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Woman battles cancer, sky high
treatment costs
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The Heppner
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Newspaper
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VOL 107 NO. 50
W ednesday, December 13, IW )
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By Merlyn Robinson
Diagnosed this past May as a v k
tim of leukemia. Carol Ann Rae.
Hermiston. hopes to find a compati
hie hone marrow donor But she will
need S i85 thousand dollars for
medical expenses invoiced in a
traumatic and lengthy hospital con
finement for a hone marrow
transplant
Leukemia, a cancer that destroys
blood cells, has been unbeatable in
the past Victims have had no
recourse hut to wait for the inevitable
to happen But since 1986. doctors
have successfully completed hone
marrow transplants that have given
these type of patients a chance to
fight for their lives and win Alter
native methods previously
using
ivnly radiation and chemotherapy,
merely alley tated the disease
To dale, over 18 thousand bone
m.i row transplants have been sue
ce- dully performed And the sue
cess rate for being cured has tncreas
ed trom less than 15 percent for he
mg cured without a transplant to
45-80 percent with a transplant
"I don't really hasc a choice Ami
I'm determined to heat this thing.-’
Rea said lake others, she said. " I
nescr thought this would happen to
me We've always been a healthy
family I've never been hospitaliz
ed except for the births of our two
daughters."
fortunately Rea was diagnosed in
the early stage of leukemia thnnigh
a blood test while she routinely
stmcht medical help for an arthritic
condition of her knees However she
has been told that the disease cmild
progress to the acute stage at any
time Since then, there have been
trips to a specialist ami a visit to the
Ered Hutchinson Cancer Research
l hc Heppner Elementary School
Parents Club has scheduled Satur
day. Feb 17, as the dale for the
school carnival, says club president
Joyce Hughes
Anyone who wtiuld like to help
with the carnival should contact
Jovcc or Carol Williams
fhe nest meeting will he Wed.,
Jan 10 at 7 p m at the elementary
w tool Anyone interested in conti
nuing the nuh slxxild attend Hughes
is resigning as president ami Karla
W ate Hand will he stepping down as
treasurer
The Heppner Junior High and
High School winter concert leatur
ing and the hand ami singing groups
from grades 5-12 w ill he held 7 ues
day, Dec Id at 7 V) p m at the
music Tuesday, Dec 12 Wind and cold
temperatures made for a cool open air
concert
Heppner High School gym The
hand is under the direction of Boh
Isted and the choirs are lead by Kitty
Brcdemeicr
The Elementary School concert
Rill elected OSCA president
Wtllium Rill. Heppner, was
elected president of the Oregon
Sheep Growers Association at their
Businesses open Sunday
Heppner businesses will he open
again this Sunday from 12 to 4 p m
for
C h ristm as
shopping
c o n v e n ie n c e
Craft and hake sale tables will he
set up in some of the stores
downtown this Sunday
MCGG plans open house
The Morrow C ounty G rain
Growers will hold a Christmas open
house this Friday. Dec 15 Hot
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cidar and cookies, baked by the
cooking and delight 4 H club will he
available Everyone is welcome
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for grades K 4 is planned for Thurs
day, Dec 21 at 1 p m at the Hepp
tier Elementary School multipurpose
room under the direction of Kitty
Brcdemeicr
self inflicted wound
reload site is approximately M> miles
south of Heppner on Highway 207
in Morrow County Adams was
employed bv E & rCurtcr Logging,
Inc . Baker
Wallace said there were no signs
ol foul play and (he matter is being
treated as a suicide
A Baker man died Dec 4 at the
Kin/ua icload site in what is belies
ed to he a suicide, according to Mor
row Courts District Attorney Jeff
Wallace
Rick Leon Adams 38. ol Baker
died between 6 and 7 a m ol an ap
parent self inflicted wound The
Bank honored b\ Livestock Growers
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Around 45 children attended
lu tu h with Santa held Sunday,
Dec H* by tJ»e Heppner Chamber of
Commerce
E-vcry year the chamber entertains
area children with a visit from San
ta. a lunch of hot dogs ami a movie
so that the children's parents may
spend the afternoon shopping in
downtown Heppner
Chairman for this year's lunch
was David Sykes He was assisted
by l oKuvne Bowman, Joyce Hughe's
and April Sykes Santa's helper was
Bruce Bergstrom lhc lunch was
held at the Heppner Elks Club
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Fair and Rodeo Court help Santa
94th annual convention held Satur
day, Dec 2 at Pendleton
Rill succeeds John Isenhart. Myr
tic Point
Elks Lodge Erulay, Dec 29 starting
at 5:30 p m Introduction of the
teams will he at h p m
Tacos and homemade desserts will
he available in the cafeteria at the
high school all day Saturday with
proceeds going tgo benefit Carol
Ann Rea
Tournament organizer Stuart Dick
says team captains must return
rosters to him by Dec 20 in order
to get the programs printed
Dick also said more over 40 non
graduates arc needed for slow break
teams Anyone who is not a graduate
of Heppner high school and over 40
and a resident of Morrow County
should contact Harley Sager
Center in Seattle where transplants
are performed And along with the
anxiety. it was a disappointment to
learn t)ut family members arc not
able to provide a hone marrow donor
match.
A beautician. Rea continues to
work full time, with no visahle
evidence except for tiring easily. that
would give clues as to what has gone
aw ry .
Rea. the daughter ot Kenneth ami
txila Palmer, was horn ami raised
on her parent's larm between le x
ington and lone She graduated front
lorn* High School after growing up
and doing "the normal things.'' she
said School, 4 H, dances ami sports
were apart of that lifestyle She at
tended beauty college in Pendleton
ami has worked as a hair stvlisi tor
27 years
In 1963 she married Dallas Rea
ami they have lived in the Hermiston
area for 17 years Their two
daughters arc Dyan Kc.i Hermiston
amlJancll Hasenhank, Adams Ami
the Reas have one grandchild
" I'v e always been a private per
Children enjoy
lunch with Santa
First Interstate Bank Manager Harley Sager (left) accepts a
plaque from Livestock Growers president Ned Clark in ap
preciation for 25 years of service
Hie Heppner Brunch ot the First
Interstate Bank was honored Dec 8
at the Morrow Co livestock
Growers annual meeting
For 25 years the hank has clerked
at the Morrow Co I air 4 II and
TEA livestock sale, which is spon
sored he ihe Livestock Growers
Ihe l.ivcstock Cìrowcrs showed iheir
apprcctutlon Fnday night by presen
tmg thè hank a plaque
"W c started ilcrking in l‘>64,"
-viiii Tirsi Interstate Bank Manager
Harlcy Sager "W’c do all thè
cali ulations it takes all ol our
staff "
Wright wins $1000 lottery ticket
Alumni proceeds benefit local youth
Money raised fn>m the Heppner
Alumni basketball tournament has
been used for many benefits to
young people in the community
Last year over $1600 was
distributed for youth sports, in
eluding $500 to Colt Basketball for
uniforms, $500 to the little league,
$250 for Babe Ruth baseball jnd
$350 towards youth soccer In all
$2300 was raised during Iasi years
tournament
This year's alumni tournament
gets underway lice 29, 30 and 31,
with the championship game set for
Sunday night at 7 00 p.m
Other activities during the touma
inert weekend inc lude a dinner at the
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Carol Ann Rea
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Carnival date Man dies from apparent
set Feb. 17
Schools concerts Dec. 19, 21
Heppner Junior High School band members,
lead by director Bob Isted, serenade Hepp
ner downtown shoppers with Christmas
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son And we both have hern self suf
ficient. so it's not easy to accept
help," Rea said However Rea and
her husband, a true k driver, are both
sell employed and have no health in
surance But they have determined
ly proceeded wuh an unrelated hone
marrow donor search through the
National Marrow Donor Program.
Prepaym ent of $ 1 ,100 wa*
necessary to start this search, hut.
according to the statistics, total
donor search c o s t s can average about
$10 thousand dollars And too, t»nce
a donor is located, average marrow
procurement costs average about $16
thousand And patients arc asked
to pay all costs prior to a transplant
Die National Marrow lionor Pro
gram has about 50 thousand
available donors, hut statistics show
that the chance of finding an
unrelated donor match is about I in
20 thousand And so the goal of the
program is to have about 100 thou
sand available donors, as tJve center
says it is important to have the tissue
typings of av many potential donors
on file as possible to increase the
chances that a match w ill he found
Oregon is now initialing a hone
marrow typing program in conjunc
tion vc uh the Red Cross blood dtaw
mgs Preliminary typing can he olv
tamed which classifies people accor
ding to the markers on the surface
of their white blood cells
friends and relatives of the Reas
have initiated fund raising to help
with Carol Ann's medical expenses
IXmations should he sent to the
Trinity Lutheran Church, 485 W.
l-ocust Avenue. Hermiston Instruc
lions as to the spcciticxl purpose of
a tax deductible donation should he
written seperately
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l’ut W righi ot Lexington is thè
winner ot a $1.(88» scratch ott lot
tery ticket
W right sues she had the ticket lor
awhile, bui |u>i scratched it off on
I k‘c 7 She say s she has sent a
registered letter to the state to claim
her earnings
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prestale the support ol everyone who
has purchased tickets or donated to
their garage sale
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Joyc« » C g h o x
Princess Stacie Henry, Queen Judy Jepsen, Princesses Dana
Flanagan and Tricia Coe
Santa's helpers (Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo Court members)
were discovered delivering cradles
and dolls to the Neighborhood
Center this last week
The girls will he selling
homemade candies and baked pro
ducts at Gardner's Men's Wear on
Sunday Dec 17, from I 4 p m A
drawing for a Bias k Hills (»old ring
will he held at that time Anyone
who would like to purchase tickets,
should call Stacie Henry . Board
man. 481-6188. liana Flanagan. Ir
ngon.922 5363. TriciaCoe, Hepp
ner 676 9851 or Judv Jepsen. lone
422-7180
< hristmas
Wright said She said
she plans to use the winnings lor a
trip to Reno or W'lnncmuci a over Ihe
New Year’s holiday
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