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'* k , * f * m * *. 1 »(• * T» * • • * ' » K . *•••■ ^ * r V »• * f -I' * • • •*. * -f • • * #■” •** •»». # » .i < : ' ‘ : '• , • •.: * *' ♦ • ** . . • ' I TW O - Heppner Gaiette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 29.I9K7 Financial problems plague North Morrow Medical Clinic , ( » " . * ■ -. § i Top prize winners in the book-a-thon were (from left) back row: Laurel Webber-Gray, Kristin Tharp, April Rollis, and Randi Fowler. Front row Peter Pearson, Tony Becket. and Phillip Spicer Kuhn Not pictured-Jenny Krein. Easter Seal Readers * \ % Hester Seals Book a-Thon raises money to help physically handicap ped youths and adults in Oregon. Children who choose to participate contact a sponsor who agree to pay an amount per hook read Children have three weeks to read as many books as possible at their reading level Each child who turns in pledge money receives prizes ranging from a bookmark to book hags, book*, desk lamps and a personal head phone radio Children participating were: Melissa Wisdom. Krystal Troxcll. Sherry Bingham, Shawn Cutsfonh. Josh Clark. Dani Hill. Robyn Slmthrrv and Clav Van Mrlrr Tony Bccket turned in the most pledge money and presented the / ¿VI U P M t ’n t n r i n l Telethon in March W ilbur Jackson Martha Doherty and five-year-old Anita contribution raised th,s year R jc h a rd s p la n te d a Colorado Blue Spruce Friday. April 17 at Hager Park. Heppner Garden club members also planted a white oak at the park, both in memory of Jerry Doherty Board member Cliff Peck said he mg his contract verbatim which ¿talcs the doctor is to receive 85 per thought leasing the clink to St An cent of the hillings He repnrtd that thony might he a premature dec iskw hospital hillings have increased He said the hoard should first decide because be is a (1 ending additional pa whether or not to struggle through dents as a result of his work at Good the rest of the year and possibly Shepherd Hospital's divergency work out an agreement with Dr room Zielinski (to defer payment of Some members of the audience hospital hillings until July when the recently voted budget takes effect to said they could not see a financ ial lower expenditures) before crisis while reviewing the March negotiating with representatives of report “ I just don't see the finan ciai crisis you’re talking about.” said St Anthony. ” 1 don't think I can make a dcci- Ed Glenn, “ maybe a shortfall, hut \k>n tonight, this is the first time I've not a crisis.” The hoard adopted a budget of seen this report and I think we need $129,595 to meet that budget to have some questions answered so through taxes, intergovernmental we can mukc an informed decision,” revenue, patient fees, investment Peck said The hoard was asked if Dr Zielin earnings, etc The report says the clink has spent ski. Good Shepherd Community $87.394 to date and has received Hnsnital n r others had been ap^ $99.715 in income to date leaving a proached with an offer to lease the balance of $12.715 available to clinic Eppcnhach responded that spend On the average the clinic is Judge Carlson had indicated that spending $8.739 45 per month and contact with Good Shepherd had been made hut no interest was shown receiving a $9.971 51 income Ac tual income for the nawith of March by the Hermiston hospital He con was recorded in the report av tinued that Zielinski had turned $5.424 82 while actual expenditures down an offer to operate the clinic soared to $12.235 II for a loss of last year and had not been offered a pmposal and there were indications $4.683 28 Eppenhach told the board the from the court of an unwillingness clink is losing approximately $4.(Kill to negotiate with Zielinski. Hoard member Tim McCreay told per month and these losses are "rapidly eating into the contingen the hoard it should consider offering cy fund " Recurrent kisses, he con the clinic to Dr Zielinski on the tinued. prompted the county to ask same basis as the offer to St. St Anthony Hopsital to follow upon Anthony In a separate interview. Judge a proposal made by the hospital last October to operate the clink- under Carlson said, "we recognize he's a one dollar per year lease agree (Zielinski) a good doctor and has a ment He said Morrow County following in that area (Boardnun) Judge Louis Carlson and County Continued page 4 Commissioner Jerry Peck had met with representatives from the hospital to begin outlining a lease Local bird lover offers tips for Hummingbird care Morrow County Grain Growers II. •. j ■ This month s financial report paints a bleak picture for the North Morrow Medical Clinic, says the Morrow County Court But others say the picture looks more bleary than bleak About 17 people attended an April 16 medical hoard meeting to discuss the future ol the Boardnun medical facility Hon Eppcnhach. chairman of the hoard, explained to the group that the clinic is in financ ially dire straits and may have to close its doors for four to six weeks Cash flow and ovcrcxpcnditurcs in hospital fees arc decimating this fiscal year's budget which expires June V). he said Kathy Cash, the dime's office manager, said hospital fee* arc overexpended for the year because the clinic is m* collecting as much revenue as was anticipated The county hills patients for physi cian services during hospitali/aiion and pays Dr Zielinski 85 percent of those hillings as opposed to 85 per cent of the actual amount collected from patients, hut the clinic only receives 15 peaent of the receipts actually collected, creating part of the cash flow imbalance and finan ctally squeezing the clinic’s opera lion Eppcnhach said county accoun (ants predict the clinic will run out of operating funds by mid May The alternative, he said, would be to ’’buy out” Dr Zielinskis contract and close the clinic for about one- month and then lease the clinic to St Anthony Hospital July I when the new fiscal year begins |)r Zielinski said he warned the hoard that paving 85 percent of the billings instead of 85 percent of the an»Hint actually collected would hurt the financial status of the clinic but the counts auditor insisted on follow Phone 989-8221 1800 452 7396 r o toi )*7 L o i i n j i c n O ia g o n 97*19 \ GARDEN TINE Prices Good Thru May 8 muM t M m per . l il l y T m i l l e r » WEED KILLERJ » « • > • »* .V • - « ^ . 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He recommends putting one part of sugar to four parts of watet and using a tew drops of red food color ing in the feeders There arc about 400 differi it kinds of hummingbirds but only 19 kinds live in the U S They are nam cd for the whirring or humming sound nude by their wings which move about 60 to 70 times a second in the smallest species some of which, without their feathers, are no larger than bumblebees Very few hummingbirds arc more than five or six inches long Their long slender bills are especially suited for sucking nectar from flowers, even deep throated or trumpet shaped flowers such as honeysuckle or the blooms of the trumpet vine The females prefer that their tiny nests are high in trees During the nesting season, males become hold and will fight off enemies much larger than themselves. 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