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I FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 12, 1990 3=- J O JfPA = ^ Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow s s s . Claude W. Buschke The Heppner g A z e t t e - t i m e s Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper U S P S 240-420 Published ever) Wednesday and entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second class postage paid at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 147 West W’lUo» Street. Telephone (5®3) 676-9228. Address communications to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Hepp ner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $15 in Morrow, Wheeler. Gilliam and Grant Counties; $23 elsewhere. Joyce Hughes ........................................................... Office Manager, Typesetting April Sykes ........................................................................................... News Editor Carol Atherly ....................................................................... Graphics Department Becky Evans .........................................................................Graphics Department Monique P a r r e l......................................................................................Distribution Kay Rene Qualls............................................................................................Bindery Bob S m ith ....................................................................................................... Printer David and April Svkes. Publishers Letters to the Editor Hospital important To the editor: 1 doubt very much that anyone in this community has been more critical o f Pioneer M emorial Hospital than I. This letter is not in tended to cause anyone to believe that the facility still cannot make im provements in several areas. Recently I learned the real value of this hospital upon the sudden il lness of my wife. Frankly, I don’t have the slightest idea what I would have done without this group of car ing, professional people. We all need to support the hospital board, the administrator and the staff who provide us a necessary service when we need it most. I would like to thank the hospital staff and Dr. Ed Berretta for all the fine care my wife received. I would also like to thank all of those who helped in many other ways. 1 cannot over emphasize how im portant the hospital is to this entire area and how much they need our support. (s) Fred Toombs Heppner Police Report Chamber Chatter By Claudia Hughes, Chamber Manager The Heppner Police Department reports handling the following business during the past week: December 3: 10:35 a.m.-Motorist Assist; 3:05 p.m.-Motorist Assist; 7:55 p.m.-assist Fire Department. December 4: 8:50 a.m.-Motorist Assist; 3:52 p.m.-Arrest for Assault; 9:24 p.m .-rep o rt o f C areless Driving. December 5: 8:30 p.m.-Civil Matter; 9:20 p.m.-request officer for Security Check. December 6: 1:47 p.m.-citation issued for Driving While Suspend ed; 3:26 p.m.-assist Fire Depart ment; 11:16 p.m.-assist Sheriffs department. December 7; 2 p.m.-citation issued for No Operator’s License; 10:27 p.m.-report of Fireworks; 10:52 p.m.-citation issued for Minor In Possession. December 8: 4; 10 a.m -Parking Citation; 1:50 p.m.-Funeral Escort; December 9: 1:12 a m.-citation issued for Excessive Noice (tires); 4:45 p.m.-citation issued for 37 mph in a 25 mph zone. Births____ Luke Anthony Young-a son, Luke Anthony, was bom to Bruce and Debbie Young, Heppner, on Nov. 23, 1990 at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton. The baby weighed 8 lbs. 8 ozs. Grandparents are Les and Jan Paustian, Heppner and the late Harley and Helen Young. He joins a brother, Brandon, 7, and Matthew, 5 at home. Marriage Licenses The clerks office at the courthouse in Heppner reports issuing the following marriage licenses during the past week: Kennth Albert Grieb, 30, Lex ington; and Dawn Marie Voli, 25, Lexington. An enthusiastic work crew turned out to refurbish the Christmas decorations Monday night. What an assembly line they had. A few sparks flew as the wet decorations arrived, were stripped, and plugged in to be tested, but rain didn’t seem to stop Tom Springer and the Heppner volunteer firemen as they moved from pole to pole taking down the old and putting up the new. Workers were treated to delicious soup, sand wiches and goodies for the sweet tooth by the Senior Citizen group. Volunteers...the greatest gift a com munity can receive. Heppner is very fortunate. George Koffler and his Lunch with Santa helpers hosted over 50 youngsters at the Elks Sunday. Children enjoyed lunch, videos, and a photo on Santa’s lap. Heppner Chamber does this in cooperation with the merchants each year, as a treat for children, and a Christmas breather for parents. In addition to the above projects, Heppner Chamber is getting ready to elect new board members, plann ing a 1991 goal setting session, working on Town and Country days and selections of the citizens of the year, and beginning work on the St. Patrick’s celebration. It won't be long before the annual membership drive is on. Join an organization composed of businesses and in dividuals from all walks of life work ing for and supporting Heppner as a great place to live and do business. Next week join us for Christmas music from the high school chorus and a short presentation of the Mor row County Strategic Plan, plus Christmas surprises. Thought for the week: “ As you slide down the bannister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way.” Recitation of the Rosary for Claude W. Buschke was Friday December 7 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Hepner. Funeral Mass was at the church on Saturday. In terment was at the Heppner Masonic- Cemetery. Mr. Buschke, 79, Heppner, died Monday, Dec. 3, 1990 at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend. He was bom Feb. 15, 1911 at lone to Bernard and Adeline Bartell Buschke. He grew up in the area and attended school at Rhea Creek. On Nov. 17, 1933, he married Margaret Beckett at Pendleton. For a time he worked hauling logs and had a government contract to haul lumber. He later purchased a ranch which he operated until 1954 when he bought the Gilliam-Bisbee Hard ware Store in Heppner which he ran until 1969. His wife died in 1967. On Oct. 13, 1969, he married Rose Marie Stroeber at Ontario. He went to work as a machinery salesman for Red Leonard Padberg Machinery and Morrow County Grain Growers, all in Lexington, retiring in 1975. Mr. Buschke was a member of the Heppner BPOE 358. Survivors include his wife. Rose Marie at the home; sons Bob of Heppner and Jerry of Lexington; stepson Don Stroeber of Heppner; sisters Martha Carr of Salem; Mary Travis of Alma, WA. and Millie Evans of Heppner; two grand children, three great-grandchildren, three step-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A son, Vem, died in 1948, two grandsons died earlier, Brian, in 1979, and Marty in 1989; six brothers and three sisters also preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to Air Life of Oregon 2500 N.E. Neff Road, Bend, 97701, or the Pioneer Memorial Hospital Fund, P.O. Box 9, Heppner 97836. Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner, was in charge of arrangements. Oscar C. Rippee The funeral for Oscar C. Rippee was Tuesday, December 4, 1990 at the United Church of Christ in Con don. A private concluding service followed at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Mr. Rippee, 85, Condon, died Friday, Nov. 30, 1990 at Mid- Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles. He was bom Sept. 23, 1905, at Heppner to Tim and Margaret Privett Rippee. His early years were spent in the Buttercreek area and he attended grade school at Lena School. On Aug. 30, 1928, he married I^etha Hiatt, in Pendleton. The cou ple spent their early years of mar riage working at ranches around the Heppner area. In 1933, he went to work for the Oregon State Highway Department and worked there for 38 years until his retirement in 1971. He was a member of the Heppner Masonic Lodge and the Condon United Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife, at the home; sons, Lowell of Milwaukie, and Don of Victorville, CA.; sister, Gladys Connor of Heppner; four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the United Church of Christ Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 223, Condon, 97823. Sweeney Mortuary, Condon, was in charge of arrangements. D.A.’s Report Morrow County District Attorney Jeff Wallace reports handling the following business on December 7, 1990 in Circuit Court: Fernando Martinez, 32, Board- man, had earlier plead guilty to delivery of methamphetamine to an undercover police officer in Board- man last March. Martinez was ar rested on the charge in May during a “ roundup” of persons suspected of narcotics activity in the northern Morrow County area. Circuit Judge Pro-Tern Ralph Cur- rin placed Martinez on two years’ formal probation and imposed 120 “ custody units.” Sixty of the “ custody units” can be used for jail time, and were given over to defen dant’s probation officer to be used during the probationary term as appropriate. Judge Currin also fined Martinez $500, imposed a $50 victim-witness assessment, ordered him to reim burse the state $240 for court- appointed attorney’s fees and submit :o a range of drug-related probation conditions. These include mandatory drug testing, no association with per sons dealing in narcotics and, search of his person, residence and vehicle for the presence of controlled substances. Donald Hankins, 28, Portland, plead guilty to conspiracy to deliver marijuana before Circuit Judge Pro- Tern Ralph Currin. Hankins was ar rested last June following an under cover investigation by the Morrow County Drug Task Force. Police also arrested a Hillsboro woman in connection with the investigation, and seized Hankins’ vehicle, $5,700 in cash and a quantity of controlled substances. The co-defendant is cur rently awaiting trial. Judge Currin placed Hankins on two years’ formal probation and im posed 120 “ custody units.” Sixty of the “ custody units” can be used for a jail sentence, and were given over to Hankins’ probation officer to be used during the term of probation as appropriate. The defendant was also ordered to pay a $50 victim-witness assessment, reimburse the state $240 for court-appointed attorney’s fees, submit to drug evaluation and treat ment, and is required to comply with a standard range of drug-related pro bation conditions. Great Experiment The great medical services experi ment in Morrow County needs a close look with the eye toward repeating it. Four or five years ago, I don’t remember how long, the hospital in Heppner, the clinic in the North Coun ty and the ambulance in Boardman were all controlled by different ad visory boards and all competed for ever increasing chunks of the County tax levy. Then, those three boards were abolished and a County Medical Ser vices Board created with a larger degree of autonomy. Since then: -two fine, well respected phsyicians have been persuaded to practice in Heppner; -an equally well qualified and well received physician has taken over the Boardman clinic; -a second, new ambulance has been added at Boardman, housed in a proper ambulance bam; -an early response vehicle has been placed in Irrigon, complete with bam and trained volunteers; and -a cadre of EMTs are either trained or in training in both Lexington and lone. All this with virtually no increase in the tax subsidy to medical services in that four of five period of time. At first blush that seems to be a riproar ing success. But a second look is always in order. The goals of that initial Medical Services Board have now essentially been met. All except one. That goal was to get the medical services delivery system off the tax roll altogether. Even without that second look, first blush would indicate that by com bining the three former entities into a single department, with a bit of in dependence from County government and a little tax support, a better system could be devised. Translating that experiment to police protection might reap similar results. The cities of Heppner, Boardman and Irrigon (by contract) all main tain police departments. The County Sheriff does too. But the cities are under the gun of Measure 5 and may not be able to afford local police any more. A single, integrated, co-ordinated police department for the entire county, including city streets, might afford some efficiencies similar to the effi ciencies in medical services. And further, with the pinch on city budgets, the county apparently has some additional taxing capacity before bumping the $10 limit. The down side might be that rural folks will hesitate to pay more taxes to support an enlarged Sheriffs department mostly for the benefit of our city neighbors. But, we’re told that 62 percent of the folks live in one city or another, so there might not be any choice. All five cities combined have less than 8% of the taxable property. Of the rest, less than 18% is farm land. More than 75% of our county is in dustrial and utility property. At first blush, it may not seem fair for rural taxpayers to pick up the bill for city police protection, but most rural residents benefit in one way or another by having a safe, secure community nearby. At least two communities in the county can be counted on to provide strong, loyal support for their local cops. Many folks think the ‘local con trol’ is a valuable part of a small town. But faced with the alternatives, some of that loyalty will wain. As I see it, the importance of City government will diminish as an ef fect of Measure 5. 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