TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 20, 1996
Scholarship
applications
available
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
H eppner
G A Z E T T E -T IM E S
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Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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Letters to the Editor
Who's Duping Who?
The Morrow County School
District is again accepting ap­
plications from high school
seniors for the Troedson Grant
Scholarship. Applications are
available through the coun­
selors at Heppner High School,
lone High School and Riverside
High School. Deadline for ap­
plication materials to be return­
ed is Friday, April 19. Contact
the above listed schools for the
scholarship information.
lone student athletes honored at awards program
By K ara M iller
lone students participating in
winter sports and contests were
honored Tuesday evening,
March 12, at a dessert and
awards program. Athletic
director, Del LaRue, opened
the evening and commented
that "the time, money and
moral support provided by all
the parents and fans was great­
ly appreciated by the athletes
and the coaches. We especial­
ly appreciate your presence and
encouragement at our games."
He also thanked parents, fans
and the Booster Club for the
Cardinal white and black shirts
given to every coach and player
on the lone teams that went to
Baker City for the State Tour­
nament.
LaRue filled in for JV coach,
Dean Robinson, who was
unable to attend the event.
After a summary of the team's
season, junior varsity awards
were presented with individual
personal comments to Corey
Ehrmantrout, Jerry Young, Jim
Sullivan, John Doherty, Rob
Crum and Nathan Rietmann.
Varsity players getting recog­
nition were: Crum, Jory Cro­
well, Jake McElligott, Steve
Allen, Petr Hybs, Joe Bacon,
Marc Orem, Kelly Morgan,
John Garrett, Luke Swanson
and Jacob Taylor. Coach LaRue
shared some memories from
the district and state basketball
tournaments and announced
that Bacon and Orem were
named to the Big Sky League
honorable mention team, and
Swanson, first team. He also
stated that "the team worked
very hard to get to Baker and
they showed everyone there
that they had a lot of heart."
Special awards were present­
ed to several players: most
assists, Allen with 136; most re-
bounds to Bacon, with 177; and
Hybs, most improved. The
players themselves voted on
and selected Bacon, most in­
spirational player and Swan­
son, most valuable player.
Girls junior varsity coach,
Kelly Swarat, spoke of his
team 's accom plishm ents.
"Even though there were only
five to seven girls playing,
they finished the year with an
11 win-one loss record.” He
commented that "once, the
team had to complete a game
while having only four players,
but they managed to win it
anyway." He also praised "the
courage and team unity; the
good attitudes of all the girls,
on both the JV and varsity
teams.
Junior varsity awards were
presented to: freshmen-Nikki
Sullivan and Tori Odinet;
sophomores-Maci Childers and
Kara Miller; and juniors-Dawn
Boor and Brenda Holtz. Coach
Swarat concluded by saying
that every girl who finished the
year, got the opportunity to
participate in the district tour­
nament in Hermiston and the
state tournament.
Dana Heideman, girls varsi­
ty coach, had a long list of sup­
porters to thank. He explained
his philosophy of basketabll,
pointing out that it "is impor­
tant for future ball players as
well as those on this year's
teams to appreciate what they
have accomplished. To be a
successful team, the players
must be willing to learn, listen
and be coached. All of the
members on this team had a
common goal even though
each did not give up their in­
dividuality. They respected
each other and their coaches
and they had the correct at­
titude to come to practice
with." He said he was impress­
ed that even though they
started the year as a young
team with little experience,
"they had a confident attitude,
they all had a lot of determina­
tion."
Coach Heideman shared
several memories from the
district and state tournaments.
He then concluded by giving
varsity awards to: N. Sullivan,
Odinet, Childers, Miller, Holtz,
Boor, Jenny Sullivan, Camie
Crum, Laree Anderson,
Stephanie Haguewood, Suzy
Heideman, Angie Ball and
Melissa McElligott.
Coach Heideman also pre­
sented trophies to this year's
Miss Hustle award winner,
Anderson, second leading free
throw shooter and third
leading scorer. Suzy Heideman
was given the Miss Rebound
award with a record of 173.
McElligott, leading scorer, also
got the leading assists award
with 112. Boor was selected
most improved. The team pick­
ed Suzy Heideman as their
most inspirational player. A
special award was presented to
McElligott from Coach Heide­
man. A plaque listing her four
year high school career statis­
tics in 73 games won and 17
losses was given in "thanks for
her competitive drive and
basketball spirit."
The coaches were rewarded
by the members of the teams
who presented them with gifts
and thanks for their hours of
dedication.
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future
To the Editor:
Parents Anonymous is up
and running here in the south
end of Morrow County (as well
as in Boardman). This parent
support group is actively seek­
ing all parents, dads, moms,
significant others, grandpar­
ents and even day care pro­
viders, to come join us at
Parents Anonymous. This is a
parents-supporting-parents
program. It runs every week on
Thursday night from 7 to 9
p.m. Child care is provided.
Here we brainstorm on pro­
blem situations that we, as
parents, may face on a day-to-
day basis. This is also a time
when we can download our
frustrations rather than taking
it out on our children. It's a
great place to find humor in the
trials and tribulations of par­
enting.
Taking just two hours a week
to invest in your children in a
non-threatening, relaxed en­
vironment will enhance your
parenting skills. Sharing and
caring is a special gift that you
give, not only to your child's
future, but to your community
neighbors as well.
Please play a significant part
in making your town healthy
and strong. Come to Parents
Anonymous. It does take a
whole neighborhood to raise a
child.
Call 481-2911, 481-2159 or
1-800-345-5044.
(s) Marilyn Bader-Nesse
Parent, and Prevention/Early
Intervention specialist, Morrow
County Mental Health
Arts and Crafts
Club meeting set
The Morrow County Creative
Arts and Crafts Club will meet
on Wednesday, March 27 at 1
p.m. at the Heppner bowling
alley for lunch. The meeting
will follow at 1:30 p.m.
G uests are welcome to
attend.
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seven days a week, and live
only two minutes from the
hospital. We are members of
the required Pharmacy and
Therapeutics and Quality
Assurance committees and
complete all required paper­
work for inspections to meet
state and federal regulations.
We also provide nursing home
chart review of all patients on
a monthly basis as required.
For this service, Murray Drugs
sells the medication at a price
slightly higher than our walk-
in retail price and $50 per
month (the fee has been $50 for
the past 20 years). There is no
other reimbursement and the
hospital does not have to hire
a pharmacist or assume any
other pharmacy responsibili­
ties.
Murray Drugs has, and will
continue to want the best for
the Morrow County Health
District and Pioneer Memorial
Hospital. We welcome a review
of the current medication pro­
curement policy and will glad­
ly meet with the board to fur­
ther discuss this issue. If it can
be shown that the hospital can
save money by a new system of
obtaining services, we are all
for it. We woud willingly par­
ticipate in any professional
audit the Health District may
want to do on our past and pre­
sent services.
Ed Glenn did not research
both sides of this issue or even
attempt to present the whole
story. His private agenda and
that of the small power-hungry
group he runs with is the prime
motivating force behind his
literary blather. It is our opinion
that Ed Glenn's philosophy is
that "the end justifies the
m eans". We challenge the
North Morrow Times to pub­
lish this letter in its entirety as
they have refused to publish
any view which contradicts
their own. If the actions of the
1995 Boardman Man of the
Year, Ed Glenn, are cause for
concern to the people of Mor­
row County, speak up now or
live with the consequences of
him as your spokesperson. We
refuse to let him be ours.
(s) John Murray
(s) Ann Murray
Heppner
To the Editor:
March 11, I and numerous
others listened as the seven
member Morrow County
School Board debated at length
as to whether students were
learning as much in four days
as they had previously learned
in five.
Under the determined guid­
ance of Superintendent Starr
and the threat of more program
cuts, the majority on the board
concluded they were learning
very well. However, if it is tru­
ly possible as stated that
teachers can pace the students
to learn in four days the same
material as previously learned
in five, why are we not using
the fifth day to forge at least
even (if not ahead) of our
foreign competition? All na­
tional tests show students in
the USA far behind in academic
ability than their contem­
poraries in the world. I ques­
tion the willingness to put in
just enough time to stay this
same distance behind.
One board member brought
up a valid point when he ask­
ed what sort of work habits we
are establishing in our stu­
dents. Will four days cut it on
most jobs?
Our school district has
somehow come up with
$800,000 that we were not ex­
pecting to have. With this
money, Supt. Starr intends to
hire, amongst others, two vice
principals and one assistant
superintendent for $176,000.
This additional administrative
staffing comes at a time when
it is being adocated elsewhere
that administrators, counselors
and librarians teach one class a
day to stretch actual classroom
time. And many people are
most concerned about a lack of
music and art in our schools.
Would it have been possible
for Linus Pauling to have earn­
ed two Nobel prizes if he had
played ball and watched t.v.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday?
He lived just next door. Do w^
have our priorities mixed?
We have already lost t<^Q
professionals that value access
to a good education above all
else. How many more will pass
up living in Morrow County for
the same reason? Would you
say this bodes well for our com­
munities? Please contact the
school board members and/or
the budget committee mem­
bers. This concerns everyone
living here-not just the ones
directly involved.
Sincerely,
(s) Meg Murray
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To the Editor:
In the recent North Morrow
tabloid article by Ed Glenn, our
business was attacked and our
reputation damaged. His arti­
cle, entitled "Health District
Dupped (his spelling) on Dope-
Buys Drugs at Retail Prices",
implied that we were over­
charging the district on phar­
maceuticals to Pioneer Memo­
rial Hospital (PMH). He is
quoted as saying "by purchas­
ing drugs from the State of Ore­
gon, the district could save 40
percent." He further says that
the district could save $9,000
per year by shopping at Board-
man Pharmacy from prices Ray
Michael (Boardman Pharmacy
owner) offers compared to
prices off our hospital state­
ment. This comparison was in­
tentionally misleading by Mr.
Glenn. By comparing our
hospital prices to Boardman
retail prices, we were made to
look uncompetitive. We feel we
must explain what we provide
in our contract to PMH and
why hospital contract buying
(State of Oregon) does not
prove feasible when a small
number of prescriptions are in­
volved.
In order for the hospital to
purchase pharmaceuticals on a
contract-price basis, PMH
would have to stock an entire
pharmacy inventory. Current­
ly, Murray Drugs owns the in­
ventory of medications used at
PMH. WE assume all costs of
carrying the inventory and take
the risk that medication may
outdate or expire before any is
used and this is frequently the
case. Our estimation is that 90
percent of the medications us­
ed at PMH are in insufficient
quantities to use up a stock size
bottle prior to expiration. In this
case, it doesn't matter how low
a price was paid, when only a
fraction was used. Currently,
the hospital pays only for what
medication is actually used by
the patient. We privately bill
and assume associated billing
costs for hospital and nursing
home respite care and Medic­
aid emergency room prescrip­
tions at the request of the
hospital because they were
having difficulties getting reim­
bursement. We also provide
on-call service 24-hours a day,
Board decision
doesn't bode well
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