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Koznek says he will leave Heppner By Avon Mrlby Dr Clare Ko/nek has subnutted his resignation to Pioneer Memorial Flospital hoard, to be effective in mid May He will start his own practice in Gresham with the help ol Portland Adventist Medical Center " Diey offered us the opening several months ago.' Mrs Ko/nek said Tuesday "Then they sailed again recently and still wanted us She said the offer li<oked good ansi it an opfvrtumiy ti< move on We were not looking tor another lisa non. they asked u s." she continued The ko/nek s have h e n here ti>ur years next month Dies have two children one two years and one five months old Mrs ko/nek said the family has enioyed living in Hcppncr and will mivs the small community We up prre late the support that we have had here, and the friends we have ntude " The hi'spital here has a contract with St Anthony Hospital in Pndleton to recruit doctors and hospital managers tor the local hospital Dr Ko/nek was under con tract with the local hi'spital board D'at contract expires in May At the hospital board meeting last week it was announced that St An tl> ny s will he lia'king for a replace na lit doctm tor Pioneer Memorial St Anthony is presently looking for a new hospital administrator tor Pioneer, since the unexpected resignation of John Hettipel on March Id So real reason lor the resignation has been given except that there were opposing views on hospital management One board member Pat Wright said that reasons for the resignation could not be given at this time but w •>» revealed later The matter was not publicly discussed at the hospital Nurd meeting last week. M arvin D earr. d irecto r of development at St Anthi'nv has been acting director at Pioneer Memorial since Hempel s resignation Dr t urns Dnessen. who is also Bv Avon Melbv Request that Pioneer Memorial Hospital takeover Tn County Honk- Health Agenw was nude to the hospii.il Nurd last week Ihe home health agency n m ved into quarters in the hospital last winter when it wa s low on funding and ik-eded a less cxfvnsivr location Sandy Kill, administrator ol the agency. said she believed the iikive has been beneficial to Nnh home health and the N>spiul Cse of the health care agency has increased since being located in the hospital .‘» r ..le^rsttvc cost an !■ ver In requeuing the Niqutal take over the agency Kill stated income tor visits by the health agency to clients' homes would be reimbursed by Medicare at a larger rate litis would increase by S per v isit SN- said the change in ownership ' could he a catalyst for greater cooperation bet wc-en nursing home inpatient care, iik-ntal N-allh servkcs public health and prutury care physicians This effort could enhance our long term viability and ensure that the varied health nerds of the c iti/ens arc met Cost ol the iikive should be pro levied lor a year. Ihe Nurd should o • „ ... I *N it tv-tor- 'Vini' i decision, said Mill Alsdort. lx Morrow County s Home-Owned Newspaper Thf Hrppnrr imes VOL 105 NO 13 Wednesday. April 1 1987 Oregon 2 5 ‘ 8 Pages Maders awarded for conservation LaVonne and Frank Mader rigated. and rangeland. Sixty Six ranch on Butter Creek Although the ranch is a family partnership with their children who have recently moved to the area. Ihe Maders cm phusi/c that tNv dejvtkl on their two outstanding hired hands in working (he ranch Ihe Maders raised their children at Jordan Salley where they operated a cattle ranch tore I I W years They also spent three years on a cattle ranch at l lko, Nevada before coming to the Sutv Six in 1171 Frank's had a lot of experience fixing up raikhcs his wife explains H e ' s not afraid to try new things, eithei last year he planted soua- dryland hard red spring wheat and will plant more acres this year Set aside acres are planted to tridcalc Irrigated lands have been planted with peas and lentils Ihis year, he placed 750 acres of shallow highly crodible land in the Conservation Reserve Program Bv Avon Mrlby As a county owned hospital Pioneer Memorial has always been a part of the county budget. Cinder Henderson told the N'spital Nurd last week Hut the Nmkkeeping system used by Ihc hospital is different from that of the county, and it causes double Niokkceping. Henderson, counts ac countant. said The county has everything on com puters, the hospital does not Die court has said ids time tor a change (lenderv>n said I ’nder the proposal. Nmkkeeping for the hospital would remain in its present IH departments hut the whole general ledger of the N'spital will N- included in the county budget and will he on the county computer Ac counts receivable would go to the county, as well as payroll The court has appointed a health Nurd to take over all health scrv k c s in the county by the first of July, Henderson noted She said this change in Nmkkeeping should N- Special Election j 1 ■ ZL "C Lm Vs ^es No VU |V| No No H7H AH A 62 Massed !H7 78, 165 IHI 212 77 Passed 2HO 72 60 114 65H 44/. 61 117 167 467 77 75 125 Park D istrict $29,300 Levy V-s Passed IH t M orrow County $428,477 H ealth Care Levy Vs \ts n No No Ih 2 172 M orrow County $2.710,611 O perating Levy V u 4/ Q. 2. 2 IH 65 400 K e n t G o o d y e a r, in c u m b e n t No 3 P e te R ic h a rd s John B ris to w , in c u m b e n t 11 152 177 W on 147 1H7 32 241 N° 4 ° E * E o <3 B ru c e N ic h o le s L a rr y L in d s a y , in c u m b e n t * 2 .U W on No 5 R ic h a rd C a p p o tto ö -g ,*r o 2 IH 146 R a n d y H u g h e s , in c u m b e n t •> 2 12 22 117 150 IH 15 1 200 60 102 25 112 11 12 4 H 545 76 577 51 605 52 noi 460 1116 472 1551 26H 145 H4 125 65 211 710 15* 144 I2H 66 550 H26 c £ <2 S M a r c ia K e m p c link iu otied chitting husmees N>urs Die Nurd passed a motion to have the clause reviewed bv (\>untv counsel and again bv an iiklependc nt counsel if Dr Zielinski lound the county counsel s interpretation un satisfactory Zielinski rccjueslcd an independent review because ot "eontlkts with the county." N- sukl Zielinski told the Nurd he intends lo tultill his present contract which expires July I aid then will open a private practice here and is m the process ol taking over Dr Dan Schneider's practice in Herntiston Zielinski said Schneider an inter nisi is leaving Hermtslon to take a position in Iri Cities He also said he will begin working in the emergency room The Nurd expressed concern that additional work and hours spent in Herntiston nuv interfere with clinic operations but said ihev had no pro hie ms with how the doctor chose to spend his own link- as long as he could continue to meet the needs ot the North Morrow Medical C enter Ihe Nurd plans to continue its icview of stall conflicts and clinic operations April Ih Won ecutive director of St Anthony Hospital which holds a contract to operate county owned Pioneer Memorial Hospital I hat course ot action will be pursued A request to interview department heads and to report on activities ol the hospital to inlorm the public more aNml Ihe N'spital operation has been received, said Marcia Anderson. Niard chairman It it's controlled and review ed by management, it s (> K It it's just let ting the press come in here to talk to people, the answer is 'N o,' said Alsdort Need tor a tepluceuxnl ambulance was noted by Niard meniN-r Frank Pearson " Ilie present ambulance is almost It) years old and cannot be expected to last much longer, he sakl He suggested a sinking hind be started with any year end funds available when Ihe fiscal sear ends June '0 He asked Alsdort and ac ling administrator Marvin Dearr to go over balance ot expenditures lor Ihc year and "prioritize" expenses lor the N'ard to review next iikuiih (■ illia n i c o u n ty ju d g e a p p o in t e d lam a M Pryor ot Condon has been appointed Judge lor Gilliam County by Gov Neal Goldschmidt Pryor. 4K. is a Denkkrat and tills a vacancy created by the resignation ot William D Hardic. who served tor 12 years on the Gilliam County ( ourt Pryor has extensive volunteer and community relations experience, most recently as M arketing Chairperson tor the Oregon Wheal Growers Previous to this she was Manager ot I ilm and Video Pro gramnung at the ( tregon I Vpurtment ot Fconomic Development in Salem. ( Iregon Additionally she aikl her husband la ri own and run a wheat and cal lie ranch in Condon Salary tor the part lime posilk'ii is Vi.(KK) [xr year Weather Report 400 H eppn er City C h a rte r A m endm ent $ 4 0 0 .0 0 0 l e s e t i W on made by that time Lhe computer throws out a war rung if any account is over spent." she said " T h is makes more economical Nmkkeeping ” Concern about adopting the change was expressed by Niard member Frank Pearson He said there would fx a lot of loss " He sakl he lelt the one who worked with the N’spital accounts on a daily basis would N- more likely to calc h errors 'll will be a joint project Both the county and ihe hospital will have to wn’k on u Henderson explained After Henderson left the meeting Mill Alwlort. executive .klministralor of St Anthony Hospital which has a contract lor management of Pioneer Hospital said I would like to see us sit down with Ihe N'spital Nmkkeeper and Henderson and sec- how much this would cost each way " Pearson comnxnted II it is going to cost us something I can t see doing anything aN>ut it Acting Pioneer Memorial administrator No Marvin Dearr joined Alsdort and Pearson masking it (his change was mandatory ( (Hints Commissioner Jerrv Peck HI IH who was representing the court at the meeting, said only that he thought the court would "work along" on 724 the project, and would not "h e pushing you No action was taken nor dale tor ac I ion set 400 Total Unofficial Results c H a rd m a n S5 s Ir v in g to n f------------------------------- M arch 31, 1987 1 1 Ih c North Morrow Medical Hoard heard from clinic stall members March 2 1 that they had met with the doctor as instructed bv the board and were working toward resolving staff conflicts ( >ne area of disagreement not vet resolved the Nurd heard, was clos ing the medical clinic during the lunch hour Dr Steve Zielinski said he prefers not to take a lunch period and wants to see patients during that tune I he Nurd ohiected to Zielin skin woikm. during that time because he would not fuse stall sup (yon available should it be needed IN Nurd expressed concern that not hac mg i designated lurtc h pc nod would lx- in v lolation ot laN>r laws Ihc hoard and Zielinski also disagreed a Nut a clause in the doc tor s contract which Zielinski says gives him the authority to set the hours ol the c link I he c lausc states the doc tor " nuv nuke use ot the projx-rtv as he sees lit to conduct his practice but the Nurd said the doctor should not expect the stall to stagger lunches to be available dur ing the noon hour t h.nrnun I km I ppenhac h said he did not think cur rent c a s h llow and patient hud at the County wants hospital on its computer — O "E S c CO OJ C o n flic t co n tin ú e s b etw een B o a rd - m a n d o c to r a n d c lin ic h o a rd Home health agency requests hospital takeover | Frank Matter of the Sixty Six ranch on Butter Creek was named Morrow County's Const rv ation Man of the Year at a W heat league meeting Friday night Chemical tallow and minimum tillage have kept cheat grass, pro bably the biggest detriment to high yields, under control and wind ero sHin at a minimum, he said Dry land wheat y teldcd 12 bu acre during the 70s and now yields 47 bu acre Blowing stul was so bad at the Sixty Six dunng the 70s that it would cause wrecks on the highwas and sometimes even in the fields Du e-reek would fill with Kussian This tie The soil is predominantly scry fine sandy loam with a high risk ot wind erosion when the ground cover is removed In the early 70s the land was rod weeded as nuns as sesen times a year. Mader said "W e try to get bs with as few as two We re moving toward no till, although we mas not go completely with no till, but use- some chemical fallow also " Fach time you work the ground, you lose moisture, he explains, so we save as much moisture as we can by work ing the ground as little as possihlc Fertili/er placement is also impor tant for maximum yields, he con tinued With minimum tillage, ler tili/er is placed right under the seed so it is there when the seed is reads for it He has put in his own lertili/er facility at the ranch tor added con venience and cost savings, he said Because the area is so windy dur ing the spraying season, ordinary spray rigs cannot be used He has added a hood to his spraser which, he claims, increases its efficiency and allows its use in winds up to 25 mph Mader and his wife laVonne farm the 22.000 acre dryland wheat, it iin.ier contract with the hospital and has an office w ith Dr ko/nek. ask ed the board recently to rr negotiate hie contract before July I Morrow County Judge lou is Carlson said Monday doctors con nested to the hospital will not become county employees when the newlv appointed Health Care Hoard takes over July I Newspaper complete computer linkup Ihe Heppner (i.i/ette Tunes and Hoardmar. fn te rp ris c newspapers have- completed a com puten/ed fink up system which will enable the two papers to transmit news stories, advertising and other information between the two papers more efficiently, publisher David Svkes has announced Ihe two pa|x.-rs Nive advertising. sturu-s and utN-r information, that in the- past had to be hand delivered. said Svkes "T h e information ian now be sent by the computer over the pN'ne lines making us rtkirc cf fluent and timely in our business Die hookup will alvi allow the papers to start a county wlde clascified advertising program. where ads placed at either office will be printed in lhe new Morn>w ( nun ly Trader, a Heppner based free distribution cN'pper soon to be ex panded info the Boardnian and Ir rigon area I MI M a r i h 24 High 1 JI W 1 V i t 1 uc-s Wed Dims Fri Sai Sun Muri 5H SI 41 51 12 A4 2H 26 4H i , 5A 2H IH 6» 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 Market Report .*T 'i* .r » v * .’?« (TÍ ’N « I 1 ureday. 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