TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 30, 2004
MC Health Distric to seek tax levy
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
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p a tie n ts ex ceed ed the
amount reimbursed. They
also sold a clinic building in
B oardm an
and
are
attempting to create a swing-
bed program, which would
provide som e long-term
patient care with a better
reimbursement rate to help
bo o st the bottom line.
C lin ics in H ep p n er and
Irrigon have qualified for
rural health clinic status and
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
has received the “critical
care access h o s p ita l”
designation, both of which
in crease th eir M edicare
reimbursement rates. “We
have done about everything
we can to reduce expenses
and increase reimbursement
rates,” said Vander Does
Last year a $300,000
gift to the district from an
estate virtually erased the
d e fic it, but such g ifts,
especially ones so large, are
an u n reliab le source o f
income.
Also at the meeting,
the board decided to forgo a
three-percent cost-of-living
increase for employees for
the time being, hopefully
only until the levy passes.
The increases would have
cost the district more than
$78,000 a year. A cost-of-
liv in g in crease for Dr.
Robert Boss will go ahead
as per his contract, as will
cost-of-living increases for
other contracted employees.
The board approved
a re so lu tio n ad o p tin g a
$6,615,774 budget for fiscal
year 2004-05 and imposed
taxes of $.6050 per $ 1,000
o f assessed valuation for
operations. That am ount
includes a $50,000 ending
fund balance. The general
fund includes $2,739,218
for p erso n n el serv ices,
$1^456,251 for materials and
serv ice s, $7 3 4 ,6 3 4 for
revenue deductions and bad
d eb t, $ 1 ,1 9 9 ,7 6 2 for
contingencies, $280,000 for
c ap ital p u rch ases and
$155,909 for capital lease
and
lo n g -term
loan
reduction for a fund total of
$6,565,774.
O f the to tal $6
million-plus budget amount,
only around $600,000 of that
is received from taxes.
Together with tbeir parents, L. J. and the late
Maryan McElligott of lone and Greg and Joan Sarfino of
Bethesda, MD, Bridget McElligott and Derek William
Sarfino wish to announce their engagement.
The bride-elect graduated from lone High School
in 1995 and graduated from Regis University in 1999 with
a bachelor of arts degree in Communication Art. She
graduated from the University of Colorado with a bachelor
of science degree in Nursing in 2003. She will graduate in
May 2005 from the University of Colorado with a doctorate
degree in Nursing. She is employed at the VA Medical
Center in Denver, CO, as a surgical intensive care nurse.
Derek Sarfino graduated from Walter Johnson High
School in Bethesda in 1996. He graduated from Regis
University with a bachelor of science degree in Business
Administration in 2000. He is now obtaining an Elementary
Education degree from Metropolitan State College of
Denver. He will obtain his m aster’s degree from the
University of Colorado in 2005.
The Friends of the
The couple will be married in Evergreen, CO, on
H ep p n er L ib rary have
July 30, 2004 and will reside in Denver, CO.
received several memorials
on
behalf of Marsha Sweek.
Misty Creek in Heppner
Memorials received so far
The bluegrass band Valley service C lub and are from Erin Clem, Roger
M isty Creek plays in the funded by the M orrow L eonnig
and
D ennis
Park, July 1, from 6:30-8:30 County Unified Recreation O ’Donnell, Heppner High
p.m. Join others for this free D istrict. Bring chairs or School Class of 1967; Gail
M usic in the Park event blankets and be prepared for Burkenbine; Coos Country
sponsored by the Willow an engaging and rewarding Assessor’s Office; Carolyn
time.
Willey; Bob and Joy Krein;
Kuhn and Spicer; Jim and
Barbara Hayes; and Steve
and Lisanne Currin.
The
m oneys
received (over $400 thus far)
will be used to purchase
mystery books, M arsha’s
favorite genre. As books are
purchased, the Friends will
submit articles describing
the books. Each book will
have a bookplate denoting it
as part of the Marsha Sweek
permanent collection.
D pap J g £aniunr
The
H eppner
Friends are preparing for
In other business the
board:
-discussed replacing
an aging x-ray m achine
which is over 25 years old
and is beginning to have
som e p ro b lem s. M CHD
CEO Victor Vander Does
told the board that two used
machines from hospitals that
recen tly c lo sed may be
a v ailab le .
O ne
was
approximately $10,000 and
an o th er
was
around
$25,000. Complex moving,
retrofitting and installation
of the machine could cost
the district another $25,000,
according to Vander Does. A
new x-ray machine could be
in the $200,000-$300,000
range, he said. The board
authorized Vander Does to
buy a used machine for no
more than $30,000.
-received the May
fin an cial rep o rt w hich
showed a $30,558 loss.
-learn ed o f an
increase in the number of
days acco u n ts are in
acco u n ts
re c eiv a b le ,
because of an error on the
part of Blue Cross. The error
has been corrected.
-rec eiv ed
the
following statistics for May:
Pioneer M em orial Clinic
had 363 patients with 12
new patients and 43 patients
seen by a nurse; Irrigon
Clinic had 184 patients with
25 new patients and 62 seen
by a n urse; P io n eer
Memorial had 17 inpatients
for a total of 60 patient days,
428
o u tp a tie n ts
and
performed 1085 lab tests,
127 x-ray procedures, 26 C-
T scans and 29 EKG tests;
Dr. R obert Boss and his
physician’s assistant saw
381 p a tie n ts; H eppner
A m bulance had 11 runs;
Boardman Ambulance had
23 runs and Irrigon Clinic
has eight runs.
-rec eiv ed a le tte r
from Dr. R obert Boss
indicating that in the event
C o lu m b ia
R iver
Community Health Services
opens a federally-funded
migrant clinic in Boardman,
he will close his privately
operated Boardman Health
Care Center and “consider
the m utual o b lig a tio n s
between me (Dr. Boss) and
the d istric t im m ediately
satisfied.”
Friends of library receive
Marsha Sweek memorials
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HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY
p .t t t .
oit L J McrEtligôtt i lioMP.i
f/ tg lu A / c u f
their annual fundraiser, the
Book and Bake Sale, which
will take place July 31 in
front of the Heppner Branch
from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
The purpose of the Friends
group is to su p p o rt the
library and supply those
extras that make the library
a stro n g e r part o f the
com m unity.
A nyone
w ishing to donate books
should deliver them to the
Heppner Methodist Church
or the K uhn and S picer
offices by July 16. If you
would like to donate baked
goods, please contact Sally
Walker at 676-9112 or drop
them off at the library before
10 a.m. July 31.
ROLAND BERGSTROM!
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HHS baseball team, a great
representation of Heppner
To the Editor:
For the past four
seaso n s I ’ve had the
privilege of being associated
w ith the H ep p n er H igh
School baseball program.
As you all know,
HHS baseball has traveled
into the state playoff’s series
the past few years w ith
teams. The enthusiasms and
excitement it has generated
on the field of play and in
our com m unity has been
awesome.
But this didn’t just
happen- or did it just come
about this past year.
The teams have been
blessed with som e great
talent, which came together
Morrow County
to receive monies
from PILT
Program
S ecretary o f the
In te rio r G ale A. N orton
announced that Oregon will
receive $6,245,153 under
the P aym ent In L ieu of
Taxes Act to com pensate
county governments whose
jurisdictions contain tax-
ex em p t F ed eral lands.
Morrow County will receive
$39,924 for 149,960 total
acres.
“T hese im p o rtan t
dollars help states offset the
loss o f tax rev en u es to
counties that contain federal
lands,” Norton said. “This
m oney h elp s pay for
essential services such, as
firefig h tin g , search-and-
rescue operations and a host
of other badly needed on-
the-ground services.”
The Bureau of Land
Management in Oregon and
W ashington
has
responsibility for 16 million
acres o f public lands and
about 23 million acres of
sub-surface federal mineral
estate in the two states. The
BLM is an agency of the
U .S. D ep artm en t o f the
Interior. BLM’s multiple-use
m ission is to sustain the
health and productivity of
the public lands for the use
and enjoyment of present
and future generations. The
Bureau accomplishes this by
managing such activities as
outdoor recreation, livestock
g ra z in g ,
m ineral
developm ent and energy
p ro d u c tio n ,
and
by
co n se rv in g
n atu ral,
historical, cultural and other
re so u rce s on the public
lands.
Over the Ike Cup
T h irte en
ladies
gathered in hot weather at
Willow Creek Country Club
for their weekly Over the
Tee Cup play.
Shari Stahl took low
gross of the field. Low net
of the field went to Corol
M itch ell and L u v illa
Sonstegard. Lois Hunt and
Bernice Lott tied for least
putts of the field.
In flight A, Stahl had
the long drive.
In flight B, Lynnea
S argent took low gross;
Juanita Martin took low net;
Lorrene Montgomery took
least putts; and Sonstegard
took long drive.
In flight C, Jackie
A llsto tt took low gross;
Donna Crawford took low
net; Dorris Graves took least
putts; and Joyce Dinkins and
Allstott had the long drive.
at the right time and at the
right place.
The right place has
been under the coaching of
head coach Rick Johnston
and his staff of Rick Paullus,
Jim K indle and John
McCabe. These guys have
dedicated their time, energy,
resources, talent and heart
into nurturing the young
men of HHS into a winning
program on the field and off
the field that should make us
all proud.
I was fortunate to
have traveled with the team
to Gaston this year and the
remarks made by outsiders
on how well mannered the
young m en co n d u cted
themselves and what a joy
it was to be around them was
great to hear.
H ep p n er alw ays
fields a team to be reckoned
with- they challenge their
o p p o n en ts w ith great
b aseb all
sk ills
and
sportsmanship like conduct.
T h ese
a ttrib u te s
are
imbedded in our team by a
co ach in g s ta ff w ho are
com m itted to developing
young men into responsible *
citizens.
My cap is o ff to .
th ese
co ach es
and
administrators of Heppner
H igh S chool fo r th e ir
commitment to the baseball
program.
(s) Dick Sargent
Heppner
Obituaries
Arthur Norman
Doubledee
A rth u r
N orm an
D o u b led ee,
84,
of
B oardm an, died Sunday,
June 20, 2004, at his home.
A p riv ate fam ily
memorial service will be
held later.
Doubledee was bom .
Aug. 29,1919, at Henryetta,
O K , to W ill “ B ill” and
Winnie Plaster Doubledee.
He grew up and attended
schools in Henryetta where
he spent a lot of his time
with his grandfather, John
Plaster, working on his farm.
In 1940, he married
Frances Lanora Dunlap at
Independence, MO.
He served with the
military during World War II
then went to work for the
U .S. G overnm ent in the
Weather Bureau Division,
retiring from the Weather
Service in 1967.
The D o u b led ees
m oved to B oardm an in
August 1968.
Doubledee worked
fo r vario u s co m p an ies,
in clu d in g
D unn
and
McClannahan, for several
years.
H is
h o b b ies
included leather tool work,
g ard en in g , la n d sc a p in g ,
cab in etfy ,
fish in g ,
horseshoes and golfing.
He was preceded in
death by his wife, Frances
Doubledee in August 1986.
Survivors include
his children. Norman Keith
D oubledee o f R edm ond,
Susan G odshall o f Walla
W alla, D avid A rth u r
D oubledee in New York
State, Donna Kay Murray of
H erm iston and Jan Leah
Shoem ake o f B oardm an;
nine grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
Bums Mortuary of
Hermiston is in charge of
arrangements.