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Court halts construction of fairgrounds bridge
Eating their words
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er ballots
Morrow County Clerk Barbara Bloodsworth served Commis
sMmer Jerry Peck (left). Judge Don McElligon and Commissioner
Irv Rauch their null in ballots with their choice of mustard or cat
sup following the approval o f the county levy in June's mail in
ballot
A bridge
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necessary, she said, before the Fair
begins August 14
The Court decided to install two
six foot culverts in the creek chan
nel instead of building a bridge over
it The cost of the two culverts, may
hr as much as $1.500. hut is still less
than the anticipated $5 .5 0 0 to
replace the bridge
Commissioner Irv Rauch said that
he liked the idea of using culverts if
it could he made to work because it
meant fewer man hours lo install,
and because the total cost to the
county would he less than to build
a replacement bridge
Commissioner Jerry Peck con
sulted w ith Road Dept foreman Don
Hall on the engineering problems
and availability o f culverts He was
told also that adequate fill dirt was
available at the site to provide the
necessary three foot fill over the
culverts
Assured that culverts would he
available and delivered lo the
fairgrounds this week, the court
Work was haultrd on a bridge at
the Morrow County Fairgrounds last
Wednesday by order of Morrow
County Court
Merlyn Robinson of the Morrow
County Fair Board told the Court
that the bridge served fairgrounds
property on hoth sides o f Hinton
creek near Shorty's Museum
Robinson said the Fair Board has
been promised various bridges dur
ing the past year and that currently
the county road department and the
groundskeeper at the fairgrounds
were to build forms and do the
necessary digging along the creek
hanks The county intended to pur
chase beams for the bridge
Fifth Wheel trailers Robinson told
the Court, had difficulty making the
turn to get across the existing bridge
which was unsafe last year The
Court had considered replacing the
hndge with a longer one straight
across the creek instead o f at an
angle as the existing one
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decided to install the culverts
The Commissioners agreed that
some unnecessary work may have
been done on the bridge, hut that in
stalling culverts was still the cheaper
way to go
Morrow County Judge Don
McF.lligott had expected to he hack
from a National Association ol
C ounties meeting in time for
Wednesday'» Court Session, hut
decided he needed to stay for an ad
ditional day of the meeting
Doctor'» Contracts
The Court again looked at con
tracts which Pioneer Memorial
Hospital Board has offered Doctors
Thiesscn and Ko/nck They had ask
ed that the hospital administrator and
board chairpcrvm appear and ex
plain some of the cloudy areas of the
contracts Some of the wording in
the contract w as ambiguous,
however, they said, and asked to
have county attorney Val IXiherty
Park ready so they are bringing
money into the park
She said that although she was
not try,n8 **•> gf* more money"
from the county, there were "jobs
to he done" and she needed to know
it the Court wanted to authorize ad
ditional hour» for half time
employee Earl Papineau
Commissioner Rauc h ads ised her
that she would need to prioritize and
use extra help for the most imfxir-
tant jobs, because the project ran
with only one supervisor last year
and money was not available for two
full time employees Commissioner
Peck said that thes might he able fo
transfer funds for some additional
hours, hut the amount woukl not ap
proach full time fhe supervisor is
not paid from courts funds, hut from
through the Juvenile Services
Commission
Other Business
In other business, the Court
heard from Fair Board member
Mcrlyn Robinson that a fire escape
would he required on the North
grandstand The Fair Board learned
from the state fire marshal three
weeks ago that the structure would
he needed before the rodeo begins,
she said Jhc expense was not in
eluded in this year's budget, so the
hoard has had to "beg. borrow, and
'steal' materials to get the )ob
done
heard an update on the Courthouse
renovation project from County Ar
chitect Boh Smith The Court ap
proved a silicone treatment lor the
South retaining wall to present
future discoloring from iron oxide
when sprinklers spray against the
wall The Court inspected the new
windows being installed upstairs
Smith was asked to get a price lor
Venetian blinds The Court will
survey the condition of the blinds
now on the windows
heard from Boh Stevens that there
were a lot of potholes in the Hard
man Ridge Road fie asked it they
could he repaired before he started
hauling grain in harvest The Court
consulted IVn Ball at the county
road department and informed
Stevens that blade patching was
scheduled to begin July 17.
held an executive session to
discuss the Sheriffs Association
Contract
held an executive session to
discuss terms of the contracts with
Drs Thiessen and Koznek
rewrite those portions of the con
tracts before the court approved
them
Hovpital Administrator John
Hempel and Hovpital Board
Chairperson Marcia Anderson ex
plained articles of the contracts
which guarantee Drv Thiesscn and
Ko/nek net incomes of $60.000 and
$70.10) pet year respectively for the
ncxl two years Die yearly guarantee
is to he paid monthly, because the
first few months are when the doc
tors are likely to need financial help
in their practices, Anderson
explained
The hoard offered a two scar con
tract hoping to regain, during the sc
cond year, part of the expense paid
out during the first scar Should the
doctors earn more than the
guaranteed net income, the contract
provides for their repayment of
money received from the counts on
■ percentage of net monthly ¿am
mgs because, she said, the hoard did
not want to "penalize them for do
ing a good job "
"The contracts were offered."
said Hempel. because "getting a
longterm stable medical community
is a benefit to the hospital
Hempel said that typically, the
cost to a physician to set up a prac
lice in a rural area is $95 100.000
and in order to get a physician start
up costs and a net income are usual
ly guaranteed Because Drs
Thiesscn and Ko/nck have agreed to
work from the same office. Hempel
said that the hospital is saved the
su n up cost for Dr Thiesscn
‘‘It was never the Board's intent
to supply the doctors with capital
equipment." Anderson assured the
Court
Parks Project
Charlene Papineau reported that
four acres of the summer park pro
jeet is 901 burned, piled, cleared,
raked, and ready to he seeded to
Fair buttons on
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Murray's Drug Store. Coast to
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Father/son to bowl at
national tournament
Dave Hanna and hiv *>n Jason will
represent the State of Oregon in the
Prep Division of the I Ith annual Sa
tional Family Bowling Tournament
held in Washington. I) C August
29-Septemher 2.
They howled vix games to place
first in the Prep Division and will
receive a trip to Washington D C
They also receive a bowling shirt
and $260 for expenses
Hanna, an average 180 howler,
has howled in Heppner for 25 years
His son Jason has been howling for
four years and averages 90 pins per
game
The Oregon Stale fam ily Touma
ment was held at Fastmont Bowl in
Gresham the first three weekends o f
April Oreogn had 62 teams par
ticipating in three age groups, cun
sitting o f a junior howler and an
adult howler who were related The
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age groups were M to II Preps.
12-14 Juniors, and 15 19 Majors
The Hannas howled in the Prep
group which had the most entries.
Each state sends three teams to
Washington D C
While in Washington D C . they
will take various tours around the
area Some o f the places they will he
touring are the Capitol Lincoln
Memorial, and the Tomh o f the
Unknown Soldier During the howl
ing tournament, a state team will he
chosen to place a wreath on the
Tomb o f the Unknown Soldier An
award banquet will he held the Iasi
day of the Bowling Tournament.
Trophies and nhhons will he given
out for each age division Die firs!
prize in each age disision will he a
$1000 scholarship pul into a trust
fund until the child is 19 Second
place will he a $500 scholarship
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