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
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic
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The most severe problems associ
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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._______________________
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Bridal Tables
Kate Doherty & Scott Davis
Wedding - May 28, 1994
Erika Turney & Greg Grant
Wedding - June 11, 1994
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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