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PMH granted adult day care license
Pioneer M emorial Hospital has
I been granted an Adult b a y Care
license reports Hospital Admims
tralor John Hemple
The license
will allow the facility to care for
three adults from 7 a m 6 p m for
shot I or extended periods of time
Reservations will tie required for the
service which, Hemple says, could
begin as early as mid October The
facility will provide meals and beds
for naps and is aimed at people who
need a day away from caring for a
family member in order to see a
doctor, do Christmas shopping, or
just enjoy some free time
The hospital board is still working
to collect information needed for
im m ig ra tio n b e fo re Dr C urtis
Thievsen of Winnipeg
Manitoba.
Canada can be granted a visa to
come to Heppner
In essense,
Hemple says the board must prove
that the job he is coming to is not
being taken a way from an interested
l S physician
Hemple considers the contract
with St Anthony Hospital In Pendle
ton "to our tienefit because they
have been co-operative, helping
when we ask but not taking over
here " The cuntract provides for an
administrator and support services
to the hospital in Heppner
Hemple says that with many
administrators spending a short
time at 1 ’ ioneer the hospital had no
sense of direction, administrators
were in an uncomfortable position of
silting and waiting for something to
go wrong and then fixing it He savx
that since he has been hired the
administration is no longer in that
position
He expects to spend
tw » thirds of his time planning and
carrying out new things at the
hospital and one third fixing things
He would also like to stress that
l*ioncer is not just Heppner’s hospi
tal. but can serve the whole county
and asks to answer praise and
condemnation of the hospital jn-rson
ally
Gourmet won't pay increased utility charges
From the Sep'
Ernie McCabe, co-owner of Central Market in
Heppner stands among some 55 deer carcases hanging
in the store s walk in cooler
McCabe says that the
carcases are basically in good condition and of average
Many C. of C.
projectsS
underway
size More deer were brought into Central Market on the
first weekend of the genreal deer than last year during
the first season
IV Boordman
fmerprue
The manager of (iourm et brands
potato processing plant in board
man said Wednesday his company
wdl refuse to pay increased water
fees from the Port of Morrow
totaling over $350.ouo per year, until
the port can document why the
increases are necessary
Jim Heimbecker. plant manager
and vice president of production
with Gourmet, said the company is
willing to pay its fair share, hut that
its landlord the Port of M orrow . has
been unable to show why the fee
hikes are necessary
"T hey have been unable to give us
that proof due to the problem with
their lasikkeeping system ," he said
"P r o v e to us that this is the cost and
we will pay the rate, but for now we
will continue to pay what we have
both plants. 56 V cents per li**>
been,' he said
gallons for Oregon Potato Company
The Port, last year, collected
and 71 7 per l.ixxi gallons for Gour
about $7uo.oixi in utility fees This
met brands The higher rate for
year their income for utility fees will
Gourmet brands is due to the
be over one million dollars, accor
increased coat in processing their
ding to Asst Port Manager bob
effluent because of the sand and
Miller
grease it contains when leaving the
Miller said that the Port Commis
plant, said Miller
sn<n has alwavs taken the |M>»ition
"W e are serious about the action
that the system should pay for itself
we are taking.1' said Heimbecker
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and not require subsidy from other
cannot, ill good conscience agree to
port incomes In analyzing the situa
pay what will tie about a $ 350 .ixxi
lion, the port found itself seriously
yearly increase without some sub
behind, said Miller
stuntiation
I am surprised the
I nder the old rate charge system,
commissioners were willing to vote
the tenants paid $10 taxi a month for
on something that they knew were
basic service and 80 cents per I IXX)
assumptions The people of Morrow
gallons of water usage The new
County deserve better "
rates are 112 929 basic charge (or
Port to take positive action to resolve water use questions
From the Sept
WATER USE PORT OF MORROW
Ity Justine Weatherford
Heppner Chamber of Commerce
President I>oug Smith. Vice Prrsi
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dent birdine Tullis. the board of
Directors along with all the mem
hers are involved with various coin
mittees working on community pro
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jects
The Heppner chamber is
cooperating more and m ore with the
lone Agri business organization and
with the Itoardman C o f f (form er
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ly the boardman Com mercial Club >
Currently a "W elcom e to Hepp
n er" newcomers coupon tiooklet is
being put together which will he
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given to fam ilies when they arrive
The coupons will offer introductory
gifts or specially priced items from
merchants and the booklet will
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contain helpful facts for newcomers
about Heppner. Lexington, and lone
civic and social organizations
Some Chamber members are be
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ginning work on revising the county
promotional brochure because the
supply of the last pictorial brochure
which was printed in mid 19«] is
almost depleted and the text needs
ujxiating The Oregon State Depart
ment of Information recently re
guested a new supply as tourism has
been up considerably this year and
Iziuis Carlson, Port of Morrow
more and more visitors are imjuir
president, stated Tuesday that the
mg about the Eastern part of this
port had taken positive action to
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resolve the questions Port tenants
The Cham tier com m ittee needs
have raised over the increase in
help with this pamphlet revision
water rales In an interview Tues
both in the updating of significant
day. Carlson reported thast Com
changes in the communities and
missioner Bill Sharkev had been
organizations in the counts and with
the considerable exjiense of publish
mg this g ive away which will look
much like Ihe 19BI edition
Don Cole and Ann Spicer of the
Chamber are the two legislative
representatives (roni this county to
"T h e Business Lunch
a seven
the right county "State of Eastern
part seminar series on current
Oregon
They will soon be srllng
business topics is being offered to
citizenship cards and ' illegal
Li
the business community of the South
bills in several locations in Morrow
Morrow Count) area, by the Small
County
The Chamber is backing
Business Development Center of
this mythical prelend slate whose
Blue Mountain Community College
western boundary begins where the
The seminar series begins October
rain forest ends and whose eastern
3 at the Heppner Elks laxlge. at
and southern boundaries will pro
niwn. with a discussion on compu
claim
You are enlrring Eastern
ters and small business
Tins
Oregon, the gateway to western
l iregon" The leaders of this prom o session will he presented by Don
tional state will join folks here when
Armstrong of Computer Processing,
the community celebrates SI P a t I nlimited of Hermiston
rick's Day next March
The series will fa* held on succes
Other recent Chamber projects
sive Thursdays through November
include Main Street planters and a
U
Other topics to tie covered
include customer relations ad verti
congratulatory sign that has been
sing. inventory control, cash flow
pointing out new and improved
management, evaluation of opera
mis i nesses
lions, and credit and collection
The Chamber members honored
strategies
volunteer firem en and their wives
These topics were selected by I tu
last fall and will sixin he leading the
bus incss community, during a re
campaign to select the county first
citizens of I9H5
26 Boordmon Enterprise
Oregon potato Company will pay
58 V cents per IJXXI gallons nf usage
and Gourmet will pay 71 I cents per
t.txxi The higher rate for Gourmet
Itrands represents the Port s added
expenses for the rem oval of sand
and grease from their effluent
According to Assistant Port Maria
ger Hot» M iller, it is costing the Port
$1.19.(Kxi yearly for maintenance,
personnel and equipment replace
ment to rem ove the sand and grease
Another reason for the increase in
rates according to M iller is the
$ 1 . 608 .ixx) capital Investment the
Port has made to the Utility system
since 1979
According to Miller.
Gourmet Brands water use today
would be equal to that o| a city o|
about 20.<XX) people
GOURMET BRAND
OREGON POTATO
lone Hardware
sets open house
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lone Hardware, form erly Kiel
mann's Hardware, in lone, will hold
an open house this Saturday, Oct 5
from H a m to 6 p m
Helen Heideman. eo owner of the
store invites everyone to stop by and
look over Ihe expanded inventory,
including video tape and VCR rent
al. and enter to win some of the fret-
gifts to be given away
Helen and her husband Hutch
Heideman liought the hardware
store from Gene and Maxine Biel
manti last month
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WATER USE IN 100 MILLION GAL./YR.
delegateti to approach thè Pori
tenants and set up a special work
shop meeting brlwet-n Pori staff and
key figures at lenant bustnesses lo
answer all thè tenants questions
about how thè new rate was deter
miniti Pori Manager Steve Lind
strom had assunti thè Pori Coni
missioners that the figures were
available The action follows state
ments made by Jim Heimbecker
last week
H eim b eck er. plant
manager for Gourmet Brands, said
his company would not pay the new
ralrs until it was demonstrated to
him that the rales were accurate
Sharkey stated that the meeting or
meetings could lake place within the
next month
The new rate schedule will represent
uhout a $ 250.000 increase in utilities
cost for Gourmet Brands The basic
charge for both plants goes from
$to non monthly to $32.929 monthly
Business lunch series
offered in Heppner
cent survey we did in South Morrow
County, as the most important iss
ues facing business owners," said
Tom Hampson director of BMCC's
Small Business Development Ccn
ter.
Eres for Ihe series are $9 50 I (H J .
seminar or $iui for all s e v i z i
sions The fee include) lunCfTand Ihe
opportunity lo listen and share ideas
with experts in the field
The
Heppner Morrow Chamber of Com
merce Board of Directors will un
derwrite the cost of the luncheon
$-85 1 for all its m em ber* who attend
Contact the business center at
276-6233 for more information
Sign up forms are available at the
Heppner Gazette Tim es office or at
Swanson s Insurance Agency in lone
Co sponsor of the series is tfie Small
Business Adminixtralion
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Time management seminar offered
Tim e management will be the
topic of a special workshop to be
presented in Heppner on Thursday.
Oct to, from 6 30 to 9 30 p m at the
Columbia Basin Electric community
room by the Small Business D eve
lopment Center of Blue Mountain
Community College
Making effective use of tim e will
be discussed by Nancy Macduff
Bunt Associates of Walla Walla
Macduff's premise is that (line is
precious and "is the most elusive of
all quantities the modern person
attempts to manage
She will be
l leaching
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n u r f I, i i \ - i n l m k
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participants
bow
lo con
duct current work loads more effi
ciently and how to save hours each
week
The workshop fee is $3u and
enrollment is limited
To reserve
space, interested persons should call
the Small Business Development
Center at 276 6233
Registration
forms ean fa- picked up at the
Heppner G a ze tte T im e s . Hutch's
P rin t Shop
in H eppner
or
Swansons Insurance Agency in
lone
W e want to help people explore
*6 a «#> Znrr»M, ,n their live* *h-,l m-,|rr
them feel out of control and there
fore always out of tune
an mating
to Tom Hampson. director of the
Sm all
Business
D evelop m en t
Center
The process of lim e management
presented is designed for use in the
home farm, or in business
"It's
really for anyone who feels they
could better utilize their time
said
Macduff a Walla Walla Community
College instructor and consultant in
interpersonal relations and man
agement
The workshop is co-sponsored by
the Small Business Admistration
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In the swim of things
Erom shallow water jump and prone float lo disrobing
in o n
. . . r w f i h s i r I r vf h i n d
■ a fln l a l m n ilm u-n
in l deep
water and . using
the clothing as
a flotation device
third and fourth grade beginning swimmers, advanced
beginners, intermediate*, and advanced swim mer*
demonstrated their skill for parents and other piemen
Ur> students at an Aquatic Show Friday. Sent 27 at the
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lone School Pool Intermediate swim m ers, (in water*
exhibit the elementary back strokes while advanced
beginners wait at the edge of the pool for their chance to
gel wet
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