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TW O - Heppner Gaiette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 29.I9K7
Financial problems plague North
Morrow Medical Clinic
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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
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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
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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
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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
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