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It's a long way from Honolulu to Heppner
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It's a long way from
Honolulu to Heppner—in more
ways than one
Recent
Heppner transplant Bill Hanlon
knows just now far that is
Hanlon left 16 months ago on
his sailboat from Anacortes,
WA, sailing 13,000 miles to
Mexico, Central America,
including
the
Galapagos
Islands, the Polynesian Islands
and Hawaii which, he says, is
like driving from Heppner to
New York City—five miles an
hour, 24 hours a day The trip
from Tahiti to Hawaii alone
was 2,400 miles
Hanlon had moored his
sailboat in Honolulu and was
preparing for a diving session
when he received a call from
the local harbormaster Hanlon
initially thought perhaps he had
forgotten to pay his bill
Instead, he learned that he had
received a call from the
Oregon Attorney General's
Office, who asked him if he
would accept a temporary
osition as Morrow County
►¡strict Attorney Hanlon, who
has roots in Eastern Oregon,
said yes "I was pleased that
the governor and AG's office
thought I could do it," said
Hanlon "It was a chance to
get back into a career situation
and get closer to my son "
Hanlon's 14-year-oid son,
Walker, who lives in Bend, had
accompanied him for six
months o f the sailing trip
before returning to school
Hanlon started work at the
courthouse in Heppner on
Monday, Jan 6, replacing
Morrow County DA Earl R
Woods, Jr , who has been sent
to Bosnia with his National
Guard Unit Hanlon will serve
as district attorney until Oct 1
or until Woods returns
Hanlon, 45, was born in
E
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VOL. 116
3 Pages Wednesday. January 8. 1997,_______ Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
NO. 2
Highway 207 washed out by flooding Rock Crk.
Medford and went to high
school in Bend His family had
a wheat, hay and cattle
operation After high school,
he attended the Air Force
Academy for two years and
then enrolled at Linfield
College, where he received
bachelor of arts degrees in
both political science and
economics He attended law
school at the University of
Oregon, graduating in 1976,
and passed the bar that year
He farmed for a couple of
years in Redmond oefore
establishing a private law
practice in Lake County,
where he was also employed as
Lake County counsel
Hanlon comes by both his
profession and his passion
naturally
One
of
his
grandfathers was a dairyman,
the other, a lawyer, and his
great-grandfather was a sea
captain
Before taking his 16-month
sailing sabbatical, Hanlon was
Jefferson
County District
Attorney
He was first
appointed to that position by
former
governor
Neil
Goldschmidt and then elected
twice
"I'm
definitely
committed to prosecution,"
said Hanlon At one time while
DA at Jefferson County,
Hanlon said he had six people
in jail on murder charges He
tried and convicted two men in
a 15-year-old murder case
They had killed a woman who
had been jogging at Camp
Sherman Another was a 12-
year-old boy who had shot his
foster parents and, in a
separate incident, three other
men had been arrested for
killing a man "I said, when I
get these done. I'm going to go
sailing," said Hanlon
La Rue gets 400th win
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Telephone worker fixes phone line at washed out bridge below Anson Wright park
Highway 207 below Anson
Wright Park is once again open
following- a washout o f the
highway caused by flooding of
Rock Creek The road was
closed Dec 31 and one lane
was reopened Monday, Jan 6,
with a pilot car
Jim King, area maintenance
supervisor with the Oregon
Department o f Transportation,
said that the road was washed
away in three or four places,
including the pavement and
base, all the way to the center
line King said that the road
had to be replaced "from the
bottom up" and expects
construction, which is about
half way finished, to be
completed in around a week
He estimates that the cost of
the repairs to be in excess of
$50,000.
Market Report
Compliments of the Morrow County Gram Growers
January 7
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PMH to provide additional services
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
(PMH) has recently signed a
contract with Intact Therapy of
Yakima. WA. to
provide
occupational and speech thera
pies for home health patients
as well as on an outpatient
basis. "Providing these ser
vices has been an agency
goal," said Molly Rhea. PMH
Home Health director. "Many
agencies in urban areas
struggle to prov ide all discip
lines. It is gratifying to be able
to offer all the Medicare-
covered disciplines in our rural
area."
Speech pathologists help
patients relearn to speak and
swallow following a stroke or
a brain injury, said Rhea.
Speech therapists will also
work with patients on higher
cognitive tasks that deal with
reasoning.
Occupational therapists help
people manage their activities
o f daily living in order for
them to maintain their inde
pendence, she added. Occu
pational therapy is indicated
when upper extremity re-
habilitation is needed. An
occupational therapist can help
the older adult who is ex
periencing difficulty with a
variety o f age-related pro
blems, including dressing,
bathing, preparing meals or
avoiding accidents in the
home. They can also help
people with more serious and
debilitating conditions such as
heart disease, cancer, arthritis,
stroke or Parkinson's disease.
In addition to occupational
and speech therapy, the staff at
PMH Home Health are able to
provide physical therapy, skill
ed nursing. Home Health aides
and medical social work to
people throughout Morrow
and Gilliam counties.
For more information about
the home health program, con
tact Rhea at PMH, 676-9133.
The Northeast Oregon Area
Health
Education Center
(AHEC), Oregon Statewide
AH EC Program and Oregon
Health Sciences University are
10% OFF
Jan. 2 through Jan. 31
Morrow County Grain Growers
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lone head boys basketball coach Del LaRue celebrated his
400th career win with a victory over Dufur last week
LaRue has been at lone the past 28 years "We are very
lucky to have him for a coach,"said lone supporter Jim
Swanson "He is a moral outstanding man, an excellent role
model for our kids and I'm proud to have my son play for
him," Swanson added
Donations sought for St. Pat's auction
The St. Patrick's Day Week
end Celebration Auction Com
mittee is looking forward to
March.
Committee members encour
age contributions, as Christ
mas gifts replace other items
around the home. To help
make room for those new
holiday purchases, the com
mittee is eager to accept new
and used auction items in fine
condition.
Anyone with donations or
questions is invited to call
Scholarships available
CALKINS SALE
Lexington 989-8221
lone Coach Del LaR ue and wife Linda receive the game ball for his
400th win on Friday night, Jan. 3, against Dufur, from lone Booster
Club President Virgil Morgan.
offering the Oregon Com
munity Health Scholarship
Program.
The program targets health
professional shortage areas,
providing scholarship and
community funds for nurse
practitioners, certified nurse
midwives, mental health nurse
practitioners, physician's assis
tants and medical students in
their last two years of school.
Application packets are
available now. For more in
formation, contact NEOAHEC
at (541) 962-3801.
676-5382, 676-5886. 676-
9151 or 676-5106. The com
mittee will pick up and store
donations until the auction on
Sunday, March 16.
The auction has grown be
cause o f local and area support
and the committee expects a
fine selection of items again
this year, said a spokesperson.
Revenue generated by the
auction perpetuates the St.
Patrick's Day Celebration and
helps to fund local improve
ments and additions, said the
spokesperson.
Marketing meeting
scheduled in lone
The Morrow County Mar
keting meeting will be held at
the Office Tavern in lone at 7
a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 15.
There will be a guest speaker.
Everyone is welcome to at
tend.
For more information, call
Kathryn Kettel at the Morrow
County Extension Office, 676-
9642, or Craig Miles, 676-
5290.
Bill Hanlon
In addition to sailing, Hanlon
is an avid runner and enjoys
mountain biking, windsurfing
and cross country skiing He
has skiied in northest Oregon
and one Christmas weekend
skiied from Joseph to Halfway
"I've
always
been
an
adventurer," said Hanlon, who
lists a trip to Nepal among his
accomplishments "I
always
keep taking these adventure
sabbaticals*
Annual Town
and Country
to be held
I he annual Town ana
Country banquet has been
planned
for
Wednesday,
January 15, at the Heppner
Elks Club
A social hour will begin at 6
p m , with the prime rib dinner
underway at 7 p m The dinner
festivities will include speaker
Fritz Hill, ag advocate and
entertainer, the coronation of
the Morrow County Fair and
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
Court, announcement of the
man. woman, business and
educator o f the year awards
and a gem drawing, sponsored
by Peterson's Jewelers
In addition to the evening's
activities, programs will be
held throughout the day
starting with the Morrow Soil
and
Water
Conservation
District Board meeting from
8 30 to 10:30 a m . with coffee
and donuts provided courtesy
o f the Bank o f Eastern
Oregon
The Small Woodlands
Association meeting will begin
at 10 a m with the Soil and
Water Conservation District
annual meeting at 10:45 a m.
Don Wysocki will speak
on"Late planted winter canola
variety" and Potlach Corp on
"Poplars-an alternative"
The Town and Country
luncheon will be held at noon
with Ron Daniels, retiring Blue
Mountain Community College
president as keynote speaker,
the Chamber installation of
officers and the presentation of
the Chamber "Hats Off
Award".
At 1:30 p.m "Corral 1000",
a
panel
discussion
on
"Corralling Urbanites in our
Rural Lifestyle" will get
underway, along with the
commemoration
of
the
Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo's 75th anniversary
After a 15 minute break at
2.30 p m., the Morrow County
Livestock
Growers
Association
has
planned
speakers and a business
meeting starting at 2:45 p m
Speakers will include Karl
Jensen-Camp Creek Lawsuit,
Fred Otley-OCA, Rod Dowse-
executive director, OCA
Tickets for the event may be
purchased at the Heppner
Chamber o f Commerce, Bank
of Eastern Oregon in Heppner
and Murray Drugs
SATs set Jan. 25
By Lonnie Rill
The SAT programs are
coming up on Saturday,
January 25. Registrations were
to be turned in on Jan. 2.
Anyone who plans to take the
test should make sure they
have the correct information
and bring that envelope when
they take the test.