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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 12, 1990
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Obituaries
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
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Claude W. Buschke
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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. Not only will police protection shift to the county, so
will library services, perhaps fire protection and maybe even parks.
Look closely at the medical services experiment. Maybe it will show
the light to the future.
Potato giveaway Thurs. Dec. 13
A potato giveawy will be held at
the Neighborhood Center in Hepp
ner this Thursday, December 13,
starting at 1 p.m ., says center direc
tor Joyce Breeding. Donations will
be accepted.
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