TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oreflon Wednesday, November 9, 1994
Big Sky all star team announced
Monthly sing
Air Life needs funding for new construction
Nov. 13
The monthly singspiration
sponsored by the Ministerial
Association will be held Sun
day, Nov. 13 at the Seventh
Day Adventist church in Hepp
ner. The sing will begin at 7
p.m.
"Bring your special music,
we'll entertain you with ours
and serve refreshments too,"
said a spokesperson for the
church.
Help available in
choosing insurance
company
All-star selection L-R: M elissa M cElligott, K im berly B edortha,
Allison S ullivan, B ecky W ag en b las t, M ary Jan M cC arty
By Anne Morter
The Big Sky All-Star team
was announced at the conclu
sion of the district tournament
last weekend in Moro.
Melissa McElligott and
Kimberly Bedortha were nam
ed to the West All-Star team.
Allison Sullivan, Becky
Wagenblast and Mary Jane
McCarty were honorable
mention.
No Friday school this week
No "Friday School” at Hope
Lutheran Church this Friday,
Nov. 11 because of the legal
holiday, V eterans' Day.
Children can enjoy the day
with family and friends.
The next "Friday School"
will be Nov. 18 from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. Students are reminded
to bring commerically canned
or packaged food for the
Neighborhood Center. Food
will be collected until Dec. 16.
Practice for the Christmas
program to be given in mid
December will also begin.
Just a Reminder
The month of November
is a good time to have your septic
tank pumped before your holiday
company arrives and the winter
weather sets in.
Roger Britt Septic Service
Y o u r local S ep tic S e rvice
Also s p ee d rootors a va ila b le
Heppner 676-5096 License No. 37316_______
'Savings
Insurance consumers can get
help choosing an insurance
company from the latest edition
of Oregon Insurance Com
plaints, an annual report releas
ed by the Department of Con
sumer and Business Services.
Oregon Insurance Com
plaints ranks insurance com
panies from best to worst on
the basis of the number of com
plaints the Insurance Division
has received from disgruntled
consumers. The report covers
five lines of insurance: health,
auto, homewoners', life and
annuities. The rankings are
based on two measurements:
the total dollars a company
earns from its Oregon
Policyholders and the number
of complaints that were filed
against the company with the
Oregon Insurance Division.
The report relfects complaints
closed in 1993.
"The report can be a very ef
fective tool for consumers
when selecting an insurance
company," said Carol Michael-
Bennett, Morrow County Ex
tension Agent. "A smart shop
per looks not only at an in
surance company's rate and
financial strength, but also at
how it treats its policyholders.
Complaint statistics are a way
to measure an insurance com
pany against its competitor in
consumer satisfaction."
To get a free copy of the
report, write: C om plaint
Report, Oregon Advocacy, 470
Labor and Industries Building,
Salem OR 97310.
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Vern Bartley
Air Life, the non-for-profit
organization that provides
helicopter and airplane am
bulance services for the Hepp
ner area, is being forced to
move because of expansion of
the hospital at Air Life's home
base in Bend.
Construction underway at St.
Charles Medical Center, Air
Life's base of operations, will
soon create a situation where
parking lots, buildings and
pedestrians will be to close to
the Air Life hangar and helipad
to allow safe flight operations.
The current Air Life business
offices and pilot rest quarters
are scheduled for future
demolition, so, Air Life must
relocate its operations.
The total construction budget
for a new 4,520 square foot
facility is estimated to cost
around $476,746. St. Charles
has committed to contribute
$150,000, plus the land, ex
isting helipad and bulk refuel
ing site adjacent to the hospital
emergency room. This leaves
another $326,746 for Air Life to
raise.
Air Life Program Manager
Vern Bartley came to Heppner
Thursday, Oct. 27, to meet with
the local team to discuss a cam
paign to raise funds for the ex
pansion. Bartley said that Air
Life hopes to raise $200,000 in
grants, but they also need in
dividual contributions to meet
their fund raising goals by the
spring of 1995.
According to an Air Life pam
phlet, 25 percent of Air Life's
operating budget comes from
family memberships; 70 per
cent comes from patient and in
surance payments, four percent
from affiliate hospital support
and one percent from dona
tions. Bartley says that the not
for profit company has broken
even since 1987.
The Air Life helicopter serves
170.000 people spread over
70.000 miles, including Hepp
ner, from Portland to Klamath
Falls to Bums. The Air Life fix
ed wing aircraft serves a greater
area from as far south as
Fresno, CA. to as far north as
Vancouver, B.C. and as far east
as Salt Lake City and Missoula,
Mt.
Air Life has served central
and Eastern Oregon with a
helicopter and airplane air am
bulance for over nine years. A
critical care flight nurse with
advanced taining in heart,
trauma and emergency care
staffs
each flight and
respiratory therapists or flight
medics fly as second medical at
tendants. A specialty team
skilled in care for expectant
mothers and newborns is
available around the clock, ac
cording to an Air Life news
release. The helicopter and
airplane are flown by Airling
Transport rated pilots.
Bartley says that flight
charges range from $3,000 to
over $8,000 depending on
transport distance. Member pa
tients of Air Life pay nothing
out-of pocket for a medically
urgent transport. Air Life bills
a member's insurance carrier
and accepts the payment as
payment in full. Air Life flies
anyone in medical need,
however, non-members will be
billed the difference between
Air Life charges and insurance
payments. A 12 month mem
bership is $45; 18 month, $67;
24 month 90; and life member
ship $1,000. Tax deductible
contributions
are
also
welcomed.
Besides Pioneer Memorial
Hospital in Heppner, affiliate
hospitals include: Blue Moun
tain Hospital in John Day,
Harney District Hospital in
Bums, Mid-Columbia Medical
Center at The Dalles, Pioneer
Memorial
Hospital
in
Prineville, and hospitals at Red
mond, Roseburg, Lakeview,
Springfield, Klamath Falls,
Madras, Gresham, Portland,
Medford, Salem and Eugene.
The local team of volunteers
include Robanai Disque,
Florence Holt, Irvin Rauch, Rita
Sumner, Jerry Healy, Eunice
McElligott, Molly Rill and Greg
Sweek.
For more information or to
donate, contact one of the team
members or Air Life at
1-800-522-2828, 503-385-6305, or
write, 2500 N.E. Neff Road,
Bend, Or 97701.
Three plays to be presented at W estern
Three original student plays
will be presented by Western
Oregon State College theatre/
dance department Tuesday,
Nov. 15 through Saturday,
Nov. 19 in the intimate Rice
Auditorium Studio Theatre on
campus.
"W et Cheese and Five Other
Ways to Fight Soap Scum ",
written and directed by William
Sharp will be presented Nov.
15, 17 and 19 at 8:15 p.m. Two
one-act plays, "Unrelenting
Dreams" by Irwin R and Ellen
Margaret Lewis and "Family
Scrapbook" by Anne M. Nor-
dhaus, will be presented
together on Nov. 15 and 18 at
8:15 p.m. and Nov. 19 at 2 p.m.
Tickets priced at $4 for
students or $5 for non-students
are
available
at
Rice
Auditorium Box Office 503
838-8462 and is open weekdays
from 1 to 5 p.m.
Taking on the role of Ken, as
well as Mama, Bobby and Mar
tha, in "Family Scrapbook"
will be Daniel Beck, a freshman
theatre major who graduated
from Heppner High School.
Beck is the son of Karen and A1
Beck. The play's author, Anne
Nordhaus, was a student at
Western last year. "Family
Scrapbook" deals with such
mature themes as childhood
sexual abuse, homosexuality,
and murder. This story of a
dysfunctional family is told
through a flashback of
memories that overwhelm the
main character, Dave. The
play's other main figure Ken,
(Daniel) also becomes three
characters from Dave's past:
his mother Mama, a childhood
friend Bobby, and his girlfriend
Martha.
The other one-act play
"Unrelenting Dreams" is about
a man in prison for attempting
to abuse his granddaughter.
The focus of this play will be
directed by Western theatre
professor Richard Davis. In the
play, the abuser, Ralph
remembers the past while sur
rounded by the harsh realities
of his present home. Other
characters who enter the play
through Ralph's memory and
reality are his obsessive wife
June; his granddaughter Rudy;
Rudy's mother, Marsha, the
daughter he abused; his son
Peter, who is struggling with
how to tell his family that he is
gay; Henry, a lawyer who
knew of Ralph's corrupt nature
and a prison guard and medical
technician who observe Ralph
in the prison.
Fist fights, name calling,
painful memories and hurtful
revelations dominate the
weekend retreat for a group of
old high school friends in "Wet
Cheese and Five Other Ways to
Fight Soap Scum ". Sylvia and
Dan who own a wilderness
cabin, invite three couples to
join them for a three-day
weekend at their home. Their
guests represent a wide range
of personalities, from disc
jockey Keith and his wife
Bailey, to alcoholic rock singer
Irwin and his trampy teenage
girlfriend Deena, to missionary
Amy and her husband Pastor
Tony. The play focuses on the
characters' male-female rela
tionships as well as the longevi
ty of friendship between school
mates.
"W et C heese'" is the third
full-length play written by
William Sharp a senior from
Dallas, who is majoring in The
Arts. Sharp also directs this
production.