Summer project
celebration
Donations sought for Pioneer plans
The Steering Committee of the
Memorial Clinic furnishings
HEPPNER
PMH administrator Kevin Erich shows new exam talbe and fiber
optics exam light donated by the Hospital Foundation.
Erich says that all rooms in the new clinic addition are in
use except for the public health offices. An open house is
planned for mid September.
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VOL. 112 NO. 35 8 Pages Wednesday, September 1, 1993 Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
School enrollment down from last year
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Foundation is currently raising
funds to equip the new clinic
addition.
The new addition will give
Drs. Ed and Jeanne Berretta and
physician’s assistant Mark Good-
boy additional examination rooms
and will provide space and equip
ment for physical therapy.
The lower portion of the addi
tion will provide office space for
Home Health, the county Health
Nurse and space for holding staff
continuing education sessions.
The fund raising has been led
by corporate contributions from
Bank of Eastern Oregon, Kinzua
Corporation and Morrow Coun
ty Grain Growers. First Interstate
Bank has contributed surplus fur
niture for use in the office and
meeting room areas. The founda
tion has also received numerous
generous contributions from
members of the community. The
total equipment and furnishings
will cost $30,000 said Larry
Mills, Foundation member. Total
contributions to date are $7,500
short of this goal.
Contributions may be made to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital Foun
dation, P.O. Box 515, Heppner.
For further information contact
Larry Mills or Linda LaRue.
Neighborhood Center Summer
Project has planned a time of
celebration fo rthe completion
and success of the Summer Pro
ject ‘93, an activity program for
area youth.
The celebration will be held in
the basement of the United
Methodist Church on Wednes
day, Sept. 8 from 7 to 9 p.m.
The evening will include
refreshments, a general report on
the outcome of the event and an
opportunity to evaluate and plan
ahead.
All resource people, parents
and participating volunteer
leaders are invited to attend.
A total of 113 children attend
ed one or more days of the Sum
mer Project with an average dai
ly attendance of 61 young people.
An average of eight volunteer
leaders worked each day along
with five other staff including bus
drivers and cooks and 15 resource
persons who gave time to lead ac
tivities. More than a dozen forest
service personnel from both
Heppner and Ukiah made the ex
cursions enriching experience ac
cording to coordinator Grace -
Drake.
Lea Calvert, Rosalie Scharen,
Cathy Dowrey and Drake were
the coordinating staff. Rita Hed-
man, Ellen Rollis, Dan Calvert,
Stan Hoobing, Roger Scharen,
Aloha DeSpain, Betty Tanner,
Janell Lacey and Vi Oliver are
additional members of the coor
dinating committee.
Morrow County Youth and
Children’s Services Commission
provided the basic funds. Com
munity donations as well as a
grant from Meyer Memorial
Trust and the United Methodist
Church enabled the program to
provide transportation to and
from lone and Lexington and to
have the Indian Encampment.
lone to be
featured on
Day Care Center introduces TV Show
Paul Linman and crew of
financial assistance program KATU
Channel 2 “ Spirit of the
Photo by Joyce Hughes
Heppner Elementary third graders enjoyed the first few days of school, especially recess.
It was back to school Monday
for area students. However, not
as many children are attending
Morrow County schools this
year. School enrollment is down
by 74 students, from 2,059 last
year to 1,985 this year.
Officials anticipated increased
enrollm ent at north county
schools, but enrollment is down
at Riverside High School, from
394 last year to 363; at Colum
bia Junior High School, from 211
to 184; at A.C. Houghton
Elementary from 383 to 368; and
at Sam Boardman Elementary,
down slightly from 391 to 389.
Officials say, however, that
typically some students do not
register at the north end schools
until after Labor Day because of
harvesting.
Enrollment at lone Schools is
also down, from 186 to 174.
Enrollment is up at Heppner
Elementary and Junior High from
340 to 350 and at Heppner High
School, from 154 to 157.
Heppner Day Care Inc., now
has a program set up to help
lower income families with their
child care costs.
Regular fees for attending day
care are $8 a day for one child,
$15 for two and $21 for three.
Children may be eligible for
reduced day care fees if the
household receives direct cer
tification from Adult and Family
Services; food stamps; Aid for
Dependent Children; or less
money than shown on the family
income chart as follows: family
of one-$12,599 annual gross,
$1,050 monthly gross or $243
weekly gross; 2-$17,002, $1,417
or $327; 3-$21,405, $1,784,
$412; 4-$25,808, $2,151, $497;
5 - $ 3 0 ,2 11, $2,518, $581;
6 - $34,614, $2,885, $666;
7 - $39,017, $3,252, $751;
8- $43,420, $3,619, $835. Add
City announces street closure H ay exchange program
The city of Heppner has an stipulation on a conditional use
curbs weed spread
nounced that Morrow Street, bet permit issued for the addition to
ween Gilmore Street and Thomp
son Street, will be closed to traf
fic between September 7 and Oc
tober 1. The closure is necessary
to allow for reconstruction of
Morrow Street, said city manager
Gary Marks. A detour will be
established on Thompson Street
to accommodate access to the
Rock Street area.
According to Marks, the city
planning commission has re
quired M orrow County to
reconstruct Morrow Street as a
the Pioneer Memorial Clinic.
“ The planning commission
was concerned that the county
improve access to the clinic to ac
commodate any increased traffic
generated by the expanded
facilities,” Marks said.
Plans call for improvement of
the Thompson/Morrow Street in
tersection, replacement and
widening of Morrow Street, and
realignment and improvement of
the G ilm ore/M orrow Street
intersection.
Fr. Condon proposes drama ministry
At one time in the history of the
church, drama was frequently us
ed. There were the renowned
“ morality plays” . As drama is a
source of inspiration and educa
tion, Fr. Gerry Condon proposes
to begin a drama ministry.
Members of the public, both high
school students and adults, are
welcome to participate.
Each play will have a message
that is presented through a good
story and genuine characteriza
tion. When fully rehearsed the
presentations will be available to
any church, church organization
or civic organization. Times of
rehearsals will be determined
shortly. Those interested in
speaking parts, making sets,
costumes, make-up, lighting,
etc., or for further information
may contact Fr. Gerry Condon at
676-9467.
The Heppner Ranger District
will be coordinating a voluntary
hay exchange program in
cooperation with the Oregon
Department of Forestry and the
Gilliam Courtty Weed Supervisor
during the 1993 bow and rifle
hunting seasons. This program is
being initiated in an effort to con
trol the spread of noxious weed
seed on the national forest.
Exchange points will be
established at Fossil, Condon,
and the Heppner Ranger District
compound. These exchange sites
are self-service and open between
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
“ Noxious weeds will continue
to be a problem while seed
sources enter onto the national
forest.” said a Forest Service
news release. “ Noxious weeds
hinder and at times even choke
out native vegetation. These
plants are considered invaders
and compete with surrounding
vegetation for nutrients. Noxious
weeds are less palatable to
wildlife and livestock, which
allows them to grow relatively
undisturbed. This undisturbed
growth can potentially cause
changes
in
the
natural
ecosystem.”
“ In addition,” continued the
release, “ a wet spring has
resulted in a potentially severe
wildfire problem during hunting
season. An unusually heavy grass
cover on forest and rangelands is
now curing out, supplying the
flash fuel for fast spreading
wildfires. Forest visitors help is
needed to reduce the number of
campfires that are deserted and
left burning on forest and
rangelands. The number of
deserted campfires is much too
high and is increasing. Closures
may be necessary if campfires
continue to be deserted. It is a
mistake to think that it is okay to
desert campfires during cool wet
weather or in rock rings and
fireplaces. It is never okay to
leave a campfire unattended. Put
it dead out."
For further information about
this voluntary hay exchange pro
gram or possible fire restrictions
during the hunting seasons con
tact Don Crompton or Tonya
Bowers at 676-9187.
$4,403 for each additional fami
ly member yearly, $367 monthly
and $85 weekly.
“ The day care rates include
USDA-approved snacks and
meals, arts, crafts, story time,
field trips and care provided by
trained experts in the field of
child care,” says director Kathy
Tellechea.
Forms are available at the day
care center during regular
business hours. All information
is strictly confidential. For more
information contact Tellechea,
676-5429.
Northwest” television program
will be in lone this Thursday,
Sept. 2 at noon to highlight the
lone community while they are
preparing for Cycle Oregon VI.
Over 2000 bicyclists will stop in
lone for dinner Sept. 14. Linman
and crew will do interviews and
taping for a “ Spirit of the Nor
thwest” feature to be aired on
Sept. 10 at 5 and 6:30 p.m.
Linman is also expected to
come through lone and tape dur
ing Cycle Oregon. Date and time
of that show has not been
announced.
Irrigon youths sentenced
A 13 year-old Irrigon boy will
be sent to MacLaren School for
boys in connection with an inci
dent of vandalism at the Board-
man Marina in April. The boy
has also been ordered to pay $50
restitution and a $45 statutory
assessment.
A nine year-old boy, also in
volved in the incident, was also
ordered to pay $50 restitution, a
$45 statutory assessment and
complete 16 hours of communi
ty service.
The boys had ripped a paper
towel dispenser from the wall and
set fire to a pile of paper towels.
They were observed by a woman
who had a mobile phone and were
contained by her until officers
could arrive.
Another nine and 13 year-old
duo, this time a pair of Irrigon
girls, were convicted of criminal
mischief and theft at the Irrigon
Marina.
According to Morrow County
District Attorney Earl Woods,
Jr., the girls had earlier gotten in
to trouble for shoplifting and fak
ed an abduction to avoid getting
in trouble with their parents.
The girls broke into a boat at
the marina and hid out there, do
ing around $360 worth of
damage. The girls were ordered
to pay restitution and each com
plete 16 hours of community
service.
Four teenages charged in
school bus melee
feud was carried onto the bus and
the girls’ boyfriends became in
volved. The argument spilled
over to include other students on
the bus and students who had
been riding in a pickup behind the
bus who board«] the bus when it
stopped.
Woods said that the melee in
volved students shooting squirt
guns and throwing things at each
other, taunts and racial slurs.
Some of the students were Cauca-
sion and 9ome Hispanic.
A hearing is pending in
juvenile court.
Four Riverside High School
students have been charged in
connection with an incident on a
Morrow County School bus on
June 10, the last day of school.
One 17 year-old boy was
charged with disorderly conduct
and assault when he allegedly
struck another youth in the face
with a tennis racket.
Another boy, 16, and two girls,
both 15, were charged with
disorderly conduct.
According to Morrow County
District Attorney Earl Woods,
Jr., the dispute began with two
girls who had been feuding. The
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