TW O - H ep pn er G azette-T im es, H ep pn er, O reg on W e d ne sda y, J u ly 13, 1994
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
Medical board meets
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U S P S 240-420
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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April Hilton-Sykes................................................................................News iuiitor
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Kenneth Green
Marriage Licenses recuperating
The Clerk's office at the cour
thouse in Heppner reports issu
ing the following marriage
licenses during the past week:
July 1: Jay Louis Sullivan. 33.
Irrigon; and
Kelly Sue Olmstead. 27.
Irrigon.
July 7: Mark Leonard Bouder.
23, Heppner; and
Loraine Marie Greene, 17,
Irrigon.
Harry and Selma Green are
home from a month and a half at
the VA Hospital in Portland
w here Harry was with his brother
Kenneth Green. Kenneth under
went surgery and is in rehabilita
tion at Vancouver. Friends who
would like to write to him may
send letters or cards to
V A M C /V ancouver
Divi-
sion/CRU, 160IE. Fourth Plain
Blvd., Vancouver, WA 98663
Christmas
in July
Craft and Bake Sale
Saturday, July 16, 10 a.m.
Heppner Elks Club
Tables still available $10 ea
676-9108
Hot Dogs, Baked Potatoes
Snacks available
Heppner Elks 358
676-9181
142 N. Main
‘M ere Friends Meet"
with a master’s degree.
The Morrow County Medical
Erich reported that the medical
Board agreed to a three percent
services’
cash situation “ has
raise for non-union employees at
significantly
improved” over a
their monthly board meeting held
year
ago
but
said that revenue
Monday, July 11, in lone.
“
dropped
in
May
substantially.’’
Negotiations are underway with
"I
think
we’ll
finish
the year quite
union employees.
well
compared
to
other
years,”
The board discussed the results
said
Erich.
He
said
that
he had
of a survey concerning an assisted
received
notification
from
the
living facility in Boardman. Ac
state
that
fees
at
Pioneer
cording to Erich, 1015 surveys
Memorial Hospital could be rais
were mailed to Boardman
ed. Pioneer Memorial Clinic fees
households, with 159 returned.
were adjusted last year, he said.
The largest group o f the
Erich said that both of the
responses indicated that if an
assisted living facility was con county’s dental clinics “ seem to
structed, one-bedroom apart be doing fine,” with June figures
ments with private baths and kit indicating that the Heppner Den
tal Clinic had 173 patient visits
chenettes were preferred.
and the Boardman clinic 154.
Respondents also indicated that
Erich said that they have adver
arrangements offering linen/laun-
tised
for a dental hygienist. A
dry services and outdoor recrea
hygienist
now comes in around
tion areas were important.
every
six
weeks for three days
The board also discussed the
from
Dr.
Sharkey’s
dental office
availability of property near ex
in
Hermiston.
isting doctor and dental offices
and the school in Boardman in
connection with an assisted living
facility. Erich said he would look
Thready Bears Sewing
into the possibility.
Claire
Anderson, Reporter
The board took no action on a
The
Thready
Bears 4-H sewing
drug free work place policy,
which had been approved by the club met on July II to start sew
employees’ union, the American ing their fair project. Members
Federation of State, County learned about pre-w ashing
Municipal Employees (AFSC material before starting their pro
ME). The board directed Erich to ject. The meeting was held at the
discuss with the union the inclu extension office. Some members
sion of random testing into the went to the McCalls fashion
policy. According to Erich, the show. At fair members are going
to model their projects that they
union opposed random testing.
Erich reported that Pioneer sewed and will model in “ My
Memorial Hospital is still ag Favorite Outfit’’.
The Martingales
gressively pursuing the hiring of
an additional physician or a Salli McEUigott, Reporter
The Martingales 4-H Horse
physician’s assistant. The former
physician’s assistant for Pioneer Club held a meeting June 8 at
Memorial Hospital and Clinic, the home of Laurie Childers.
Marc Goodboy, resigned to ac They discussed selling mini
cept a job elsewhere. Erich sug elephant ears on the Fourth of
gested the possibility of sponsor July. They also discussed a
ing an individual in a two-year play day June 19. They plann
physician’s assistant program ed to attend the pre-fair June
which will get underway in Sept, 18. After their meeting they
of next year. The person should watched two films and then
already have training or an adjourned.
associate degree in the medical
field, such as a registered nurse,
because the program will enable
the person to obtain a bachelor’s
degree.
Morrow County Public Health
Local students have been
director Laura McEUigott told the
board that a nurse practicioner’s honored by colleges for the 1994
program is already in operation spring semester. To be included
at LaGrande, however the future in such honors students must earn
of the program is uncertain. Can a grade point average of 3.5 or
higher and complete a minimum
didates for this program must
have a bachelor’s degree in nur of 12 credits passing all credits at
tempted. A pass grade does not
sing and will end the program
count.
Local firemen respond to blaze
Four local volunteer firemen
have responded to a huge wheat
fire in Grass Valley. Around
7,000 acres of wheat fields and
Bureau of Land Management
rangeland were still burning out
of control Tuesday.
Firemen Hal Bergstrom, Rus
ty Estes, Bob Naims and Tom
Wicklund responded to a “ call
for mutual aid" from the State
Fire Marshal. The men took a
pumper and a brush vehicle with
them. Allen Burkenbine of the
Heppner Volunteer Fire Depart
ment said that Heppner responds
to fire emergencies in the Con
don area and vice-versa. Grass
Valley is around an hour from
Condon and south of The Dalles.
Virginia “ George” Naims,
wife of Bob Naims, said that her
Bridal Tables
Rachel Norton and Brian Roth
4-H News
Colleges list
honor students
husband called her Sunday night
and said that the men were “ hot,
tired and hungry. She said that
evacuation had been started for
the town of Grass Valley because
fire was threatening the town, but
they were able to keep the fire
from the town and residents did
not have to evacuate. A Boy
Scout troop had set up tents and
cots for the firefighters and
another group was providing
meals.
Burkenbine said that two other
men from Heppner may go to
Grass Valley to provide relief for
the men who are now there.
George Naims said that she
was out of town Sunday and had
not been notified by Heppner Fire
Department that her husband had
left for Grass Valley.
Wedding July 30
Cindi Hudson and Bob Roberts
Wedding August 13
Donna O'Neal and Jason Maben
Shower July 23 • Wedding August 27
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University of Idaho
J.J. Shaw of Heppner was
named to the Dean’s List at the
University of Idaho. Shaw is ma
joring in engineering.
Eastern Washington
University
Ronald Doherty and Thomas
Huston III both Heppner have
qualified for the Dean’s Honor
List at Eastern Washington
University in Cheney, WA.
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Whitman College
Laurel Webber-Gray has earn
ed academic distinction for the
1994 spring semester at Whitman
College in Walla Walla. WA. She
is a sophomore.
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