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Ever wonder what happens lo
accident victims aUeewfonyrsiay ih
the hospital, afler (he local fund
raisers, after they go home lo
recuperate and put their lives back
together’’
The Gazelle Times was lucky
enough to talk with Debbie Sharp
recently She was the victim of an
accident December 13, 1383 which
left her severely injured and totaled
her 1974 Monle Carlo
She was in the hospital until April.
1984 with her neck broken in Iwo or
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three places, her back broken in
three places and numerous cuts and
bruises The first three and s half
months, she was in a coma When
she first came out. the didn t recog
m zr her husband, parents, or child
ren She did recognize them, how
ever, before »he was released from
the hospital
At the lime of her release, she had
a shunt in her brain, three pins in her
back, and worq a neck brace She
had difficulty doing most things
She used a wheel chair in (he
hospital, but refused lo have one at
home In fact, ber doctor bad told
her (hat she would never be able lo
walk again
"laxiking back." she
says. " I think he just said that to
make me more determined lo do it "
Her doctor also recommended a
nursing home for the first few weeks
out of the hospital which she refused
and physical therapy which she
didn I want The first two months,
her mother helped every day with
the necessary things to keep the
la-xmgion woman and her family
going
After that. f)ebbie cooked
and ( leaned bouse herself " I didn’t
do much, but I'm stubborn and I did
what I had to do. I even road a horse
two or three times "
Debbie, now 39, and her husband
Mickey who works al Kinzua. have
three children Danny. 12. Domla. 10
and Joshua. 4 They were all very
patient with me. she says, and have
become more self reliant
"They
don't depend on me for much.”
Cooking was difficlut at first, she
continues, because she had lo cover
one eye to see what she was trying to
do Her husband did a lot of the
cooking for awhile until she learned
to cope with the double vision which
tasted about six months
She couldn't write at first and says
she still "writes funny." but worst of
all was that she loves lo read and
couldn't manage that at all for
awhile She did see an eye doctor
who prescribed magnifying glasses
"which didn t help, it cleared up on
its own Now. I ran read as long as I
want " Though her vision is good
most of the time, she says "If I ’m
lying on the couch watching T V .
sometimes my vision still blurs, if
my head is lurned jusl right "
In April, 1985. about a year after
her release from the hospital, she
went hack to work al the Wagon
Wheel in Heppner Her doctor had
told her she would never be able lo
work again. Ibal she woutdn I re
member bow to mix drinks or to
work a rash register Not only did
she remember how to mix the
drinks, but also who drank what
"Some people I met just before the
accident. I didn't remember and
some I didn't remember but knew
what they drank.' she says with a
positive smile
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Lexington woman recovers from accident
One of the pin* in her back
conflicted with a nerve, »o the had
no feeling in her right leg which
made walking difficult Last tk-to
ber. the pin* were removed and
now I walk better, »he *ay* She *
not able to drive a car yet. »he
confe**es. and " I can t run and my
dancing isn't what it used to be
Her doctor, however, »ay* the*
doing well and is »m ated at her
improvement and that she is able to
do all of the things she ran do
The worst thing through it all. she
tays is that before the shunt could be
placed in her head, part or her hair
was shaved She admits to having
worn a wig for awhile, but now her
own curls casually surround her
face
Another thing that is upsets her is
the six months beginning just before
the accident which she doesn t re
member
It s beginning to come
back in bits, though. ‘*1 went to
I^tirande about six months ago and
remembered being there before but
didn t recall why I was there, or who
I was with."
It's hard to imagine that someone
as personable as llebbie could be
afraid of people, but she confesses
that for a long time she was just that
because "they knew what I went
through and I thought they would
laugh because I'm not 'right' yet "
Still, sometimes, she feels that
people are nice because they know
what she went through, but just
reminds herself that can't be so
because "they were nice before "
When business tapered off at the
w.igon Wheel she felt It was her
fault, even when she was reassured
that business was just slow, she still
felt that people were not coming in.
just because she was working
"Now, I'm coming out of my depres
sion.' she ways as she opens a Mt
Dew for a customer at the Sage
brush Saloon and chats with him for
a moment
It's been a long hard trip back, she
admits but her "brown eyes and
bull headed I’apineau determina
lion" have helped her progress so
far She realizes, too. that God has
been good to her. but turned down a
request to tell her story to a Church
congregation, because T can't tell
anyone else how to act ” Although
not a formal Church member, she
says. " I believe, and I know He has
helped me a lot "
The accident has changed her
thinking somewhat, she says
He
fore, she would sometimes put off
doing things she wanted to do "I'm
not going to pul anything off any
more If I want to do it . I will do it "
current level of benefits for the
remainder of this school year and
following that a committee of three
persons from the board and three
from the teachers association would
choose the insurance carrier Effec
lively, this puts us in "no man's-
la n d ." says Liles because the board
needs to be sure the insurance
carrier seleclrd offers competitive
rates
This "committee route, is
just not a good way to do business
Speaking for the teachers. Hill
Jacobson of the Oregon Education
Association, says insurance is defm
ately one of the main concerns for
the teachers The factfinder s re
port. he continues, does not solve the
problem, but merely drlays it
There is no way that we can accept
the contract without the insurance
matter settled "
In general, Jacobson says, the
teachers rejected the report because
they felt it was "very one sided and
gave to the board even more than
what they had asked for We could
not look at any of the issues and say
we got what w r were asking for
Issues which Jacobson listed as
being given to the board are early
retirement and maintenance of stan
dards Teachers had asked for an
Atiyrh proclaims
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Dick Rice has returned as man
ager of the Wagon Wheel Cafe and
liounge in Heppner He has owned
the business since 1977, but has
leased it during a portion of that
time Kice also owns and manages
the tavern in l>exington with par
tner Sue Hayes They have recently
changed the Tavern's name to the
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Third place girls winner is Dana
Reid, daughter of Mr and Mrs
Raymond Reid, Heppner She has
been accepted at Eastern Oregon
State College where she plans to
major in business and minor in
psychology Her high school activi
ties include membership in Nation
al Honor Society, four years of
participation in volleyball and bas
ketball. golf, dance team, cheer-
leading. student government. Girls
Athletic Booster, member of Drama
H ub. Outdoor (Tub and the Catholic
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VI Wilgers, Heppner. discussed
local clubs, and Ruth Townsend. l,a
Grande, told of area meetings Ruth
Townsend then told of eligibility
standards, and LaKrance Grubbs.
Pendleton, explained the classifies
tion principle Clista Venard. Hep
pner. talked on "Dollars and Cents”
before the final sector of the pro
gram, the question and answer
period The meeting ended with all
members joining in the Soroptimist
Pledge
Thirteen came from La Grande,
five from Pasco Kennewick, four
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and four from Pendleton to Join the
10 Boardman women and the 17 from
Heppner at this organizational
meeting
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Dodge City Inn where various offi
cers and members explained facts
about the Soroptimist organization
and conducted a question and ans
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A second meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday evening. Keb 1» The
largest delegation attending and the
group most directly responsible for
encouraging the formation of a club
at Boardman was made up of 17
officers
and
members
from
Heppner
The days program began with a
welcome by Barbara Rloodworth.
Heppner* president
All Sorop
timists present introduced them
selves and gave their classifications
The ten guests from Boardman also
told their names, business class
tfications. and titles
(lis ts Venard. Heppner. reviewed
the history of the Soroptimist organ
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ization. and Avis DeRuyter, Pasco
Kennewick, told of the structure of
this international organization, its
federation, regions and districts
Venetta Stappler and Winifred
Colby, both of Pasco-Kennewick.
told of various international and
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Keith Kemson. son of Mr and Mrs
Don Kemson. Heppner is the boys
division third place winner He has
been accepted at Eastern Oregon
State College where he will major in
education and music
His high
school activities include member
ship in National Honor Society, 4 0
grade point average, senior class
president, active in student govern
men), jazz. pep. and concert band,
currently student director of the
band, has played football, golf, and
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assists Rice with many of the
responsibilities in the Wagon Wheel
Cafe
Rice says that he is pleased with
the crew which they have put
together at the Wheel and he hopes
to have banquet facilities available
in the near future He also hopes to
reopen a Second Hand store in the
spring which he bought in April, 1985
when he returned to Heppner after
working in other areas for a few
year
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additional incentive for early retire
men! and the Board considered the
current program of continuing to
pay the employee's insurance bene
fits from age 58 through 65 as
adequate incentive for early retire
ment
The district agreed to a
narrower "maintenance of stan
dards" clause, but refused to accept
broad, general language The teach
era argued that the current language
has existed for 10 years without
mayor difficulty, so there was no
reason for a change The factfinder
concurred with ’hr dis’ rlri ’hat ’ he
current language is vague and am
higuous. and a "breading ground for
grievances." and recommended his
own language which is the type more
commonly used in Oregon school
contracts
Jacobson considers the factfind
er s position on "fair share," a
"strange settlement " Concerning
the "just cause for dismissal issue,
he says the report at least offers a
compromise from which to work,
but is still not satisfactory from the
teachers viewpoint
All of the issues continue to be
important for the teachers, but the
factfinder s report, he says, will be
a point from which to work at the
meeting Monday night
Rice returns to Wagon Wheel
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