at facilities outside the county lo w 55 53 55 52 43 46 54 Precip 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 b ) th e ( l i t ) n i l l i >|i|iii«‘ r Heppner, Oregon School Board denies student transfer request The M orrow Counly School Hoard sportation com mittee chairman Jim denied a request Monday, that an Hier to go out and buy a used pickup lone grade school student he allowed for under $5.000 No bids were to attend eighth grade in Heppner received on the pickup nest year learned that the district may have Tom Martin, whose daughter. to have asbestos testing done in the Jennifer, attends lone schools, asked schools, which could coat up to the hoard to allow his daughter to $ 12.000 The board is fearful of transfer to Heppner so that all of his lawsuits against the district which three children would attend school in could arise from exposure to abrs the same town Martin has two tos d aughters p resen tly atten d in g A best os is used for insulation and Heppner High, and he cited difficul other purposes and can cause harm ties in attending school functions as to the respiratory systrm Tests the reason for the requested trans were completed at one time on the fer district buildings, however, samples The Martins who live on 4 M from the tests were thrown out Ranch north of Ia'xmgton, said they because at the time the district did sometimes have to choose between not want to pay for storing the tested attending functions at one of the two materials schools, and if all their children were School district attorney Ann Spi attending school in the same town cer told the board there have been they could alleviate the problem more and more assbestos lawsuits in School Superintendent Doyle Me the pust 20 years, but mostly at Caslin earlier refused the Martins shipyards where the material was request, so it was brought to the used extensively school board for consideration "W e are liable for a test os expo "lo n e schools are maintained by sure even if we didn't know it was the district taxpayers, at some dangerous, but if we test and sto p it inconvenience to them, for students now we will stop future exposure." as specified in your policies," Me Spicer said She said form er stu Caslin wrote in a statement to the dents, teachers and staff would be board "Dim inishing that student the ones to initiate lawsuits, since body by just one student is a they would be the ones who would significant event of public observa have been exposed tion and concern at lone and, to If asbestos is found in the schools various degrees, district wide, pro at harmful levels, the district has perly so. I think two options. Superintendent M cl’as "One more student at Heppner lin said "seal it. or take it out " Junior High School will not over Spicer said the Coos Hay and crowd any classes, sections present Oregon City schools are the only ly are scheduled to have 23-24 students per section Hut one more student there will not particularly benefit that school." he wrote "lo n e will probably have IS-16 students in that grade next year Therefore, on classroom balance as noted in your policy, die student should stay at lon e." All but one member of the school board present at Monday's meeting agreed with McCaslin "W e 'r e maintaining a school down there with not many students, and we shouldn't be transferring them away from th ere," said boardmem ber ! Dwayne Carroll of Irrigon " I f you could get all the kids from here iL exin gton > to go to lone, it sounds cruel and cold, but it would be a solution to the p roblem ," commented boardmember Joe Ste vens of Hoardman Only boardmember Pat Wright voted In favor of the transfer "If you've had kids spilt up in two different schools it does make it very d ifficu lt," she said "But if you close this door tightly, they will never C h o c k Starr send them down there ifrom Lexing ton) even for grade school Chuck Starr, principal of lone According to district policy on Schools for the past nine years, has attendance and transfers, grade been named new assistant superin school students living in the Old tendent tor the Morrow County lirxington Pine City School district School District can be assigned to either lone or Starr. 44. was appointed to the job Heppner schools to "p rovid e some by the district board of directors at a classroom balance ” (Students in these areas may choose to attend high school, at either Heppner or lo n e ) The policy also states that any transfer of a student would be made in the "best interests of the student educationally or socially to m ove to Morrow Counly Sheriff Roy Drago a school outside his normal atten recently received a letter from dance area " Umatilla County Sheriff J H Carey In other business, the board informing him that because of near heard from a Umatilla Education capacity conditions at the Umatilla Service District representative, who County jail. Morrow County prison told the board that lone High ers can "n o longer be accepted " School's Entrepreneurship Program Although Morrow County has a headed by shop teacher Marvin contract until July I with Umatilla Peterson and business teacher Anna County for prisoner housing at a cost Morford is receiving state wide re of $45 per day. that contract still cognition for excellence Peterson has been speaking to various groups about the program , which has ltu dents set up an actual business, produce goods and then sell the finished product Bill Taylor said that the program will soon be nominated for a "P r o mixing Practices A w a rd " through the Oregon Department of Educa tion Taylor said there may be grant money available to the Kntrepre neurship program if the award is made heard that the superintendent will Included in this week s newspaper be on vacation from June 22 until is a copy of the 1985 Morrow County after July 4 Fair Prem ium Hook The book: awarded the following bids for contains a schedule of fair and rodeo goods and services I new boiler at events and a complete list of the Riverside High to < M< of Portland classifications for entering in 4 H. $39,147 2 three point hitch range I F F A , and Open class items Save mower to Ear West Equipment- the premium hook so that the $5.291.3 two snapper riding mowers information will be handy when to Buffham s Ranch » Home. Irri- needed for entering items in the fair gon $6,766, 4 roofing work at Hepp Anyone who needs extra copies of ner elementary to M & R insulation- the premium book may pick them up $2.777. S automatic controls to Benz at the Gazette-Times office or the Air for $3.800 . 6 painting bid to Morrow County Extension office in Callahan Const . Pilot Rock $9.340. Heppner. the Enterprise office ini 7 office machine maintenance to Hoardman or the Morrow County Jaynes Business Machines. Pendle Annex Building in Irrigon ton $9.340. and S sewing machine service to A ’s .Sewing .Shoppe. The Dalles. $3.770 The board also authorized tran High 88 84 79 82 78 78 86 Dennis. 20. who is a junior at Eastern Oregon State College His wife Diana has been city recorder for lone for the past seven years Starr and his fam ily will be moving to Heppner soon The house he rents in lone is owned by the school district and may be used by the next principal of lone sctxxils Starr s salary in the new position will tie $39,959, up from the $37.959 he would have received as a principal next year A search for a new principal al lone has already begun, with about 14 applications having already tx-en received, the school board learned Polls open from 8a.m. -8p.m. June 25 Absentee ballots still av ailable Precincts will be combined for the June 25 special election and (Killing places open from M am to i p m . will tie the same as for last month's special election Combined Hoard man I and 2 will vote at Greenfield Grange Hall lone No 4 will mark their ballots al I i m City Hal] Combined Irrigon 5 and 6 will voice their opinions at the North Morrow Annex. l-exinglon 7 will vote at the lrxin glon Sch<x>l o ffic e and Com bined Hardman Heppner 3. H. 9. It), and It will mark ballots at the Heppner NeighborhixKf Center Morrow County Clerk Barbara Bloods worth reminds all registered voters who will he unable to go to the polls next Tuesday that absentee hallo!« « 1.0 ,, si|nMe at the Clerk s office up until the day prior to the election To obtain an absentee ballot, slop by the Clerk s Office al the Morrow County Court house and fill out and application or mail a signed letter to the Clerk's Office requesting an absentee ballot These ballots will be mailed out Also, if the Clerk's Office 676 9061, Is notified special arrangements may be made for persons unable to go to the polls because of a tem porary or permanent handicap "E xercise your right to v o te ." concluded Bloodsworth It's sad when 25 percent of the registered votes make a decision which in fluences everyone as happened the last election Morrow Coiunty voters will again vote on the proposed Morrow County budget Tuesday . June 25 This is the third vote on the budget $61,687 has been (sired from the levy since the first vote, reducing the levy amount to $2.393 856 Different at this election, the Hospital board has requested that the hospital levy be presented on a separate ballot from the county budget Hoard mem bers felt that they would get a I letter indication of the amount of county support for Pioneer Mamorial Hospital and thus be able to make decisions about the hospital which would I k * more in the interest of the voters The hospital operating levy remains the same. Ai $419,704. as requested in the May 21 election The county operating levy, for all county operations, for next year has tieen reduced 2 5 percent from the $2.642.M3 (excluding the hospital le v y ) which was requested in the May 2) election Cuts of parltim e personnel, services, supplies, and p ro je cts w e re m ade from the general fund and the road depart rtient Voters within the city of Heppner will vote on the same budget which went down by 19 votes in the May 21 special election The levy amount is $128.386 w hich is considerably more than the operating budget financed by lixal taxes or the current fiscal year The reasons (or the levy increase are lack of available cash, spiraling cost on insurance, mater lals and supplies Mayor Costa explains that the budget levy is resubmitted because the City Council and budget com mittee consider it a fair budget with no place to trim Should the budget fail a second time. Costa anticipates that the budget com mittee would look at cuts in the area of city personnel, and street, water, and ■ewer services " It is entirely up to the budget com m ittee where any cuts might be m ad e." Costa con tinued Discussions have also s(x*cu lated that cuts could reduce the c ity ’s 24 hour police protection and funds for hiring a dog control person Hospital, ( bounty submitting separate operating lev ies ( "ity levy await«« balloting Nursing home now meets certification standards tin Friday, May 24. surveyors from Oregon Health Division return ed to Pioneer Memorial Hospital Nursing Home to determine the extent of compliance with those standards and progress in attaining the goals detailed in a Plan of Correction submitted to the Health Division on May 2 The Plan of Correction was formulated to cor reel deficiences at the facility which the Health Division said "d id not meet standards for participation in payment for care under the Medi caid program " The resurvey found that all defi ciencies had been properly dealt with and that the appropriate cor rective action had been taken or was about to be takrn The surveyors commented specifically on the qual ity of the staff's response and particularly on their positive and constructive attitudes Some of the forms and programs that had tx-en developed were copied by the sur veyors to use as examples for other fa c ilitie s , In terim A d m in istra tor Bob Smith reported to the Hospital Hoard T o be fournd deficient, prim arily in areas of documentation of care and medication given, was surpris ing and obviously embarrassing to the Nursing Home staff since a previous survey two years ago had not noted any such problems. Smith continues However, the staff response was to im mediately dev el op a systematic set of solutions to the deficiencies They accepted this criticism of their previous prrfor mance as a learning exix-rience and an opportunity to im prove their delivery and documentation of care to. and for, the residents of the Nursing Home The consultative services of a physical therapist, a speech Ihera pis! and a medical social worker have lx*en obtained from, or through St Anthony Hospital In Pendleton Other than those outside resources, all the rest of the required corrective measures have t>ern accomplished by the existing staff of the hospital and nursing home Smith says "This has tx*en done at no small sacrifice to the tim e that these people have spent with their fam ilies and. in Sandi Hanna s case to her health Sandi Hanna, t.imla Dunaway. Eve lyn Sw eek, Connie H am m ons. Kathli-en laiwe and other stall mem tiers have spent a great deni of time and mental energy working, not only to correct the problems idenli fled by the State, tiut to make the Pioneer M emorial Hospital Nursing Home the best facility of its kind in Oregon What they have done, and the way they have done it. entitles them to your pride and respect I have watched grou(>s of health care professionals respond to challenges for 20 years and none of them has done it lietter than these people at Pioneer M emorial Hospital They are a "class group I hope you are as proud of them as I am Donations will fund outdoor recreation area at PMH Boys needed for day camp Boys age 7 12 who are interested in having fun. learning basic wixxl and leather craft skills, and making new friends are still needed to attend a Day Camp sponsored by Cub Scout Park 661 Boys do not have to be Cub Scouts to attend the camp All that is required is that they fill out a registration form , include the $15 registration fee i which includes a c a m p T shirt and all supplies), bring a sack lunch each day. and be ready for a fun filled week For further information and regi stration form s, con tact M artha Munkers, 989 8532 before June 21 _______________ Last s u m m e r n u rs in g h o m e residents enjoyed a picnic on th e patio at the hospital Pioneer Memorial Hospital Auxiliary has donated $500 and other pledges have been received for a proposed outdoor recreation area in front of Pioneer M em orial Hospital The patio area is currently used for outdixir nursing home functions, but because the area is not fenced, patients m*ed constant supervision while outside, said a hospital spokesperson The planned recreation area would allow patients m ore freedom to tie outdtxirs with less supervision Although some donations and pledges have already been received more are needed to cover the $2.500 estimated cost Donations need not be cash, materials and labor are also needed for the projec t which will tie financed apart from the hospital's budget or tax funded operating levy For more information, call Linda Kenny at the hospital office. 676 9133
