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T « V -P V . U •* -r.y M Morrow County s Home-Owned Newspaper Thf Hrppcxr imes «.» VOL 105 NO 11 Wednesday. March 18, 1987 Oregon 25* 10 Pages i/ North Morrow Clinic reopens The North Morrow Medical Clinic Hoard caid Monday night that the clinic would reopen I viced a \ afternoon following its being closed Monday Ihe clinic was closed until the hoard could meet in emergency ses sion Monday night la>cks were changed on its doors following clinic physician Dr Steven Zielinski's allegedly admitted a patient to Good Shepherd Hospital in Hcrmiston under the care of a fictional " l ) r Louts Carlson" at the Morrow County Courthouse l-oclcs were changed on the clinic doors hoard chairman IX>n Kppen hach said in a letter delivered to Dr /.iclinski hy the Morrow County S heriffs o ilic e . " to safeguard the records and equipment o f the clinic from any possible damage I he behavior displayed alter the previous disagreement with the Hoard, i e posters lorn from walls, chain over turned. damage to a locked cabinet, has caused us to lake this step to pro tcct sensitive files The meeting was called and the phv sicun's presence requested, the letter said, "to answer points o f con cem and to lustily the actions taken which appear to be undermining the patient care that the Hoard is uttemp ting to guard and improve Zielinski, who has been the physi c ian in Boardmun for two years, said in a letter to the county court that since he has not been paid lor con tract serv ices since February 11. he might be loreed to notify his patients that he would no Inger provide emergency medical service He said he would encourage his patients to contact the county so that other ar rangements could be made The Court took no action on the letter noting that grievance pro ccdures require the matter be brought before the Norlh Morrow Medical Hoard before (hey are brought to the County Court Morrow County District Attorney Jetf W allace suggested that he till out the time cards, and nuke an accoun ting of the tunc, stating it was the best he could remember Hoard member C liff Pec k said tfut the hoard trusted the doctor when he was hired Ihe hoard agreed to ap pmve his time slips if he would nuke a reasonable effort to be accurate, and instructed him to turn in current time cards in a timelv runner ( >n admitting a patient under a tic ticious name. Zielinski showed the board a copy of the original admit ting slip from the hospital with his name as the attending physic lan and no other doctor's name listed He denied instructing the hospital to contact " D r I C arlson." saying that what he had told the nurse was to call "Judge Carlson for a doctor it she wished He may provide the name ol another phvsician Before agreeing to open the clinic I uesday ihe Hoard asked Zielinski s assurance that tie would not walk out and leave patients without care as he' has two times in the past, and that he would not confer any additional honorary degrees on private c m/ens Die board also instructed Zielin ski to meet with the three staff members at the clinic Tuesday :nor ning before the clinic opened to discuss and resolve differences The board w ill meet next Monday to evaluate progress in improving stall relations at ihe clinic Dr Steven Zielinski WI L L OW C R f E K PARK Park district to ask levy approval The W illow Creek Park District will be asking voters March 'I to ap prove a park operating levs of $2R. tut) Ihe money would be used only for operation once the (»ark is c o n structcd. with actual construction funds coming from grants and donated labor and materials The newly located equipment operators training school at the Port of Morrow along with other contra, tors, organizations and volunteers have indicated thev w ill donate $211 ill) worth of materials and ser vices for actual construction of the 20 unit RV park and swimming and dav use area Along with that is a grant from the state Parks and Kccreation Ass«* tor S20K .t n MI which w ill total the $42 1,000 to he used for actual construction ol the park I <Kaled on the lake next to the dum. the jcirk would provide RS parking with trailer dump site, a dav use or picnic king area and a swim tiling area One lew to operate the park has alrradv been defeated bv voters on November 4 IRMb. bv a HXR to T4 t margin I stimatevi lax rates to finance the $2‘>, (00operating budget is 17 cents jv i Slot •() of v al nation, or $H V) |>et year on a SMI.dliO home Ihe W illow Creek Park District includes Hcppner. lone and le x ington. tfic southern part ol M ono» ( 'ountv Zielinski has not been paid, bv in struelion o f the county court bccau e he has not turned in time slips which all county employees (not elected of ficials) are required to turn in. in order to receive their pay c h e c k s Ihe time slips require notations lor overtime, vacation and sick leave days, and number of houis worked The disagreement over nine slips apparently began in Januarv when the county informed him that the Operating engineers training schivi, which has agreed to do work on construction of the W illow ( reek I'aik time slips were a condition ol his is shown here working on a little league park at Reedsport Oregon new contracts, and he needed to sub m il time slips of his hours retroac lively to July I A provision of the new contract required time slips to would be lo include a linai nil discussed Dan Meador planning the planners It you were lust in the Bv Avon Melhy verity number o f days worked provement d istrict" clause to take consultant hired by the cilv to assist county, it would be' veiv easy to take Planning problems were adressed The doctor explained that he felt effect if further developm ent the linai planning commission in up care ol this Seeger told hcv But it unreasonable to applv a new policy by Hcppner City Council, the city demanded more setv ice s from the c i dating the city's comprehensive city zoning adopted bv Hcppner is six months into the contract, because planners and Morrow Counts plan v in that area Seeger said he would plan, listed several in a lejxirt fie sent ners at Hcppner City Hall Monday more restrictive ( hie wav around it he could not pmv ide an exact rec ord ave suggestions within a week Hoard chairman IX>n fppenhach night The county has authorized a com said that was not his prerogative, and that as an employee of ihe county he píete study and design to meet the was expected to make an effort to problems around the county office annex on K ink Street Hartley comply with county policy Die tirsi Morrò» ('ountv Medicai Hospital Hoard w ill t*e disbanded to the countv wide hoard official at Seeger has been hired Iodo the work Board was appotnled bv thè ( ounly Marv Michaels Don Tppenhach VS ednesdav s couit meeting and has already spent some time in Court lavi week Board members and Trank Pearson were reconi • »her members appointed to the spec ting the area Needs for parking, tcrms w ill begm Julv I whentheex mended for the countv wide hoard by boa id lo represent the c ountv s live streets, sidewalks, fences will be in isting North Morrow Medicai Center the hoards on which ttiev now serve cities are Jacki Bergstrom, lone eluded Noting the complaint by Board, thè Hoardman Ambularne Ihe ( ourl made their appointment Barbara VAudckamper Irn g o n . neighbors to the city planning com Board, and thè Pioneer Mcmorial I ucillc Peek I exington. I dGlenn mission last week. Seeger said after Commerce statement, sales o l in Boardmun. and Marcia Amici s o n inspecting the area he thought the dustrial land w ill require a plan tor Hcppner neighbors had been "a c c o m development and substantial perma enough tor golf or gardening, or By Avon Melhy Although Anderson is currently a t l x slating to put up with the condl nent improvements on the land arc whatever they wanted lo do on a member of the Pioneer Memorial Service on the coum il in Hcppner lions so long to be nude within two years ol spring like Saturday is donated, w ith no financial H ospital Hoard, she w ill be He also said there would be purchase Mayor Cara Costa said the remuneration Ihe jiosition calls tor representing the <itv of Hcppner changes in the way the helicopter According to Hoaidman City meeting would he a goal setting ses public spirited men and women who Judge lo in s Carlson said She lia s comes in to pick up patients Seeger. Manager and Kconomic Develop sion Sylvia Rose of the I caguc of sometimes work long hours on cits received the most attention from the a brother of Morrow County Plan ment Commute (. o Chairman l arry business ( fregon ( Kiev has been taking train community as the logical prison to ner Deane Seeger. said it was a D a lrv m p lc . the p o licy was It was no wonder then there were mg to conduct these meetings and to represent them he said No oilier dangerous situation with highlincs developed hy the committee to pro a few groans when council members ad as a facilitator tor the cities name has been predominant from the mote development at the Port of tvHi close to the present pad I Ills is a part of tier training and were informed at a s|n'cial meeting Hcppner area Diere w ill be no weeds, and no Morrow "T he iPori of Morrow» we arc getting her services tor tree Monday night thev were expected lo Ihe ( ourl considered C liff P ) living gravel around the pad under Hoard projects the attitude that we ( osta said spend the hours from ') a m f as well as fai Glenn to represent the new design, he said It nuy be don't want to sell any land What p m at city hall April 4 ( specially After this one tree session others Hoardnun. the judge continued but we'd like to protect is that we'd do necessary to move Ihe pad to the she den's will c o s t the suhscnhing c i with the weather hopetullv gornf decided that Peck was needed on Ihe fairgrounds anything to get you (developers) in tv a $41») fee North M orrow Medical C lint Deane Seeger said the county was here," said Dairy tuple Hoard " D ie re is some fieavv in violation o f the city zoning or Port nuiuger Hob M iller said that responsibility on the board now and dinanvc in putting the offices in although the Port of Morrow Com they will have to make » uik weights a residential zone When the com mission has not seen the proposed decisions before July I. the iudge píete background has been un statement o fficially. the proposal is said covered at the courthouse a new ap not current Port policy " The Pori Terms o f the original board plication will be sent to ihe city tor has never followed the general members w ill he staggered, so not a public hearing to request a condl policy o f giving away land, said all terms expire at the same tilin' tional use permit, or a zone change M iller "W e always have sold Hoard members » ill be appointed bv to allow public buildings in the land," he added the County Court and. except lor the residential zone According to Dalrymplc. a lease first board w ill serve four year The two planners said they would only policy is not reacting to current terms have some alternatives tor the city market po licie s John Prag. to look at to settle all the problems Hcononuc Development Committee there soon. probably within a week co-chairman, says that he believes More cooperation with the city that developers have had difficulty was promised in the future hy Kent borrowing money to finance building Goodyear. Hcppner. a member of liifs d u v , M arch 17 on leased land and that has inhibited the county planning commission He Soft VV hite gmwih on Port property "W e (the said they wanted to work with both March * I 1(1 Kconomic Development Committee) the city council and planners, in all A pril M || need a p o lic y ," said Prag "W e cities in the counts leach community believe there is no published policy May M t)V »2*bJ has a member on the county plann Let's let the world know we have June *2 R2 *2 H7 mg commission, and they w ill start something to sell " July »2 H.$ *2 H2 attending their city planning sessions August »2 XI Kconomic Development Commit and will he available to meet with the tee member and Pon o f Morrow Barley Hcppner Police Chief Doug Ruthhun sits behind desk in the new Police city councils or officials when need March April C om m ission candidate Bruce *X7 Dept office at Hcppner City Hall Hcppner police moved into the room cd "W e 're taking a more active which had been used for I ire Dept meetings whent he firefighters bought Nicholes. Hoardnun. savs that he May »KAMI position, to nuke it easier to have the building which houses the fire trucks Julv Aug believes that such a policy would not »77 more cooperation in the future only increase investments in the Die Hcppner City crew put a new ceiling in the new police department Hurd Red VA inter Various ways of meeting the pro county but w ill also only create jobs ( >rdinurics office and built an evidence mom Members of the police department painted »( 01 hlcmx created in providing citv water and cleaned their new office I he Police Dept can still be reached by call and "a id the tax burden for the en PIK to Ken Key on cemetery hill were ing the Citv of Hcppner h?b dblX tire county " Generic Certificates Mlt'7 Planner will study problems at Morrow County Annex First county-wide medical hoard appointed Incentives for port development urged A proposal submitted last week to the Hoardman City Council would offer incentives for developers to purchase Port of Morrow Property . according to proponents The policy, formulated by the Hoardnun Kconomic Development Committee, a group comprised of Hoardnun Chamber of Commerce members, provides rebates for in centives lor buyers of port proper ty According to the pmjiosed policy statement St in rebates would be allowed for every $20 in assessable improvements and SI in rebates would be allowed for every $2(1 in payroll for the first 24 months The statement specified that the asvesablc improvements would be determined 24 months after closing of the sale and nuy include buildings and other structures and equipment and ituchinery to the extent that they will be included on the ad valomm tax rolls The policy also states that development incentives nuv equal 100 percent of the land purchase price Waterfront property to a distance o f 1.000 feet from the C o l umbia Kivcr would be offered for lease only A ll other industrial lands w ill be offered for sale, fee title at market prices At the request of an industrul user. Ihe Port w ill consider leasing industrial land According to the Chamber of P at's St. photos see II pane Heppner council to learn goal setting Market Report Chief settles in new office t
