FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
St. Patrick’s
Senior Center
Sod laid at Heritage Plaza
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A crew from west Wind Nursery of llermiston lays sod at Heritage Plaza.
Sod was laid at
Heritage Plaza this last week
in one of the final steps before
the tentative ribbon cutting
scheduled for May 28.
Due
to
warm
temperatures some of the sod
died and turned brown while
still rolled. After the sod was
laid. West Wind Nursery of
Hermiston said they would
wait a week to 10 days to see
how much of the sod would
take and then replace any of
the dead areas with new sod.
They will also finish trimming
the area.
It is hoped that the
grass will be green and mowed
at least three times before the
ribbon cutting, said Heppner
Mayor Bob Jepsen. Other
details to be finished include
replacing the placer sign with
a sign that says, “Welcome to
Heppner” as well as planting
flowers around the sign. Also,
the Farm Foundation, along
with help from Dave Fowler
of Heppner High School, will
be setting up a pumping system
on the windmill so that it will
operate, as it would have in the
past.
Many volunteers have
already put many hours into
this project and more are
offering to mow and maintain
the grounds, informed Jepsen.
Volunteers will be able to
checkout the city’s mower to
help lighten the workload of
the Heppner City Crew.
The site of Heritage
Plaza is in the city’s flood plain,
thus no building can be done
on the property. This made it
a perfect area to turn into a
plaza that everyone could
enjoy, and would keep it from
being an unusable area, said
Jepsen.
Most of the monies
for the work and materials for
the Plaza came by way of
grants to the City. Those grants
and funding came in part from:
Oregon Army National Guard,
O regon E conom ic and
Community Development
Department- Brownfields
Fund, United State Forest
Service, M orrow County
Tippage Fees and Baker/
Morrow Regional Partnership.
BEO names Chairman, Vice Chairman
Ned C lark was
elected
Chairman of
the Board for
the Bapk of
EhStern
Oregon and
B
E O
Bancorp at a
r e c e n t
meeting of
the Board of
Directors of
Ned Clark
the bank and
holding company.
C lark, a H eppner
area resident joined the board
in 1992 and is serving his
second stint at Chairman.
Clark is the manager
and owner of Horseshoe
H ereford Ranch, Inc., a
century
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He and
his wife,
Kathy,
a
n
insirunoe
agent
for the Joel Peterson
Simmons Financial Group,
have four grown children.
Joel Peterson was
elected Vice Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Bank
Morrow SWCD regular meeting
The Morrow SWCD/
Weed Advisory Board will
hold their regular meeting on
M ay 4 at 5 p.m. at the
Pettyjohn Office Building in
Heppner.
The meeting agenda
items and discussion items
include: Manager report and
agency reports. There is
prospect of an executive
session according to ORS
192.640(2). The meeting is
open to the public.
Marriage
Licenses
April 26: Jared Scot
Thompson, 22, Echo and
Sheryl Elaine Emmel, 21,
Echo.
W R I T E IN
MEL
PIPE R
for
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Since my first ad in the April 7, 2004 Gazette-
Times, I've had a $60 cash donation and a gift of a
fax machine. I have received many encouraging
phone calls.
I am the only qualified person that has ever run
against the incumbent. I have the education and ten
years related experience with Grand Jury, Circuit
Court and Justice Court. I had the occasion to cross-
examine a witness in a civil case in the early 1980s
and as a result of my cross examination, the judge
found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff whom I helped
represent.
I have excellent communication skills. I can oper
ate office equipment, keep records, a log book, and
vehicle mileage and expense records. I am fair and
just.
My name will not be on your ballot. Please re
member to write in MEL PIPER for JUSTICE OF
THE PEACE.
of Eastern Oregon and BEO
Bancorp. Peterson, an lone
native, was ¡elected to the
board in 1993 .
Peterson owns and
operates Daily Bread Farms,
Inc., near lone. He and his
wife. Lea Mathieu Peterson,
a teacher, are raising two
boys on their family farm.
“T hese
two
gentleman are veterans of the
bank board, provide input on
a wide range of topics, and are
well qualified to lead the
board’s efforts to maximize
shareholder value and monitor
the profitable operation of the
bank,” said President and
CEO George Koffler.
BEO Bancorp is a
holding company for Bank of
E astern O regon, which
operates 11 branches in six
eastern Oregon counties.
B ranches are located in
Arlington, lone, Heppner,
Condon. Irrigon, Boardman,
Bums, John Day, Prairie City,
Fossil and Moro. The Bank of
Eastern Oregon also operates
a mortgage division and offers
brokerage services thru BEO
Financial Services. Its website
is www.beobank.com.
Hope/Valby/All Saints
Shared Ministry volunteers will
be greeting the Wednesday
noon meal participants on
May 5 at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center. The menu is not yet
published.
Ed
B aker
has
announced a bus tour to
Bickleton, WA, for May 6.
Bird watchers, take note: on
the way and through the heart
of Horse Heaven Hills, many
birdhouses have been placed
to attract Western Bluebirds
and other species. The tour
will cross into Washington at
Umatilla, to Roosevelt, to
Bickleton; the return will be by
way of Goldendale, to Biggs
and back to Heppner. Lunch
will be at the most convenient
tow n along the ro a d ...
p a sse n g ers’ choice. Bus
departure time is 9:30 a.m.,
Thursday, May 6, at the Main
Street entrance to the Center.
There is a sign up sheet in the
Center office. Approximate
return time is between 3-4
p.m., the same day.
A d ed icatio n and
recognition ceremony for all
Morrow County World War
II veterans is planned for 12
noon on Monday, May 24, in
the S en io r C enter. T his
announcement comes from Ed
Baker, Commander of the
local American Legion Post.
More details will be published
later. D istric t and state
commanders have been invited
to attend.
M onitors
from
CAPECO completed their
survey and inspection of our
k itch e n -d in in g
room
operation. The St. Patrick’s
kitchen crew was given
e x ce lle n t m arks in all
categories and one cautionary
note
co n cern in g
the
dishwasher thermostat. The
Board has taken immediate
action.
Heppner Garden
Club to hold plant
exchange
MC Health District
communities-Heppner and
lone-would support a levy. All
board members ultimately
agreed to put a levy up for a
vote.)
Mills said that if Dr.
Boss retires and the migrant
project does not go through,
the district would probably
hire another medical provider
for the Boardman area. The
migrant clinic would provide
medical, dental, mental health
and substance abuse services
and would serve the general
population, not just migrant/
seasonal workers.
V ander
D oes,
however, told Carlson and the
board that he believes the
migrant clinic in Boardman has
little chance o f federal
approval. He said he learned
that the scope of the federal
migrant health care project
was drastically reduced by
federal authorities from 200
such projects nationwide to
only 13 nationwide, which
dram atically reduces the
chances of approval for the
Boardman project. Vander
D oes com m ented at the
meeting that he attributes the
reduction to the “ B ush”
administration.
Also at the Monday
night m eeting, the board
unanim ously accepted a
$6,615,774 proposed budget
for the 2004-05 fiscal year.
The proposed budget is down
from $7,161,946 adopted for
2003-04. Of that $6 million-
plus 2004-05 budget, only
$551,639 would come from
taxes (after compression and
estimated uncollectible taxes
are deducted).
The proposed 2004-
05 $ 6 ,6 1 5 ,7 7 4 budget
includes: Pioneer Memorial
H o sp ital,
H eppner-
$2,692,819; Home Health
and H o sp ice-$ 4 4 9 ,6 4 3 ;
Nursing home-$0; Boardman
Ambulance-$76,797; Irrigon
Ambulance-$32,090; Pioneer
Memorial Clinic, Heppner-
$588,750; Boardman Clinic
and contracted services-
$142,800; Irrigon Clinic-
$201,770; County Emergency
M edical Services (other)-
$10,800; Revenue deductions
and bad d eb t-$ 7 3 4 ,6 3 4 ;
C o n tin g en cy
fund-
continued from page l
$ 1 ,1 9 9 ,7 6 2 ;
C ap ital
purchases-$280,(X)0; Capital
lease principal reduction-
$105,000; Long term debt
principal reduction-$50,909;
and Ending fund balance
available for operations-
$50,000.
2004-05 proposed
revenues include: Hospital-
$2,735,905; Home Health
and H o sp ic e -$ 4 2 9 ,3 0 1 ;
Nursing home-$0; Boardman
Ambulance-$ 117,341; Irrigon
Ambulance-$71,512; Pioneer
Memorial Clinic-$528,560;
Boardman Clinic-$0; Irrigon
C lin ic -$ 2 5 0 ,2 4 3 ; O ther
revenue-$97,464; Donations
and grants-$45,000; Interest
incom e-$24,000; Capital
leases-$260,000; Operating
and capital loans-$0; Net
working capital-$ 1,454,809;
Previously levied taxes-
$50,000. Total resources
except taxes am ount to
$ 6 ,0 6 4 ,1 3 5 , w ith taxes
req u ired e stim ated at
$551,639.
In other business the
board:
-learn ed
that
A FSC M E, the h o sp ital
e m p lo y e e s’ co lle ctiv e
bargaining group, has agreed
to extend the current elective
bargaining agreement by one
year. The board indicated to
Vander Does that they would
like to convey th eir
appreciation to the union for
“graciously” approving the
extension with no increases. *
-learned that Pioneer
Memorial Clinic had 439
patients in March with 26 of
those new patients and an
additional 53 patients seen by
a nurse; Irrigon Clinic had 221
patients with 40 new patients
and 65 additional patients seen
by a nurse; Pioneer Memorial
Hospital had 20 inpatient
ad m issio n s;
H eppner
Ambulance had 15 total runs;
Boardman Ambulance had 20
runs and Irrigon Ambulance
had 9 runs.
-req u ested
that
Morrow County Sheriff Verlin
D enton attend the next
m eeting to d iscu ss the
$ 1 4,000 the s h e riff’s
department has requested
from the health district for 911
services.
The Heppner Garden
Club will be hosting their
annual Plant E x ch an g e,
Saturday, May 1, from 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m., at St. Patrick’s
Senior Center in Heppner.
You do not need to WCCC Ladies’ Playday results
bring plants to get plants.
Joyce Dinkins has a
Those who wish to bring plants
F o u rteen
ladies
should have them in plastic gathered in rainy, windy KP.
A lso, be on the
containers or sacks.
conditions at Willow Creek
lookout
for more information
Country Club on Tuesday,
Farm
April 20 for their Ladies’ about the 18-Hole Visitation
on Tuesday, June 1.
Playday.
Foundation
Pat Edmundson took
Births
low gross of the field; Donna
appoints new
Morgan took low net of the
board member
field and Jan Paustian took Keilah Rebecca Mossman-
a daughter, Keilah Rebecca,
Jim Mayes has been least putts of the field.
was bom April 18, 2004, at
appointed as the new board
In flight A, Betty
m em ber fo r the Farm Christman took low gross; Good Shepherd M edical
F o u n d atio n . The Farm Virginia Grant took low net Center in Hermiston, to Marti
Foundation is the governing and Edmundson took long and K evin M ossm an o f
Boardman.
body of the Morrow County drive.
Museum and Ag Center.
In flight B, Lynnea Jace Ryan Coe- a son, Jace
Sargent took low gross; Ryan, was born April 20,
2004, to Nikki and Scott Coe
Luvilla Sonstegard took low
o
f H eppner. Jace was 9
net; Lorrene Montgomery
pounds
2 ounces and 20-‘/2
took least p u tts; and
inches long. He joins brother.
Sonstegard took long drive.
Demonstrates a steadfast adherence to high
professional & moral standards in both
In flight C, Jackie Drew. Maternal grandparents
his legal career, and as a:
Allstott took low gross; Pat are Pat and Trish Sweeney of
P aternal
Dougherty took low net; and H eppner.
• Former Legislative Aide.
grandparents
are
Jan
Coe of
Bernice Lott took least putts
• Member of various public service groups, including
Heppner and Tim Coe of
and long drive.
Umatilla County Planning Commission, United Way,
Fossil.
Integrity
Good Shepherd Community Health Foundation Board & others.
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