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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 25, 1994 Hospital Foundation announce scholarship winners Pioneer Memorial Hospital Foundation has announced its an nual scholarship awards to M or row County students who plan to study in health-care related fields. This year five $200 awards were made to Rick Koffler and Nikki Sweeney, both Heppner High School and Heather Ennis, T oby H all and K ari Ann Whitbeck, all Riverside High School. Koftler has enrolled at Western Oregon State College in physical therapy. He has been working one class period per week at the physical therapy department at Pionner Memorial Hospital in Heppner. Nikki Sweeney plans to enroll at Blue Mountain Community College for two years o f prere quisites and then on to Oregon Health Science University to study dental hygiene. Sweeney has worked part time at the Hepp ner Dental Office for the past two years. Ennis has received a navy nurse crops option scholarship and will pursue a bachelor of science degree in nursing. Hall will further his training as an EM T. He is currently a state- certified First Responder with the N orth M orrow C ounty am- bulance service. Karri Ann Whitbeck plans to enroll in a course of study to become a Registered Nurse. A fourth year award of $300 was made to Ty Lappen of Boardman. happen is finishing his ju n io r year at E astern Washington University where he is working towards a bachelor of science degree in nursing. Awards o f $350 each were made to Dawn G arrett, lone and Myrna Sieler, Heppner, both employees of Pioneer Memorial Hospital and attending Blue Mountain Community College for their nursing degrees. The award to Garrett was made possible through funds provided from the family of Dr. Wallace W olff in his memory. T he P io n e er M em o rial Hospital Foundation is establish ed to accept tax deductible con tributions to help with health care needs and education in M orrow County. The foundation could use financial support to further its goals, said a spokesperson for the foundation. For further information contact one o f the trustees: Betty Brown, Linda LaRue, Larry M ills, A1 Osmin, Don Peterson or Glen Ward. Voegeding advances to state By Anne Morter Thomas Voegeding advanced to the state tennis tournament in boys singles on the basis o f his third place finish at last week’s district competition. The top three in each category progress to state competition. This year state will be held th is w eek en d in Roseburg. Voegeding entered the tourna ment in the second spot. His opening match was against team mate Mike Green, in which Voegeding prevailed 6-2, 6-0. Green had to win two matches to get to that point. In his opener. Green defeated Robert Allison of Riverside, 8-0 and then follow ed up with a victory over Eric Neinemeir of Mac Hi, 7-6, 6-4. Next Voegeding faced Jaime Ramirez o f Umatilla, a player he had defeated twice during regular season. This time, it was not to be as Ramirez won in split sets, 6-3, 3-6. 6-3. That loss moved Voegeding into the match for the final state berth against Bryan Escobedo o f Arlington. This tim e, Voegeding won handily 6-3, 6-0. In boys doubles, Jory Crowell and Kelly Morgan won their P harm acy & Your H ealth Boardman Pharmacy & Hardware 202 1st. N. W. P.O. Box 170 Boardman, Oregon 97818 481-9474' 481-7351 New M edicine for Cystic Fibrosis Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease which occurs in one of about every 2,000 live births in the U.S. Organs most often affected by CF include the lungs, gas trointestinal tract, and pancreas. The most severe problems associ ated with CF result from changes in the lungs brought about by mu cus secretions. According to Merck Manual. fifty percent of persons with CF have lung problems such as coughing and wheezing. Lung infections are common. Coughing may be accompanied by gagging and sleep problems. CF results in pancreatic enzyme deficiencies, leading to fat and protein digestion problems. Fat soluble vitamin de ficiencies also may occur. Treatment of CF is directed at correcting the pancreatic enzyme deficiency, handling weight loss and nutritional problems, dealing with the thick mucus in the lungs, and caring for infection in the lungs that may result from plugs of mu cus. Medicines prescribed for CF include pancreatic enzymes, vita mins, antibiotics, steroids, bron- chodilators, and medicines that help dissolve mucus plugs in the lungs. In December the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new medicine for CF. The medi cine is called domase alpha (Pulmozyme). This new medicine is reported to reduce infections in the lungs by breaking up the thick accumulations of mucus. opening match against a pair from Helix, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, but were eliminated in their next match by Rolfe and Beers o f Mac Hi, 6-2, 6-4. In girls singles, Heidi Orem d e fe a te d N eesha K uns o f Umatilla 8-1 in the opening round. She then downed Hally Kenney of Arlington 8-6 before being eliminated by the number three seed, M arilee Coelsch of Sherman County, 5-7, 6-4-6-0. Jessie Stefani lost her opening match 3-8 to Jessie Faria of Sher man County. In girls doubles, Angie Ball and Camie Crum lost in the opening round to Zerba and W imberly of Mac Hi, 2-8 and Laurel Temple and C e le ste O w en w ere eliminated by Anderson and Har rington of Condon 1-8. Tony Becket awarded scholarship Tony Becket o f Heppner was recently awarded a $500 scholar ship by AIA/GGM IT. He is the son of Ron Becket, Heppner and Dianna Becket. He has been ac tive in academics, athletics and community organizations. The scholarship is sponsored by AIA U n iv erse, the ad ministrator for health insurance plans for wheat growers and the Grain Growers M embership and Insurance Trust, which oversees the plan. Rain comes at critical time Pond ownes offered amnesty An amnesty period is now in emptions for pre-existing small effect to allow owners of unper ponds that are “ off-channel” . mitted water-storage ponds to Exempt pond owners still are re legalize them without fear o f civil quired to submit notification to penalties for noncompliance with the department that their ponds do water right laws, according to a not require water rights. news release from the Oregon To qualify for the exemption W ater Resources Department. the pond had to be constructed Pond o w n e rs have u ntil before January 1, 1993, store less January 1, 1995 to get state than 9.2 acre-feet of water or authorization for their ponds have a dam less than 10 feet high under a program enacted by the and be off-channel and outside Oregon Legislature last year (HB stream bank areas. To qualify as 2153). Standards for the program off-channel, the pond cannot be were approved April 8 by the in, or divert water from a natural W ater Resources Commission. waterway whether or not the Only ponds constructed before stream flows year-round. January 1, 1993 qualify for the If the pond is not exempt, but program. applications are filed before the Oregon law for many years has deadline, the new program pro allowed most ponds to be con vides some benefits not available structed only after they are ap under the normal application pro proved for water rights. W ater cess. W ater can continue to be rights have been required because stored pending final action on the of concerns that in some cases, application. W ater right priority ponds may pose safety risks, in dates are set at Jan. 1, 1993. terfere with senior water right Generally the priority date of a holders downstream or block fish water right is the date the applica passage in small streams, said the tion was filed with WRD. The ap release. Ponds are assigned plication process is less costly, definite priority dates governing the new program allows pond access to public water. owners with small ponds to in This new program is designed clude up to 10 ponds in a single to bring into compliance with application with one fee. And Oregon law, the thousands o f owners are not required to hire a unpermitted ponds which have licensed surveyor or engineer; to been built over the years, many make water-use surveys. for stock watering and irrigation Urban residents who fill small storage, and others for road ponds only from the city water watering, logging and industrial supply are not required to obtain uses. Many landowners have permits. However, water rights been unaware that, with a few ex ae required if landowners divert ceptions, state water rights have water from creeks or other been required to store or use natural waterways, even inside water in man-made ponds, even cities. small ones. For more information call the The new program also creates local waterm aster, Tony Justus, some exemptions from water 276-7111 ext. 290, or the depart right requirements, including ex ment in Salem. ED-NET program well attended S e v e ra l M o rro w C ounty residents met in the Pioneer Memorial Hospital conference room May 23 to attend a special ED-NET forum with Governor Barbara Roberts concerning the issue of teen pregnancy reduc tion. In attendance were Corrine Lindsay, chairperson for the County Commission on Children and Families (MCCCF); Barbara Hayes, counselor at Heppner High School, Jenny Krein, junior at HHS; Father Gerry Condon; Dr. Jeanne Beretta, Arletha Bran non M CCCF staff and Dar M er r ill, e x e cu tiv e d ire c to r o f M CCCF. Each county came up with suggestions to resolve this problem. Laura Burnside-McElligott was the facilitator for the Morrow County group which listed three proposals: Increase opportunities for parental education and support, esp ec ially around sexuality issues. There was an overwhelm ing consensus that parents need to take a more active part in teaching their children about in timacy and sexual behavior. -Establish a multidenomina- tional youth group to provide w holesom e activities, moral education and a sense of belong ing. This will also increase teen contact with caring, responsible adult role models. -Create more activities that youth can participate in such as teen center fitness center. The entire state seemed to favor a statewide abstinence cam paign and advocated emphasis of the positive aspects o f abstinence rather than the negative aspects o f early sexual activity. The in formation obtained from these discussions will be used in the com m ission’s com prehensive planning efforts. Salers Assoc, St. Patrick’s Senior Center elects officers '¡Bulletin Board Kyle Robinson, Heppner and M arilyn Schiller, Echo were recently elected as directors to The Oregon Salers Association. Other officers and directors for the 1994-95 year are: Terry Barnes. Portland, vice president; Jim Green, Canby, president; C a ro le A s h c ra ft, A lfa lfa , secretary; and directors Schiller, Robinson. Mike Williams, Bend. Charlie Cox, Bums, Mike Weed- man, LaGrande, Dee W alker, W inchester and Larry Inman, Astoria. Closed Memorial Day Monday May 30, 1994 M orrow C o u n ty C r a in O ro w o rs ______ Lexington, OR_______ Rains last weekend came at a critical time for area crops, notes OSU crops extension agent Phil Nesse. “ A rule of thumb roughly states that each inch o f plant useable moisture is worth about five bushels to the eventual winter wheat crop. With many fields already stressed due to drought, my guess is that five bushels might even be conservative. Con sidering we have about 200,000 acres of wheat and barley seed ed in M orrow County, this was a million dollar rain for county farm ers,” said Nesse. Rainfall at selected locations over the May 14-15 weekend is as follows: Heppner 1.34; Her miston 1.18; Ione(W . Rietmann) 1.15, Kenneth Smouse 1.00; Condon 1.01, J. Maley, Condon .92; Fossil .70; Shytler Flat .43; Mikkalo-Ajax .36; Arlington .26; M oro .10. Contrary to the articles publish ed in the Statesman Journal (Salem) and the Oregonian, there has been no breach of the moral standards of the Oregon National Guard. There By Earl Woods, Jr. has been no taking, theft or misuse. What there has been is a breakdown in leadership which was just cured by the re-selection of Fred Reese as the ONG adjutant general. General Reese is a product of Umatilla County, a soldier’s soldier, and an extraordinary leader. I assure you that an eastern Oregon firm hand is now at the controls o f the Oregon National Guard and these problems will cease. A source close to the Home Rule Charter Committee tells me that there is a growing consensus on the committee for development o f a home rule charter. The committee is interested in creating a multi commissioner board composed o f a commissioner from each o f the populated areas, i.e., Heppner, Ione-lexington, Boardman and Ir- rigon. The board o f commissioners could select a county ad ministrator who would sit at the pleasure o f the board, or who could be elected, and who would oversee the direct day-to-day operations o f the county with guidance from the board. W ere this scheme adopted, this would eliminate the county judge position and would shift responsibility for the juvenile court to circuit court. Keep your eye on this. The medical district issue is still active and well. Boardman has proposed a district, as have the county-wide proponents. Both of these districts will be voted on in November. In the meantime, the county court will have to make some tough decisions about the boun daries for those districts. A public meeting is scheduled on June 22 to discuss that issue. The petitioners from the two proposed districts have been meeting in an effort to work out some o f the conflicts, but I’m told they were not able to accomplish much. It seems to me that to promote an environment that is conducive for attracting industry, retired folks, and for the quality of our own lives, we need a medical district. I question if we need two. I think we need to address the concerns o f the north end regarding reasonable access to health care and work together to create the best possible stan dard o f care for all o f Morrow County._______________________ Around the County Roger Britt Septic Service Serving Morrow-Gilliam County & Surrounding areas • 24 Hr. Service • Licensed & Bonded #37316 • DEQ Approved Septic tanks pumped, residental & commercial 676-5096 • Rt. 2 Box 2060 • Heppner, OR Your Local Septic Service Bridal Tables Kate Doherty & Scott Davis Wedding - May 28, 1994 Erika Turney & Greg Grant Wedding - June 11, 1994 ^ M u m O juui INC 21 7 North Main There were 106 people in attendance at the senior dinner W ednes day, May 18, including two guests. Six meals were taken out. George Jefferies won the meal ticket, Helen Craw ford the door prize and Mrs. Cliff McCabe o f Hermiston the guest prize. M embers o f the Catholic Church served. Blood pressures were taken before the meal. The menu for June 1 will be chicken ala king over biscuits, tossed salad, mixed fruit and cookies. M embers o f the United Church o f Christ o f lone will serve. Hearing aid assistance will be given and blood pressures taken before the meal. The meal site committee will meet following the dinner and foot care will be given at 1:30 p.m. The Health Fair was well attended despite the rain. A large varie ty of information on health was available, as well as eye pressure tests by Dr. Rolen, hearing tests by Jim Bruns, blood pressures by Betty Marquardt and blood sugar tests by Molly Rhea. The soup and rolls were delicious as were the healthy snacks. It is hoped that next year even more people will attend. The transportation committee are trying to get some senior bus trips planned. Any senior who has a special trip in mind please come into the office or phone 676-9030 to make your suggestion. We need to use the bus more. Crushed Rock For Sale %” minus 1” minus 3” base rock Clean Fill Material Can be picked up at pit or we will deliver Pit 6 V 2 miles up from mouth of Lower Rhea Creek, Brenner Canyon. Contact Roger Britt 676-5096 Heppner
