St. William’s youth group helps Burnside
BESS I E WETZELL
U OF OR E
NE WS P AP E R L I B
EUGENE
OR
By Anne Morter
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VOL. I l l
NO. 5
8 Pages Wednesday, February 5, 1992
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
The St. Williams Catholic
Church middle school class
followed in the footsteps of the
lone Youth Group by traveling to
Portland Friday, Jan. 17, for a
service trip in the Burnside area.
The students, Marie Tworek,
Melissa McElligott, Luke Swan
son, Phillip Tellechea, Marc
Orem and Jake McElligott, were
accompanied by adult leaders,
Monica Swanson and Jeri
McElligott on this day trip.
Armed with approximately 85
lunches that the students had
made at home the night before,
they started their day at Outreach
Ministries where director, Sr.
Maria Francis, answered ques
tions. Two volunteers from
O utreach accompanied the
students and leaders to the local
hotels where they went door to
door handing out the lunches.
The extra lunches were
distributed to people on the
streets.
Next the group went to
Recovery Inn, a night shelter
managed by the Salvation Army.
There, they thoroughly cleaned
the men’s and women’s sleeping
rooms by washing windows and
walls and by sweeping and mop
ping the floors.
The group then returned to
Outreach Ministries where they
talked about their experiences,
visited with several of Outreach’s
clients, and watched a slide show
Front L-R: Marie Tworek, Melissa McElligott, Phillip Tellechea.
Back: Jeri McElligott, Marc Orem, Luke Swanson, Jake
McElligott, Monica Swanson.
about the ministry. Their day
ended with a walking tour of the
Burnside area where they saw
other shelters and soup kitchens
that serve the street people.
The trip made an impression on
the lone group. “ I felt scared at
first, but the people who are
homeless are just like you or
me,” said Jake McElligott. Marie
Tworek commented, “ Feeding
the homeless was a good ex
perience. It gave me a great feel
ing.” “ I learned I can help the
homeless no matter where I live.
We should all help the less for
tunate,” said Melissa McElligott.
Plans made to expand PMH clinic
Plans are in the works for an
addition to the Pioneer Memorial
Clinic in Heppner that will “just
about double the clinic space,”
according to Gary Nolan, PMH
environmental services manager.
Nolan said that plans include
additional exam rooms, office
space and a storage room. A pre
fab modular unit will be added on
to the north side of the clinic,
toward the nearby apartments.
^Jhe entire clinic, with the addi
tion, will form an L-shape.
Nolan said, “ If things go
together, it (the project) could be
relatively soon.” But, he added
that the project is still in the plan
ning stages. He said that the city
planning commission has ac
cepted the plans, but easements
have not yet been obtained.
M orrow County Medical
Board
Chairm an
Jackie
Bergstrom said that she did not
know estimated costs of the
addition.
Luke Swanson summed up his
experience by saying, “ I felt sad
to see we have all the food in the
world and they don’t. I learned
not to waste food.”
The group also delivered food
and socks to Outreach Ministries
donated by St. Williams Altar
Society and Irene Swanson. All
of the students indicated they
would like to go back and con
tinue to donate to Outreach
Ministries.
The high school youth group is
planning another Burnside Ser
vice Trip scheduled for March 23
and 24.
Three file for
school board
Three candidates have filed for
Morrow County School Board at-
large position for Zone
6-incumbent Bill Doherty, Lex
ington, Don Russell, Boardman
and Ed Hiemstra, Heppner.
Incumbent Dwayne Carrol is
running unopposed for the Zone
2 Irrigon position.
Filing deadline was Jan 23 for
the March 24 election.
Incumbents file for May election
Dance, dance, dance, that’s just what these girls will be doing Saturday night.
The Heppner High School Dance team is holding a clinic during the week for approximate
ly 50 first through sixth grade students teaching them a dance routine to be performed at the
February 8 home basketball game against Umatilla. The students will perform during halftime
of the boys varsity basketball game which will start at approximately 6 p.m.
Fels announces filing for district court judge
Peter Fells
Peter Fels, District Court
Judge, announced that he has fil
ed the necessary documents with
the Secretary of State’s office in
Salem to become an official can
didate for the position of
Morrow-Umatilla District Court
Judge. Fels is seeking election to
the six-year term of office begin
ning January. 1993, to retain the
position he currently holds.
Fels also announced the forma
tion of his campaign steering
committee which includes Dr.
John McBee. a dentist and former
first citizen of Pendleton, Liz
Lorenzen, a farmer and former
director of the Red Cross for
Umatilla County, Umatilla Coun
ty
Com m issioner
Emile
Holeman. Elmo Bloom, manager
of the Hermiston Neighborhood
Center and former first citizen of
Hermiston, John Herrera, an in
surance agent and Hispanic leader
in Hermiston, Marc Ann Horn,
a Boardman resident and
employee of the educational ser-
vice district, and Elwood
“ Woody” Patawa. chairman of
the board of trustees for the
Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Campaign treasurer for the com
mittee is Jim Houle, a Pendleton
accountant.
Fels announced that his cam
paign will focus on four issues:
fairness, integrity, experience and
hard work. “ Fairness is the most
important aspect of being a
judge,” Fels said. “ Everyone
who comes into court deserves
the opportunity to be heard, and
I will always listen carefully to
what people have to say. The
judge’s job is to apply the laws
correctly as passed by the
legislature, and I plan to do that.
My reputation in the law com
munity is one of professionalism,
honesty and of being an extreme
ly hardworking lawyer, I promise
that I will be the same kind of
judge.”
Fels, who speaks Spanish, adds
that this has already been shown
to be an asset to his work on the
bench. “ Some defendants have
come to court with the court-
appointed lawyer to plead guilty
to charges which they clearly did
not understand. Because I could
tell that they did not understand,
I have been able to make sure
they were treated fairly,” he said.
“ We are now working to get a
good qualified interpreter for the
court, which was lacking
before.”
Fels. who lives in Pendleton,
but presides over the court in
Hermiston and Heppner. says he
would oppose any effort to move
the court to Pendleton from Her
miston. “ Over 8000 cases were
filed in court to Pendleton from
Hermiston in 1991.” he said. “ It
would be a great hardship for
many of those people to have to
travel to Pendleton to have their
cases heard; Hermiston and
Heppner are the right locations
for this court.”
Fels’s campaign organization
can be contacted c/o the Commit
tee to Retain Judge Peter Fels,
P O. Box 1387, Pendleton, OR
97801.
Noxious weed cost share monies
The Morrow County Noxious
Weed Control District has cost-
share money available to owners
and operators of land within Mor
row County boundaries for con
trolling “ A” list weeds in Mor
row County.
As much as $200 per individual
is available for controlling the
following weeds: Yellow starthis-
tie. Scotch thistle. Dalmation
toadflax. Rush skeletonweed.
Spikeweed. Musk thistle and Pur
ple loosestrife.
For more information or an ap
plication stop by the Weed
District office located in the Pet
tyjohn building or call Dave
Pranger at 676-3452.
Incumbents who have filed for
county positions for the upcom
ing May 19 election as of Tues
day, Feb. 4, include: Barbara
Bloodsworth, Morrow County
Clerk; Greg Sweek. assessor;
Roy Drago, sherff; Margo
Sherer, treasurer; and Charlotte
Gray, justice of the peace.
John Prag and Ed Glenn, both
of Boardman have filed for the
county commissioner’s position
now held by Gerry Peck, also of
Boardman. Peck has not yet fil
ed, but because he is an indepen
dent, he has until June 3 to do so.
No one has filed for the coun
ty judge’s spot, now held by
Louis Carlson, and the surveyor’s
position, now held by Denny
Edwards.
Filing deadline for the May 19
election is Tuesday, March 10.
Ballot measures in the May 19
election include a one-year Mor
row County operating levy
$3,358,245 outside the tax base
and a one-year Morrow County
Medical Fund operating levy
$506,344 outside the tax base.
Both are for the fiscal year
1992-93.
MCGG appreciation day Feb. 8
Enjoying free breakfast at last year’s appreciation day.
The Morrow County Grain
Growers annual customer ap
preciation day will be this Satur
day, Feb. 8 from 8 a.m. to noon
at MCGG in Lexington.
Besides a free breakfast
MCGG is offering free carnations
to the first 300 ladies attending
and door prizes including a
12-volt battery charger, two
hours of shop labor, a Delta belt
and disc sander, a 12-volt battery,
toys, boots, a jacket, a string
trimmer and more.
A special display will feature
the Finley Butte Landfill.
Factory representatives will
also be on hand.
Raffle to benefit
Waterland family
A raffle to benefit the George
and Karla Waterland family is
underway in the Heppner com
munity. George is recovering
from recent surgery.
Raffle prizes are a hand-crafted
hope chest by Robert Reid, a free
tune-up at Skaggs Auto Clinic
and a $100 gift certificate from
Morrow County Grain Growers.
Tickets are available by contac
ting Dave Gunderson or Heppner
Elementary Middle school
students and at the Heppner High
School home basketball games.
Tickets sell for 25 cents each.
The winning tickets will be drawn
during halftime of the Heppner
boys basketball game on Feb. 22.
The fifth through eighth grade
classes are having a competition
to sell the most tickets. The win
ning class will receive an ice
cream party.
The Waterlands have four
children. Lindsay, seventh grade;
Jeff, fifth grade; Kyle, second
grade and Kory, Kindergarten.
George is employed at Kinzua
and Karla at Heppner Elementary
school.
Nurses’ tie vote
goes non-union
Because the Pioneer Memorial
Hospital registered nurses’ vote
to join a union ended in a tie. 5-5,
it has been determined that the
nurses will not join the nurses’
union.
According to PMH director of
nurses Sheridan Tamasky state
officials say that a tie vote goes
in management’s favor.
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