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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1988)
r% - a w - “ k. • • - # . • .. - 1 / > • .* • * * • _ « • •. • ^ •», # ,, * « • . -w • « ^» . \ r v • - .. *•« k* ___ >., • • „■ - / ' “ •» * I fl • - ' St. Anthony and County Court attempt to work out their problems r* - S S t F y . . OF OK £ A 3 ; e II C _ <• t? f f W f T - F v- »• L N ñ p e K t O R » 7 4 w 5 The Heppner Morrow County's Home Owned Newspaper azette imes 10 1'ages Heppner 25* NNcdnesdav, November 23, 1988 VOI. 106 V ) . 47 The door may have opened Mon day for St Anthony to return to a business arrangement with Pioneer Memorial Hospital. Farlicr this month St Anthony terminated ns management contract with Pioneer, saying politics in the county had made it impossible for them to continue Monday a group of about 8 ' pco pie met with the Morrow County Medical Board in an effort to express their displeasure with the termination St Anthony had provided management services for the past year, including Hospital Manager Truest Wick Monday it was announced that following the departure of St An thony. Wick was offered a contract to manage the hospital No indica lion was given that Wick had ac ceptcd the job A personnel dispute at the hospital, which eventually involved the County Court was the final un doing of the agreement between St Anthony and Pioneer Memorial Monday Bill Alsdurf of St An thony gave three options tor a possi ble renewed association with Pioneer Under one option. St Anthony would lease and operate Pioneer Memorial similar to the lease it has for die North Morrow County Clinic council to tV County Court and us in Boardnun departments, of which the hospital The second option would he a is one,” he said management arrangement with Formation of a county-wide Pioneer, but without the involvement medical district was also discussed of the County Court at the Monday meeting I V third option would be for a County commissioner Jerry Pec k 'service only' arrangement with no said a medical district could be form management responsibilities ed by the court without a vote of the Alsdurf said it a lease arrangement people. were agrrexl upon, a three year venal If a district were formed, the tax would be desircablc in order to county court would mi longer have provide stability in financing at a say in tV operation of tV hospital, Pioneer. Peck said Under a lease agreement, St An Peck said he was previously thony would absorb losses at tV against a county-wide medical hospital, and take profits over and district, with itsbwn taxing authori above the tax levy Hmployees at ty. because V fell the ” px>lilical Pioneer would become cmploveex of climate" in North Morrow County St Anthony. did mu favor a special district. “ But Morrow County Judge. I ouis Boardnun and Imgon arc seeing an Carlson, explained the County increase in serv ices and the policital Court's recent involvement in the clmutc is hotter iVre now than it's hospital perxonnell dispute ever been ” Peck says he is now in “ We (County Court) arc the final favor of a county wide medical authority of the fiscal management district Heppner resident lurry Mill*, of the hospital,” Carlson said “ If there is a screw up, it's our heads who has previously worked on that roll " Fie pointed out the court health care problems in the county , must follow stale audit and fiscal said he is in favor of a Valth care law s w ith the hospital I V hospital district Mills drew a round of applause is technically an agency ot county from the crowd when he told the government County District Attorney Jeff medical hoard "I think people are Wallace said V gives k’gal adv ice on here to express support for St An thony'* involvement with the hospital nutters tor the same- reason “ The district attorney acts a s legal hospital ' ’ Mustangs outlast Willamina for Dam reported to be safe by Corps quarterfinal win Football fever will he at an all time high at Heppner High School this week as the Mustangs get ready to host an OSAA-U.S. Bank Class A semifinal football playoff game Game time is set tor I p m Satur day afternoon at the Morrow Coun ty fairgrounds with Heppner hosting the Irish of Kiddle High School This marks the first time HHS has advanced from the quarterfinals to the semi-final round The Mustangs advanced to the semifinal round with a thrilling 28 26 win over the Willamina Bulldogs in a contest undecided un til only four seconds remained in the game. Heppner trailed 20 7, at halftime, but came roaring back to score 2^ points in the third quarter and take command. 28 20 Willamina scored in the fourth quarter to narrow the Mustang lead and threatened to take the lead and the game late in the contest A 25 yard field goal attempt with nine seconds remaining was wide by on ly inches as the win went to Heppner Kiddle earned the trip to Heppner and the semi-final matchup with relative ease defeating Oakridge. at Kiddle, 21-0 The Irish won a first round payoff game against Gilchrist. 42-13. The two semi finalists arc very similar in their offenses and defenses Both teams employ the I formation and both basically use a 5-2 defense But, that is as far as the similiaritics go Against Oakridge. the Irish stuck with the running game to amass over 300 yards in 59 carries Heppner, on the other hand, had 259 yards of total offense of which 250 yards was the result of passing The Irish quarterback, Eric Creech, ran for 167 yards Fullback Shawn Billick added 81 yards and tailback Dan Jones had 73 yards Kiddle has some large linemen to contend with but the Irish are not as big as Willamina I he visitors will be led in the line by 6 ‘6 " . 220 lb . senior tackle Gary Beebe Heppner may have an edge over the Irish in maturity, a factor assis tant coach Lev Payne s a y s has been very instrumental in the success ot HHS this fall IV Mustangs play 14 seniors, while Riddle has only seven seniors listed on its roster Riddle is 8-3 for the season as arc the Mustangs The Irish suffered early season losses to Bandon and lost River during non league play and lost to Oakland in league play. Kiddle tied for first place in the Big Fir league with Yoncalla but earn ed the number one playoff spot from District 5 with a win over the Faglev In the other semi final contest. Salem Academy will travel to Dayton w ith the winner of that con lest to play the Heppner Riddle win ner for the state championship I he state championship game will l*r„ played Saturday. IVcember 3. at I p m The site has vet to be deternun ed by the Oregon School Activities Association Ticket prices lor Saturday will be S4 for adults and S ) tor students with stiufent body cards No senior citi/cn nor other passes will be honored at this game Army Crops oI Engineers ofFicials presented tVir report on the Willow Creek Dam Monday evening and the dam is reported to be safe Following news reports earlier that the dam may be unsound. Senator Mark Hatfield asked for the special dam safety refxirt Completed by a five member team ot engineers, including four from the corps and one independent, the report said in part that “ there is no reason for concern regarding the structuial safety ot the dam The dam is indeed a reliably safe struc ture The report also said that gases tele tsed from chemical reactions in W il.ow Creek l-ake “ are not belies cd to present to present a health iia/srxl K» the public.” I he report was presented to the people of Heppner during a public meeting Monday evening at the grade school. F.ngineers who did the evaluation on the dam were at the meeting and all expressed opinions that nothing is wrong with the dam. Corps officials also explained the extensive monitoring system which has been set up to watch Willow Creek Dam In all. eight devices have been installed in the dam itself, as well as seventeen monitors on Hinton. W illow and Shobe Creeks to watch tor possible flood activity IV monitors teed information to the Sheriff's office at the courthouse “ Instead ol try ing to turn us all in to engineering experts." local resi dent Kenny Turner said about the detailed and extensive corps report on the dam. "why doesn't someone just tell us that tV dam is safe “ •'Tins dam M completely ntfe. I would tcel fine about moving my family Vre and living right below the dam.” Col Charles Cowan district engineer with the corps said in response . • . 5 .» . « Turkey contest winners announced The winners of the Gobble- dygook contest have been announc cd as follows Gardner's Men's Wear, Marianne Kahl, Heppner. Peterson's Jewelry, Bette McT-uughlm. Pilot Rock. Shoe Box. Marian Brosnan. Heppner. Coast to Coast. Judy Handbury. Heppner, Ployhar Insurance, Vo- Jcan Forqucr, Heppner, l.cs Schwab. Stacy Briggs. Heppner. Central Market, Lois White. Hepp ner, Heppner Gazette-Times. Vo- Jean f orqucr. Heppner. Murrays Drugs. Tom Steagall, Heppner. Morrow County Grain Growers. Scott McMillan, lexington. Hepp ncr Bowl, Ron Bowman. Heppner; and Bank of Tastcrn Oregon. Lucy Ann Tworrk. lone The words that were scrambled were pumpkin pic, giblet gravy, slutting, Indian, spiced cider, olives, pickles, lurkey, mashed potatoes, wishbone, com bread and mixed Congratulations winners Santa is coming to Les Schwab Santa will he at l.es Schwab this Saturday. NovcmVr 26 at It) a m He is checking to see it all the little girls and boys have been "naughty or nice” and to gather their Christmas lists Die Heppner Ga/cttc-Times will he closed Thurvlav and Friday of this week The stall wishes you a happy thanksgiving Jf- Wright invited to join I.E.S. Weather Report by C#y o* NmrnilM-r 15*21 Photo by Own* Ball No 28 Bryan Padberg makes for the goal line as teammate Mike Correa No 25 clears the way C L A S S A F O O T B A L L P L A V O F F 3 • Y o n c a l1* LaPIna ( 4 1 ) Harr i t o j f 9 S iln Ac»i1a<ty ( • - ! ) _ S la n t 1*1d (4 3) 1 C orn al» ( 7 - 2 ) 611 c tir 1 at * 1 fk l’ » (4 3) t 1 _ 1 Dayton ( * - 2 > ____ 1 1 CUyton ( 9 - 2 > ____ 1 iS lc k ll* ( 7 - 3 ) ____ 1 1 i i i i i i i illd d lt (• 3»_ 1 1 Oa*r Idga ( 1 0 -O IJ V ia Dater Ido» ( * - 0 ) _ t i S a lta Acad < 1 0 - t > 1 1 iS a la a Acad <7-1>1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i Or an t Union ( * - l > (V a n ! U nion (7 -1 1 , Dayton 1 7 -2 ) C t- t> ____ • | 1 i i i I +++*++*#***¥***¥»+« Coach Tim Birkby was really “ getting into the game" last Satur day when the Heppner Mustangs played the Willamina Bulldogs at Willamina Heppner was the victor with a score of 28 26 Birkby was squatted down on the sideline watching the game when Willamina ran an option toward our sideline Birkby was caught wal • • ching the ball and not the players as ; they came at him and the top ol a • i players helmet caught him in (V He was. however, • nose able to finish the game “ After seeing some game films of 1 Kiddle, we know what they plan to ; use against us we will be ready for • 1 them We need the support of • everyone that can be there." says ! Birkby of the coming Saturday • game V i l l a , r,» N a a n -la ti N i t t • -1 » P ina t a « la ( 4 -2 ) Nance Wright. Heppner. has been invited to be a mcniVr of Oregon's International Sports Txchange team They have planned a l()-day trip to Munich, W Germany for a series of volleyball games with German teams They are scheduled to depart on December 26 and return January 4 there will be four competition dates wuh sightseeing and touring scheduled around the games T his is a select group of volleyball players from California and Oregon Ibis is a once in-a-lifctimc ex pcticncc to team about foreign coun tries and their culture tor tVsc young people Nance was elected to second team district volleyball her |unior year, ami is team captain this year She is also Student Body President at HHS The total cost for the trip is 51.895 An account has been open ed at tV Bank of Fastcrn < )rcgon for anyone wishing to contribute S t o p by Hoppnor ( t - l ) . l 1 Happnar ( 7 - 2 > _ l Hanonar ( 4 - 3 ) . f in a l 3 High 1 im 48 34 51 37 43 34 47 32 37 54) 55 33 45 53 I’m .0 .48 ox .01 T .04 Market Report d fb# U-tf’OW C o unty (’n »n ! »'<*»«»« Mundav, Nov. 21 Soft White Non Dec Jan-March »4 72 »4 70 *4 68 *4 67 Barley Nov Dec Jan »’IK New Crop Soft white wheat Nance Wrighf *117 T *114 T »114 T 98.5% *4 05 C H R I S T M AS CLIJ B A C C O U N T P l ___L . . • 1 lies. W eds. Ih u rs. In Sat. Sun. M»n. Correction and Open The topic presented at the lone Garden Club meeting held at Jean Nelson's home on November 19 was “ Butterflies One of (kid's Most Fragile and Beautiful Creatures“ Y o u r 1989 a. IK O F \D Arlington jZ astern Oregon • FTeppner • lone • / >■•«( H<»nr ( m firil ht, It pi >uh nr Hiittk Member FDlC Accou nt Today! **t / ■ - J I nuts Lewis Tuthill, renowned concrete expert from California, and part of the Willow Creek Dam safety investigation team, looks at a core sample taken from the dam . ' t 1 , ' - * 4 V A , * ’- * * '■*. J i ■ . ,> m