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• OUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 19, 1993
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The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
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April Hilton-Sykes ...............................................................................Mews Editor
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Letters to the Editor
Vandalism not the fault of snowmobilers
To the Editor:
Morrow County Judge Louis
Carlson made statements in the
East Oregonian, Monday, May
17, 1993, concerning the van
dalism to Cutsforth Park He is
blaming the snowmobilers for
this damage.
Cutsforth Park was kept open
24 hours a day, seven days a
week, all winter and spring. The
park is used by 4-H, Scout
groups, churches, fishermen,
campers and mushroom hunters.
The general public. The damage
to the building was not discovered
till May 6. Most snowmobilers
quit using the area around the first
of March. Also, the only damage
I saw to the grass, was when one
of the county’s own snowplows
got too deep and rolled the grass
up in several places.
Snowm obilers are men,
women and children out for a day
of recreation, not vandalism.
Judge Carlson is terribly misin
formed. He should be looking for
ways to increase the use of the
park, not restrict it.
(s) Gene Orwick
4-Comers Snowmobile Club
Keep ball park clean
To the Editor:
Last Saturday, after my son’s
minor league game and including
the major’s game before that.
Hager field looked like a battle
ground for garbage. All up and
down where people sat there were
candy wrappers, pop cups, food,
etc. There was one garbage can
so overflowing it had spilled out
onto the ground. Yet, not less
than 20 feet away was a garbage
can only half full.
After the game my youngest
son, a few other people and
myself picked up all that garbage
was left. If the parents that go to
those games would make sure
their garbage is thrown into the
cans and stress the importance of
that to their kids things would be
a lot cleaner. That baseball field
has been worked on very hard by
several people around this com
munity for our children. Let’s do
our part by keeping it clean.
The boys and girls who play
baseball have a responsibility to
keep that park clean. So does
everyone else who attends those
games.
Let's all do our part, just put
garbage in its place, the garbage
can, not on the ground.
I have an umbrella that was left
under the bleachers from last
Saturday. If it’s yours, you can
pick it up at the snack shack next
Saturday.
Thank you,
(s) Shanna Paullus
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To the Editor:
Recently my neighbor traveled
110 miles round trip from her
home outside lone. Or., to take
her 90 year old mother to the
Hermiston doctor she was ac
customed to seeing. This was an
additional 62 miles round trip.
The physician prescribed medica
tion, and wished to later ascertain
how his patient was reacting.
Arlington has the services of a
nurse practitioner once or twice
a week. Consequently my
neighbor made another 110 mile
round trip to Arlington with the
intention of having the nurse
practitioner draw a blood sample
and send it off for testing.
When she arrived at the Arl
ington Clnic the N.P. told her she
could not draw blood for testing
as she did not have a laboratory
on the premises, and she had to
refuse to do it. My neighbor was
upset, as this development would
uselessly require another 62 mile
round trip. So she called the doc
tor’s office and asked what she
should do. The doctor’s office
stated that they had never heard
of such a limiting requirement
and for her to call Salem, which
she did. Salem reported that this
was a new ruling last April.
Never mind the traveling burden
this places on East Oregonians.
Wheeler and Gilliam Counties
both depend on nurse practi
tioners and physician’s assistants
respectively for all their health
care needs. To restrict these pro
fessionals for lack of a laboratory
on premises effectively denies the
residents access to health care
services.
All Morrow County citizens
could find themselves in a like
situation sooner than they think.
Anyone who values access to
health care facilities should con
tact their legislators and Con
gressmen concerning the new ac
cess rules that fit urban areas but
leave rural areas lacking both
functioning health professionals
and pharmacy services.
The “ managed competition”
considered by both Democratic
and Republican politicians to be
the solution to health care costs
is merely a political theory that
leaves the foxes guarding the
health care hen house; the foxes
being the insurance companies,
the drug manufacturers, and the
bureaucrats, all of whom have a
don’t-care attitude.
It will destroy what health care
is currently available in rural
areas.
Please protest the proposed
lack of access now by calling
your Salem legislator at
1 -800-327-7389 to support Senate
bill 597, the Freedom of Access
Bill.
Due to pressure from big
businesses and big bureaucracies
Sen. Shoemaker has essentially
killed this bill by not scheduling
a hearing, much less a vote by the
full Senate. It is bad enough when
Salem stiff-arms a health care
provider; Sen. Shoemaker is cur
rently choosing to stiff-arm the
public also. Increased timely ac
tion by consumers is needed.
(s) Margaret G. Murray
Obituary
Louis “ Louie” Dan
Lorengel
Louis ‘Louie’ Dan Lorengel,
80, a longtime resident of The
Dalles, passed away at the Mid-
Columbia Medical Center in The
Dalles on Wednesday, May 12,
1993.
Funeral services were held
Monday, May 17 at the Smith
Callaway Chapel in The Dalles
with interment at Balch Cemetery
in Lyle, WA. A reception was
held at Faith Lutheran Church in
The Dalles.
Mr. Lorengel was bom August
1, 1912 in Portland to Bill and
Mabel Thomas Lorengel. He
married Betty Locke in 1939 at
Stevenson, WA. He was a
locomotive engineer and worked
for the J. Neils Lumber Com
pany, the Klickitat Log and
Lumber Company and on the
Condon-Kinzua Southern Line
for the Kinzua Lumber Com
pany. He was a member of the
National Rifle Association and a
member of the Faith Lutheran
To the Editor:
At the Heppner City Council
meeting on Monday night, May
10. the Mayor, public employees
and remaining five council
members
proceeded
to
“ chastise” me for having a let
ter to the editor published in the
Heppner Gazette-Times. I was
told that in a Democracy, when
the majority votes for a particular
position everyone should then get
behind it and support it. I don’t
know about any one else, but
that’s not what I was taught. I am
under the impression that the
minority has the right to speak
out. Isn’t that what they call
freedom of speech?
Knowing that I am ’’rocking
the boat” , I am once again using
this forum to get my message
across.
I wish to inform the citizens of
Heppner that I have filed a
lawsuit challenging the legality of
the ‘Personal Evaluation and
Merit Compensation System’.
The Heppner City Charter states
“ The Council shall determine the
amount of compensation for ser
vices of each City officer and
employee.” The merit compen
sation system, as it was passed by
the council on a five to one vote
on January 11, 1993, takes that
responsibility out of the hands of
the council and places it in the
hands of the city administrator
and the department supervisors.
The supervisors evaluate each
employee in their department.
The evaluation is a personnel
matter, and may not be viewed by
the council. I have no quarrel
with evaluations being kept
private. That is as it should be.
Yet, that is the sole basis for
granting a merit pay raise. There
is no recommendation from the
administrator or supervisor to the
council.
I submit that this is one more
example of the erosion of the
Church in The Dalles.
Survivors include his wife Bet
ty; son, Ldee of Hood River; two
daughters Yvonne Benson, of
Netarts and Linda Williams of
Portland; six grandchildren, Dan
ny, Donny, Shawn, Nathan,
Katrina and Marcie and five
great-grandchildren, Crystal, Tif
fany, Michael, Nicholas and
Christopher.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Seniority Care-A-Van, in
care of Mid-Columbia Medical
Center.
_____ Births____
T alissa Jo A n n e Byrd-a
daughter Talissa JoAnne was
bom to Leslie Coates and David
Byrd of Irrigon on May 3, 1993
at Good Shepherd Community
Hospital in Hermiston. The baby
weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz.
Brandon Daniel Stewart-a
son Brandon Daniel was bom to
Robin James of Irrigon on May
3, 1993 at Good Shepherd Com
munity Hospital in Hermiston.
The baby weighed 6 lbs. 11 oz.
Who ever hit the YELLOW
FORD MUSTANG on APRIL
23 while parked at a local
business in Heppner, THANKS
A LOT for not contacting me.
I really wished you would have
left a note.
Terri and David Denton
Challenges merit pay system
LIFE INSURANCE
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Regulations burden East Oregonians
rights of the citizen. I feel strong
ly enough about what is happen
ing, that I am “ going public”
and letting the people know what
is going on.
Now that you are aware of the
situation, it is up to you to decide
whether or not you want the
responsibility to determ ine
salaries to remain in the hands of
your elected representatives (who
are answerable to you, the
public), or if you want to be plac
ed in the hands of employees who
are not directly accountable to the
public. It is now time to stand up
for what you believe in. I have
put my money where my mouth
is and. based on my principles,
am challenging the system. The
rest is up to you, Heppner.
(s) Martha J. Doherty
Heppner City Council Member
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T h e fam ily of
j Maryan McElligott
| would like to thank
| everyone who has of-
i fered their support
j through her illness.
| The support of the
community through
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j the prayers, cards,
i visits, and food we
| received were over-
j whelming, and too
j numerous
to
| mention,
$
I he
M orrow j
County Home Health
staff of Robanai, Mol
ly and Donna were
especially kind and
helpful. Their dedica
tion and skill is cer
tainly an asset to
Morrow County. We
would also like to j
thank a very special
person, Dr. William j
Anderson
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Jerry (L.J.) McElligott
Mike and Sue McElligott
Terry McElligott
Grace and John Romano
Janet McElligott
Matt and LaDonn McElligott
Vince and Paula McElligott
Patty McElligott
Bridget McElligott
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