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VOL 105 NO 11
Wednesday. March 18, 1987
Oregon 25*
10 Pages
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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
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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
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position, to nuke it easier to have the building which houses the fire trucks
Julv Aug
believes that such a policy would not
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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
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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
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pane
Heppner council to learn goal setting
Market Report
Chief settles in new office
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