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Health district hearing will continue in January
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Twelve years ago. when Boh
Mahoney’* three year oUl win wav
accidently run over h> a tractor, the
child wav in dire need o f lifcsasing
medical treatment Miv young von
had a cruvhed prlvtv. a hnikcn arm.
a fractured vkull, and wav bleeding
profusely
A fter administering mouth to
mouth resuscitation he ruvhed hiv
c h ild to the h o vpital Pioneer
M e m o ria l
H ospital
Today.
Mahoney's w*n is playing havkethall
Mahoney cited the Heppner facility
as one of the finest fac ilities a father
could have asked for
Dtc long time south county rest
dent shared that memory with more
than one hundred people gathered at
Riverside High School to hejr
testimony on the formation o f
separate medical districts at a
December •) public hearing
Mahoney asked the hearings
panel. Judge elect D h jis Carlson and
Morrow Counts Commissioners Irs
Rauch and ( i W ‘ Jerry " Peck not
to divide the county on health care
issues
“ The county needs to pull together
on many issues, including schools
and health care We need to pull
together and make our lax dollars
w o rk ." he said
But some north end residents and
those who deliver health care and
emergency medical services have
lost confidence in counts unity
County wide las dollars are not
working, they say. at least me in the
Commissioner (left) Irv Rauch. Hearings officer Louis Carlson, and Commissioner
Jerry Peck listened to testimony Dec 9
north end
In fact, m em ories such as
Mahoney's have become a grave
reality in the north end with inerras
cd growth and development
Cheryl Ammons, representing the
Boardntan ambulance, said (flat over
50 percent of the ambulance's runs
involve serious trauma Ammons
said the ambulance no longer wants
to he controlled by county and
hospital budgets “ We want to be
responsible for our own health
ca re." she stated
Dean Mason. Columbia River
I MTs. pointed out that a response
team for hazardous materials,
chemicals, and radiation is needed in
north Morrow County “ The deft
cicncy has been in cxistancc for
several years and keeps grow ing."
he said
Mason added that capabilities for
water rescue do not exist in the north
end. that the ambulance is nine years
old and vehicle replacement needs to
be looked into
"Sometimes that's the last ditch
between them ipatients) and dying
that nine year-old vehicle." he
stressed
Mason told the panel the County
Court cannot stall the issues because
the needs are i mined late “ If you pul
if o ff you'll only compound needs."
he conc luded
Port Commissioner I jr r y Lindsay
voiced his concerns afvHJt harsh feel
ings dis tiling the n(unty and caution
ed against more fragmentation
Lindsay called for better u tili/a
th>n of current resources instead of
changing the whole system He said
Morrow County would probably
lose potential business and industrial
clients if it ciuild (hit assure stability
in the schools and in the deliscrance
o f health care
I .any Mills and Marita knderson.
l>Hh representing Heppner agencies
asked for a recess o f the hearing to
allow lime for the special commit
tee jpfhiintcd hv the Morrow Coun
ty Court to review the situation
Heppner Mayor Cara Costa es
presses) support for a county wide
district on hehall o f Heppner City
Council
Don Lp[x-nhaih. Irrigon mayor
anil v He chairman of (he North 'fo r
row Medical Hoard said the cam
paign supporting separate medical
districts was launches! because north
end needs were not being met The
North Morrow Medical Hoard has
been working toward that end for 10
scars " I t has almost become a
political football." he said
F.ppenhach reiterated that under
the present system the north end o f
the county is unable to meet the dc
mand for medical care it is faced
with Irrigon receives little health
care sers ices and uses l inatilla city
services for emergency care while
paving tascs for Morrow County
health care budge«' Irngon also
pays the city o f l niatilla for its
sers tees
Steven Rowe, o f Hoardnun. also
pointed iHit the Irrigon area has re
maincd virtually untouched by coun
tv health dollars
Ihc EMT» and
the medical center need to he com
mended lor the care they deliver
with the resources they have I wo
districts would allow each system to
provide for its own needs
Dr Steven Zielinski emphasized
that Hoardnun is not a primary or
a secondary service area o f Pioneer
Mrtrk<rial Hospital and people in the
north are paving tor sers ices in wHith
ciHints thes don't use Dr Zielinski
strongly encouraged the C«*unty
Court not to succumb to pressures to
prolong the bearing He also en
couraged members of the appnntcd
committee to spend some lime with
health care personnel in the ticld
" I realize you are under
pressures," Zielinski said, "b u t our
health care needs w ill not go away
Lor some of us. justice delayed is
lustice denied
We do not envy your positions,
but ask you to carry out your
duties "
With a conclusion o f testimony
and a brief period tor questioning tive
bearing was continued until January
Further discussions are expected
to resume Jjnuary h at Riverside
High School
Need for levy “more dire"
says administration
%/
The school district's need for a
S th ,7 th serial lesv is even greater
than expected. Assistant Supcrintcn
dent Chuck Starr told the Morrow
County School Hoard Monday night
A January I ' election w ill decide the
talc o f a supplemental serial levy
Fhc district w ill cut programs total
ing the less amount j t the semester
break it the levy is defeated
A S 5 .I4 0 .W 'o n e year operating
levy was approved by county voters
September lb
"W e 're looking at less revenue
than we expected because of tinan
c i j I shortfall and a lack of interest
incom e," Starr said “ The need for
the less is more dire j s days go hs "
Phc district's two accredited high
schools i Heppner High School and
Riverside High School in Boardmani
he instructed to reinstate some of the
programs scheduled to he cut in
order to maintain accreditation. Starr
said Schools do not have to he ai
credited to meet state standards, he
said
Die hoard approved passing the
propped tr.incpirt.ition budget to the
budget committee lor consideration
in preparing next year s budget Jim
Hier. chairman o f the transpirtation
committee, explained the commit
tec's recommendation tor purchas
mg the three buses and two pickups
which had been scheduled this year
and were cut from Ihc budget when
the district had problems getting a
levy approved The district w ill
research purchase of used buses and
a lease purchase arrangement belore
the board is asked to make a deci
sion on acquisition of buses tor next
scar
Hill Kuhn approached the board as
a representative of the Heppner
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fer to help promote the serial levy
and w ith a request that a member o f
the board work with the Chamber's
committee to answer questions and
inform them about the levy so that
they can answer questions people
w ill ask them
In other business, the board
appnntcd Hill Sharkey. Hoard
man. and Ken Turner. Heppner. to
the transpirtation committee
heard that Irrigon schools w ill be
required to hook up to the new Ir
rigon sewer system in October or
November o f next year
heard that the district's insurance
premium is expected to increase
IS'k in the general liability area.
20-30*3 in the vehicle area, with
perhaps no increase in the fidelity
coverage. An expected 12.4*? in
crease is expected in the premium
lor the hoard's errors and omissions
p 'lic s The p ilic y 's liability lim it
w ill also decrease from S2 to SI
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appnntcd Steve Wagenblast o f
lexington to the Budget Committee
reinstated (Van Robinson as a
member o f the Heppner larxington
Advisory Committee
heard a suggestion from Mars
Padberg. lone, that
board
members who vote against a motion
stat>" their reasons tor voting 'no'
Carolers
I he Brass Carolers w ill be in con
cert again Saturday. Dec 20 at I
p m at the Christmas tree in
downtown Heppner
They w ill accept donations o f
money. canned goods, and toys tor
the Heppner Neighborhood Center
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