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Morrow County's Home-Owned Newspaper
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E rn ie W ick <x. most recently ot
Richland VS ashington. arrived in
Heppner las» week and has assumed
»he duties of Pioneer M emorial
Hospital administrator He replaces
M arvin Doarr who has been interim
administrator at the hospital since
John H cm p e ls unexplained March
2A resignation
l-irst among W ic k 's priorities at
Pioneer is getting a lull time phvsi
i ian lor Heppner
W e are talking
to phvsicians to arrange for doctor
coverage at the hospital after July I
and until a permanent lull tinse
phvsician can he found.” he said
VS ith the ness counts vs k I c medical
K u rd starling July I . a ness hospital
administrator, and a ness phvsician
coming in. he said he sees the situa
lion as a positive challenge and
chance to work hi the community
VS ick and his w ile Catherine have
three children, Sun. 7, Brian. 4 and
Richard, IA months they intend to
become involved with the communi
iv he said He considers Bend his
hometown, and his w ile grew up in
( ascude I ocks. sothev are comfor
table with the si/e ol Heppner. he
said they came to visit the town
even K-torc his interview with the
hospital K u r d and t«*und the town
triendly and open which, he said, left
them with a warm tccling ” 1 have
a good tevling a K x it coming to
Heppner. " I 'v e come here to work
with the people of the c o u n ty ." he
said, "a m i with that in mind, am
here to stay "
W ick was Kadiologv nunager at
Our l ady o f Lourdes Hospital in
Kichland |ust prior to coming to
Heppner Before that, he was Super
visor ot the C A F Scan IX-punmcnl
at Si \nthonv Hospital in Pendleton
lor 2' j years Fur five years he was
with the M etropolitan Hospital
System in Portland as a supervisor,
public relations o ffic e r. and was
re s p o n s ib le lo r startin g new
scrv tecs
During all ot this time he said, he
was an independent consultant tor
hospitals advising them on starting
new scrv ices, formulating marketing
plans, evaluating hospital equipment
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I he A rea Agency on Aging has
announced the selection ot Sandra
R ill to serve as the Morrow County
Senior Scrv ices S ii|v r\iso r repl.king
I’fivIlls Hunter who has K v n the
Morrow County Senior Services
Supervisor tot three vc.iis Hunter
lias received a promotion and w ill
8 P ag es
Beginning this week C h a rlie 's
P i//.i and \ ideo W orld in Hepp
ner. in conduction w iih the
Heppner ( iu/ettc I imes and Mor
row Counts I radei
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w ills p o n v ir
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I he new Ime w ill follow a route
that is generally closer to the
highway than the old line did the
contractor plans to set poles and
string a majority ol the w ire with a
helicopter, he said
Progress on the line is subject to
weather conditions, svi dales and
11 iik ' s ot planned power outages arc
not known at this time Customers
C o u n ty p a rk s m ay be added
to state to u rist m ap
By Avon M clhy
t wo parks and a lake in Morrow
County w ill be added to the new
tourist map o f Oregon to he put out
soon. City o f Heppner Planning
Commission hi*pcs Names and loca
lion ot Cutstorth Park on W illo w
C re e k , Anson W righi Park, and the
W illow Creek Dam and
al
Heppner w ill be sent in to the state
lor inclusion in the new map I he
c ity 's historic courthouse and hotel
w ill also be mentioned as things to
sec. with the county museum at
Heppner noted as a place to visit
the map is listing locations that
might draw to u rists to areas
throughout the state
Lake
Work is progressing in the hospital
area with all enlatged landing (vad tot
the helicopter planned A letter trom
the county notified ihe Com m is
sioncrs adiacent land to the present
pad is owned hy John Shaw and the
county is ncgoiialing lo till ihal land
to ihe same height as the present pad
and w ill include il in one aKvut twice
as big as the present one
A
representative ot the helicopter set
vice has Kvokcd at the area and
reportedly said it would be satistac
lory for landing
A contract loi lands«, aping and
planting the weedy areas in the
vicinity is expected to K- signed soon
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letter
w ill be notified ot planned outages
by m ail, as tar in advance as possi
ble. he said
When did Arnold
"S in c e I have been having so
much fun at yiuir expense. I thought
I should let you in on the lun (at least
I hope you w ill think it is tunny)
" la s t tall when you were nice
enough to come lo Heppner to help
us celebrate out Centennial, you
evidently stopped b\ the elementary
school lor a short visit I was made
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Super sport was on the playground at Heppner Elementary School the last day of school as
pupils participated in field day games Second graders played "Pass the Dinosaur Egg.
(basketball).
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needs and selection, setting up
budgets tor new departments and
new services, and training stall when
nccessarv He has a bachelor ol arts
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degree in health technology with
m in o rs m a d m in istra tio n and
business trom Oregon Institute ol
T e ch n o lo g y
He a lso has an
associate degree from O N in
radiology science and has taught
radiology in the Portland area
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Home health administrator to
become senior services supervisor
transfer lo the Pendleton office lo
assum e the d u tie s o l C a se
Managcr le g a l Services
Rdl w ill take over her new jx is i
tion on June I ' She w ill a d as
liaison between available govern
me in programs and citi/ens over m \
tv and ihe handleapfvcdover IS She
w ill also K- responsible for the sen an
mealsitc and homemaker programs
Rdl has attended Oregon State
t diversity and has taken various
classes ai Blue Mi Commumiv
College
She is bringing with hei U' veals
ot experience in the Home Health
held where she was res(H»nsihle loi
organ/ing and directing the ongoing
had (vowei restored to the Heppner
area within an hour
Mondav \ outage was not one ol
the planned milages connected wnh
construction ol the new main line
I lines and dates tor those outages
w ill be announced luiet bv ( olmu
bia Basin p.lccfrit otlic nils
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lunctions ol the agency She has
developed cooperative relationships
with health and other related
organizations in the exchanging ol
information and services, said a
spokesperson from ihe Pendleton ot
fu e She's had experience in budget
and financial planning as well
R ill is a longtime resident ot the
area Her husband W illiam is a
sheep rancher 11 icy have two g town
children Dean, who is employed hy
Sintplot ad N oella. a sophomore al
Oregon Stale L m v e rs iiv . and three
childrenul K une. Jennifer. Cory and
Madora
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At a June A awards assembly al
Heppner l-lementary and lim ior
High SiluH il eight students were
honored tot superior academic
achievement Receiving Presidential
Academic Fitness Awards lor their
recoids lor grades four six were
Slienv Bingham. Mark C onklin
Rhonda M ilk m a id . I’etei IVarson
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I o quality a student must receive
a composite score in the lop JON ot
tils (x-ers on an achievement test
taveiagc ot reading, language arls.
and math> and must have a It •
( ' V ll grade point average
Ih e
awards are given lo sivtli. eighth and
twelfth graders
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■ I hanks lor letting me share this
with you
R ill re|voris receiving a letter from
the governor. " Y o u made my
m o nth." he said aK uit her teller
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to Heppner?
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Heppner basketball siar Wayne
W ilgers wdl play in the I ast West
Oregon Class A and B all star
senes this weekend Ihe all star
series is fm high school seniors only
W ilgers who led the Mustangs to
the d is iiic l tournament this past
season as a senior, was picked hy
coaches throughout the state to
represent the 12 iix-mK-r l^ist squ.id
Ihe two games W ilgers w ill play
in this weekend arc al W’oodhurn
High School at b to p m on I rulav
w ith a class " A A Fast W est game
to follow at X to p ni
On Saturday the all star scries w ill
shift to I am- Community College
with the games to starl at the same
lim es lic k c t prices tor the games
are S2 tor students and S t for adults
Children six and under w ill K- ad
muted tree
( IM all star as a senior He was also
an honorable mention all state all
star as a senior
As a senior W tigers averaged 20 7
points and 1 7 rcKninds per game lo
lead Heppner m K>ih categories
lony C u rtin , a «leer wrestler tn>m
Heppner is in second place with A2 0
(mints alter one quarter ot I h i I^M 1
( oors Chute Chit season according
to the Professional Rodeo Cow boys
Association (PRC A l
I ast year C u rrin not only won the
Morrow County C a ll Roping Sail
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Wayne Wilgers
W ilgers was a tirsi team ( olum
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season as a ju n io r when the
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Mustangs made the class
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Fossil rodeos He competed al the
national collegiale rodeo finals for
tour years the sonol Ron am! Judy
( urrin he has lived it the fam ily
ranch K-twecn Heppner amt FcK>
most of his life
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Heppner cowboy second after
first quarter of chute out season
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"D o n 't lake ibis to heart though,
as it seems l onme has inherited my
inability lo remember names When
his brother was K irn he called him
Whose his name
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Confused ’
R ill s letter lo the governor w ill
clear things up
Ihe text ot the letier follows
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W ho ’ and he again said " Arnold
(io ld lish
\tter three or tinir times
ot repeating I finally said W ho is
Arnold < .oldlish ' I onme looked al
me so disgustedly and said
You
know who he is he's the state
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Poriland news stations ie|vortedly
lightened their broadcasts Iasi week
with a story aboul Arnold ( ioldlish
in a letter Oregon Oov
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( ioldschmidt read during .i news
conference
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aware ot this through my seven year
old sou I olirne R ill, a second gi.kler
,ii Heppner I lementarv A lew days
allei voui visit we were ruling in lin
ear and he excitedly said Mom. I
gol to see Arnold (io ld lish
I said
Arnold (io ld lish has received
much attention hy the television
news media recently and all because
Heppner resident Molly R ill took the
time to w rite a letter to the
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F ir e left H e p p n e r p o w e rless
Reconstruction ol the main power
line from Baseline Road into Hepp
ner has begun Approximate cost of
the reconstruction is S I 5 m illion
Replacement ot the old power line
w as necessary because n has
deteriorated to a point where fre
quent outages occur as a result ol the
lin e's condition. Colum bia Basin
Manager Fred Toombs said
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Main power iine construction underway
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Mondav morning's (vower outage
, was caused when moisture got in the
v racks of ah old insulator on the
mam power line between I exmglon
and Heppner
Because moisture conducts elec
triv its the top ot the pole caught
lire ( olumhia Basili I lee trie crews
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-S triv ia question w ill be
published v\uh week in the pajx-r
unit it viturs is tlx- lust correct en
trv drawn von w ill win a large
pizza and piuher ot |»>p tree troni
< 'harlie's
I ook tor vtHir entry blank in
this week s paper or at Charlie s
I nter at C h a r lie 's or the
< ia/ette I imes
i niiv deadline is Monday
w eek's question VS ho
was the Pl7*J Round I p princess
troni Heppner It you know the
an sw e r
you could be a winner
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