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Culverts remain at Road Dept. P r s S I E W E T 2 E L L U OF ORE NE WS P AP ER Fairgrounds ‘bridge’ on hold LIB E U * L .*• L Oh 9 7 4 0 3 Morrow County's Homo-Owned Newspaper The Heppner azette Vol 104 No 31 Wednesday. July 30. 1986 unes Heppner, Oregon 25* 8 Pages Construction of a bndge across Hinton Creek at the Morrow Coun ty Fairgrounds will have to wail un til after next month's Fair and Rodeo, the Morrow County Coun said last Wednesday The Court had decided the previous week, dunng County Judge Don McElligott'c absence, to halt work on a proposed bndge across the creek, and. inMead to install two six licit culvens in rite creek The culverts. Commissioners Irv Rauch and Jerry Peck said would save the county more than $1000, and the work would have been completed before the fair Judge McHliigi'ti pointed out that the right year flood plain goes to rite crossmembers of the Matheny Boardman doctor’s contract extended Morrow County Court last Wednesday voted to retain Dr Steve Zielinski under his old contract un til a new contract be negotiated and signed The new contract will be retroactive to July 15 and run through June 30. 1987 Dr Zielinski has been the staff physician at the North Morrow Medical Clinic in Boardman for (he last year The Medical Clinic Board Chair man Boh Miller is on vacation this week and not available for comment Don Fppenhach, vice-chairman of the clinic hoard said he really couldn't say why a new cimtracl was not ottered to Zielinski before the Sidewalk Sale X ir Colleen Springer (left) and Judy Barber found bargains at Friday's Sidewalk Sale old one expired Contract negotiations go through riie Morrow County Court, Eppen bach said last year the medical clinic hoard negotiated a contra» t and then the c»iurt rewrote it "This year we left it in the county’* hands." he said "And they did not have one prepared " Mike Oths. County Counsel, wrote the contract last year. Eppen bach went onto explain Since he is no longer with the county. the court did not tell its new legal represen lative to fuse a contract written for Dr Zielinski The County Court has not hired a County Counsel to fill Oths position The attorney’s duties are currently filled on a per job contract basis by Heppner attorney Val Doherty Because his contract had expired July 15 and because the clinic hoard did not offer a new one following its July 17 b»>ard meeting. Dr Zielin ski did not see patients from July 18-23 He re'umed to work, he said. Thursday morning after the Court approved extending his contract "That covers my liability to work here," he said "This will be my final year in Boardman." Zielinski continued "The main reason is an unresolved conflict with a clinic board member " I was supposed to meet with the hoard last Thursday and Friday to begin working on a contract. Z.ielin ski said "There was no meeting Thursday and the Board Chairman was unavailable Friday Monday he did not return my messagev " "According to my contract," Zirlinaki continued, "die lead per son in negotiations is the chairman of the clinic board The Kwrd was responsible to offer me a contract and I’m not getting crv<ugh cxv operatton to even sit do* n and talk It hav gotten bitter," be said "If a physic tan it not getting money and doesn't have the cultural advantages of a large city, die very least he should get is respect from his patients and co-operation (torn his board." Zielinski said "If the chairman is out of town and I bypass the board, it's bad form, but I have only myself to blame if I don't have a contract " The clinic's gross income exceed r»l $2' X).000 more than the budget estimate. Fppenhach said Z.ielin ski's patients seem satisfied with his care and return "The board had recommended him (his contract) for * renewal." he concluded Silver coins with the State „>f Eastern Oregon seal are now available locally The collectors items contain one-ounce of silver, are numbered, and encased in plastic Coins went on sale April I but were not available until recently Those who buy coins this year will have the first option on die coin with the same serial number to be minted in nnd 1987 The Country Rose. Peterson's Jewelers, Coast to Coast, and the Heppner Bowl have the plastic- coated one iHince silver coins for sale The Slate of Eastern Oregon will also have a booth at the Mor row County Fair where the coins 1 ulv IS <following a recess until Thurs day) reviewed the proposed con tracts between Drs Ko/nek and Diu-svcn with the Jhoncer Mcnairial Hospital Board to insure that all pai ties agreed on the exact meanings ol come of the contract's terms w il be for sale A package containing the numbered coin, a permanent citizen ship card, a $1 hill, a brochure highlighting the mythical state's eight counties, and a newsletter ex plaining die state's tourism activities costs $17 VS That represents a sav ings of $7 from the purchase price for the individual items. Don Cole, senator for the" mythical state of mind" reports The State of Eastern (begun was organized to promote tourism to the eight counties weM of the Cascade mountains The state has raised funds to primvac tourism by the sale of citizenship cards and "illegal lender " Judy Buschke. Executive Director of the Morrow County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Ser vice. said dial price support loans are available on 198b wheat All wheat producers participating in the IVKh acreage reduction and land diversion program arc eligible, she said Morrow County’s 198b loan rate is $2 5b per bushel The rate is has ed on the national average loan on wheat stored in an approved warehouse, or on the farm "By placing the grain under loan, farmers increase their marketing op tions and help strengthen crop prices The loans give producers an opportunity to plan their manage ment strategy and sell when the price is right." said Buschke IntereM rate for loans made in July is 6 75% Under (he price support loan pro gram the Commodity Credit Cor poratHin nurites loans to eligible pro ducers. using (tie commodities as collateral for the loan The program does not guarantee participating tarmers a profit, however, it does guarantee a minimum price The ASCS official said wheat loans are available to farmers through March 31. 1987 Loans mature on demand hut no later than rile last day of the ninth month following rile month Itic loan is disbursed Two lone youths were taken to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston following a Friday evening accident Paul Zinter was driving a 1984 Ford pickup easthound on Punkm Center Road near Tenth St when a westbound 197b Toyota driven by Ethel Bauer of Umatilla pulled into the oncoming lane to pass anoriier vehicle Bauer was in a no pawing zone according to the Oregon Slate Police office in HermiMon which in vevtigated She was killed in the accident Two lone youth injured in collision /.inter received minor injuries. His passenger. Bryan Bavford. suf fered a broken ankle and minor scrapes New program supports fair The Morrow County Gram chase of Icrtili/cr, chemicals, Growers in Lexington has started a petroleum products or sale items For more information, contact die program this year to help with pro motion of the Morrow County Fair Morrow County Grain Growers in and Rodeo, and save fairgoers Lexington money. Starting immediately anyone who purchases $100 dollars worth of Because a recent increase in postal merchandise at the Grain Growers will receive a coupon good for $5 off rates has nearly doubled riie cost of riie price of fair buttons, family fun mailing papers to some areas, the Gazette Times must raise subscrip night or rodeo admission tion prices Subscribers living in Morrow. The coupons are not redeemable for cash and are nut given for pur Orant. Gilliam and Wheeler counties First Signs "Big Tom" Simonlon is in Heppner this week, one of the first signs of the coming Fair anil Rodeo. August 14 17 Columbia Basin weatherizes 235 homes Columbia Bavin Electric The residential weatherization Cooperative reached a milcvtone program pays up to 85 percent ot riie recently hy wealheri/ing itv 235th cost of installing cost effective home under the "Buy Back" convcr energy saving measures If you vation program vponvored hy the would like information about the Bonneville Power Adminivtrafion weatherization program please call The Cooperative evtimatev that Jerry Hraly. b7b 914b. at C B F. C more than 1.053.4H0 kilowatt hours have been saved and more than $435.000 hav been spent in the Cooperative service area since the •v C*y <rf program began in October ot 1982 — —— ~ 1 IIIs 22 28 High Iziw Prrclp 88 48 0 Tues 4b 0 81 IXelvina Denise Shuman. 31. Wtd 8b 50 0 Heppner. died Mondav night in a Thurs 47 0 83 one vehicle accident south of Blake Fri 41 75 0 Ranch Road on Willow Creek Road Sal 44 0 77 The vehicle apparently rolled once, Sun 0 84 45 Mon a spokesperson from the Sheriffs Office said The Sheriff s Office responded at V 43 p m after receiving a report of C nrrsgKimenii o# »ft* Mor»r** County Ck (ktwere a person trapped inside a vehicle A male juvenile with minor injuries 1 ues.. July 29 was transported hy a pawing Soft While motorist from the scene to Pioneer July *2 77 Memorial Hospital in Heppner •2 73 Aug Investigation of the accident is Sept •2 • • continuing •2 79 *2 81 Oct »2 8 3/»2 85 Nov »2 87/» 2 89 Dec Barley will continue to pay $12 pet ycai A July Sept *70 subscription in all otlicr areas will Oct *71 now cost $23 per year Nov *72 "W e regret having to raise the Dec »73 subscription price, however, these Hard Red Winter are costs out of our control." said Ordinaries *2 bV Publisher David Sykes 115% on PIK certificates Weather Report Heppner woman dies in accident Subscription rates increase Allen Burkenbine weighs watermelon during last Fri- dav's Sidwaik Sale. ___________________ ter be handled on an individual maintenance basis, he said voted to extend for sis months a letter of cresJit to First Interstate Bank for work on the Cecil and Huber bridges heard that Ralph Bonham who lives on property adjacent to a county owned parcel wanted rise Court's permission to continue inni ming and culling down hazardous trees on the parcel so risat he can build a fence and raise calves The land is outside the Boardman city limits, but inside its urban growth boundaries The county is canng for the land until the city needs it for use as a park. Commis sioner Peck explained The Court told Bonham it would Us>k at the pmperty and make a deci sion at the next Court session held an executive session concer Ping financial and personnel matters requested that rise county auditors ujxlate bookkeeping procedures at the North Morrow Medual Clinic held an executive session to discuss employee contracts -voted to retain Dr Steve Zielin ski as an employee under the terms of his expired contract with the coun ty while the North Morrow Medical Clinic Board negotiates a new con tract with him When signed, the new contract will be retroactive to Collectors coins on sale Wheat loans available Molly Rhea (left) of Tri-County Home Health checks Grace Buschke's blood pressure brulgc buili b> the Male highway department with 'O’ wj It clearance tanher up Minton Creek rhe two »U'(w< culverts only have « tu ^ ft cross section, the Judge vaid, “ I don't think we dare go below the Mate highway bridge because the creek hav Hooded before " fbe Court dec ided to cover the four-foot temporary culvert whuh wav placed in the creek prior to ihe beginning of construction and make further decisions on the bridge alter the fair and rodeo Forms for the bridge lootings are already in place and will be covered with fill dirt and uncovered again before bridge construction resumes No unncs/essarv culverts wenr pur chased, the judge said The sis foot culverts the commissioners had in tended to use at Ihe fairgrounds are owned by the county's road department In other business, the Court heard that the Judge had presid rd at lb iuvenile hearings this month approved payment of the $138 balance to Farl Ming for a curves approved the ShcrdTv Assoc ta tMin contract approv ed paymcnl of claims and tfie July 17 county payroll instructed Bob Smith, county ar chitevt, to put live old Venetian blinds has k up to the windows at the Cour- ihouse The Court had instructed Smith to get hide for repairing Ihe old blinds, and tor buy mg new ones Smith reported several bids to the Court and recommended that this was probably not an item for him to bid Repair of the blinds might bet Market Report
