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Molly Rill, Sonja M cCabe resign from
Morrow County Extension office
Both Sonja McCabe and
Molly Rill have left the Extension
office and have started new
careers.
McCabe, 4-H
secretary, worked with the entire
4-H program. "She has worked
hard to see that all the activities
are advertised and happen like
clockwork," said Bill Broderick,
Morrow County Extension staff
chair. "She has taken over much
of the home ec. activities since we
have been without a home ec.
agent."
Rill, Extension office
coordinator, also left Extension
after many years of keeping the
Extension
office
running
smoothly, said Brodenck. "Molly
has been our receptionist,
bookkeeper, computer person,
purchasing agent, and office
organizer," Brodenck
said.
"They have both been a great help
during this transition."
Both McCabe and Rill have
said they will come back and help
this summer as needed and as
they are available. Brodenck,
said "I really appreciate both
ladies and what they have given
to the Extension office and the 4-
H program. I want to wish Sonja
and Molly the best of luck in their
new endeavors."
The office coordinator and 4-H
secretary positions have been
part- time positions.
The
positions have been combined to
create a new office coordinator
position. Charle Cundell has
been hired for that position
starting June 23. Charle comes to
the Extension office having
served in a similar position with
the Oregon State Fish and
Wildlife for 13 years in
LaGrande Everyone is invited
to stop by or call the Extension
office and welcome Charle to the
OSU Extension Service.
Animals subject of lone library program
"Animals!" is the subject of lone
Public Library's 1998 summer
reading program, to be held
Tuesdays from 10-11:30 a.m.
July 7 - August 11, at the library.
Each week the program will
include listening to animal
stories, activities and snacks.
Activities
include
drama,
drawing, games, clay sculpture,
writing and a short field tnp to
see animals. There will also be
time each week to browse and
check out books and tapes.
The library has dozens of new
books with animal themes,
including poetry, classic and new
fiction, science and joke books.
The summer reading program is
geared
toward
elementary
students, but preschoolers at least
three years old are also welcome.
The program is free.
The lone Topic Club sponsors
the program, which received
further funding from the Morrow
County Commission on Children
and Families.
Call Lea Mathieu, 422-7215, for
more information.
Waterpark plaques to arrive in August
LOOKING FOR PEOPLE
TO LEASE CAFE IN
HEPPNER BOWLING ALLEY
(WILLOW LANES).
LEASE WILL BE AVAILABLE
AUGUST 1, 1998.
CALL 676-9935 OR COME BY
& TALK TO CINDY OR JOHN.
People for the Pool, Inc. , the
non-profit corporation formed to
raise funds for the Willow Creek
Water Park, will be receiving
donor plaques around the first of
August for the Wall of Fame
located in the Pool House Lobby.
There are 166 listings of donors
for either Champion, Patron or
Friend of the Pool. This is in
addition to the 328 laser printed
bricks listing donors in place
now at the pool house. Recent
donations have been received
from Miller Wheat, TREO,
Heppner High School Alumni
Association, Rohrman Ford
Motor Co. of Hermiston, Jack
Monagle and Peg Willis and her
violin students.
PFTP, Inc., needs to raise only
$2,800 more to pay off a Bank of
Eastern Oregon loan that paid for
the extra costs of the gunnite
finish of the indoor multi-use
spa. The gunnite finish was used
“I don’t really expect you to bank
with us just because we’re local!”
“O ur rural custom ers like the
one-on-one attention Bank o f
Eastern Oregon gives them.
Most o f my custom ers work with
me because o f the personal
relationship and the professional
service th at I am able and willing to
give them .
because of its longer life and
lower maintenance costs.
A fund raising thermometer
located at the pool site is updated
to show the dollar amount left to
raise. PFTP has raised and
donated $135,000 so far to the
water park complex.
Donations may still be made to
PFTP, Inc., P.O. Box 901,
Heppner and are tax deductible.
Any donation over $ 100 may be
added to the Wall of Fame
plaques at a later date.
Grocery receipts are being
collected at Central Market Red
Apple in Heppner with Fome
and Gail Burkenbine donating 1
percent of the receipt totals. Red
Apple has donated over $14,000
to the pool facility through this
program since September, 1992.
For more information, contact
Kay Proctor, 676-9827.
O SU lists local
spring honor
students
Oregon State University has
announced names of students
who have made the scholastic
honor roll spring term.
Local students on the honor roll
include: Philip Spicerkuhn, 3.5
gpa or better, sophomore, college
of science, Heppner; Alison
Sullivan, 3.5 gpa or better,
junior, home economics and
education; Michelle Brown, 3.5
gpa or better, senior, college of
health and human performance,
and Justin Carson, 3.5 gpa or
better, sophomore, college of
science, both from Imgon.
Holly Rebekah
Lodge meeting
I don’t have any Tiours’ at the
bank. I tell people if it’s im portant
and they need to give me a call at
midnight, ‘do it!”’
- Harley Sager, Heppner Branch
With Harley and over 50 o f your other dedicated friends and neighbors
working hard to earn your banking business, its easy to see why Bank of
Eastern Oregon is the bank o f choice for the people o f our area.
Does being local and committed to your community make a difference to
you when you shop for banking services? We hope it does. Does Harley’s
commitment to you as a customer make a difference? fíe hopes it does.
Bank o f Eastern Oregon
‘around the corner, not around the sta te ”
Arlington
454-2636
Condon
384-3501
Heppner
lone
676-9125
422-7466
Mam bar FDK
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By Dclpha Jones
Holly Rebekah Lodge met on
Thursday evening for their regu
lar meeting.
Preceding the meeting, a pot-
luck dinner and kitchen shower
was enjoyed. M embers and
friends brought articles to be used
in the kitchen area, such as tow
els, pans, serving pieces and
money donations.
Plans were discussed for fall
activities. The state requires a
dues raise and by-laws must be
amended . Community services,
eye bank research, arthritic fund
and friendship and other projects
are part of the Rebekah agenda.
Letters to the Editor
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East Oregonian facts in error
To the Editor:
Dear Mr. Hensley (editor. East
Oregonian Newspaper):
Recently several articles have
been written about the Morrow
County Health District and issues
that have been going on. I would
like to point out some
information that should be
addressed.
1. Boardman Money Issues
Your article states that
Boardman pays 75 percent of the
taxes to the district. The fact is,
our total tax income is $536,313
of which Boardman contributes
$21,847 (four percent) and
$115,596 (21 percent) from the
Port of Morrow. When both the
onginal city of Boardman with
the Port of Morrow are added
together, that is 25 percent of the
taxes, not 75 percent.
The Morrow County Health
District has varied between being
96 percent and 92 percent self-
supporting in the years since the
Boardman Health Clinic opened.
During this time, all income was
derived from the rest of the
district. Expenditures for the
Boardman Clinic varied between
$140,000 and $150,000 yearly,
depending upon the maintenance
and taxes needed for the
building. The Boardman Clinic
provided no income for the
district to enhance the district's
ability to become more self-
supporting. The tax support
levied for the district to meet its
expenses has been less than $30
on a $50,000 home. Voters have
consistently regarded this levy as
a bargain for the services
provided. The Morrow County
Health District is striving to
support need-based health care in
all parts of the county in a very
difficult national health-care
climate.
2. Doctor Coverage
Your article stated that Pioneer
Memorial Hospital does not have
24-hour doctor coverage. That is
absolutely false. We maintain a
Level 4 Trauma Center, which
requires
24-hour
doctor
availability. We have doctors
available 24-hours-a-day, seven-
days-a-week, 365-days-a-year.
3. Employees
In Tuesday evening's paper,
June 9, 1998, you cited Pioneer
Memorial Hospital as having 105
employees
District-wide we
employ 105 employees. The
hospital currently employs 48
individuals. The remainder is
spread throughout the district at:
Pioneer Memorial Clinic in
Heppner, Boardman Medical
Clinic in Boardman, Heppner
Dental Office, Boardman Dental
Office, Pioneer Memorial Home
Health, and the district's two
paramedics.
Mr. Hensley, I cannot stress to
you the importance of us all
understanding the facts. I feel
your article took information
from
individuals
without
checking to see if that
information was backed up by
fact. Our financial information
regarding taxes provided to the
district can be confirmed by Greg
Sweek,
Morrow
County
Assessor, 676-9061.
Twenty-four hour doctor
availability is required to keep
our Level 4 Trauma Center open,
and can be confirmed by the
provider call schedule found at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital.
The number of employees
employed by the hospital can be
confirmed by my payroll records
kept in the administrative offices
at the Pioneer Memorial Hospital
in Heppner.
I would like to sit down and
visit with you regarding the
information printed and answer
any questions you may have.
(s) Scot Jacobson
Morrow County Health District
Heppner
HCC developing new strategic plan
To The Editor:
The Heppner Coordinating
Council is making preparations to
move forward with developing an
updated community strategic
plan.
This work will be very
important in regard to the
formulation of our community's
vision, goals and development
strategies for the future. The
community strategic plan is a key
to building the economic health,
unity and progress of the Heppner
area as we enter the twenty-first
century. The plan defines how
we expect to "do business" in the
Heppner community for the next
10, 20 or 50 years.
The onginal Heppner Strategic
Plan was developed in the early
90s by the Vision 2000
Committee. This plan served the
community very well in respect to
organizing our collective effort
for the completion of many
sig n ifican t
com m unity
improvement projects.
Now it is time to re-examine
our community strategic plan and
revise it in accordance with
Heppner’s needs and desires for
maintaining a vital community
and a good quality of life.
The community strategic
planning work will be headed up
by Rick Minster, Morrow County
Economic
D evelopm ent
coordinator, with assistance from
the officers of the Heppner
Coordinating Council.
Any community member who
would like to participate in this
planning effort is encouraged to
contact Rick Minster, 989-8200,
or one of the officers of the
coordinating council:
Rollie
Marshall,
chairman;
Mike
McGuire, vice-chairman; John
Edmundson, secretary; Delanne
Ferguson, director; or Jeri Sly,
director.
The planning process will focus
on the issues that are most
important to the Heppner
community.
(s) John Edmundson,
secretary
Heppner Coordinating Council
Hospital is not closing
other alternatives for funding and
To The Editor:
methods to solve this issue. Your
Dear Citizens of Morrow County: comments
and help are
By now, we are sure many of welcomed. Please feel free to
you have heard of the Morrow contact the administrative offices
County Health District’s attempt at Pioneer Memorial Hospital
to minimize expenses by through Scot Jacobson, 676-9133,
temporarily reducing our staffing with your comments and
levels within South Morrow suggestions.
County. We want to assure you
Currently, we
are
the current level of patient care is communicating with medical
being maintained at Pioneer providers for the entire district. A
Memorial Hospital, Clinic, new administrator, Susan Brock,
Nursing Home and Home Health through Adventist Health, will be
services. These actions do not here on July 1. Our management
mean any of the facilities are team is working diligently to do
closing, but rather we are working all they can to solve this situation.
to keep them open.
Again, we emphasize, our
This temporary reduction-in- facilities are not closing. We will
force is unfortunate, however it continue to be available to meet
must occur due to our low patient your medical needs.
census and the current difficulty
(s)Cara Osmin
in generating revenue. We hope
Morrow County Health District
each of you understands the
Board
dilemma with which we are
Cara Osmin-Chair, Vicki Kent,
faced.
The Morrow County
Sharron Meyers, Meg Murray
Health District is actively seeking
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