Contract approved Halvorsen to celebrate 80th birthday
Dot Halvorsen, lone, will artist-in-residence, and at the
for new MC doctor celebrate
her 80th birthday at
present time, the summer in-
imes
8 Pages Wednesday. June 5, 1996
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
lone High School commencement held May 24
The Morrow County Health
District (MCHD) Board, at its
regular meeting Monday, June
3, in Heppner, approved a con
tract to employ Dr. Bill Bitsas
as a physician with the district.
Bitsas is expected to begin pro
viding services at Pioneer
Memorial Clinic and Pioneer
Memorial Hospital in Heppner
in September
The board is awaiting Bitsas'
signature on the contract. Cur
rent doctors, Ed and Jeanne
Berretta have indicated that
they will not renew their con
tracts with the district and have
said that they plan to establish
practices in Walla W alla.
MCHD Administrator Kevin
Erich said that Dr. Jeanne Ber
retta will work in Heppner
through the end of June, while
Dr. Ed Berreta is expected to
provide services for MCHD
through the summer.
The board also approved a
motion to amend Dr. Ernie
Atkins contract to provide ad
ditional financial compensation
for the additional on-call time
anticipated with the departure
of the Drs. Berretta.
In other business, the board:
-approved an X-ray mainte
nance service agreement for
three years for $26,100;
-approved a motion to put
dentist Dr. Paul Marshall on
the ihedical staff, if so approv
ed by the staff;
-reviewed an information
sheet and questionnaire concer
ning health care in Morrow
County with Terry Edvalson,
director of the Regional Ser
vices Institute at Eastern Ore
gon State College. The informa
tion sheet and questionnaire
are to be distributed county
wide on a random basis this
summer. A series of public
meetings, conducted by Ed
valson, are planned throughout
the county.
-approved a recommendation
by Erich to proceed with stick
construction for the proposed
medical clinic in lrrigon at an
estimated cost of $225,000. Cost
of a smaller modular unit was
estimated at $200,000.
H BC to meet
A Heppner High School
Booster Club meeting will be
held Wednesday, June 12, at 7
p.m. at Kate's Pizza.
Scholarship, $300.
-Marie Tworek: American
Legion, $200, Blue Mountain
Community College tuition
waiver; Ken Snider Memorial,
$1,000; lone Ecumenical Youth
Group (in memory of Jason
Halvorsen), $200; Soroptimist
International, $300; Troedson
Scholarship, $750; Lions Club,
$200; South Morrow County
Dollars for Scholars, $500; lone
High School Honor Society,
$50; Elks Scholarship, $300;
Pioneer Memorial Foundation,
tern from the lone United
Church of Christ,
Dot received the Morrow
County Woman of the Year
award in 1988 for her many
community activities and con-
tributions. She has been a
member of Eastern Star for 50
years, serving as an officer for
49 of those 50. She was mother
Advisor for lone Rainbow
Assembly for 19 years. Dot has
been active in Willow Creek
Grange for 56 years, holding
the office of secretary for 41 of
those years. In 1968, she was
nominated for the title of
Mother of the Year for the state
of Oregon.
Besides her clubs and
organization involvement, Dot
has driven the senior citizen
bus for several years and also
stays busy sewing for her
friends and family members.
Also keeping her busy are her
30 grandchildren and great-
grandchildren. A grandson,
Jason, and granddaughters
Alisa and Angie Rose are de-
ceased.
Dot's family encourages at-
tendees to share amusing
stories and old photographs of
her, but ask that they bring no
gifts.
Callers must now use 541 area code
Telephone callers to most of
O regon must soon begin
changing their dialing habits, as
the state's new 541 area code
comes on-line Sunday, June 30.
After eight months of permis
sive dialing to the region that
was assigned the state's new
area code, callers must begin
using "5 4 1 ” to reach phone
numbers outside of northwest
ern Oregon.
The Oregon Public Utility
Commission (OPUC) is en
couraging all telephone custo
mers to begin dialing the 541
area code and to reprogram or
modify their telecommunica
tions equipment before June 30.
Some of. that equipment in
cludes; automatic dialers, FAX
m achines, call forwarding,
speed dialing, computer mo
dems, cellular phones, PBX
systems, fire alarms, call detail
recording, key systems and
customer-owned coin phones.
Customers affected by the new
code also should notify
everyone who calls them of the
change. Businesses should
have revised printed materials
and advertising to reflect the
new area code.
Rates will not increase as a
result of the change. It is ex
pected that the 541 area code
will provide about 15 years of
relief, said a OPUC news
release, although projections
indicate a third area code may
be necessary in the state's
northwest corner before then.
Since the new area does not
have a " 0 " or " 1 ” as a middle
digit, it may not be recognized
by some existing telephone
equipment. Washington and
Alabama were the first states to
use area codes without a " 0 "
or " l , ” and there have been
some difficulties. The 360 area
code in southwest Washington
caused many business pro
blems. PTI, ' US WEST and
other local exchange carriers
urge customers to be certain
their equipment has been up
dated to recognize the new
code.
Willow Creek Music Festival set June 30
lone High School graduating seniors
lone High School held its
commencement exercises Fri
day, May 24, at the school.
Valedictorian Melissa McEUi-
gott delivered the valedictory
address and salutatorian Marie
Tworek, the salutatory address.
Mark Halvorsen was the guest
speaker.
Community organizations
presented awards to the grad
uating seniors and the senior
class made special presenta
tions. School board member
Bill Doherty presented diplo
mas and school superintendent
Chuck Starr gave the affirma
tion of graduation.
Rob Crum lead the pledge of
allegiance. The recessional song
was Alice Cooper's "School's
O u t".
Members of the lone gradua
ting class of 19% are as follows:
Andrew Anderson, Corey Bak
er, Joseph Baker, Angie Ball,
Robert Crum, John Doherty,
Petr Hybs, Stephanie Lemieux,
Melissa McElligott and Marie
Tworek.
The following awards were
presented to the IHS gradua
ting seniors:
-Melissa McElligott: Blue
Mountain Community College
tuition waiver; Outstanding
Senior Athlete; Pat Gillette
Memorial Scholarship (sports
manship), $250; Cargill, Inc.,
Scholarship, $100; lone Ecu
m enical Youth G roup (in
memory of Jason Halvorsen),
$200; Jason Halvorsen Memo
rial Scholarship, $750; lone
Cardinal Club, $300; Mike
Mathews Memorial, $1,000;
Troedson Scholarship, $750;
Lions Club, $200; Kinzua Cor
poration, $500; lone High
Schtx>l Honor Society, $50; Elks
Willows Grange Hall on Satur-
day, June 8, from 2-5 p.m. The
party will be hosted by her
children, Linda Azavedo of
Portland, Mark Halvorsen of
Vancouver and Frank and Joe
Halvorsen of lone. All family
and friends of Dot's are invited
to attend the festivities.
Following the party, every-
one is invited to stay for a pot-
luck dinner. Meat for the meal
is provided, and guests are en-
couraged to bring side dishes
and salads.
Dot was born Carmelita
Crabtree on June 7, 1916, at
Turner, Oregon. She had a
twin sister Manulita (Dimple)
Munkers who passed away in
1975. Another sister, Juanita
(Babe) Stender lived in Salem
and died last year. D ot's
brother, Chauncy (Leo) Crab-
tree resides near Dot in lone,
Dot and her husband Louis,
who passed away in December
1991, farmed in the lone area,
where they raised not only
their own four children, but
also two foster duaghers, Alice
and Judy Mason. Others have
enjoyed Dot's hospitality as she
opens her home to school and
church visitors such as the lone
$ 200 .
-A ngie Ball: T roedson
Scholarship, $750; lone Volun
teer Fire Department, $200;
Western Baptist Scholarship,
$2,000; Elks Scholarship, $200.
-John Doherty: Class of 1968,
$250; Ken Snider Memorial,
$1,000; Troedson Scholarship,
750.
-Andrew Anderson: Troed
son Scholarship, $750.
-Rob Crum: Blue Mountain
Community College tuition
waiver.
Space, regulations factor in jail terms
Morrow County District At-
torney Earl R. Woods, Jr., told
the Gazette-Times Tuesday
that people arrested in the May
14 drug bust in Heppner were
released instead of being jailed,
because of an acute shortage
of jail space. According to
Woods, Morrow County has a
guarantee of only three beds at
the Franklin County Jail.
Woods said that because of
population increase in Franklin
County, local authorities are
using more and more of their
jail space "The same is true for
Umatilla County," said Woods.
He added that Morrow
County can only access beds
beyond their three-person
guarantee on a space-available
Morrow County can place
prisoners in the Oregon State
Penitentiary only if their sen
tence is greater than one year,
as per state regulations. The
county can no longer place
prisoners convicted of proba
tion violations in the peniten
tiary for six months, as the
county had previously, alsc
because of state regulations.
The third contributing factoi
js a change in Oregon ad
minstrative rules that prevent'
jud
from sentencing peoph
to the stdte pentitentiarv fo
most crimes against property
"These situations working
t
fher are strangling Morrov
Countv s ability to place Pri
soners in correctiona| facili
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Additionally, he said that
ties," said Woods. "That's wh;
.
, dre not in jail."
H C C to meet
The Heppner Coordinating
Council (HCC) will meet on
Tuesday, June 11, at 7:30 a.m.
at the Heppner Ranger District
office.
The council will discuss cur
rent activities and plans of Kin-
zua Resources. Guest speaker
will be Rick Re, Kinzua general
manager. The Heppner busi
ness recru itm en t'resp o n se
team will also be discussed.
The public is welcome to at
tend the meetings of the HCC.
The Willow Creek Music
Festival will be held on Sun
day, June 30, at 7 p.m. at St.
Patrick's Catholic Church in
Heppner. The community is in
vited to attend this free concert,
which will feature the music of
the Willow Creek Youth Sym
phony, under the direction of
conductor Sharia Erich, with a
guest appearance by R. Lee
Friese, conductor of the Oregon
ruh. They will be accompanied
East Symphony (OES).
by
Laura McElligott on the cello
Other selections will be per
and
Myrna Van Cleave on the
formed by area musicians, in
piano.
cluding a duet for two pianos,
Vivaldi was born in 1678 in
a harp solo and two violin
Venice,
Italy and is considered
concertos.
a major figure in Baroque music
One of the special pieces will
be a "Concerto for Four Vio and the most influential Italian
lins,” composed by Antonio composer of his time, says
Vivaldi. It will be performed by Erich. Vivaldi is best known for
violinists Friese; Alice Massey, his 400 concertos, especially the
concert master of the OES; "Four Seasons."
Sharia Erich and Kathryn Un-
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