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lone moves fireworks display
By Anne Morter
The site for the lone Fourth of
July Fireworks has been chang
ed from the football field to the
Stefani property directly behind
the Willows Grange Hall. Height
ened restrictions by the state
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police and the state fire marshal
forced the move. Spectators must
be at least 400 feet away from the
area where the fireworks are ig
nited so no one will be allowed
on the Stefani property.
Good viewing will still be
available from many locations in
lone, although very little viewing
space will be at the Grange itself.
Michelle Raible, Fourth of July
co-chairperson, suggests spec
tators locate themselves at the
very north or south ends of the
football field, in front o f the
school or somewhere on second
street.
lone 4th of July Celebration
Sunday,July 3rd & Monday, July 4th
“Celebrating Our Youth ”
Grand Marshals: Helen Crawford, Ruth McCabe & lone Youth
Sunday, July 3rd
8:45 a.m.
9 :30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
12 noon
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Mass St. W illia m s Catholic Church
Church Services at lone United Church of C hrist and Valby Lutheran
Volleyball lone High School
Shotgun Scramble G olf Tournament, W illo w Creek Country Club
Junior 3 on 3 basketball tournament, lone gym; Lasagna dinner and con
cessions, lone boosters, until 9 p.m.
Ken Snider Memorial Auction, school cafeteria
Ken Snider Memorial tennis tournament, tennis courts
Adult 3 on 3 basketball tournament, lone gym
Youth dance, Legion Hall, $1 admission.
M usic by DJ
Dustin Padberg
M onday, July 4th
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Petitions may be withdrawn
Petitions for two different
health districts, scheduled for the
N ovem ber ballot, may be
withdrawn, following a public
hearing on the issue held June 22
at Columbia Junior High School
in Irrigon. The hearing will be
continued until Wednesday, Ju
ly 6, at the school district office
in Lexington at 7 p.m.
In the meantime. Judge Louis
Carlson directed an ad-hoc com
mittee of Art Kegler and Ed
Glenn, both Boardman, and
Larry Mills and George Koffler,
both Heppner, to investigate the
possibility of withdrawing the
petitions. According to Val
D oherty, M orrow County
counsel, there are no laws
preventing the withdrawing of a
petition, but also none to provide
for it.
As filed, one petition would
provide for a medical district en
com passing Boardman area
precincts. The other petition
would encompass all of Morrow
County, excluding city of Board-
man precincts only. All of the
cities in Morrow county have
opted in on the second district,
with the exception of the city of
Boardman, which has taken no
action concerning the county
wide petition.
During the hearing, Kegler said
“ At this point, I don’t think either
group of petitioners are ready to
change their direction.” But
following the hearing, petitioner
for the Boardman district, Gene
Allen, said that withdrawing the
petition could be a possibility. “ If
something came forth to redress
the issues, we (the petitioners)
could have a meeting,” said
Allen. “ But to cut and paste, I
think that’s a breach of trust.”
The county court could draft a
resolution to form a county-wide
health district, which would be up
for voter approval. But, the city
of Boardman would still have to
opt in the county-wide district.
Allen said that the petitioners
could consider such a proposal,
providing that the proposal ad
dresses problems concerning
north county health care. “ It can
not be another band-aid on a
hemorrhage,” said Allen. The
Boardman petitioners maintain
that the north end of the county
is not represented on the county
court, does not receive adequate
health care and does not receive
its fair share of county health care
dollars. They say that a Board-
man health care district would
provide greater efficiency and
local control, would solve local
health care problems and would
ensure continuity of health care.
Goals of the petitioners also in
elude improving and enlarging
the Boardman Clinic and pro
viding assisted living facilities.
Port of Morrow Commissioner
Larry Lindsay opposed splitting
the county into two districts, say
ing he was “ very alarmed” at the
prospect and felt it set a
“ dangerous precedent” . He said
that the entire county supported
expansion of the Port of Morrow,
even though “ over 90 percent of
the benefit has gone into the
Boardman community.” He add
ed that in his 27 years as commis
sion, the port commission has
never had a split vote and stress
ed the same unity in health care
issues. He also commented that
he didn’t think Boardman had
been harmed by the port commis
sioners placing the majority of the
businesses in the north end. In the
long range, he said, growth in the
port benefits the entire county.
Laura Burnside-McElligott,
Morrow County health director,
voiced concern that the Boardman
proposal did not provide enough
funds to continue health care
operations in the Boardman area
at the same level they are provid
ed now. “ I see this dual district
as being extremely destructive to
all the people of the county,
especially Boardm an,” said
Burnside-McElligott. She said
that the Boardman district’s
budget of $160,000 is “ no where
near enough,” and would not be
able to provide monies for expan
sion, especially considering that
the clinic funding is listed at
$130,000, leaving only $30,000
for other expenses.
The county court will set boun
daries for the districts if either or
both of the petitions go before the
people in November, or if the
court resolves to put a county
wide district on the ballot. Judge
Carlson presented several options
concerning boundaries. Follow
ing are options and tax rates for
the
1994-95
year:
-Option 1: the boundaries
would be as filed with the peti
tions. The Boardman district, in
cluding code areas 25-01,25-02,
25-03, 25-04, 25-05, 39-01 and
39-02, would have a a tax rate of
33 cents per thousand assessed
valuation; county district, in
cluding entire county except
25-01, 79 cents/thousand;
-Option 2: Boardman district-
Boardman city limits, including
code area 25-01. $6.69/thousand;
county district-entire district, ex
cluding only 25-01, 79
cents/thousand;
-Option 3: Boardman district-
Boardman city limits and urban
growth boundary, including
25-01
and’
25-04,
$2.20/thousand; county district-
rest of county except 25-01,
25-04. 84 cents/thousand;
-Option 4: Boardman district-
including 25-01, 25-02, 25-03,
25-04.
39-01,
39-02,
$1,33/thousand; county district-
rest of county, except those code
areas, 90 cents/thousand;
-Option 5: Boardman district-
as filed, including code areas
25-01, 25-02, 25-03, 25-04,
25-05. 39-01, 39-02, 33
cents/thousand; county district-
remainder of county, excluding
those code areas, $2/thousand;
-Option 6: Boardman district-
from Bombing Range Road west
along boundary of Bombing
Range to county line, picking up
population of Boardman com
munity, including code areas
25-01, 25-02, 25-03, 25-04,
39-02, $1.53/thousand; county
district-remainder of county, ex
cluding those areas, 88
cents/thousand.
According to Morrow County
Assessor Greg Sweek, code area
25-01 includes the city of Board-
man; 25-02, mostly the Depart
ment of Fish and Wildlife land
(non-taxable); 25-03, farm and
rangeland; 25-04, Port of Mor
row; 25-05, includes Coal Fired
Plant and part of Taggares
Farms; 39-01, part of Taggares
and Simplot Feedlot; 39-02.
rangeland.
Bill Kuhn, Heppner attorney
and chief petitioner for the
county-wide district petition
which has already been filed with
(of which Boardman has not
opted in), said that “ every one”
of the Boardman petitioners’ con
cerns could be addressed with one
health care district that would en
compass the entire county, in
cluding Boardman. Kuhn said
that one county-wide district
would provide stable funding,
allow for long-range planning and
would eliminate two sets of ad
ministrators and the doubled costs
that could be incurred with a two-
district system. Kuhn also said
that a larger district would be
more likely to key into state anti
federal grants.
The proposal for one county
wide district could be created b\
an order of the court. But, accor
ding to Morrow County Counsel
Val Doherty, the cities must opt
in prior to the order. Because of
time constraints, the cities must
opt in and the order made by Ju
ly 13, at the latest, although July
6 would be preferable. The first
hearing must be held between 30
and 50 days from the order At
the conclusion of the first hear
ing boundaries for the district
must be established and a date,
time and place would be set for
the second hearing. The second
hearing must be held between 20
and 50 days from the first hear
ing. At the conclusion of the se
cond hearing, the court then
issues an order calling for an elec
tion. This must be turned into the
clerk's office by Sept. 8 to be in
cluded on the Nov. 8 ballot.
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Game Day registration/check-in begins for "D a w n 's Early Lig ht" run/walk,
school flag pole.
"D a w n 's Early Lig h t" Fun Run/Walk
Continental breakfast, lone school playground
Prize drawing for "D a w n 's Early Lig h t" participants
Children's chalk drawing contest, St. W illia m s Catholic Church. Free
balloons for the kids
Parade Assembly. M ust be at MCGG elevator by 10:30 a.m.
Parade, Main Street
IC ABO hamburger lunch, little league hot dogs, Grange bake sale, Camp
Fire girls snow cones, Creative Care Preschool Fish Pond, Topic Club Flea
Market, Martingales mini elephant ears, all city park; American Legion Beer
Garden, east end of fire hall; Pie and coffee until 4 p.m. St. W illiam s church.
Radio station K O R D w ill play music, interview and give away prizes in
city park from noon until 3 p.m.
Straw toy/money pile, ages 0-7; g irls' volleyball team, face painting, frog
jumping contest, horsehoe pitching contest all city park; antique car display
in front of Bristo w 's Market.
" Z u lu " the Frisbee catching dog exhibition, city park
baseball throw, hoop shoot, town tour, city park; money bingo by Lio n's
Club, until 5 p.m. Legion Hall
Cow chip pitching contest, children's races, school football field; free swim
ming until 5 p.m., lone school
Historical town U2 meet in park
Bed Race, school football field
Cardinal Club chicken dinner, chicken by Kesslers, lone school cafeteria,
adults $6 kids 11 and under $3, hot dogs $1
little league batting cage, school field
jail (for preschool scholarships), duck pond, pick a duck fo r a prize, 504
duck, balloon sculpting, all school playground
Money bingo by Lions Club until 9 p.m. Legion Hall
Fireworks Display, in memory of Bob Rietmann, Stefani Property. Con
cessions available at Fireworks by local 4-H groups,
Community dance following fireworks display, Legion Hall. Music by Full Tilt Audio
Admission, $3 13 and over; 12 and under free.
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Have a Happy 4th of July
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